Mr Salteena is not quite a gentleman
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I am interested in things. Lots of things.
I am not quite a gentleman but you would hardly notice it but it cant be helped anyhow. I'm the operator […]
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I am not quite a gentleman but you would hardly notice it but it cant be helped anyhow. I'm the operator […]
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Discovered a really great looking open source app I think I want to play with.
The authors are Swiss and all the documentation, everything, is in French. Love it. Down with the monoglot internet!
(The app is Digipad, https://codeberg.org/ladigitale/digipad and demo https://digipad.app/)
The authors are Swiss and all the documentation, everything, is in French. Love it. Down with the monoglot internet!
(The app is Digipad, https://codeberg.org/ladigitale/digipad and demo https://digipad.app/)
digipad
Une application en ligne pour créer des murs collaboratifs multimédias
codeberg.org
December 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Discovered a really great looking open source app I think I want to play with.
The authors are Swiss and all the documentation, everything, is in French. Love it. Down with the monoglot internet!
(The app is Digipad, https://codeberg.org/ladigitale/digipad and demo https://digipad.app/)
The authors are Swiss and all the documentation, everything, is in French. Love it. Down with the monoglot internet!
(The app is Digipad, https://codeberg.org/ladigitale/digipad and demo https://digipad.app/)
[nerd shit]
Wonder if we'll see a new trend of developers prioritising memory use. That could be good?
Wonder if we'll see a new trend of developers prioritising memory use. That could be good?
December 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
[nerd shit]
Wonder if we'll see a new trend of developers prioritising memory use. That could be good?
Wonder if we'll see a new trend of developers prioritising memory use. That could be good?
Would any Christchurch person know the Fendalton bakery in question? I want to eat one of these.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/360584774/mysterious-delicious-bakery-item-only-found-hawkes-bay
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/360584774/mysterious-delicious-bakery-item-only-found-hawkes-bay
Stuff
www.stuff.co.nz
December 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Would any Christchurch person know the Fendalton bakery in question? I want to eat one of these.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/360584774/mysterious-delicious-bakery-item-only-found-hawkes-bay
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/360584774/mysterious-delicious-bakery-item-only-found-hawkes-bay
This is such a moving story. Couple invite a homeless autistic man into their home at Xmas, he never leaves.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxwllqz1l0o
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxwllqz1l0o
December 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This is such a moving story. Couple invite a homeless autistic man into their home at Xmas, he never leaves.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxwllqz1l0o
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxwllqz1l0o
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In the battle against antisemitism we must accept that Zionism means different things to different people
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/28/what-does-zionism-mean-different-things-people-antisemitism-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/28/what-does-zionism-mean-different-things-people-antisemitism-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
In the battle against antisemitism we must accept that Zionism means different things to different people | David Slucki
Among Jews the meaning of the term has evolved – but there is still no consensus. And when people talk past one another there are real-world consequences
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
In the battle against antisemitism we must accept that Zionism means different things to different people
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/28/what-does-zionism-mean-different-things-people-antisemitism-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/28/what-does-zionism-mean-different-things-people-antisemitism-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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I'm a very nuts-and-bolts kinda guy and this morning I'm struck VIVIDLY by just how weird that is
Like I read so many threads on here that go, like,
🐰 I have a problem affecting me
🦆🐇🐴🐢🐀 40 post discussion
🐹 The actual problem is capitalism AND THAT'S THE END OF THE THREAD
And like, 🐹 isn't […]
Like I read so many threads on here that go, like,
🐰 I have a problem affecting me
🦆🐇🐴🐢🐀 40 post discussion
🐹 The actual problem is capitalism AND THAT'S THE END OF THE THREAD
And like, 🐹 isn't […]
Original post on retro.social
retro.social
July 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I'm a very nuts-and-bolts kinda guy and this morning I'm struck VIVIDLY by just how weird that is
Like I read so many threads on here that go, like,
🐰 I have a problem affecting me
🦆🐇🐴🐢🐀 40 post discussion
🐹 The actual problem is capitalism AND THAT'S THE END OF THE THREAD
And like, 🐹 isn't […]
Like I read so many threads on here that go, like,
🐰 I have a problem affecting me
🦆🐇🐴🐢🐀 40 post discussion
🐹 The actual problem is capitalism AND THAT'S THE END OF THE THREAD
And like, 🐹 isn't […]
Question for electrically knowledgeable people.
I want to repair our toasted sandwich maker. Pretty clear there's a dodgy bit of power cord in a kink just before where it enters the appliance. Looks like I could just cut off 10cm of it and reattach.
