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A geologist and archaeologist by training, a nerd by inclination - books, films, fossils, comics, rocks, games, folklore, and, generally, the rum and uncanny... Let's have it!

Elsewhere:

  • Yrtree.me - it's still early days for me in the Fediverse, so bear with me

  • Lemmy AMA March 2025

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  • It shouldn't be too difficult. A move is essentially a cross-post but it keeps the OP as the poster (rather than the cross-poster). You'd then want to lock the original post, and either hide it or add a message directing people to the new post. That's all current forum software does.

  • Cloud services and hardware alternative

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  • Yep, it's a great British success story.

    The only issue has been availability. You might be better using a thin client or SFF PC.

    Although favourites tend to be from HP or Dell, looking around there is:

    • Axel - French
    • Igel - German
    • Praim - Italy but information is skimpy

  • If you're looking for windscreen washer fluid, buy european SUPERPISS (from Finland 🇫🇮 👍)

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  • No, it's a great name. I want Superpiss merch.

  • If you're looking for windscreen washer fluid, buy european SUPERPISS (from Finland 🇫🇮 👍)

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  • Awesome first post!

  • Amazon alternatives

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  • We can't have anything nice.

  • Buy European chat room

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  • It's encrypted, it can sometimes take a but for the keys to propagate.

  • Online gangs of teenage boys sharing extreme material are ‘emerging threat’ in UK

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  • I was listening to a report on this earlier. Grim stuff. I worry for young people having to grow up in this kind of environment.

    Online communities known as “Com” networks represent an “emerging threat”, reports of which have increased sixfold in the UK from 2022 to 2024. The agency’s analysts estimate that millions of messages in the UK and other western countries have been shared relating to sexual and physical abuse.

    The NCA director general, Graeme Biggar, said: “These groups are not lurking on the dark web, they exist in the same online world and platforms young people use on a daily basis.

    If they aren't using E2E encryption then the platforms are seriously dropping the ball, again.

  • Laurence Fox charged with sexual offence over photo of TV presenter

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  • Scum and obviously so from the time he somehow stumbled into politics. I still think thr BBC have questions to answer about having him on things like Question Time.

  • Lemmy AMA March 2025

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  • From my perspective we need better Mod and Admin tools. Forum software has a lot of them but Lemmy is lacking in this department.

    The key important one is being able to move posts to different communities. You'll often get reports of posts not being appropriate for a community but there is no way to actually move it.

  • Companies in the EU are starting to look for ways to ditch Amazon, Google, and Microsoft cloud services for European ones

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  • I haven’t found a good EU alternative yet.

    Hetzner?

  • Amazon alternatives

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  • In the UK:

    • Waterstones - bricks and mortar shop
    • Awesome Books - online only, often the cheapest price
    • Hay-on-Wye - the town of books

  • Alternative to discord?

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  • Matrix - you can also add bots to expand the core functionality.

  • Is there a linkedin like European job board?

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  • Lemmyin?

  • Meta considering subscription option for UK Facebook users

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  • Bring it on Zuck and we'll be waiting to usher the refugees to the Fediverse.

  • European cookie dough

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  • We're still European, just not in the EU.

  • Reminder that Games Workshop is European (UK)

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  • Good shout.

    One of the most important things about GW is they've created a strong hobby base in the UK and trained a lot of people in game and model creation, who then leave and set up their own companies, making Nottingham a hotbed of such activity.

    Warlord Games are there - they make Bolt Action, Black Powder, etc as well as skirmish games for 2000AD.

    There is also:

  • Many good alternatives for European food delivery :)

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  • No, that's when everything hurts and you start forgetting things and... something else, probably.

  • Many good alternatives for European food delivery :)

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  • Or home cook.

  • Reminder that Games Workshop is European (UK)

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  • Books in EU

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  • Awesome Books (British) often has the lowest prices.

  • And Finally... @feddit.uk
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    Man caught trying to smuggle cocaine under a wig in Colombia

    news.sky.com /story/man-caught-trying-to-smuggle-cocaine-under-a-wig-in-colombia-13316620
  • Broligarchy Watch @lemm.ee
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    Elon Musk, Donald Trump and the Broligarchs’ novel hyper-weapon

    diem25.org /elon-musk-donald-trump-and-the-broligarchs-novel-hyper-weapon/
  • Terrible Estate Agent Photos @feddit.uk
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    More fridges than windows

    www.rightmove.co.uk /properties/156687329
  • And Finally... @feddit.uk
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    Alleged serial urinator arrested in Keene

    www.reformer.com /local-news/alleged-serial-urinator-arrested-in-keene/article_d40446d0-f0b0-11ef-9e98-27d4414d6dbd.html
  • And Finally... @feddit.uk
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    Teen dies after injecting himself with butterfly remains — possibly as part of twisted online challenge

    nypost.com /2025/02/18/world-news/teen-dies-after-injecting-himself-with-butterfly-remains-report/
  • Broligarchy Watch @lemm.ee
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    The broligarchs have a vision for the new Trump term. It’s darker than you think.

    www.vox.com /future-perfect/395646/trump-inauguration-broligarchs-musk-zuckerberg-bezos-thiel
  • Broligarchy Watch @lemm.ee
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    Dark Gothic Maga: How tech billionaires plan to destroy America

  • Broligarchy Watch @lemm.ee
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    A government led by bathtub stranglers

    www.counterpunch.org /2025/02/05/a-government-led-by-bathtub-stranglers/
  • Broligarchy Watch @lemm.ee
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    Silicon Valley whistleblowers warn Elon Musk ‘hijacking’ Republicans to control entire US government

    bylinetimes.com /2025/02/07/silicon-valley-whistleblowers-warn-elon-musk-hijacking-republicans-to-control-entire-us-government/
  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
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    Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn

    www.theguardian.com /culture/2025/feb/21/working-class-creatives-dont-stand-a-chance-in-uk-today-leading-artists-warn
  • Broligarchy Watch @lemm.ee
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    They've clearly given up pretending it isn't a Nazi salute

  • New Communities @lemmy.world
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    Broligarchy Watch - lemm.ee

    lemm.ee /c/broligarchywatch
  • Broligarchy Watch @lemm.ee
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    ‘Headed for technofascism’: the rightwing roots of Silicon Valley

    www.theguardian.com /technology/ng-interactive/2025/jan/29/silicon-valley-rightwing-technofascism
  • Broligarchy Watch @lemm.ee
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    The rise of America’s broligarchy and what to do about it

    time.com /7221154/rise-of-americas-broligarchy/
  • Broligarchy Watch @lemm.ee
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    Curtis Yarvin is among the crazed pseudo-Fascist thinkers influencing J.D. Vance

    mronline.org /2025/02/19/158185/
  • Broligarchy Watch @lemm.ee
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    A Project 2025 tracker

    www.project2025.observer
  • Broligarchy Watch @lemm.ee
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    The Billionaire Plan to End America

    billionaireconspiracy.com
  • And Finally... @feddit.uk
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    Husband kills wife on Valentine’s Day as she ‘didn’t give a shit‘ about Paris-themed date

    www.mirror.co.uk /news/us-news/husband-kills-wife-valentines-day-34723738
  • And Finally... @feddit.uk
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    Burning in woman’s legs turned out to be slug parasites migrating to her brain

    arstechnica.com /health/2025/02/burning-in-womans-legs-turned-out-to-be-slug-parasites-digging-in-her-brain/
  • And Finally... @feddit.uk
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    Burglar jailed after being caught out by Home Alone-style bucket trap

    www.theguardian.com /uk-news/2025/feb/19/burglar-jailed-after-being-caught-out-by-home-alone-style-bucket-trap