Notices by Col (kibcol1049@mstdn.social)

"Never do something permanently foolish just because you are temporarily upset." Anonymous

"Dad, there's been a terrible accident, I'm in the police station, they won't let me fly home unless I pay £1000 immediately, sent it to them now please."
He recognised his daughters voice and her panic like when her cat died. STOP!!!
His daughter was fine, relaxing safely on a beach.
AI clones your voice from three seconds of audio. The match is 85% accurate. 70% of Americans can’t tell a cloned voice from the real one. One family code word defeats the entire scam. Pick yours now.

Food prices are set to be 50% higher by November compared to 2021, according to research by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit.

In the US, Amazon are selling Ring doorbells, the largest private surveillance network ever, countess millions of Ring cameras at front doors. The new Echo Show 8 and Echo Show 11 with 13MP cameras pointed at your living room. (They quietly dropped the physical privacy shutter.) Visual recognition uses it plus AI to identify whoever's standing in front of it. Using a wireless mesh, (Sidewalk) scans every Ring camera in a 5 mile radius for matches in seconds, straight to police via partner Axon.

Shots fired at Trump dinner: Everything we know so far https://www.itv.com/news/2026-04-26/shots-fired-at-trump-dinner-everything-we-know-so-far?utm_source=NewsApp&utm_medium=SocialShare

The US could review its position on Britain’s claim to the Falkland Islands as punishment for not helping with the war on Iran. A leaked internal Pentagon email shows that America is looking at options to “hold Nato countries to account” for their perceived lack of support, including reassessing US backing for longstanding European “imperial possessions”.

Seven more people have been arrested after a series of arson attacks on Jewish sites in London.

A further escalation in the Iran war could trigger a global recession, spiralling inflation and a sharp backlash in financial markets, the International Monetary Fund has warned.

FIS - “Feline Immobility Syndrome.”
A condition where standing is not physically possible because a cat (or cats) are sleeping on you.

Viktor Orbán’s resounding failure in Hungary extends well beyond the borders of “Europe’s laboratory for illiberalism”, says Le Monde. Sharers in his defeat are allies that range from France’s Marine Le Pen and her far-right National Rally, to Netanyahu, to Putin’s Russia, toward which the outgoing government in Budapest has long displayed “unwavering servility”. The blow will be felt even more directly by the Trump administration, which made “every effort” to save the flailing prime minister.

Ministers are planning to reshape Britain’s relationship with the European Union, with new legislation that could result in the UK signing up to EU single market rules without a normal parliamentary vote.

I'd rather have questions that can't be answered, than answers that can't be questioned.

@lankohr Not especially, I wondered where I'd heard that. 🤔

@lankohr Most clever things are repeated like good jokes. It's often impossible to know who made them famous, let alone who actually said them first. If there's a general acceptance of a credit I will give it.

Reform UK would stop issuing visas to people from any country that continues to demand compensation from the UK for its role in the transatlantic trade in enslaved people, the party has said.

The world would be a better place if everyone grew vegetables instead of electing them.

Donald Trump issued an expletive-laden warning for Tehran to reopen the strait of Hormuz or the US will obliterate Iran’s power plants and bridges. Iran’s parliament speaker responded that the US president’s “reckless moves” would mean “our whole region is going to burn”.

Keir Starmer has criticised the Green party, claiming that voting for Labour’s rivals jeopardises advances such as the new workers’ rights set to take effect today.

Serbia’s claim that it found “explosives of devastating power” near a pipeline that carries Russian gas to Hungary sparked claims by the country’s leading opposition candidate of a possible “false flag” operation aimed at influencing elections in favour of the incumbent prime minister, Viktor Orbán.

Him: Let's exchange phone numbers.
Her: Won't that confuse people trying to call us?