When I took the back off the appliance, I […]
I want to repair our toasted sandwich maker. Pretty clear there's a dodgy bit of power cord in a kink just before where it enters the appliance. Looks like I could just cut off 10cm of it and reattach.
When I took the back off the appliance, I […]
Original post on microbe.vital.org.nz
microbe.vital.org.nz
December 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Question for electrically knowledgeable people.
I want to repair our toasted sandwich maker. Pretty clear there's a dodgy bit of power cord in a kink just before where it enters the appliance. Looks like I could just cut off 10cm of it and reattach.
When I took the back off the appliance, I […]
I want to repair our toasted sandwich maker. Pretty clear there's a dodgy bit of power cord in a kink just before where it enters the appliance. Looks like I could just cut off 10cm of it and reattach.
When I took the back off the appliance, I […]
You could read this as just a review of some fancy ciders. And if you're me you might reflect on how very rubbish the selection available in this country is. But the point is quite different.
DON'T SAVE THE GOOD STUFF FOREVER.
When my sister and I finally had to stage an intervention, he still […]
DON'T SAVE THE GOOD STUFF FOREVER.
When my sister and I finally had to stage an intervention, he still […]
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microbe.vital.org.nz
December 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
You could read this as just a review of some fancy ciders. And if you're me you might reflect on how very rubbish the selection available in this country is. But the point is quite different.
DON'T SAVE THE GOOD STUFF FOREVER.
When my sister and I finally had to stage an intervention, he still […]
DON'T SAVE THE GOOD STUFF FOREVER.
When my sister and I finally had to stage an intervention, he still […]
When I would do apparently irrational acts like eg bicycle commute to the Wellington CBD from Marewa Rd in Hataitai or Euston Rd in Northland, I would respond (depending on my interlocutor) "if you want to be a tough person, you have to do tough things."
There is nothing wrong with not caring […]
There is nothing wrong with not caring […]
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microbe.vital.org.nz
December 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
When I would do apparently irrational acts like eg bicycle commute to the Wellington CBD from Marewa Rd in Hataitai or Euston Rd in Northland, I would respond (depending on my interlocutor) "if you want to be a tough person, you have to do tough things."
There is nothing wrong with not caring […]
There is nothing wrong with not caring […]
Great piece this one. A man learns Welsh as an adult and connects, sort of, with his mother and late Nain: https://yalereview.org/article/dan-fox-learning-welsh
Dan Fox: “What Happened When I Began to Speak Welsh”
Dan Fox on learning his family’s many-layered language and picking up a portable inheritance.
yalereview.org
December 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Great piece this one. A man learns Welsh as an adult and connects, sort of, with his mother and late Nain: https://yalereview.org/article/dan-fox-learning-welsh
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"[Housing First Ōtautahi] The outreach workers and nurses head out on to the street each day at 7am to talk to people they believe could be homeless. They speak to them about what they need and ensure they know about services available.
In their first week on the streets, the team encountered […]
In their first week on the streets, the team encountered […]
Original post on mastodon.nzoss.nz
mastodon.nzoss.nz
December 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
"[Housing First Ōtautahi] The outreach workers and nurses head out on to the street each day at 7am to talk to people they believe could be homeless. They speak to them about what they need and ensure they know about services available.
In their first week on the streets, the team encountered […]
In their first week on the streets, the team encountered […]
I badly misinterpreted this headline:
December 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I badly misinterpreted this headline:
A thunderstorm and hail warning for this afternoon! And I was gloating over my fruit and vege success yesterday.... If I lose the garden I might cry.
At least I'm not a subsistence farmer. Yet.
#gardeninf
At least I'm not a subsistence farmer. Yet.
#gardeninf
December 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A thunderstorm and hail warning for this afternoon! And I was gloating over my fruit and vege success yesterday.... If I lose the garden I might cry.
At least I'm not a subsistence farmer. Yet.
#gardeninf
At least I'm not a subsistence farmer. Yet.
#gardeninf
Re previous boost: an indigenous language of central America, Nahuat (or Nawat, I'm not clear on whose orthography to use) has just got the go ahead for its own Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawat_language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawat_language
Nawat language - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Re previous boost: an indigenous language of central America, Nahuat (or Nawat, I'm not clear on whose orthography to use) has just got the go ahead for its own Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawat_language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawat_language
So I got some free windfall damsons on my bike ride, I have picked my first figs, some late broad beans, dug first potato plant for tonight's dinner... feeling very pleased with myself.
