Lee Kelly

@LeeKelly
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Recently moved from Potions Master to Defence Against The Dark Arts. No, really.
In the coronation, Penny Mordaunt played the role of strange lady distributing swords
It’s International Haiku Day today, apparently, so here are a few haiku to start off the week.

You folks were super enthusiastic about my posting more on Mastodon, so let's try this.

RT/boost and let's see if there's interest in a regular #Ukraine thread!

Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

For the last year, I've been tracking a notorious Russian unit known for its role in killing 100s of civilians.

This past month we published how we found them.

Great moments in software engineering

Newfoundland, ca. 1000 CE: A bug in the Google Maps route-planning algorithm at high latitudes causes Leif Eriksson and his crew to miss Greenland entirely. They instead become the first Europeans to reach North America. They name the place "Vimland" in honor of a text editor sacred to Odin. Emacs-using natives soon attack the Vikings on several Usenet groups.

#gmise #softwareengineering #humor #midjourney #aiart

Hard to believe this poem is exactly 1.5 million years old today.
It’s Arrestmas Day in the United States. Everywhere else it’s just Sparkling Tuesday.
Incredible that:
A.) they named a gas station for a pair of man-eating lions
B.) the gas station is a brutalist work of art
C.) the gas station is abandoned
Years ago, I was s driving on the highway at night.
Got pulled over by a cop.
He says "You know why I pulled you over?"
I says "You're selling tickets to the policeman's ball?"
He says "We don't have balls."
I look at him.
He looks at me.
He walks back to his car, gets in, and drives away.
Had a notification about a Toot from someone I’ve never heard of and don’t follow, which was a bit concerning. Further investigation suggests it’s because I Retooted… er, what, no, BOOSTED their Toot a few months back, and now they’ve edited it to tell people not to send them Follow requests. Not a problem…