Missingtale

@misingtale
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Engineer, Geek, Father, Husband, Friend. Probably not in that order (most of the time).

Also known as Eeyore.

@neil if you need a car (as we do living in a reasonably populated area with almost no public transport. aka outside London) an electric car makes a lot of sense if you can charge at home.
Second hand ev's seem good value at the minute and I think they actually last better than liquid fuel equivalents.
Early leafs do have very little range and the early leaf and Zoe are showing signs that the charge port is the weakest link and expensive to replace. Good luck.
Hello! We are Edinburgh Linux Cafe, joining Mastodon was something we meant to do for a while but never got around to. We are a small but dedicated group helping people to install Linux on their laptops. Our interests are Linux (obviously), repair, reuse, and bicycles. Amazing to see that we have actually been mentioned already (👋 @DoomsdaysCW )!

"She is too scared to use her real name, or allow the school to be named. She fears that the school will try to take legal action against her and does not want to become a public figure, where she worries she may be targeted. Considering the abuse levelled at librarians in the USA for defending their collections, she may have a point."

#UKPol #Censorship #Books #Libraries #Education

https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/school-book-banning-escalates-in-the-uk-as-greater-manchester-secondary-school-censors-scores-of-books/

School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship

A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women

Index on Censorship

@yvan still waiting for ours to germinate, all from real seeds originally but self stored for a few years. Most are from 2 years ago as I didn't grow any last year. I'm hoping the seeds are still good.

Amish paste
Ukrainian purple
Early cherry
Sweet million
Jens Tangerine*
Moskvich

*New from real seeds this year.

@samw The best designs use multiple 2x2 connectors and put ground and power on random pins without reverse polarity protection.

Be Radical for good!

#thoughtfortheday

I'm pleased to share with you the greatest advancement in bottom-sheet technology since the invention of elastic.
@CjMalone True but in the UK that kind of meter is very rare. They have had a mechanism so it only ever measures incoming in for a very long time. In countries where these are still common you are very lucky to be able to buy and sell at the same price.
@nowster @neil Smart meter came with the new build house. Gas side has never worked properly, and I have to give them manual readings.
Electricity meter being smart is really useful when you have solar panels, batteries and ev although working out how to minimise bills with such a set up becomes very interesting.
@neil I log into app,
Octo: Your meter is due for an upgrade click here to book it in
Me: ok 'clickity'
Octo: opening web browser... You already have a smart meter you can NOT book a meter replacement.
Me: Well why the beep did your other tentacle tell me to book an upgrade!
Perhaps the octopus analogy is a little too close and each arm has it's own 'brain'