This. This is the true evil of the internet. The death of step by step written instructions at the hands of annoying YouTube videos.

Pro tip: you can find a bridged fediverse user by searching for their address (eg @gargron@mastodon.social) or profile URL (eg https://mastodon.social/@Gargron) here in Bluesky and then clicking the People tab. No need to figure out their translated Bluesky handle. Try it!

I read this as "red skates", which puts a much camper twist on the storyI read this as "red skates", which puts a much camper twist on the story

Pffft! Bit late for that, unfortunately Pffft! Bit late for that, unfortunately

wife and i have both been feeling unusually tired all week, but we kept testing negative for covid. we just discovered that she accidentally filled the coffee container with decaf last weekend and it's like the end of The Usual Suspects over here as the whole week clicks into place

It is quite startling how completely the war on drugs has failed when you see charts like this

This is the most threatening ad I've been shown.

"Dithering" seems unfair here. It was a deliberate and cynical political strategy to store up problems for the next government. Both cruel and damaging for asylum seekers, and hugely expensive for taxpayers. www.theguardian.com/politics/art...

Cleverly accused of aggravating asylum backlog by ‘dithering’ on key decisions

Exclusive: Ministers under last home secretary refused to empower caseworkers to tackle crisis, say sources

(2/2) Mr Macquarie has pissed off back to Australia so now Tim has no money and no pipes and the bloke whose house it was is livid because his toilet is leaking shit everywhere. What's the solution?(2/2) Mr Macquarie has pissed off back to Australia so now Tim has no money and no pipes and the bloke whose house it was is livid because his toilet is leaking shit everywhere. What's the solution?

Or in metaphor: some guy you know called Tim Waters persuades you to lend him £100 so he can buy some pipes he's going to install in some blokes house. Trouble is, Tim's a fuckwit and he doesn't buy the pipes. Intead he gives all the money to a Mr Macquarie, who he met in the toilet. (1/3)Or in metaphor: some guy you know called Tim Waters persuades you to lend him £100 so he can buy some pipes he's going to install in some blokes house. Trouble is, Tim's a fuckwit and he doesn't buy the pipes. Intead he gives all the money to a Mr Macquarie, who he met in the toilet. (1/3)