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And lo, a decree was issued from upon high, that adults across the land must travel back to the place where they were born to fix their parents' computers.

Many years ago when I was a student my landlady told me she had a tradition of reading #TerryPratchett's Hogfather every Christmas, and Lords and Ladies every summer solstice. And that remains the most sensible tradition I've ever heard of, so I adopted it immediately and have been doing it ever since

Today in "infrastructure isn't meant to do that" news from Normal Island, a canal has fallen down a hole.

BBC News

Major incident declared over giant hole at Shropshire canal

Two boats have been left at the bottom of the cavity, where water has drained away.

My banking app just sent me a popup review prompt asking if I was enjoying using it, and someone needs to sit down with the person who wrote that text on this their first day on planet Earth and explain that enjoyment is not why humans use these things