The inability to roll windows up into just the title bar, or to get Firefox to place each of its windows on the same virtual desktop as before, are major annoyances. Otherwise, Wayland runs better than I expected.

This is my surprised face.

Spoiler: it’s plastic explosive

If there was any justice, Aaron Swartz’ ghost wouldn’t let him have a moment’s rest.

At Facebook, that sort of thing would just be called an ordinary workday.

and ducks evolved opposable thumbs

Wonder if this will improve or worsen their safety

Those new Xiaomi phone cameras are something else

Apparently seating on aircraft is allocated similarly.

New tattoo design just dropped

Alas, Andrew is on his way back to a Mel Gibson-style rehabilitation. (If anything, the token ostracism he experienced, solely for the benefit of the cameras, was far less that Prince Harry did for marrying an American of the wrong colour.) Meanwhile, other rapists not only walk free but thrive.

The unpleasant realisation is that Giuffre served her purpose as a warning to other victims to stay silent.

Apparently the lights in the letters L, M and A in the Islamabad Airport sign once went out, treating new arrivals to the news that it IS A BAD AIRPORT.

Also, he had, by all accounts, a crush on a noblewoman named Beatrice, whom he made into the embodiment of beauty and goodness in his books.

Is it legal to not be a Muslim in Saudi Arabia? I thought it was a crime unless one had special dispensation (typically granted to foreign advisors and such).

The real-world equivalent of a typical fediverse account

New Bioshock/Idiocracy crossover just dropped

Sorry mate, I gave up driving years ago.

There’s apparently a resort town in Thailand where all the local staff speak Swedish, because the tourists are almost all Swedish.

He’ll be parachuted into 10 Downing St. to run the UK.

I should probably give The Illuminatus! Trilogy another read.