Simon K

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What's funny is you can tell exactly why it output this string.

When it stole literally all of Stack Overflow, it stole tons and tons of people's explanations of how to make a program that produces random character strings.

One of the easiest ways to do so, contains *this* ASCII string.

WFH

Header text: "HEY YOU! YES YOU! TAKE THIS SHIT OUT OF LINKS!" This is followed by a couple example urls, with a red square highlighting the sections with source identifiers. The rest of the text is as follows: Source identifiers are used to track your activity on a site. Where you came from, what device you use, and even who you talk to. Whether it's written clearly in the url or tied to a random string of characters, it's assigned to your activity. When you send a link containing a source identifier to somebody and they click it, it signals to the website that you two are connected. And that data goes right back to the website operators, and thus their advertisers. Whenever you select "share" or "copy link" on a social app or website, it creates a link like this. If you give even the smallest shit about online privacy, it's important to remove them. Everything after the "?" symbol can be removed without issue, especially sections starting with "si=" or "utm_source="

I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven

A street sign in Upton, England reading "Play Area and Cholera Burial Ground"

Never change, England

UK households told to leave loft hatch open for the next seven days Simply opening your loft hatch can make a huge difference in summer

Did a demon write this?

I am definitely allowed to be here

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Berlin

El gato fatto

Late Night in the Studio

Ouch. 😳😳😳

Not the photo I’d have used.

"They're eating the pets!"

Taylor Swift endorses Harris

Taylor Swift endorses Harris

TAYLOR SWIFT ENDORSEMENT

I wanted to marry my English tutor when she got out of jail.

But apparently, you can’t end a sentence with a proposition.

'People are right to be angry', says water boss The boss of Water UK says the UK's system is old and that bill rises proposed should be higher.

We do need higher bills.

But not to make an appallingly run company "financeable and investable".

Let them go bust, impose a large haircut on bondholders, and use bill payers money for sewers not dividends/bond repayments.

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

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Captain Ramius from Hunt For Red October saying "they don't know why I'm detecting with this shubmarine. And people dancing saying it's the anniversary of his wife's death and did you know he's Lithuanian?

A modernist concrete foyer

TO THOSE WHO FIND THIS NOTE IF YOU HAVE FOUND THIS NOTE YOU MUST BE ENGAGED IN DEMOLISHING ONE OF THE FALSE COLUMNS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THE FOYER OF THE SAINSBURY WING OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY. I BELIEVE THAT THE FALSE COLUMNS ARE A MISTAKE OF THE ARCHITECT AND THAT WE WOULD LIVE TO REGRET OUR ACCEPTING THIS DETAIL OF HIS DESIGN. LET IT BE KNOWN THAT ONE OF THE DONORS OF THIS BUILDING IS ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED THAT YOUR GENERATION HAS DECIDED TO DISPENSE WITH THE UNNECESSARY COLUMNS.

The National Gallery in London is renovating its Sainsbury Wing and they’ve just found a secret letter from one of the original donors, sunk into a concrete column, saying that he hates the columns and is glad they’re being demolished.
10/10 unhinged rich man behaviour, no notes

Starmer on Downing St location for his speech: “This is a garden and a building once used for lockdown parties…this garden and this building is now back in your service.”

The Wizard of Oz is 85
And in 1998, Rick Polito wrote the greatest one line description of a movie ever for a listing on TCM.

My big fluffy white cat with orange ears and tail making a shocked face of disbelief

TFW u are told u have in fact been fed before in your life

In 1947 10yr old Richard Allen of San Francisco spent a week at the movies and will forever be my hero.

Image of all Labour’s MPs standing in a crescent

Labour’s parliamentary party. “Thousands of ‘em.”

Tony BEFORM Follow @TonyTonyTx I'm an 81 year old retired nurse from Derby. I've voted Labour all my life but l'll be voting for @Nigel_Farage and @reformparty uk at the general election. Quote tweet this and pass yours on. Let's stop Keir Starmer. #VoteReformUK #NigelFarage #MBGA 21:19 • 23 Jun 24 • 939 Views 48 Reposts 1 Quote 99 Likes

The same woman from earlier in the year: Home • News Sport Weather iPlayer Sounds ... Q NEWS Home Election 2024| InDepth Israel-Gaza war Cost of Living| War in Ukraine Climate E More England Local News Somerset Poor English contributed to woman's stair lift death - inquest • 5 December 2023| GETTY IMAGES Barbara Rymell had dementia and was receiving care in a residential home By Emma Elaee & Ruth Bradlev

Reform.

I loved this and wanted to create a little comic for it. This is how I imagined the exchange going. I hope you like it @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com ☺️