Jesus, how was Rittenhouse murdering those guys only four years ago? It feels like it was at least ten.

The small print at the bottom of the page is quite something.

Trump Watches are not designed, manufactured, distributed or sold by Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization or any of their respective affiliates or principals. TheBestWatchesonEarth LLC uses the “Trump” name, image and likeness under a paid license agreement which may be terminated or revoked according to its terms. Trump Watches are intended as collectible items for individual enjoyment only, not for investment purposes. The images shown are for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product. These watches are not political and have nothing to do with any political campaign

A joke in which the central conceit is Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman fuck each other, but yeah, censor the word “ass”.

In the wise words of Billy Connolly,

The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever becoming one.

lonely Mac user pops in to say hello

When I was studying radio production at uni back in 2010, the Adobe Audition editing suite was rammed full of 2009 iMacs, all running WinXP. It was a bit of a headfuck for a moment, but iMac hardware was second to none, the uni must have got a decent discount from Apple to buy that many, and at the time Audition was Windows only.

And to be fair, they made for excellent editing machines.

“How do I get my Mac to do this thing?”

“Use Arch”

macOS, mostly.

Been fiddling with Mint lately on my 2011 Macbook Pro, with a view to using it for self hosting a bunch of stuff, but haven’t really had the time / brane capacity to really figure it all out.

Windows can lick my anus. I have Win11 in a VM on my work Mac, and it’s dreadful.

Oh SMASNUG!

oh no, my pkcell

It can’t rain all the time.

Crazy Frog itensifies

chokes en Francais

I’d assume it’s because Tesla were one of the first to mass market EVs, and Musk’s pandering made them seem like a good, progressive bet. Once people were locked into their purchase they don’t like to admit that they might have made a poor choice. Or they were aware of the build quality, but figured that the brand was a safe bet, that they’d improve over time.

It’s amazing what humans will get tribal over.

See, I don’t really mind the sponsored segments. Some creators actually have fun with their ad reads, like the Map Men or Colin Furze. But if it’s boring I just tap the forward button on my Apple TV remote and skip past.

This is exactly me.

I’ve been paying £5 a month by using a VPN to sign up for Premium from Ukraine. Been doing so for the past couple of years without complaint. Literally all I need from them is to fuck off the adverts. I have Apple Music for music and I’m happy with it.

Now they’ve rumbled us and will be cutting off our Premium next month.

I am fucked if I’m paying those ratfuckers £20 a month just so I can watch other people’s hard work without the adverts they force in. Fuck that noise.

So I’m now researching ways to get my subs onto Plex so I can carry on watching on my Apple TV.

Here in the UK they weren’t often referred to as a VCR, or even a VHS, to be honest. It was always “the video player”. Even if it was a recorder. At least that was my experience.

I got my first MiniDisc in 99, when I was 19. It was Panasonic off eBay, and it was fucked. So I got my second MiniDisc in 99 when I was 19. THAT one was a Sony, and was rock solid.

I wish I could have afforded one in ‘96, because then I might have got more use out of the tech before MP3 strutted up and pantsed it.

You’re about to get blocked in the Bible Belt my friend.

A while back, during the election campaign here in the UK, I saw someone talking about how disproportionate reporting by centre/left news outlets on how well the right leaning parties were doing was really good for reminding their audience that a Labour win was not a given and that their vote mattered.

In the case of the US, I think there’s a good amount of that, as well as large a scoop of cope from the right leaning news orgs. Cherry picking their sources means that outlets can present the polling as close, which flies better in the headlines.

Or all that is bollocks, and the US really is a gibberish shitshow.

20/21 was also peak Covid, so could be connected.