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This morning: deleted my Amazon account, blocked the Twitter app and website (deleted those accounts a while ago), reactivated an old FB account to download all my data and delete it, given myself a month timeline to get off Instagram and WhatsApp. These Nazis will have NOTHING from me.

The new #Muse song is… something “What is this Tim Burton intro?” “Oh, here we go. Classic Muse synth.” “Oh, that’s a riff…” “Oh shit, THAT’S a rif- what in the Evanescence-Linkin Park-Trivium-early 2000s is this chorus?” “OH SHIT NOW WE’RE RIFFING” A wild ride from start to finish. #Unraveling

I’m now one of those people who asks #ChatGPT for information & answers because Google & DuckDuckGo results are completely useless now. I spent ages trying to the name of a specific beer bottle shape and only ChatGPT got it right. Google threw up a load of ads for Beer52 & DDG had nothing.

Immediately afterwards, the @telegraphnews.bsky.social reported that “net zero” was the issue in Spain & Portugal on Monday. Net zero (or “renewables”, if you’re not a gammon) actually saved the day: www.euronews.com/green/2025/0... In summary: fuck the Torygraph #poweroutage #spain #portugal

euronews.comDid wind and solar really make Spain's power grid more vulnerable?Investigations are ongoing into what went wrong with the electricity system, which impacted some 60 million people.

Sure is a “coincidence”…… We landed about an hour before all the power went out in Portugal. It’s all back on now but this is just too convenient 😂 #iberianpoweroutage #portugal #spain #israel

“Why don’t people tip for food delivery any more?” Because it used to be £20 to feed two people. £5 tip to the driver was fine. Now it’s £40 + delivery for food that’s worse. That’s why.

I’ve never understood this nonsense unless you’re actively avoiding paying tax. It costs about 1.5% to bank cash It costs about 1.2% to take a card payment (Both these number are averages based on what I’ve seen myself and from working in small businesses) Be better. #taxavoidance #cashsucks

Today’s task was to replace some outside lights that were literally rusted to the wall. “Made in GDR” - East German iron works! Madness, but makes sense as this extension was done in the mid-late 80s. I’d keep them if they weren’t so rusted and fucked. #GDR #eastgerman #eastgermany #madeinGDR

If you put lactose in a beer that isn’t a Milkshake IPA or Milk Stout, you’re a lazy brewer who has a shit product that has to be fixed with an exclusionary shortcut. Be better, do better, brew better. #beer #brewery #brewer #lactose #veganbeer #shitbeer

One year since closing down by Google Workspace account, Google have finally actually closed it after emailing me every week for a year to say "URGENT ACTION NEEDED" and me taking the "URGENT ACTION" confirming that I want it closed down. One year. What the fuck.

I got rid of my personal Instagram about five weeks ago. I still have one for work but I don’t use the “explore” page nor do I let it send me targeted ads. It is confused as fuck and throws up some mad sponsored posts but this… …this is something else, man. What the fuck.

The council came to replace loads of drainage and sewerage pipes on my street today. Two hours in, horrendous smell of gas. SGN have now been here for six hours to fix the gas leak caused by two clowns with their digger. What a time to be alive.

AO.com ringing me at 8am on a Saturday morning, leaving a message saying “I’m so sorry I’ve I’ve called you at a bad time”… …it’s ALWAYS a bad time to call when the who conversation has been by email.

UK trades are fucking wild. Look at these mad quotes to dig out a lawn and put a gravel driveway in. It’s all for the same gravel, same size, same outcome. #tradies #trady #builders #ukbuilders

If your website, Southern Water, makes me go to another page after clicking "Log In", Southern Water, and then makes me choose my log in type on that page, Southern Water, and then opens up a whole new tab when I click "Log In", Southern Water, you need to fire your web team, Southern Water.