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PatrickoftheG

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Life is a preposterous horror.

Money speaks for money, the devil for his own
Who comes to speak for the skin and the bone?

The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose off the common
But leaves the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from the goose.

Une oasis d'horreur dans un désert d'ennui.

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@PatrickoftheG@mastodon.social avatar PatrickoftheG , to random

Egg Nebula is cool, yo.

It's a picture of something called the egg nebula, from Hubble. I don't know how to describe this to someone who is vision-impaired because of the concepts involved. Imagine thumps of sound coming out of a speaker suspended in water, disturbing the surface of the water and there is different textured mud shooting out.
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@aral@mastodon.ar.al avatar aral , to random

I’m actually shocked that folks I speak to here in Ireland are still planning holidays in the USA.

Here’s a testimonial you might not find on Tripadvisor:

“like a concentration camp, absolute hell” – Seamus Culleton

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/09/irish-man-seamus-culleton-ice-detention

Seriously, what’re you all thinking? DO. NOT. VISIT. THE. USA. FFS!

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@aral Because a bunch of amoral people want to have fun and don't care about the expense it comes at. I mean, international air travel right now is basically environmental suicide of the highest order and you can't convince people that they are drowning the very beaches they are visiting.

People suck.

@PatrickoftheG@mastodon.social avatar PatrickoftheG , to random

As someone who actually believe in God, believe that or not, I love reading this kind of thing.

My first reaction isn't Godly though, it's more along the lines of fuck you you absentee landlord why do we have to do this shit for you? Why do you get the credit? We are kinder to each other, at more cost, than you are with divine power. If you wanted to run away and be silent then you don't deserve the love you get.

Always speak truth to power, even if it is The Power.

https://www.cartercenter.org/programs/guinea-worm/

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Hey God, we cured smallpox.

You didn't.

You let so many die.

Are you sure you're not actually The Opposition?

Because God of love? My ass.

@PatrickoftheG@mastodon.social avatar PatrickoftheG , to random

RE: https://masto.ai/@GM7077/115963064390557153

Can you imagine all the people that settler is shooting, for shit and giggles, if they feel that entitled?

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    @JessTheUnstill There's also a dimension there that the Gods are fickle shitpieces and change their minds all the time? Prometheus isn't chained to that mountain afterall.

    And also, it's not the first time the Gods were overthrown.

    Might only be a matter of time before you push the boulder down the side of that hill and have a laugh because new regime, baby.

    @PatrickoftheG@mastodon.social avatar PatrickoftheG , to random

    Happy is Dead Day to all who celebrate. If you're not celebrating, what's wrong with you? November 29th is the best day of the year by far.

    I give a free free follow back to any and all who have the good taste to observe, loudly and proudly, with all the joy this holy occasion merits.

    It's a picture of an old man in a suit. The picture is of Henry Kissinger and it is in color. You've never seen Kissinger I'm sure it just doesn't matter to you, I just wanted to add a photo to my post.
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    @randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , (edited ) to random

    Who will win the Ukraine war?

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    @randahl The arms dealers and the politicians they fund. The whole point is to keep this thing going on for as long as absolutely possible to milk every dollar out of the situation, while very slowly bleeding a Russia that ultimately will never be able to compete.

    Ideally, we would make it so Ukraine wins right away. We are not the class of people who fund politics though.

    @PatrickoftheG@mastodon.social avatar PatrickoftheG , to random

    Fun.

    William Shatner: "When did Star Trek get all political?" Professor from the Good Place pointing at a screenshot of the Star Trek series with the half black and half white aliens. "You were there." Found randomly on the internet.
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    @PatrickoftheG@mastodon.social avatar PatrickoftheG , to random
    BABIES ARE BORN WORSHIPPING UNKNOWN GODS DWARF FORTRESS, BUG REPORT #13172 From somewhere on the internet. It wasn't me who made this.
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    @JessTheUnstill I am not going to argue with years of Jewish jurisprudence or what have you, but that always struck as being readable as that specific animal in that specific animal mother's milk.

    Seems overly cautious otherwise?

    "Patrick, you can't drink the sap of the maple and cut it down for wood."

    Oh, so I can drink the maple sap and cut down a pine tree.

    "No."

    ...

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    @JessTheUnstill @elevensoro Surely cheese should be permitted on a turkey burger or something, then? No milk worries there.

    On the other hand, I am just an internet clown and there has to be so many years of people who are smarter than me discussing this to much more intelligent ends.

    @PatrickoftheG@mastodon.social avatar PatrickoftheG , to random

    Stephen Collins is my favourite British newspaper cartoonist.

