Mastodawn

Tidal generated playlist:

- Bella Ciao, by Chumbawamba
- Groove is in the Heart, by Deee-Lite
- Six Brandenburg Concertos
- Beata Viscera
- Good Beat, by Deee-Lite

"My Mix" can be a little eclectic but this is a new high.

dominic 1d ago

you find yourself in a maze of dimly lit callbacks, all alike

dominic 2d ago

Dan Fixes Coin-Ops 2d ago

Been at the library a lot this summer holidays, just got back now and thinking about malls and flea markets and libraries

Y'know how you've got that little crow inside you that enjoys the act of Going Somewhere, getting Bags of Shinies, then coming home and examining those shinies, and sometimes you gotta give the crow a treat?

🐹 Man, you're so consumerist-minded, you gotta let go of the -
🦝 Shut up you have a crow as well, anyway as I was saying, the act of going out, getting a large amount of Things and bringing them back satisfies the crow. It gives the crow warm feelings of abundance and security, and the mall and the online shopping apps can feed that crow but at the expense of your wallet.

Daughter just filled up two big canvas bags of library books. Overflowing. Swollen. Our rule is she can take as many as she can carry, and we always end up breaking it. Bulging, heavy sacks of shinies.

If you've got a hole in you that could be filled by getting heavy bags of shinies, the library keeps that crow FED. The crow doesn't know the difference between shopping and borrowing, the heavy bags taste the same, it just cares about Bags Of Stuff, it's the same feeling.

A Little Adventure to Go Somewhere and Acquire Stuff. It fills the same hole.

Except the library ALSO feeds the beast that enjoys REMOVING stacks of things from the house and going "Ahh, that's better, bit more room in here now," because after a couple of weeks you've got to take them back

...and get more

dominic 5d ago

homosexual noncompliance 5d ago

Android's messenger adds animations to emojis and it's yet another example of "people in silicon valley cannot conceive of personal tragedy". Not every thumbs up emoji is an excited WOOHOO!; not every heart response is OMG LOOOOOOVE!!!

Pillocks.

dominic 6d ago

Patrick Klepek 6d ago

My five-year-old has turned into a screen time monster lately. Is this a phase, or something more? It's prompted a question between me and my wife: are we doing screen time wrong? My latest (rant) at @crossplayblog https://www.crossplay.news/p/uh-oh-are-we-doing-screen-time-wrong

Uh Oh, Are We Doing Screen Time Wrong?

My five-year-old has turned into a monster lately. Is this a phase, or something more?

Crossplay

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dominic Jul 7

hot dang it's only €20

dominic Jul 7

I think this might be my "buy a dozen so I can gift this on a whim" book

https://mastodon.social/users/falseknees/statuses/114813281666243831

dominic Jul 7

False Knees Jul 7

Improbably Compatible #oldknees
This is one of ~140 comic strips that are in my new book 'Ew, It's Beautiful', available for preorder now! https://site.andrewsmcmeel.com/ew-its-beautiful-incentive

dominic Jul 5

bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦Jul 4

Yesterday Dutch parliament shamefully passed an extreme law criminalizing being undocumented, and also criminalizing aiding undocumented people. The Dutch national police has now released a statement that they can't support this. Most appreciated. https://www.politie.nl/nieuws/2025/juli/4/00-reactie-politie-op-instemming-tweede-kamer-met-anmw.html

Eerste reactie politie op instemming Tweede Kamer met ANMW

De Tweede Kamer heeft op 3 juli ingestemd met de Asielnoodmaatregelenwet (ANMW). De strafbaarstelling van illegaliteit zal niet meteen ingaan. Toch wil de politie nu al haar zorgen uitspreken over de uitvoerbaarheid, reikwijdte en de effectiviteit van deze maatregel.

dominic Jul 4