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Rooney @croondog.bsky.social · 1d

Damn, and I thought having one in my 30's was a bad idea!

Rooney @croondog.bsky.social · 1d

Gosh, the UK government's half-baked #OSA resulted in kids' personal data getting stolen when a service provider got hacked? Who could have seen this coming?

Everyone. Every-fucking-one saw this coming

Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷 @toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk · 2d

Discord has suffered a major hack.

Specifically, the new age verification law in the UK means the group has access to user's IDs, ages, approximate location, selfies, and other personal information, with a plan to extort Discord.

(Read more: 404media)

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Rooney @croondog.bsky.social · 2d

ICE/Federal forces: We're reclaiming Portland.

Wizard frog: Get the fuck outta here, fascists!

ICE/Federal forces: Oh shit, fall back!

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 6d

wizard frog is insane

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Rooney @croondog.bsky.social · 2d

I'll say something nice at the funeral.

Rooney @croondog.bsky.social · 2d

The receptionist seemed shocked and slightly offended that I couldn't drop everything with almost no notice to fit their schedule.

Just a little understanding of how the world works from the NHS would be nice.

Rooney @croondog.bsky.social · 2d

I get it, unexpected stuff happens. But they give me less than a week's notice of the date/time, and I've scrambled to get time off for this (work policy is two weeks notice for holiday bookings), all for naught.

And will have to do it all again soon. And when I explained I need more notice...

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Rooney @croondog.bsky.social · 2d

FFS. Was due to have a minor op today, so both I and the missus used a days holiday for it. Booked for 2:30. Just got a message to say it's been cancelled.

So we've both wasted a days holiday on a random Thursday. And will need more when they re-book it.

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Inkgrid | Edel-Art @inkgrid.bsky.social · 8d

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Rooney @croondog.bsky.social · 8d

"Woman, 50, heterosexual marriage. I've cheated on both my husbands because I'm a scummer"

Fixed that for you.

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Rooney @croondog.bsky.social · 9d

I have just realised I am older than Chief O'Brien in the early seasons of #DS9.

Let me break that down: I am older than the Grumpy Old NCO Engineer.

*Crumbles to dust*

Rooney @croondog.bsky.social · 9d

It's pretty sad that I hear about another shooting/terror attack/other tragedy in the US, and my brain barely registers it any more. Other countries elicit a response, but my brain classes it as the norm for the US now.

Rooney @croondog.bsky.social · 10d

... Why though?

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tutjig.bsky.social @tutjig.bsky.social · 10d

Back together in the flesh, we bring a round-up of nonsense from the internet once again:
- Flag fondlers
- #DigitalID cards
- Super-intelligent AI and the end of mankid
- The girl with two vaginas selling her used lady products
- Uri Geller and alien drones!

open.spotify.com/show/1ZF6RvL...

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Rooney @croondog.bsky.social · 11d

Why does #Canva go down when I need to use it? I only use it once a week, and it always chooses that time to go down.

Rooney @croondog.bsky.social · 14d

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Rooney @croondog.bsky.social · 17d

So, did ANYONE get raptured?

Rooney @croondog.bsky.social · 20d

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Rooney @croondog.bsky.social · 20d

When did #Teams remove the ability to record calls/meetings from the free version?

@microsoft.com really are money-grabbing bastards.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21d

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Rooney @croondog.bsky.social · 26d

"I love my winter coat, it let's me commit criminal damage"

Rooney @croondog.bsky.social · Sep 4

Of course, he is a much nicer, more sociable boy than I ever was, but right now he's unhappy (there have been tears this evening), all because of some brain dead decision by the school.

Rooney @croondog.bsky.social · Sep 4

... because I cannot be trusted to retain my sense of calm if I speak to them about this.

I am angry, and terrified his school years will be as bad as mine. I had nightmares well into adulthood about my time at secondary school, and he doesn't deserve that.

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Rooney @croondog.bsky.social · Sep 4

... but seemingly that changed at some point, and the school never deigned to tell us. So, like me, all his friends are in one class, whilst him and two.other kids from his school are in a class full of strangers.

This has touched a nerve with me. The missus is going to talk to the school...

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