    It's a comic that's making fun of LLMs and the people who want to push them on everyone without knowing at all how that would work out, but they hear it's profitable and they are business owners, possibly the stupidest and most amoral people around.
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    @JessTheUnstill Zero subscriptions.

    I will go check a mental list of places, every now and then, but no subscriptions or feeds or anything at all.

    @TheBreadmonkey@beige.party avatar TheBreadmonkey , to random

    There's a lot going on here.

    Beauty pageant organiser calls contestant a 'dumbhead', everyone walks out

    https://news.sky.com/story/missed-congeniality-beauty-pageant-organiser-accused-of-calling-contestant-a-dumbhead-13466151

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    @TheBreadmonkey I mean, in fairness, you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes.

    Pageants like this are an ontological evil that debase our essential humanity in the name of profiteering fuckheads.

    Burn it all down.

    @PatrickoftheG@mastodon.social avatar PatrickoftheG , to random

    A pox on all the pageants, all the organizers, all the participants, and everyone who watches these things at all?

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy40q990g28o

    PatrickoftheG OP ,
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    @DavidM_yeg @SallyStrange I am not sure I exactly respect any of the participants for doing this, either. That feels a bit like victim blaming though?

    Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

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    @DavidM_yeg @SallyStrange Listen, I would respect the participants in these contests more if they were actual literal prostitutes trying to save themselves from the horrorshow that is their normal lives.

    They are not.

    They are beauty pageant participants.

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    @SallyStrange @DavidM_yeg

    I wasn't limiting that to female prostitutes.

    One group are providing a service and are virtuous for it and the other group are dragging down the world and making life worse for everyone at scale (and are bad people for it).

    Just like participating in the Olympics makes you a bad person by definition for supporting monstrosity. But I get why you'd want a medal and the fame/money that comes with it.

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    @JessTheUnstill Under five.

    My password manager is just my e-mail address and I 95% of my online accounts are things I didn't actually want so I just reset the password every time instead of bothering to remember whatever garbage password it needs when it logs me out.

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

    Put a quack in charge, expect to be royally ducked.

    Screenshot of a tweet by Senator Ed Markey that says, “Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000. RFK Jr. must resign.” Below is an NBC News screenshot with the headline “Measles spreading beyond the center of the Utah-Arizona outbreak.” Two news anchors appear on screen.
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    PatrickoftheG ,
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    @georgetakei I mean, that's true in the United States. Canada also has some ongoing measles outbreaks and we are not half as insane as our American neighbours.

    Stupidity, like capital, knows no borders.

    @TheBreadmonkey@beige.party avatar TheBreadmonkey , to random

    Just a reminder if you're in the UK and wondering about daylight savings - time isn't real 👍

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    @TheBreadmonkey Burn Greenwich to the ground! Meridian frauds.

    @lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social avatar lowqualityfacts , to random

    Please support me on Patreon so I can continue to ...checks notes ...gaslight you all.
    https://www.patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

    43s ago. .1 @lowqualityfacts Whomever you are, you really should dial down the passive aggressive gaslighting posing as "humour." Nothing you post is funny and I stopped following long ago (Your latest just happened to pop up in someone's repost).
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    @lowqualityfacts I mean, maybe if I wanted High Quality Facts I would be bothered. That's not what I am here for!

    @PatrickoftheG@mastodon.social avatar PatrickoftheG , to random

    Yeah.

    he Pixelated Boat —— @pixelatedboat Centrist: Politics is all about compromise Me: So compromise with the left Centrist: Oh god no, | meant compromise with racists
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    @PatrickoftheG@mastodon.social avatar PatrickoftheG , to random

    Remember children, if you're in the middle of a regional drought, and your local golf course has an exception for water usage, a water gun with bleach does the work of Jesus.

    @GroupNebula563@mastodon.social avatar GroupNebula563 , to random

    CDs are wild. like if we told someone in the 60s that we'd have tiny lazer records they'd look at us like we were insane

    PatrickoftheG ,
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    @GroupNebula563 Imagine telling them we had tiny laser records and we stopped using them because they were mildly inconvenient.

    @arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

    How private ownership will change Electronic Arts
    Analysts see trouble for studios like BioWare, potential for Saudi meddling.
    https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/09/how-private-ownership-will-change-electronic-arts/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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    @arstechnica Ah, as long as you don't go to the hotel that Prince Bonesaw invites you to go into, you'll be just fine.

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    @JessTheUnstill Weak.

    I basically wear a bedsheet all day long if I can get away no camera meetings. It's the best life.

