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 @2fd7551e yet another reminder why open source communities can be toxic

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 This box is apparently more comfortable than the actual cat bed.
#caturday

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 nostr:npub16mh47zs4skluc94tdv3qakvjjjd2ns2xu7z2lmw4mm68nu0sumesv9c0dj That was like a whole short... 
 @05679593 @d6ef5f0a that was not the twist I was expecting 
 nostr:npub16e22826p4rpdla2ugvn76w6s730gmll3fw6upqudmhp9f3cq2ursssks3l Did you spot any leopards t... 
 @d4b81373 just a sign warning me about them, and only for the electric meter that was in the corner of the cupboard under the stairs which also required crawling between stuff I couldn't be bothered to move and trying not to impale myself on an old gas pipe that had been disconnected but left sticking out of the floor 
 nostr:npub1c0j00l2myxm88tggq202wsd37y7e0y9v64hegk7g6drx8qape9tqxx6t9s Originally I was all for it... 
 @d4b81373 @c3e4f7fd isn't that part of the point though? If going in the car feels slow, and an electric bicycle can match or beat the journey time, be cheaper, easier to park, etc. Etc.

Feels to me that there are more benefits to a blanked 20 than mostly-but-some-aren't 
 Got my seasonal flu vaccine yesterday.

A very slick operation at the GP where hundreds of people classified as vulnerable to an airborne respiratory disease (for various reasons) are swiftly pointed to one of many rooms where someone checks you're the right person, stabs you, and out the other door you go.

An airborne respiratory disease dangerous enough to this group of people they need an annual vaccine against it.

I was the only person there wearing a mask.
Not even the staff. 
 

anyone else noticed before the kids were back at school supermarkets already had a XMAS... 
 @e7b4518c Xmas can stay the foxtrot in December. I refuse to acknowledge it even exists until after Halloween. 
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 @d4b81373 I'm a fan of not having to open a spider infested grubby box with a broken latch and try to decode some tiny numbers in the bright sun/pouring rain/dark every month BUT you might like it 🤷 
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 @d4b81373 is the "variety" of backgrounds whether they got daddy's money or mummy's?