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Peacocking, is that a word? It just came to me. I was reading a tech forum of course.
> The preview image for the android app is just a spinner.

Valid.
Some people have forgotten how to use a phone. It goes to your ear.
People who say to go out and meet people don't understand how much when you go out you don't meet people. You're only confronted by how much other people are going about as couples or with friends, making it clearer how alone you are.
There's a dance festival going on nearby and I'm getting their music for free. I'm wondering how it's possible that after all this time, dance music is still the same. Shouldn't new generations invent new music?
If you're a spy, and you're found out having stolen secret information, some apparently think it's a valid defence to just say that the police should have asked for the information back.
I cycled around the airport today, after having forgotten how big airports are.
The average time since the start of the measurement is always 1.
Gidi Kroon
We are all time travelers, going about our time traveling with a speed of about 1 second per second.
It's come to it that you need two laptops per one electron application.
It doesn't really matter whether you have a Facebook account or not, it just helps them put a name to the person. In lots of other ways, they already know exactly who you are.
Imagine a company spending lots of time and money protecting their website from cross-site scripting attacks and other forms of code injection, to then place adverts on their site.
Jenna Ortega posted this amazing photo on her Instagram of herself in her Wednesday Addams costume. Can't wait to see what they've made!
#JennaOrtega #Wednesday
https://www.instagram.com/p/ChFZA3SAN3o/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Jenna as Wednesday lying in the grass, seen upside down, sneakers on someone else's feet also in the frame; everyone wears black
#JennaOrtega #Wednesday
Left wing value system: right vs wrong
Right wing value system: win vs lose

When a left winger steps back from an unjust fight, the right winger is honestly confused. When a right winger makes accusations of something they themselves are known to have done as well, and this is pointed out to them, they are like, I don't see your point.
I should know better than to fill in a contact form on a website after the faq's didn't answer my question. I should have known that I would just get a mail quoting those very same faq's that I had just read.
Gidi Kroon
I'm wondering how much these websites know that this just translates as they don't want my business.
Any demon they vanquish just comes back some seasons later, I don't know why they even bother.
The Clear View cover of my phone failed after five years of loyal service, so I decided the phone will have to go commando from now on and fend for itself.
A photoshoot is when you put up a photo of someone you don't like and try to hit it with a bow and arrow.
People who are comfortable taking a picture of themselves should probably not be and some who aren't, should.
Gidi Kroon
I am very much in the am not / should not category, but we live in a visual age.
Things I can't do:
  • lie
  • swear
  • be angry

These are missing circuits in my brain.
Gidi Kroon
I'm aware of the Red Dwarf episode where the subject was that the ability to lie is essential for social interaction (not necessarily the lying itself, but the ability).
Using an external display, with mouse and keyboard, on my phone (over USB-C) is a neat experience. It works fine; typing this now with a physical keyboard on my phone, and it even charges the phone while I do it. Portrait mode, and landscape mode work, even Samsung DEX for the whole desktop experience.
Imagine having the superpower to heal anybody, but when the person you love with all your heart is mortally wounded you can't because the sheer panic of losing her consumes you completely.
Gidi Kroon
Story idea that I realised I would never make into a story due to lack of time.
Each time I upgrade Docker, I get new courgettes on my desktop.
If searching for perfection is wrong, I don't want to be right.
I hope this doesn't affect my virginity
-- Phoebe
#Charmed
#Charmed

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Leo angrily to Piper in #Charmed: "...you wanna freeze me in bed for your own personal pleasures that's fine, but...". Wow, tmi much?
#Charmed
Gidi Kroon
So if I were to do portrait photography with that camera, which I don't, I would need to walk into the next room and aim to take the photo through the open door.

Content warning: US court case SH/AJ

"with midnight arriving 1.59 milliseconds sooner than expected"

I felt that.

Oh my days! Midnight comes a fraction sooner as Earth spins faster

Analysis: Reflecting a recent trend, 29 June was the shortest day on our planet since the 1960s. What’s going on?
Ian Sample (The Guardian)
This meme has seen better days.
When I'll turn 104 years old, I'll receive a notification that a poll I voted in has just ended. Will I remember what it is about?
Gidi Kroon
Though it seems that 'this poll ends in 52 years' is what Pleroma sets if there is no end date on a poll. So apparently the end of times is defined as 52 years from now...
Mario Vavti
@Gidi Kroon there is a saying here which says that if the world ends, one should be in Vienna because everything happens 50 years later there... Maybe there is a relation?
It's become clear the Russian army is targeting civilians in Ukraine.
Are American channel names really that weird or is it something like those 555 phone numbers? E.g. here in Europe one of the radio channels I listen to most is called Studio Brussel, while in tv shows it's often like 'listen to KWXTERDDSRSTUDIDYTIYTDDTUI FM!'
Dan Fixes Coin-Ops
Three local radio stations I sometimes listen to, although not often because american radio is garbage: WYEP WDVE WESA. Yup it's true.
I'm still not over Dove Cameron deleting all her old songs. I really went to that playlist a lot and now I can't.
I'm trying the #Hinge dating app. I'm at setting up my profile and uploaded 6 photos. Now it only gives me this screen, can't go back or forward. I've tapped everywhere. Already tried closing the app and restarting. The purple button is to skip and gives a warning that your profile won't work if you do that.

Now what? Anybody knows how this screen works?

A rather white mobile screenshot with the title 'Write your profile answers' and the instruction that you need three answers. The only button is a Skip button. There's no input box, no keyboard, and importantly, no questions.
#Hinge
Gidi Kroon
Ok, uninstalling/reinstalling fixes this (or just remove data). So I'm using it now. Next problem is that the only women on this app are in far away countries...

Content warning: WagathaChristie court case, UK celeb stuff

I switched off the twitter cards plugin on my site and now the twitter cards are no longer working. I wonder whether there's a connection.

The plugin was not maintained and also switching it back on didn't fix the cards according to the validator, so I leave it off. I guess I'll just have to adapt the theme myself.
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Gidi Kroon
@Mary Mara's Kitten Bakery It's when you add a link to a site, e.g. a news article, in a tweet and twitter shows it with a preview of the site, usually a photo with a title and a description. The thing is that twitter can't know what to show in that preview card, so each site contains hidden codes to tell twitter what to show in the twitter card for that site. Facebook also shows previews of links, but needs different hidden codes. And there are several other systems too... So each site ends up with quite a lot of hidden configuration just to make all these social networks work.
@Mary Mara's Kitten Bakery
Mary Mara's Kitten Bakery
Aaah, thank you! I honestly never thought about that, make sense. Interesting. ❤️😍
Ah, to have lived with a rock over your head all these years.
I'm going to embrace the cliché
-- Phoebe
#Charmed
#Charmed

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Miranda Cosgrove posted this photo on her Instagram, with the caption:

So excited to announce that we are starting Season 3 of @icarly! Can’t wait to get back to work with my people ❤️ Thanks for watching 💕

So yay, new iCarly! And great photo!

Miranda in a red with white dress standing outside near a brick wall
Gidi Kroon
So if Paramount+ were to start broadcasting where I live I could be really happy and actually see it.
#MirandaCosgrove posted this photo on her Instagram, with the caption:

"So excited to announce that we are starting Season 3 of @iCarly! Can’t wait to get back to work with my people ❤️ Thanks for watching 💕"

So yay, new #iCarly! And great photo!
instagram.com/p/CghmjLnpZiu/

Miranda in a red with white dress standing outside near a brick wall
#iCarly #MirandaCosgrove @iCarly
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