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 Digital Trends: These are the PC apps you’re still using β€” but probably shouldn’t be

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/pc-apps-you-shouldnt-use/
#OnlinePrivacy 
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 nostr:npub1fv9jfas30vtsspt0qf3zwgu5vwrmugvkac77n8a32cejpsq5cxdsqsj9ta A bit panic inducing when m... 
 @de659117 
It seems that you are suggesting it's not like it is in the movies, vaguely wave a paperclip at them, flick the wrist at them and they are on the floor? 
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 nostr:npub1fv9jfas30vtsspt0qf3zwgu5vwrmugvkac77n8a32cejpsq5cxdsqsj9ta they were very intent to te... 
 @de659117 
I hope you defended Pikachu vigorously? People shouldn't be allowed out to go around talking smack like that. 
 The Poke: Somebody put out a call for people to share their favourite jokes - 16 humdingers

https://www.thepoke.com/2024/03/28/people-shared-their-favourite-jokes/
#jokes
#humour
#ThePoke 
 Android Authority: Telegram is giving away free Premium, but it's a privacy nightmare

https://www.androidauthority.com/telegram-premium-p2p-privacy-nightmare-3428294/

They can't be serious, Shirley?!
#Telegram
#OnlinePrivacy
#OTP 
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 nostr:npub1fv9jfas30vtsspt0qf3zwgu5vwrmugvkac77n8a32cejpsq5cxdsqsj9ta I have an ancestor who came... 
 @4f086e7a 
I grew up not far from there, at least alphabetically, just over the border in Nottinghamshire in a town called Retford. 
 @4f086e7a 
Apropos nothing much at all, it would be around this time that Phil Neale was playing for Lincoln City. He was the last player to play football and cricket professionally at the same time. Eddie Helmsley(?) also played both around this time, football for Sheffield United, can remember who he played cricket for but he must have retired before Neale. I wonder why I remember these things?? 
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 nostr:npub1fv9jfas30vtsspt0qf3zwgu5vwrmugvkac77n8a32cejpsq5cxdsqsj9ta I only wear seamed stockings. 
 @de659117 
Words to live by. 
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 @de659117 
This is true but there again I do try to avoid hearing even the slightest utterance that might escape his gobshite mouth. 
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 nostr:npub1fv9jfas30vtsspt0qf3zwgu5vwrmugvkac77n8a32cejpsq5cxdsqsj9ta I know I'm a bit orange in ... 
 @de659117 
OK, so you're denying it huh but I've never seen you and Donald in the same room, jus saying. 
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 nostr:npub1fv9jfas30vtsspt0qf3zwgu5vwrmugvkac77n8a32cejpsq5cxdsqsj9ta or maybe it's a combo charm... 
 @de659117 
Possibly so but wherever it goes I'm sure it will prove to be very, er, fulfilling. 
 Bridging to Bluesky: The open social web, consent, and GDPR β€” UlrikeHahn

https://write.as/ulrikehahn/bridging-to-bluesky-the-open-social-web-consent-and-gdpr?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=mobileatom%2Fmagazine%2FTHE+FEDIVERSE+VS.+CORPORATE+SOCIAL+MEDIA

Just another piece about #BlueSky #Mastodon and the #bridge between the two. 
 HP wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors | Ars Technica

HP not quite ready to stop being HP yet it seems. 

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/hp-wants-you-to-pay-up-to-36-month-to-rent-a-printer-that-it-monitors/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fgadgets
#HP
#HPprinters
#printers
#printing
#ArsTechnica 
 The Register: Turns out cops are super interested in subpoenaing suspects' push notifications

