Strypey yesterday

Well that's an odd synchronicity. Sinkholes have opened up in England, Thailand and Norway. The first affecting a canal, the second a hospital, the third a railway and motorway. They don't seem to be causally related, but they're all at the top of the news this morning. #sinkholes

Strypey yesterday

#TIL that @npub1r5ta...l8ka has a Lemmy community; @npub16e38...9upu "Community for the Flounder online user group for free software people in Australia, New Zealand, and surrounding areas."

FLOSS Down Under - Lemmy

Community for the Flounder online user group for free software people in Australia, New Zealand, and surrounding areas. Main web site [https://flou...

Any software freedom folks in the South Pacific are also welcome to join our Discourse forum;

Forum for all the flavours, colours, and communities of Aotearoa NZ

This is a place for people interested in collaborating openly.

Hey @npub16uk4...pv7k, in the new year, it could be a worthwhile experiment to set up peer-to-peer federation with Flounder, using the Discourse AP plugin. #Flounder #NZOSS

Strypey yesterday

The other day I stumbled on a BitCoin ATM in a convenience store, operated by CoinFlip;

CoinFlip

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So that's a thing. #crypto #BitCoin #CoinFlip

Strypey yesterday

"Other highlights from the session included transport minister Chris Bishop showing off the new roadside drug test, which looks almost exactly like a Covid-19 test, but for the narcs. For reasons unknown to The Spinoff (but with theories we couldn’t possibly comment on), Bishop opted not to try it himself in order to show the House how the test actually works." #LyricWaiwiriSmith, Politics reporter, Dec 2025