FLOSS Weekly Episode 864: Work Hard, Save Money, Retire Early

https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/floss-weekly-episode-864-work-hard-save-money-retire-early/

RT: @TheGreenParty Palantir’s track record speaks for itself.

They should be nowhere near our NHS!

Today we're leaving X. If you're still there, we think you should consider leaving too.

A word here on:
1. why it is so difficult to leave collapsing platforms;
2. why we're making this decision today;
3. where else you can find us.

https://openmedia.org/article/item/were-leaving-x

UK. Petition.

By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party.

When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their elected official.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/737660

If we can coerce just 17 people into listening to a show I did back in September, we could get an episode of #ThePlaylist over 100 listens!

https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/theplaylist-072-international/

Something is brewing (pun intended) in the UK's coffee market; as opposed to the usual British consolidation & increasing oligopoly, for now at least the major coffee shop chains are in some difficulty as a rise in smaller chains & independents has captured the (more discerning?) tastes of younger coffee drinkers.

Whether the majors can fight back (Cafe Nero is having a better time than Costa & Starbucks) is unclear, but for now market fragmentation is the dynamic.

#coffee #hospitality
h/t FT

#introduction

Hello, I’m Colleen from Glasgow UK

I’ve found Mastodon in my decision to stop using FB/Insta/Threads etc, and so far am loving it - not least due to the lack of adverts :)

I’m an accountant by trade; pianist, dog and cat lover, and avid reader in my spare time.

#s that I’m following so far:
#music
#dogs #dogsofmastodon
#catsOfMastodon #cats
#art #hitchhikersguide
#joy