Mastodawn

In Cuba it's US$10 per litre. When available at all.

Fun random fact of the day: Spar (the supermarket chain) is Dutch. Its name means "spruce", a coniferous tree. This also i spired the logo.
However, its name comes from much earlier, when it was called "de spar" ("de" being Dutch for "the"). Besides meqning "the spruce", it also was an acronym for "Door Eendrachtig Samenwerken Profiteren Allen Regelmatig" : "through united collaboration everybody profits regularly". Yes, it is as clunky in Dutch as it is in English, but what do you expect from a name from 1932.

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chebe / Shhh Earl 5h ago

And what kind of postal systems breaks 'return to sender'?!

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chebe / Shhh Earl 5h ago

Now they've come back to tell me that they don't have the ability to change the address.

I have legitimately asked them then, what happens next? Does the parcel bounce around England forever?

chebe / Shhh Earl 10h ago

Zhuowei Zhang 1d ago

The `left-pad` incident was 10 years ago today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Npm_left-pad_incident

Thankfully, we've completely solved software supply chains in the years since.

npm left-pad incident - Wikipedia

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chebe / Shhh Earl 12h ago

It's not like the parcel is lost. It's being scanned constantly. Why can't it raise an alarm, like at automated checkouts, to get a human to go intervene. It's a fundamentally flawed system.

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chebe / Shhh Earl 13h ago

I emailed, asking for an ETA days ago. They've just replied, it's out for delivery, so 9pm.

!!?!?!?!?!!?!!?!!!

Meanwhile tracking says it has once again experienced a sortation delay, in LONDON.

chebe / Shhh Earl 1d ago

evacide 1d ago

For people who are concerned about having their devices seized at US airports starting Monday when ICE "assists" the TSA, EFF has this guide: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/journalist-security-checklist-preparing-devices-travel-through-us-border

A Journalist Security Checklist: Preparing Devices for Travel Through a US Border

We wrote this checklist to help journalists prepare for transit through a U.S. port of entry while preserving the confidentiality of your most sensitive information, such as unpublished reporting materials or source contact information. It’s important to think about your strategy in advance, and begin planning which options in this checklist make sense for you.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

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chebe / Shhh Earl 1d ago

Seriously. How is one supposed to work until the midnight hour without internet?

chebe / Shhh Earl 1d ago

Oi. Give me back my internet.

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