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    @gamingonlinux I do like me some Ultrakill. It's just that I think I am too old and don't have the reflexes for Ultrakill.

    This?

    I want. I want but I don't think I will be able to play.

    @GroupNebula563@mastodon.social avatar GroupNebula563 , to random

    okay why is everyone taking about the rapture did I miss something was I asleep when Jesus showed up

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    @GroupNebula563 It seems like some South African pastor made a prediction that the rapture is going to happen today/tomorrow/Wednesday and other people are jumping on the hype train with the messages from God they've heard that endorses it.

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    @gamingonlinux I like the idea, but I need another roguelike deckbuilder like I need another online account somewhere. No matter what theme you throw on it, it turns out just to be the same game with a different veneer each and every time.

    @MrLovenstein@mastodon.social avatar MrLovenstein , to random

    Eggs n' Ben get into some shit today

    uncensored version HERE 🔞 https://tinyview.com/eggs-n-ben/2025/09/16/butt-load

    Tinyview pays us if you tap link ♥ thank you

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    @MrLovenstein That was worth seeing.

    @PatrickoftheG@mastodon.social avatar PatrickoftheG , to random

    This is why every government in the West is in a death race to bind your social media accounts, even anonymous message boards, to your actual ID.

    It's to get you fired for saying things like health care should be free, or that Israel shouldn't be allowed to starve women and children to death, or that trans rights are human rights.

    It's not about protecting children.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna230845

    @PatrickoftheG@mastodon.social avatar PatrickoftheG , to random

    I always wonder when I see police officers manually controlling the stop lights at intersections, especially when those signals seem to be working normally.

    Is this a punitive task? Is this make work? Is this just trying to put police officers in the public vision? Is it because manual makes traffic measurably more efficient? I suppose it's better than just preemptively tear gassing crowds like the SPVM favours as standard practice for the shits and gigs.

    @PatrickoftheG@mastodon.social avatar PatrickoftheG , to random

    A reminder that it's okay to delight in bad things happening to bad people. It's also always appropriate to speak ill of the dead, when they're bad people.

    @aral@mastodon.ar.al avatar aral , to random

    I wonder how Nazi Germany handled climate issues during the Holocaust. Do you think it was widely discussed at the time? https://mastodon.social/@Snoro/115179873107637672

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    @aral Yeah, for some reason I don't think the people in government who are engaged in an honest to God ethnic cleansing of people they don't like are too concerned about the environment.

    If you get used to killing people out of racist pig ignorance, you're going to get used to kill people by pollution for profit too.

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    Good morning. 🏖️🩴🌊

    8 September 2025

    Checks and Balances

    Have you noticed that writing checks isn’t as popular as it once was? It’s very much a 20th-century thing. I still keep a checkbook and write the occasional check—usually to pay a bill that can’t be handled online, or for a larger purchase that my credit card might not accommodate. The checkbook isn’t forgotten; I still keep the ledger up to date.

    I use a debit card now and then, though I prefer a credit card. The thing is, nowadays many small businesses charge extra when you use a credit card. Some even tack on fees for any card, which misses the point entirely—they’re not charged extra for processing a debit card. That’s yet another reason I might reach for a check.

    Back in the 20th century—especially in the ’70s and ’80s—writing checks was common practice. People carried their checkbooks everywhere and used them for everything. Need gas? Write a check. Groceries? Write a check. Just want a cold soda? Write a check.

    I still remember opening my first checking account and thinking, I have arrived. It took a lesson or two to learn about balancing the checkbook, and the statement you received in the mail didn’t always reflect your actual balance. Live and learn.

    Nowadays, if I’m waiting in line at a store and the person ahead of me waits until all her items are scanned before digging through her purse—only to retrieve a checkbook—I might let out a silent sigh. I’d be careful not to show any emotion, not even impatience. Even if she waits until asked for ID to start rummaging again, my outward demeanor would remain impassive.

    For I remember when.

