Notices by In Search of a Better World (crypticmirror@mstdn.social)

@selzero

@terrybot

#HistoryMonks, #TheyDidTheBestTheyCould

#Discworld #GNUTerryPratchett #SpeakHisName

@terrybot

Although I do wish the #HistoryMonks would stop nicking chunks out of my Saturday mornings to patch up the working week.

#Discworld #TerryPrachett #Pterry #GNUTerryPratchett #SpeakHisName

@georgetakei

As a professional driver, I have never been that impressed with most folks driving ability or manners in the first place, but yeah... Holy handbags, people are insane at this time of year.

@georgetakei

Who do I speak to about a transfer to a better species?

@frooned I miss the future we used to have.

@RikerGoogling

I swear to god, Kahless, and the paghwraiths, if this turns into yet another Nord VPN ad, then...

@Santaclaus

@georgetakei And some banana bread. And gingerbread cake. Ginger is root vegetable. And sugar comes from a stem, so that icing has to count too.

@Santaclaus

Finally, some good news for the economy of West Virginia.

@georgetakei

I remember when my birth year didn't require scrolling at all. Back in the era of windows ninety-five being cutting edge.

@selzero I didn't unfollow, but I did think, at the time, that it was too late for him to have stood down so close to the election (I thought he ought to have stood down after the midterms), however I appear to have been wrong. Probably. I'm wrong a lot.

Congrats on being right, unlike me.

@selzero
*Hopefully.

If there is one man who can fuck it up, it is Keir Starmer.

#UKpolitics

@CloudyMrs @bobjmsn

Say that again within arms reach of me, I dare you.

@bobjmsn I remember my grandfather telling me that his father never went more than five miles away from his home in his entire life, because that was a day's walk and back. And my grandfather said that with a bike he could get a whole ten miles and back in a single day.

Then he bought a car in his 40s. And then he could go 40/50 miles. And I own a car, and can go a hundred miles, or even jump a plane and go thousands if I want.

I'm not going back to bike or foot travel. Not voting #Green.

@Wen @bobjmsn

Last week I went to the beach. That beach is thirty miles away. In fact, I went to a couple. Then I came home for tea. And I didn't even plan that. I went to Tesco first. But it was such a nice day, and my day off, I thought I'd have some fun too.

That is what having a car means. Spontaneous fun. Tell me why I shouldn't. Tell me in such a way that it isn't a restriction, or a sign of austerity. Tell me in such a way that it isn't "know your place".

https://gizmodo.com/youre-practically-guaranteed-to-get-alzheimers-if-you-h-1851461024

A guarantee you'll get dementia if you have this gene.

Honestly, if this doesn't make the case for human genetic engineering, then I don't know what will. There is nothing sacred about the human genome, and we ought to be able to hack it as we see fit for our best health.

@georgetakei

Oh, I've not checked mine for the last two days. Thanks for the reminder. Now where did I put it?

@georgetakei

In my case, my waistline is also coming out in sympathy with my bank account.

Holy Crap. I didn't think it was possible, but #NASA got #Voyager back online.

https://gizmodo.com/nasa-voyager-probe-making-sense-months-gibberish-1851427197