Simon Pride

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@drdrang here's a puzzle I can't figure out the solution to: At what times are the hour and minute hands of a clock exactly aligned? I keep thinking about integrals and simultaneous equations but I'm a humble biochemist,
What is the point of Mastodon if I can’t post a sonnet?
For the chipmunks and little critters
That skulk inside our ecosystem
Is not forthcoming. He will have them
Like wide eyed death descending from the stars
Will come for all of us, fair or foul.
He is magnificent, a superb owl.
We've been honored that an owl of some kind
Has taken to hanging around our house
Perhaps in search of that one hardy mouse
Who's living under our deck and still finds
Something to eat in our closed down garden.
He's occult. He hides, his nature secret
Seen from the corner of the eye, not direct,
Just a quality of movement. Pardon

Idea for Cozy Crime novel series: protagonists are a couple of devs who do freelance business process automation and end up discovering half the businesses in London are crooks

entirely unrelated to my experience as a database consultant and I will sue anyone who suggests that

To those saying, "but the Greens will split the vote": 1. Things have changed. 2. It's not the Green's fault that Starmer has the Merdas Touch (turns everything to shit) 3. When the Greens offer the only inspiring option, perhaps we should see the Labour candidate as splitting the vote.

macOS 26.1 new feature: Resize columns to fit filenames

https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/1/8.html

Many days, I wake up ashamed to be an American. Today more than ever.
Fuck you, @TheGuardian_us , it’s not “capture” of Maduro, it”s “kidnapping “
Churn up the skies! Disturb our meager sleep!
What do our lives matter compared with your
Convenience with serving your desire,
Never having to mingle with the sheep
You have to be there now and cannot wait. Instead
You wake we who look up and are not fed.