https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/29/push_notification_privacy/
#Google
#Apple
#OnlinePrivacy
#TheRegister 
 Yay, first spring training game on MLBTV. 
#mlb
#mlbtv
#baseball
#Dodgers
#Padres 
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 nostr:npub1fv9jfas30vtsspt0qf3zwgu5vwrmugvkac77n8a32cejpsq5cxdsqsj9ta moderately alleviated. 
 @de659117 
What have you found to do as I can't imagine my insane babbling has helped a great deal? 
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 nostr:npub1fv9jfas30vtsspt0qf3zwgu5vwrmugvkac77n8a32cejpsq5cxdsqsj9ta bored enough to demand the ... 
 @de659117 
That bored, brave very brave! Where did you get the cuffs that you photographed on your thigh a little while back? Loved cuffs (and the thigh of course!) 
 Having been on here for a while now and seen lots of lovely people in my timeline, it's occurring to me that I may already be a little less 'het' than I was when I did my introduction. 
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 nostr:npub1fv9jfas30vtsspt0qf3zwgu5vwrmugvkac77n8a32cejpsq5cxdsqsj9ta Thank you πŸ™‚ 
 @4f086e7a 
My pleasure. 
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 nostr:npub1fv9jfas30vtsspt0qf3zwgu5vwrmugvkac77n8a32cejpsq5cxdsqsj9ta watch him closely. If he ca... 
 @de659117 
OMG. 😱 But, but I've known him for years and he seems so nice! 
 Celebrate Winter in the Wild With 15 Photos of Animals Enjoying the Snow | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/celebrate-winter-in-the-wild-with-15-photos-of-animals-enjoying-the-snow-180983665/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fscience
#winter
#snow
#animals 
 Well, that's the last of Ghostie's 4 kittens gone; she seems OK with it. Echo has gone to my daughter who lives nearby so she will see him again.

https://assets.kinky.business/media_attachments/files/111/783/366/916/319/281/original/6885f7fa81d485b0.jpg 
 Should I start drinking now for the #Eagles game or wait until they start disappointing me to sta... 
 @2ab1f027 I'm afraid you should have started 6 hours ago and then you would now be comfortably sleeping through it all. 
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 nostr:npub1fv9jfas30vtsspt0qf3zwgu5vwrmugvkac77n8a32cejpsq5cxdsqsj9ta I would never describe any ... 
 @de659117 
At about 5000 miles away, distance lends enchantment. 
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 @4f086e7a 
In no particular order;
The Who
The Kinks
The Rolling Stones 
Cream
10cc
Led Zeppelin
Emerson Lake and Palmer
Dire Straits
The Police
The Stranglers
Supertramp
Yes
Deep Purple
Mike Oldfield
Genesis
The Alan Parsons Project
Fleetwood Mac
Chris Rea

