evilstevie @evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net

1180) Jedibot. Probably shouldn't be trusted with one of these, to be honest. #Maythe4thBeWithYou

Early merch from those 1st few months following the UK release of #StarWars in 1978. Bought with pocket money, avidly traded in school playgrounds, and otherwise begged for at Christmases and birthdays.

#MayThe4thBeWithYou
#maythefourth

I updated this for 2026.

Microsoft Defender is detecting legitimate DigiCert root certificates as Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha, resulting in widespread false-positive alerts, and in some cases, removing certificates from Windows.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-defender-wrongly-flags-digicert-certs-as-trojan-win32-cerdigentadha/

@eclectech a grocery store near me has an aisle sign for "international tomato", to which I always mentally add "of mystery"

"Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, simply surrounded by assholes." ––William Gibson

@evilstevie @meltedcheese @mjd sometimes I can fix my wife's computer problems just by walking into the room. She says her laptop is afraid of me 😆😅

Yes it runs (free)doom

@evilstevie @meltedcheese I carry a full set of bits also, a zero *and* a one.

@mjd @evilstevie @meltedcheese

That's a good idea. You can never find one when you need it.

A COMPUTER CANNOT FIND OUT

THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO FUCK AROUND

Damn. Ding ding ding ding. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXw3DgiKWg1/

Still feeling wonky after getting dental work done, so for today please enjoy this May Day-themed image of Bigbot from a calendar a few years back.

This is the most specific job I have ever seen sharing it on the off chance one of you know someone who:

- Is UK based
- Looking for flexible, part time work
- Has an academic/research background
- Wants to build a research grants program
- Loves hedgehogs 🦔🦔🦔

https://www.ecologyjobs.co.uk/job/research-manager-british-hedgehog-preservation-society-bhps/

I should not have to spend any of my time keeping an organisation like Palantir out of the NHS. This should be a given on national security grounds alone, but for many more reasons beyond that. Unbelievable honestly

"The Mastodon time line is empty and boring"
Listen, I posted the picture of a couple of poorly panted Warhammer miniatures, got a few likes, looked at who liked it and followed those who seemed to boost a lot, and now I am awash of photos of gorgeously painted miniatures!

Your timeline is as alive (or dead) as you make it!

Die wirklich wichtigen Dinge gehen immer fast unter:

Heute wäre Sir Terry Pratchett 78 Jahre alt geworden.

@mattround oh no it has gone rogue

At some point the corporations realized that Clarke's logic works in reverse, and any sufficiently advanced sleight of hand is indistinguishable from technology