Fenella Ravensong

Am I the only one underwhelmed by #Eurovision so far this year? Everything just feels a little mediocre. Maybe it'll pick up...

I think I may officially have gotten old. After running Fedora on both my desktop and laptop for awhile, I've finally said screw it and installed Ubuntu LTS now on both.

I'm actually over constant annoyances and bugs from new updates. I need way less updates in my life.

#Linux #Ubuntu #Fedora

News headline: "Rats enjoying 'absolute banquet' of rotting food as UK city hit by bin strike."

What a freakin' headline. Sounds rough in #Birmingham at the moment. 🗑️

#Rubbish #Bins #Strike

Surveillance Capitalism 2024, Wrapped How spying-as-a-service now gets sent to us as a Christmas present

Great article into the spying-as-a-service model that's now presented to us in our end of year "wrapped" lists...

www.asomo.co/p/surveillan...

#Privacy #Surveillance

Meme of a roll of Sellotape with the text: "It's not Christmas until you've told a roll of Sellotape to fuck off."

Absolutely.

#Christmas #Sellotape #Meme

Always a good idea to perform checksum tests to verify authenticity of the ISO regardless of mirror.

www.debian.org/CD/verify

The popularity of these "<something> Wrapped" annual lists is kinda crazy to me. If anything they should be a wake-up call about the volume of metrics companies are tracking about you and storing.

#Privacy #Ads #Wrapped

Really nasty accident there. The halo once again just saved a driver’s life I think. Crazy to think how racing used to be without it.

#FormulaE

Don’t really get why this has been such a long red flag period though. Think the car was cleared ages ago.

#FormulaE

Well the Attack Mode in Formula E seems to at least make sense now. I was so confused when I started watching last season when it seemed to be a huge disadvantage to take it, but drivers were forced to to add strategy or something.

Pretty chaotic opening race.

#FormulaE

Bit windy overnight down in Cardiff, eh! Apart from a few bins out of place though we seem to be good here.

Bunch of homes elsewhere in Wales seem to have had power cuts though. That sucks.

#StormDarragh #Wales #Cardiff #Cymru

Yeah I was at home. I can’t imagine the noise in a public area haha. What a disaster.

Guess at least everyone knows about the storm!

Bloody hell. We got an emergency alert on our phones here in Cardiff from the UK government earlier. It was loud AF. Thought someone had gone loco and pressed the nuclear button!

Hope everyone stays safe tonight in the affected areas. 💙

#EmergencyAlert #StormDarragh #Wales #Cardiff

Wisdom: World's oldest known wild bird lays egg at '74' Laysan albatross Wisdom was spotted with her new partner and egg at a Pacific Ocean refuge.

What a story. The bird is about 74 years old, having been tagged in 1956 when she was about 5. Members of her species generally only live 12-40 years. She's the world's oldest bird, with the next oldest being only around 45 years old. Incredible!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#Birds #Albatross

Wales women qualify for their first major tournament after beating Republic of Ireland in the Womens’s Euro Qualifier. What a massive achievement. Well played ladies!

#WEURO25 #WomensFootball #Wales #Cymru

Came across this church with amazing purple lighting in Cardiff. Gothic vibes.

#Gothic #Photography

I don't miss it at all. In fact, I kind of regret the time I have spent gaming in the past. I guess time enjoyed isn't wasted time, but time not enjoyed certainly is. Many games these days focus on trying to get you playing more or selling you stuff in the cash stores rather than being enjoyable.

Why do we kiss? ‘I am not sure we have anything close to an explanation’ One new theory has been added to the mix about why many – but not all – humans lock lips in love

Why do we kiss? ‘I am not sure we have anything close to an explanation’

www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

Interesting article. Coincidentally myself and my partner were sort of discussing this earlier. Kissing is kinda gross if you really sit there and think about it. xD

#Kissing #Love

I think I “grew out of” gaming. I’d much rather read a good book these days than spend my time playing games, many of which are just annoying or have mediocre storytelling.

Porn obsession: Personal stories of how it takes over lives What happens when watching porn takes over your life?

'I couldn’t stop watching': Personal stories of how porn obsession takes over lives

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Some statistics about young folk being exposed to adult content is alarming in this article. I know there are issues with implementation, but I favour tighter restrictions on access.

The most infuriating thing isn’t that Wales is treated as a non-country – it’s that we accept it | Will Hayward From the the Barnett formula to the humiliation of having an English ‘Prince of Wales’, you’d never catch Scotland allowing this treatment, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

The most infuriating thing isn’t that Wales is treated as a non-country – it’s that we accept it

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#Wales #Cymru #UK

Find Out If Your Eggs Are Fresh Using the Handy Dandy Egg Float Test Anyone can do this kitchen experiment!

Today I learned about the "egg float test" to check whether eggs are still good to eat or not.

www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking...

Pretty cool stuff!

#Eggs

It’s officially the Christmas season. The pretzels have come out.

#Christmas #Pretzels

Why not use the kernel’s built in virtualization: QEMU/KVM with a front end like virt-manager?

I’ve been running overall for a long time, a decade+ at this point. All long distance. I did a half marathon this summer. I guess I’m just used to it and used to powering through. The right diet and training does wonders too.

I’m just one of those weirdos that really love running I guess. 😂

Hmm. It doesn’t really actively hurt; I just enter a zone and have a podcast in my ear and I guess adrenaline plays its part. I think for new runners they would feel it but as the body gets used to it and muscles build up it becomes easier. Minor muscle aches are ok as you feel good for working out.

Yeah, I think the tinkering mentality is a huge thing I gained from Linux and learning Windows/PowerShell wouldn't intimidate me at all. I want to pick up some MS Server and Azure certs as I have little exposure to cloud.

Docker means there's more demand for Linux skills than ever, I think.

Samsies. Thought it was just me, but nope. Latest image isn't showing. Seems like the Bluesky CDN is struggling!

It’s been a few months since I worked out but I’m back on the horse as of today!

Need to build my fitness back up. In the summer I was running kilometres well under 5:30.

#Fitness #Running #Workout