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Misadventures of an Aspiring Geek
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Hate how many stores now have maybe a third of their product range in store. 4th time in a row the local Currys didn't sell a thing I was looking for. Had to be a bit mean and tell them if people wanted to wait for an order to be delivered, Amazon is both cheaper and quicker. (1)

submitted 5 hours ago • 1 comment

Eeeeeeeee!

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

Fun fact for US Americans: this is what many police stations look like in Northern Ireland, to this day. #ACAB #AbolishICE #LosAngelesRiot

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

"Happy" pride month. To those asking why LGBTQ+ people need it, all it took was a government backed by religious fanatics coming into power to strip away the protections from persecution and ostracization fought for over decades. Hope that helps.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

The allure of modern western "conservatism" is that it encourages people to be utterly selfish and reject the idea of a social contract, blame everything bad on people further down the hierarchy and glorify good old days that never actually happened (or ignore what made them possible).

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Official #CrappyCommieCameraParty Rules!

submitted 12 days ago • 11 comments

"What makes affluent anti-vaxxers distinct is their belief that they are the ones questioning the system, when in fact they’re coasting on its success." www.theindex.media/the-herd-imm...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

On this #TabbyTuesday I present you Stella, my very timid foster kitten. #catsofbluesky #catsky #adoptdontshop

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

So…about AI’s energy use… “…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”

submitted 20 days ago • 103 comments

When the husband thinks your #crappycommiecamera isn't quite crappy or commie enough and gets you some authentic 1980 Moscow summer olympics gear. #shittycamerachallenge #crappycommiecameraparty

submitted 19 days ago • 5 comments

European government entities and non-profits need to aggressively divest from American tech giants for the sake data souvereignity and safety. Their enablement of fascism and genocide must have consequences.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Some blooms from the front yard - lilac and cytisus #bloomscrolling #gardensky #flowerreport

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

On this #caturday I present you our current set of foster kittens, Leah (black) and Stella (tabby). They are still very shy but already doing much better. #catsofbluesky #adoptdontshop #cats

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

So Keir Starmer so far has - bent the knee to TERFs - ruled out the UK rejoining the EU - took the blame for 15 years of Tory government failings - agreed for the US to dump their subpar agriultural products onto the UK market in return for... f*ck all? Labour embarrassing themselves. Again.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Proponents of replacing labour with automation (so nobody has to work to survive) would have a lot more support if they weren't commonly presenting themselves as deeply unlikeable edgelords who talk down to people whose livelihood is currently threatened by AI. We can't do this without UBI first!

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment