www.bbc.co.uk Fly-tipped sofa becomes unlikely local attraction
Dogs, tortoises, chickens and 150 people have been photographed on Lydbrook's dumped sofa
Avatar is a lemming in bed because this account wasn't intended to be used except for creating communities... and then my instance announced it was closing.
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!lemmings@lemmings.world could do with more of this sort of thing.
This is great! The science teacher who used to also look after all the computers at my school was a big fan of the Acorn Archimedes/RISC PC (quite standard school computers in my day due to the BBC computer literacy stuff, where Acorn won the contract for the BBC Micro). We had a couple of PCs (RM Nimbus) which didn't get as much use. I believe the plan was to switch over to PCs running Windows (95 had been out a couple of years) and because of that he left. I wonder if there was a viable alternative at that point, such as Linux, that he would have stayed.
Faeries Love Bubble Baths by Amy Brown
Source: https://cara.app/post/13e4bda6-2c6b-4ab7-ab90-40e8edca207c
Faeries always take bubble baths. Always.
If you don't believe, you don't get the money.
The tooth fairy isn't going to bother if you can't be bothered to believe in her.
A Short Hike is ace!
Florence - it's short and sweet.
C'mon Jon - it's No Mow May!
There probably should be a rule that communities relate to the UK in some way. Either;
- UK specific
- UK including wider area (eg. European community)
- Generic global/non-regional
Creating a US community here is weird.
Aha! I turned the notification volume off, not the ring volume. That works, thank you. Still shouldn't be necessary but at least I can shut it up now!
Unfortunately that doesn't help on stock Android.
My workaround is to ask Gemini to take a screenshot. It's ridiculous but it works.
I just want to take a screenshot without the loudest possible shutter sound which makes it appear that I'm trying to take covert photos.
I mean, surely a toggle to get rid of that nonsense should be easy? I'm sure it never used to happen a few versions ago.
This is a delayed update from the 23rd.
I'll send the new guy down the shop for some.
See W. Reginald Bray
Filthy! 😳
I added it using the embed image button in Connect 😀
And secondary to this, I put some alt text on that embedded image ^^^^ but it doesn't display on the panel at all.
We can work out our differences.
Crossposted from https://bookwormstory.social/post/4165187
That's pretty neat. It annoys me here that newer crossings tend not to have the beep, and the lights are on a post on the same side - which would be fine but you can't always look at the light and the road, so sometimes it goes green and I don't notice. Having them on the road threshold would make it a bit more obvious I think, even if you're not on a phone.
That's it, Calvin, learn from your mistakes.
Alt text (v.257)
I replied to the old comment about this but I think it has got lost or missed.
Thanks for adding alt text! Now we have the image display with the info panel at the bottom, could you move the alt text there? I think it will be infinitely more readable, and more obvious to find.
New comment highlights (v 257)
The highlighting of new comments seems to have broken recently. I checked my config and it is still enabled but they aren't getting highlighted any more.
Cat&Rabbit Pizza Farming is a cozy culinary adventure coming to Nintendo Switch on May 8th - Comfy Cozy Gaming
A cute new farming game featuring a cat and rabbit running a pizza shop is coming! Cat&Rabbit Pizza Farming will be coming to Nintendo Switch on May 8th!
Birthday dragon
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/28135065
Source: https://safelyendangered.com/blogs/comics/birthday-dragon
Channel 5 axes after 21 years following 'disaster' rebrand
www.coventrytelegraph.net Channel 5 axes beloved show after 21 years following 'disaster' rebrand
Channel 5 has reportedly axed The Gadget Show after 21 years on air, with the series rebranding to Shop Smart, Save Money in 2023 following a change in direction
www.bbc.co.uk 'People have been eating chocolate digestives wrong for 100 years'
The digestive biscuits were originally intended to be eaten with the chocolate side facing down.
Universal hints at century-long plans for UK park
www.bbc.com Universal UK: Century-long plans made for Bedford theme park
President of new ventures, Page Thompson, says the theme park is just the start of local investment.
cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/165353
From BBC News via this RSS feed
www.renewableenergymagazine.com UK hits 100,000 public EV chargers
Over 100,000 public electric vehicle (EV) charge points are available to drivers in the UK, according to Octopus Electroverse?s new Charging Infrastructure Insights report.
Crossposted from https://lazysoci.al/post/25169449
You can't park there mate
www.bbc.co.uk Police spot van poking out of lorry on M1 in Nottinghamshire
A Nottinghamshire Police officer says it "was definitely a first".
Police spot van poking out of lorry on M1 in Nottinghamshire
A Nottinghamshire Police officer says it "was definitely a first".
Hare Today (Little Bunny Foo Foo) by Graham Moogk-Soulis
Source: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Bmo4Ar
When I created this, my wife told me people, herself included, don't know the Little Rabbit (or Bunny) Foo Foo song. I was sure she was wrong, but as usual, she was not. In the event that you are part of the majority, here are the lyrics: Little rabbit Foo Foo Hopping through the forest Scooping up the field mice And bopping them on the head Down came the Good Fairy, and she said "Little rabbit Foo Foo I don't want to see you Scooping up the field mice And bopping them on the head. I'll give you three chances, And if you don't stop, I'll turn you into a GOON!" And the next day... The song the repeats until the leader decides they have had enough.
When following link, comments don't display
I'm sure I reported this already, I was going to update that report but can't find it now! So sorry for the duplicate.
This is a good post to test: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/42624268
When visiting any of the links on it, the post displays but the comments don't. Refreshing either gives an error (can't find post) or shows a completely different post.
www.theguardian.com Dark chocolate Toblerone to be discontinued in UK due to ‘changing tastes’
Maker of triangular-shaped almond-and-honey-laced chocolate bar says it has made ‘difficult decision’ to withdraw product
Maker of triangular-shaped almond-and-honey-laced chocolate bar says it has made ‘difficult decision’ to withdraw product
I'm not sure I even realised there was a dark chocolate version.
Are spoilers broken?
I just happened upon a post with a spoiler and couldn't view it.
Edit: works in the preview, doesn't work after posting
ITVBe TO CLOSE AND REBRAND TO ITV QUIZ
ITV2 will now officially become the linear home of all of ITV’s best-known reality series, as The Only Way is Essex, The Real Housewives of Cheshire and Real Housewives franchises from around the world move from ITVBe to the UK’s most successful digital channel for 16-34s, in June 2025.
As the flagship commissions move across to their ITV2 broadcast home, ITV will retire the ITVBe brand from its portfolio in June 2025. ITV plans to use the channel slot as ITV Quiz, drawing on ITV's popular, market-leading UK quiz and game shows, and the success and learnings of ITVX FAST channels.
Fishing
Source: https://mastodon.world/@loadingartist/114332430369996553
6-panel Loading Artist comic. 1: A sad man sighs while fishing off a pier. A fish watches from the water. 2: The fish feels sympathy: “Aww, he looks so sad…” 3: It swims the hook over to a friend, suggesting, “Maybe we could give him something?” 4: The friend snaps, “Are you nuts? HE’S TRYING TO EAT US!” 5: The friend swims off, grumbling, “You’re such an idiot…” 6: The man happily reels in a fish — it’s the angry one, hook stuck in its tail.