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I've had a few drinks and my wife walked in and said "Are you singing?" Coldplay was on. Not my finest hour.

It is my birthday for another two hours and I shall enjoy It you fuckers

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Merry Christmas fedi friends, eat, drink, and be merry wherever you are! 🎄 🎅

A view of the SM92 on the ground. Kolobrzeg is now a flight club, but its cold war past is visible in the background; the hardened aircraft shelters used to be home to MiG-23s. Infamously, in 1989 a MiG-23 from kolobrzeg had a mishap and flew pilotless across europe, ending in a tragic crash.

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Throwback to a summer holiday in Poland. This is Kolobrzeg airfield, and the parachute club were offering rides in their mule for 50 Euros, so of course I had to go in it. As I got in, the crew said to my girlfriend "For 100 Euros, he doesn't have to come back."

They're not worn, just sidewall damage due to the shit roads here.

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As is always the way with cars, I took mine in for a scheduled oil change and discovered two tires need to be replaced, as it's torque vectoring AWD, that possibly means all 4 dependent on circumference spec. Cars, man. Might as well set fire to.a pile of money.

Enjoyed this video of the Mr Hewes gang getting a Czech T-72 running. Those things really hustle, as was the soviet style.

youtu.be/jvJg8IPquug

I thought this was a promotional nik nak at the dealership (which it is) but it's also a USB charge station which is kind of fun.

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Went to the mall to get a small Ethernet switch from the local Best Buy, and drove into an ongoing active shooter situation. Everything on lockdown so had to leave.

I am increasingly convinced that the much healthier atmosphere on the Fedi is because there's no algorithmic fuck-fuck games like trends or 'popular', which is usually a codified way of increasing engagement, or as it is more commonly known, arguing with people you don't know, about things you don't care about.

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Watchdog deep-sixes job ad that was actually pay-to-play training course

Misleading listing on a recruitment site? Whatever next? The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has slapped IT Career Change Ltd on the wrist over a September 2024 ad promoting a career in Health & Safety.…
#theregister #IT
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It's odd seeing all these headlines about federal advice to use encrypted messaging apps. They have been antsy about them for years, and now, because their back door into telcos got used to breach those telcos, which they were warned about for *years*...it's just such a clown show.

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Someone is sticking googly eyes on sculptures in Bend, Oregon, and while residents love them, the city isn't happy. Here's more from @Smithsonianmag.

flip.it/pTyxnT

#Art #PublicArt #Sculptures #Oregon

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