This morning I noted that the runner beans have young pods on them, the first ripe tomato doesn't seem too […]
This morning I noted that the runner beans have young pods on them, the first ripe tomato doesn't seem too […]
Original post on microbe.vital.org.nz
microbe.vital.org.nz
December 26, 2025 at 5:58 AM
So I got some free windfall damsons on my bike ride, I have picked my first figs, some late broad beans, dug first potato plant for tonight's dinner... feeling very pleased with myself.
This morning I noted that the runner beans have young pods on them, the first ripe tomato doesn't seem too […]
This morning I noted that the runner beans have young pods on them, the first ripe tomato doesn't seem too […]
For the first time ever, my fig tree has kept some of the breba crop to maturity and there's 10 or so ripe or nearly ripe figs! The birds just noticed and got 3, but I've picked the ripest remaining ones and we'll see who nabs the others first in the morning - perhaps I'll be the early human […]
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microbe.vital.org.nz
December 26, 2025 at 5:49 AM
For the first time ever, my fig tree has kept some of the breba crop to maturity and there's 10 or so ripe or nearly ripe figs! The birds just noticed and got 3, but I've picked the ripest remaining ones and we'll see who nabs the others first in the morning - perhaps I'll be the early human […]
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The two hardest problems in Computer Science are:
1. Getting up in the morning
2. Going to bed at a reasonable time
1. Getting up in the morning
2. Going to bed at a reasonable time
December 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The two hardest problems in Computer Science are:
1. Getting up in the morning
2. Going to bed at a reasonable time
1. Getting up in the morning
2. Going to bed at a reasonable time
Yup
December 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Yup
Nice. I have ridden my ancient road bike to Kaiapoi. The Lycra crowd are at Coffee Culture, but I've found a kebab place and I'm going to load up my saddle bag with roadside plums on the way home. Wheeeeeeeee!
December 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Nice. I have ridden my ancient road bike to Kaiapoi. The Lycra crowd are at Coffee Culture, but I've found a kebab place and I'm going to load up my saddle bag with roadside plums on the way home. Wheeeeeeeee!
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US coal generation has collapsed from about 50% of electricity in 2005 to just 14% today. It’s one of the fastest energy transitions in modern history. Nearly 400 plants have retired or been scheduled for closure, and operating a coal plant now costs more than building new wind and solar in […]
Original post on wandering.shop
wandering.shop
December 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
US coal generation has collapsed from about 50% of electricity in 2005 to just 14% today. It’s one of the fastest energy transitions in modern history. Nearly 400 plants have retired or been scheduled for closure, and operating a coal plant now costs more than building new wind and solar in […]
*burp* I made falafel with tahini sauce for dinner.
Have decided broad beans have it over chickpeas, although I would never turn my nose up.
Used the recipe in Claudia Roden's _The Book of Jewish Food_.
I still need to nail getting nice even ones […]
[Original post on microbe.vital.org.nz]
Have decided broad beans have it over chickpeas, although I would never turn my nose up.
Used the recipe in Claudia Roden's _The Book of Jewish Food_.
I still need to nail getting nice even ones […]
[Original post on microbe.vital.org.nz]
December 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
*burp* I made falafel with tahini sauce for dinner.
Have decided broad beans have it over chickpeas, although I would never turn my nose up.
Used the recipe in Claudia Roden's _The Book of Jewish Food_.
I still need to nail getting nice even ones […]
[Original post on microbe.vital.org.nz]
Have decided broad beans have it over chickpeas, although I would never turn my nose up.
Used the recipe in Claudia Roden's _The Book of Jewish Food_.
I still need to nail getting nice even ones […]
[Original post on microbe.vital.org.nz]
Thank you to whoever posted about their hand weeding tool with prong and hemisphere for leverage - big hit as a present for a person who likes weeding.
December 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Thank you to whoever posted about their hand weeding tool with prong and hemisphere for leverage - big hit as a present for a person who likes weeding.
Me: I was just thinking about a number 2 salad.
K: [facial expression]
Me: I mean a second salad
K: WORST SALAD EVER
K: [facial expression]
Me: I mean a second salad
K: WORST SALAD EVER
December 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Me: I was just thinking about a number 2 salad.
K: [facial expression]
Me: I mean a second salad
K: WORST SALAD EVER
K: [facial expression]
Me: I mean a second salad
K: WORST SALAD EVER
The fact that this will be bracketed by ads only makes it more appropriate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtZR3lJobjw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtZR3lJobjw
December 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The fact that this will be bracketed by ads only makes it more appropriate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtZR3lJobjw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtZR3lJobjw