I think I'd better stop. 
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 @986867ce 
Of the lines that make me smile, no matter how often I hear them, pretty much the whole of 'Lola' by The Kinks and far too meant to mention by Weird Al. 
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 @986867ce 
In the 40 to 50 range I would guess, no, not listened to one in many years. 
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 @de659117 
I thought you preferred them to be referred to as your 'endearing idiosyncrasies and foibles'? 
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 @35a76892 @35a76892 
I had the snip years ago and haven't had a shower yet this year; I'll be right over. 
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 @9ccf7b7d 
Yay, I got one unless you're going to tell me it's not Zoe Wanamaker?? 
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 @4f086e7a 
For what it's worth, I've heard a fair amount of classical music over many years, I would be surprised if I could put a title to 5% of it. I'm old enough to know Ravel's Bolero from Torvill and Dean and I'm sure I'll have heard Vivaldi's Spring but wouldn't be able to put a name to it, the other one I know nothing about. 
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 @c772bea9 
Hmm, seems like someone who's going to spend a lot of his life hungry? 
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 @de659117 
I think I'll wait a while, it's not as if you're going anywhere. OMG seamed stockings!! :sparkling_heart: :sparkling_heart: :sparkling_heart: 
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 @de659117 
You're disappointed? I'm disappointed in me for not having a dress like that in my wardrobe(and not having the shape to wear it so well). 
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 @986867ce 
Ah, Genesis, No Son of Mine, one of so many great tracks they released around that time. 
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 @986867ce @986867ce 
Love that they still play it very much as originally recorded. So many vids on YouTube of live performances over the years, all run about three and a half minutes and nothing more than minor tweaks. 
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 @76263a33 
Absolutely and definitely not...unless you want it to? Either way, utterly scrumptious! 
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 @986867ce 
This looks like the other John Williams, the composer. 
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 @986867ce 
Whatever happened to her I wonder? 
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 @de659117 
Heavy metal indeed. 
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 @9ccf7b7d 
Run don't walk. 
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 @4f086e7a 
Being born in '58 I've always felt like a bit of a heretic amongst my generation as I have no liking for any of his music. The only appreciation I have for him is once removed as I've heard members of bands, whose music I do enjoy, have said they were influenced by Elvis. 
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 @986867ce 
My favourite 'The Cure' track, Just Like Heaven. 
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 @99537271 
That zip looks well stuck. I'll be happy to make my teeth available to help free it up?  P.S. You'll have to post them back to me pronto before I get too hungry. 
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 @9ccf7b7d 
Ernest Borgnine but I don't know the film. 
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 @9ccf7b7d 
Well done, the job's yours. 
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 @9ccf7b7d 
Justin Hawkins from The Darkness has a good YouTube channel. 
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 @e26fe3cb 
I used to be obliged to despise the Giants and then Fisher shipped the A's LV and now you have Bob Melvin; I might have to review my position. 
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 @cf7a4d58 
I run Bitdefender and have done for many years and I'm pretty sure I no longer have any flavour of IE installed. Any links from within the app open in the default browser without any issues for me. 
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 @de659117 
How bored? 
 @de659117 
Sorry about that, called away by Mistress. How is the boredom alleviation coming along? 
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 @9ccf7b7d 
As Graham Chapman succinctly put it, run away, run away! 
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 @de659117 
And you still have all your fingers? 
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 @986867ce 
I've yet to find another song that includes 'sacroiliac' in the lyrics. 
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 @12aba0bb 
I'm fairly sure I've pizza where including the box would have improved the epicurean experience. 
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 @986867ce @986867ce 
Released in the UK by 'Marmalade'? 
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 @9ccf7b7d 
That can't possibly work. In the really cold weather everything is gonna be about one third the length it was in summer. 
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 @de659117 
Ah, I remember the good old days when as many as five were concerned for the ultimate fate of my eternal soul. 
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 @de659117 
That you are really Donna Tramp, Donald Trump's secret, crossdressing altar ego? Your secret is safe with me. 
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 @de659117 
Fuck!! The first time I read that through, I took it literally. It's late over here, I must need rebooting. :blobcatthonking: 
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 @9ccf7b7d 
Not quite so impressive when you find out they were thigh boots. 
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 @9ccf7b7d 
Pah, what would kids know! It's about the towering idealism of making a small handful of people utter a small and easily suppressed giggle. 
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 @986867ce 
Perilous Journey by Gordon Giltrap.  The albums before and after were excellent also (Visionary and Fear of the Dark) but Perilous Journey is my favourite. 
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 @de659117 
Sounds frustrating but also a little titillating?? 
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 @de659117 
They would be with just a little help from Photoshop! 
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 @4f086e7a 
The final scene from 'The Third Man'. 
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 @daf84508 
Douglas Adams seems to have neglected to mention that Eccentrica Gallumbits was a toy stoat? 
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 @99537271 
Unlike spaghetti, nylons don't grow on trees so swift retribution would need to have been administered? So, all in all, that would make for a good date? 
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 @986867ce 
He might be the most overlooked guitarist for someone with his level of talent. 
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 @9ccf7b7d 
Christopher Lee? 
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 @de659117 
That's what makes you so special. 
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 @de659117 
Of course I am, it's a lovely on the nails. 
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 @986867ce @986867ce 
Is that a member of the Badfinger tribute band, 'Sausagefinger'? 
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 @35a76892 @35a76892 
It may not go down so well the next time you are up on the stage at the local karaoke bar? 
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 @986867ce 
Paint it Black 
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 @4f086e7a 
I seem to remember reading that Connery also worked as a gravedigger. I can never remember where I read these things so I'm never sure if I'm just perpetuating BS. 
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 @4f086e7a 
Er, no. The mighty Lincoln City didn't quite make the list. 
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 @de659117 
For me it's an indicator that I'm about to get a migraine and I make sure the sumatriptan is to hand. 
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 @986867ce 
Dire Straits works for me. 
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 @de659117 
That is a really lovely photo. 
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 @986867ce 
Great track but the Alchemy Live recording is the definitive version. 
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 @de659117 
I have absolutely no idea whatsoever and yet, for some reason, it looks quite large for its intended purpose, whatever that may be? 
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 @de659117 
All without smudging the lip gloss. Respect. 
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 @9ccf7b7d 
Why is it that no matter how much you have on the knife it's never enough to properly butter a slice of toast? 
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 @986867ce 
This looks a lot like the 'Queen' version of a Roger Taylor. 
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 @681e4748 
Can't be a doctor of psychology or they would understand that the urge is irresistible. 
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 @de659117 
It looks a bit big but I think it might be one of those trinkets you dangle from a charm bracelet?