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Scottish SFFH fan and sometimes conrunner. Queer. They/them.

#SFFH #conrunning

Standing out.

#Photography
@ianturton If I fall asleep listening to/looking at my phone, it suddenly flops over (either face down or up) or even drops. Perhaps something that catches a sudden, rapid, marked change in the phone's position?

The Scottish Languages Bill haes been passed unanimously!

The first time Scots haes been recognised in Scots law!

Weil duin tae awbody involved πŸ€πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

@cstross It's on the right, but its readership is people who need to know facts in order to judge how the markets are, what investments are doing, etc., so it's firmly based in reality, unlike the Telegraph (say) which increasingly inhabits a fantasy world of right wing obsessions.

PIP is an IN-WORK benefit, paid to disabled people to assist with the additional costs of being a disabled worker.

People receiving PIP payments PAY TAX.

Cutting payments will make it more difficult, even impossible, for them to work. It will cost the government more in lost taxation than it will save!

#PIP #LabourDanger

Oh no the Chinese are doing the useless thing that gives wrong answers cheaper

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/tech/deepseek-stocks-ai-china/index.html

A shocking Chinese AI advancement called DeepSeek is sending US stocks plunging

US stocks dropped sharply Monday β€” and chipmaker Nvidia lost nearly $600 billion in market value β€” after a surprise advancement from a Chinese artificial intelligence company, DeepSeek, threatened the aura of invincibility surrounding America’s technology industry.

CNN
Today is "#LargeBoulderTheSizeOfASmallBoulder" day, for those who celebrate.
Good boy had the plan all worked out, and then the cat ruined everything.

Violence is NOT the answer. The answer is *opens history book*

uh oh

*frantically starts flipping through pages*

uh oh. oh no. no no no. uh oh

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(ancient meme, but always relevant)