One great side effect of having image autoloading turned off on your email is that you get to see the markov chain "valid business email" text that is there to trick spam filters but would normally be hidden behind the actual scam payload jpg.

she died doing what she loved. a werewolf.

"I will not morally compromise myself by voting and choosing a party which does not reflect my values, the lesser of two evils is still evil" I admire the purity of a position so morally superior that it literally doesn't care what degree of evil everybody around you has to suffer through […]

One consolation about this terrifyingly expensive part my car needed: it came in a sealed box with "Original Mahindra Parts" printed all over it. So it should be good for another 250000km after this.

According to The Atlantic the share of Americans who say they host friends or family at their home at least monthly has fallen from 42 percent in 1975 to 12 percent in 2026—a 70 percent collapse in a half century: "Mid-century Americans knew how to throw a party, for better or worse. In some of […]

Phew, I thought it was a bit warm! My little thermometer on my desk tells me it's 34ºC today. Not really looking forward to Summer.

If you want to know how my wife's job is going, she works for the sort of digital marketing agency that has a trophy cabinet for their Cannes awards, but she's still having to explain to her highly experienced and highly paid seniors that she is not going to put a QR code in the mobile platform […]

My son is doing his piano practice. He's not getting lessons, he just decided it's time somebody start using that piano my wife bought 14 years ago. Currently he's teaching himself Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. No sheet music, he's not even playing along with a recording. He's just labouring along […]

There's an online retailer in south africa whose whole deal is these time-limited once-off deals. Their products all very clearly come straight from AliExpress, everything is advertised as this massive 75% saving, but there are only 3 left and the deal expires soon. They used to include a […]

Amen to this. See also gossip tabloid content questioning an actor's future career. Nobody's business, nobody should care, except the actor themselves and their agent.

The really cool thing about this is that for the past three years, we've had language teachers actively encouraging the kids to use AI tools with their language subjects. Sometimes even plainly saying "Just write it in english and ask ChatGPT to translate for you". So this is actually brilliant […]

Welcome letter from my son's Afrikaans teacher, sent to all parents. My summary: "Please don't let your kids use AI to write their oral presentations for them. The whole point of these assignments is to force the child to actually use the language, develop thoughts and ideas, and express […]

I'm talking about both fathers and mothers here

The best thing about movies is how nobody ever responds to a pregnancy with anything less than bubbling instant joy. Show me just one "AH FUCKMAN NOT AGAIN" though and I will become a fan for life