Stuart Jones ∙ @[email protected]

Serial victim of Bluetooth. Finder of problems. Mastodon deets:
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[Stuart Jones ∙ @[email protected] @gingerbbm]

@jeremygale Gotta take that stuff home with you!

[Will Self @wself]

https://t.co/2TTLj4ehZe

[Diana S. Fleischman @sentientist]

In adults, limiting smartphone functionality to texting and calls and blocking all social media and mobile internet for 2 weeks significantly improved attention, self-reported well-being and mental health. 90% of participants experienced a benefit.

[Mistress Dividend @mistressdivy]

Shout out to everyone who takes the back off the remote control and rolls the batteries around instead of just replacing them.

[ᵖᵃʳᵒᵈʸ Mark Carney's Ego @MarkCarneyEgo]

Albertans … a new cartoon on TV:

[Stuart Jones ∙ @[email protected] @gingerbbm]

@WestJet is it just me or is no-one able to check in right now? Been trying for one hour.

[Stuart Jones ∙ @[email protected] @gingerbbm]

@ZymeworksInc @ZymeworksInc bumping for visibility. Please help!

[Stuart Jones ∙ @[email protected] @gingerbbm]

@ZymeworksInc Your team was helping me with an issue but they've gone silent and no-one is replying. Can you assist? Thanks in advance!

[Stuart Jones ∙ @[email protected] @gingerbbm]

@YahooCare For the last few days I receive errors in the Yahoo Mail web app when trying to delete or move emails. It just says "there was an error trying to move a message" or words to that effect. Restarted browser, no difference. What's happening?

[Stuart Jones ∙ @[email protected] @gingerbbm]

@HMRCcustomers Thanks, that's helpful. Could've put that URL in the email about the webinars :)

[Stuart Jones ∙ @[email protected] @gingerbbm]

@HMRCgovuk I am unable to attend the MTD webinars. Will they be made available for later viewing?

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

Really like this project by Ari Versluis and Ellie Uyttenbroek. Titled Exactitudes, it's a series of portraits stretching back 20 years that shows how people style themselves to show they're part of a group and unique individual within that group.

[Jemaine Clement @AJemaineClement]

Can anyone confirm if this is real?

[Stuart Jones ∙ @[email protected] @gingerbbm]

@but_cyclists Learn with Ogmios. https://t.co/vVcIpzT8dx

[Stuart Jones ∙ @[email protected] @gingerbbm]

@bushontheradio Nah, whitespace works just as well.

[Stuart Jones ∙ @[email protected] @gingerbbm]

Can relate.

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t want to download an app to check my car’s fluid levels. I don’t want to scan a QR code to view the restaurant menu. I don’t want to let Google know my location before showing me the search results. I don’t want to include a Teams link on the calendar invite. I don’t want to pay 50 different monthly subscription fees for all my software. I don’t want to upgrade to TurboTax platinum plus audit protection. I don’t want to install the Webex plugin to join the meeting. I don’t want to share my car’s braking data with the actuaries at State Farm. I don’t want to text with your AI chatbot. I don’t want to download the Instagram app to look at your picture. I don’t want to type in my email address to view the content on your company’s website. I don’t want text messages with promo codes. I don’t want to leave your company a five-star Google review in exchange for the chance to win a $20 Starbucks gift card. I don’t want to join your exclusive community in the metaverse. I don’t want AI to help me write my comments on LinkedIn. I don’t even want to be on LinkedIn in the first place.

I just want to pay for a product one time (and only one time), know that it’s going to work flawlessly, press 0 to speak to an operator if I need help, and otherwise be left alone and treated with some small measure of human dignity, if that’s not too much to ask anymore.

[Stuart Jones ∙ @[email protected] @gingerbbm]

Apropos of nothing

[Steve Loftus @LoftusSteve]

@TheFamousArtBR @ZebraQueen1969 Always thought this video encapsulated it well

[Stuart Jones ∙ @[email protected] @gingerbbm]

@anon_opin Phimosis?

[Stuart Jones ∙ @[email protected] @gingerbbm]

Ersatz cats.

[aceplym @aceplym]

RIP Tony Slattery, inspiration of one of the all-time @vizcomic greats

[Ethan Iverson @ethan_iverson]

I sort of thought the quote couldn’t be that bad in context, but the accompanying video is actually somehow worse than expected