    “Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.” — Ezra Pound

    “The good old days weren’t always good, and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems.” — Billy Joel

    "A loose gathering of seabirds stands scattered across a sandy beach, each one poised like a punctuation mark in a sentence the ocean hasn’t finished. Most are Royal Terns—medium-sized birds with crisp white bodies, black caps like ink blots, and bright orange beaks that jut forward with quiet authority. Their postures vary: some face the surf, others turn inland, a few seem mid-thought, necks slightly cocked as if listening for something beyond the waves. But among them, off-rhythm and slightly apart, stands a single gull—likely a Ring-billed Gull. Its build is stockier, its plumage softer in contrast, and its bill marked with a dark ring near the tip. It doesn’t match the terns in posture or palette. It’s not disruptive, just different—like a misplaced metaphor in a poem about symmetry. Its presence adds a layer of quiet tension, a reminder that even in stillness, not everything aligns. In the foreground, a smaller tern—possibly a Forster’s Tern—adds another note of variation. The ocean behind them rolls in gently, waves soft and persistent. The light is even, the mood observational. No bird is in flight. This is a moment of pause, not spectacle. The scene feels like a coastal council—each bird a delegate, each posture a vote. The gull, perhaps, is the abstention. The beach is their chamber, the surf their backdrop. In the top right corner, the watermark “© Swede’s Photographs” quietly marks the image’s origin." - Microsoft Copilot
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    @Swede1952 I don't know how it works where you are, but checks are 100% revocable in my neck of the woods and are the kind of nightmare pain in the ass that I will refuse to accept.

    In North America, you can call and cancel your check for months after it has been written. Which is a problem if you're a merchant and then suddenly the money you thought you had deposited is poofed out of your bank account but the customer has your product.

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    @Swede1952 Some bastard from the province over, stops in at my store and orders some groceries, pays me with money that disappears, and then eats the food? Or dealing with senior citizens who don't understand why you don't accept checks?

    There's a legal remedy but it's going to cost you more to deal with than you will from just eating the loss.

    Just an example.

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    @Swede1952 Thanks, checks have been my bugbear for a little while now thanks to what I do.

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    @Swede1952 @raymierussell @vfrmedia That's not the problem with checks though, online or otherwise.

    Here's the problem:

    I write you a check and buy some food.

    You cash my check. Maybe you even spend the money on something yourself.

    Two months later, I call my bank and tell them to revoke the check I wrote.

    Without your consent, my bank calls your bank and takes my money back.

    That's the problem. For any reason checks can be revoked, unlike a bank wire or what have you.

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    The UK hates antisemitism so much that here they are arresting the daughter of a Holocaust survivor for protesting Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.

    Wait, no that doesn’t make sense… so maybe they don’t hate antisemitism but they love fascism and genocide? I guess that makes more sense given their history of colonialism and slavery.

    https://mastodon.ie/@2legged/115158662347288992

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    @aral It makes sense and is good advertising, end of day, for Starmer and his ilk.

    If you buy weapons, we don't care who you use them on. and never will. Foreigners? Who cares? Your own citizens? Fine. Women and children you want to starve to death? Great. We'll shield you from international criticism, and we'll jail our own citizens before we inconvenience you, our dear customer.

    It's a great sales pitch.

    10% off any bullet you kill a baby with, courtesy of Rule Britannia.

    @randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

    People who wish Trump dead overlook the fact that by law Trump's death will make JD Vance president, which will move the US government to a whole new level of dysfunction.

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    @randahl @bob The only good thing about that is that the man has so much less charisma than the orange one, and that might be better for the rest of us.

    @PatrickoftheG@mastodon.social avatar PatrickoftheG , to random

    Sleeping on my back being the cause of nightmares does not scream intelligent design to me.

    @randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

    Many Russians ignore Putin's killing of civilians in Ukraine, because they think it is inconsequential to themselves.

    What they fail to realized is, it is exactly because of their acceptance of these war crimes, that every living Russian will be paying reparations to Ukraine for the rest of their lives, after Putin loses this war.

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    @txtx @randahl I would love for that to be the case, I really genuinely would, I just haven't seen it happen recently for any important nation out doing bad things.

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    @txtx @randahl Russia is a failed state in the middle of a demographic and economic collapse that it will not recover from. It's not going to have an all-out conflict with the West.

    @randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

    If Ireland wanted Israel to stop killing civilians, they could boycott $ 3.2 billion worth of Israeli exports.

    The Netherlands could boycott $ 2.7 billion of Israel's exports.

    Germany could boycott $ 2.4 billion.

    The UK, France, Italy — same story.

    But apparently, to these countries it is profitable to let the killings continue, and so Israel will keep killing civilians. Every day.

    Future generations will struggle to understand the choices our generations made.

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    @randahl I think it's inspiring that Israel has given the rest of the world a roadmap to getting away with ethnic cleansing on easy mode; the real trick is getting other countries to profit from it in the smallest way, and they will be beating down your door to help you kill people.

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    Today's Low Quality Ad is for this very motivational pin. Words to live by.
    https://collabs.shop/ssvvra

    A pin with a fish on it that says Buy a man eat fish, he day, reach fish to man to a lifetime.
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    @lowqualityfacts I want to buy this.