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@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2026-07-10 14:07:59

That PC whose fan dropped off the other week has been bodged into working. I used a couple of plastic strips and motherboard mounts to hold them to the board with screws in the right place for the heatsink; but I found it needed more pressure on the fan for it to make good contact with the CPU, especially at the top; so outcomes the wood. This is working reasonably well; although the wedge positioning is a bit touchy to get it right.

A PC case; with a chunk of wood and a wedge of wood pressing down on the CPU heatsink.
A PC motherboard showing the CPU, with a couple of bodged plastic mounts at the sides for where the fan should bolt to
@grumpybozo@toad.social
2026-07-11 21:26:49

Also, unlike this one, many of my skeets don’t get here. Something about @… doesn’t pick them all up. Probably bsky is sinking the stuff they determine not interesting or whatever.
I despise algorithmic feeds where I can’t fix my algorithm. @…

Bill Cole (@scconsult.com)
Repeating what's in my profile… I treat Bluesky as a 2nd platform & mostly am on the #Fediverse. My bridged Mastodon account got "suspended" by Bluesky for no reason I could discern, so my posts there never get here. & while I often retoot my skeets, I don't turn many of my toots into skeets.

@cheryanne@aus.social
2026-06-11 01:31:19

We're in our 60s so we just wasted 2 hours trying to:
1. Renew my expired WWVP online (nothing has changed) ⛔
Name on birth certificate is slightly different from usage name PLUS married PLUS no drivers licence PLUS no passport
2. Apply for husband's WWVP online ⛔
No ImmiCard as he came here with parents as a child on their id document PLUS no passport
Ugh! Off to Access Canberra to get it sorted (hopefully).
*WWVP couldn't help - says it's …

@wraithe@mastodon.social
2026-07-10 13:22:22

This whole thread is great, and makes me think of this “Schlock Mercenary” strip
bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gyyq5

4 panel comic strip featuring “Elf” (a petite light skinned femme human, with short cropped blonde hair who is normally very short but she’s wearing giant armored prosthetic legs and a bikini at the moment), captain Tagon (a tall blonde, fit, competent version of Zap Brannigan) Elf: I'm not talking about bored. I'm really trying to tell you that I really enjoy your company. Narrator: Let's try another flirtation metaphor, shall we? Red-headed RPGer: My sorceress casts Lustful Fireball! 125 cubi…
@roelgrif@mstdn.social
2026-06-11 06:32:54

Goed, maar wel veel te laat, dit.
PRO-Kamerlid dat voorkeurstemmen voor vrouwen hekelde, heeft nu spijt: 'Neem woorden terug’
rtl.nl/nieuws/politiek/artikel

PRO-Kamerlid dat voorkeurstemmen voor vrouwen hekelde, heeft nu spijt: 'Neem woorden terug’
Wimar Bolhuis, die opzien baarde toen hij kritiek had op voorkeurstemmen voor vrouwen nadat duidelijk werd dat het zijn plek in de Tweede Kamer kostte, is vandaag dan toch geïnstalleerd in het parlement. Vandaag neemt het PRO-Kamerlid ook zijn woorden terug. "Mijn bericht was onhandig. Dat had ik niet zo moeten doen en daar heb ik van geleerd. Ik neem die woorden terug."

@denmanrooke@mastodon.ie
2026-05-07 09:20:09

People Before Profit's bill to sanction the state of Israel is coming to the Dšil this week. There's a petition here calling on the TDs in the Dšil to back the bill. I've signed, please join me:

Pass the Sanctions Against the State of Israel Bill
Dear Deputies, We call on you to vote in favour of the Sanctions Against the State of Israel Bill 2026 when it comes before the Dáil.  The bill is being proposed by Richard Boyd Barrett (People Before Profit) but it comes from the long-held mass movement demand for sanctions on the state of Israel.  It will be debated on 14 May and the vote in the Dáil is due to take place on 20 May. For almost three years, the world has witnessed the genocidal destruction of Gaza  - the mass killing of...

@jake4480@c.im
2026-05-04 18:40:38

Winners of the 2025 Close-Up Photographer of the Year #nature #photography

Emerald Glow. 3rd Place, Young. A Cuban tree frog in the photographer’s backyard in Florida. Hawkins-Kimmel: “During the heat of the day, I uncovered this Cuban tree frog hiding in the leaf of a banana tree in my backyard. The frog was very calm and allowed me to slip a flashlight under the leaf to create this effect. My 100mm lens ensured that I didn’t need to get too close, so as not to stress out the frog.”
In the Crowd. Finalist, Young. A group of flamingos in Camargue, France. Godin: “It was the courtship season for flamingos. They were constantly lowering and raising their heads. I had this photo in mind and wanted one flamingo to be sharp in the middle of other blurred flamingos. So I concentrated on one particular flamingo and followed it with my eyes, only pressing the shutter button when it was surrounded by several other flamingo heads.”
Inside the Pack. 2nd Place, Animals. Arctic wolves on the sea ice in a frozen fjord on Ellesmere Island, Canada. Eshel: “Lying on the sea ice of a frozen fjord, I experienced a moment of pure magic when a pack of Arctic wolves approached me out of sheer curiosity. They came so close I could feel their breath, yet I never sensed aggression, only wonder. These wolves, unlike others, have never been hunted or threatened by humans. In the remote wilderness of northern Ellesmere Island, they have no…
Spider Web. 3rd Place, Animals. A Eurasian beaver approaches a spider’s web in Kiskunság National Park, Hungary. Máté: “Years ago, I managed to intervene at the last minute to stop the water department from clear-cutting trees along a 2km stretch of canal. Since then, we’ve worked together. I monitor and notify them of any trees obstructing water traffic, while they avoid unnecessary clear-cutting, preserving a thriving habitat. Beavers returned to this area in 2015, nearly two centuries after …
@drbruced@aus.social
2026-07-10 05:36:45

So apparently the Telstra outage was caused by their root NTP server going back in time 20 years, taking the rest of the network along with it. The key question is how did anyone notice the difference?
#telstra #snark

Telstra CEO ‘deeply sorry’ for outage and admits risk of time-keeping failure was known
Vicki Brady grilled at first public appearance since returning from overseas as SA police say call to triple zero failed before death

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-07-08 15:55:51

Arkenstone Defense, which is building software to handle back-office work for defense tech startups, emerges from stealth with a $35M seed led by J2 Ventures (Barratt Dewey/Tectonic Defense)
tectonicdefense.com/exclusive-

Exclusive: Arkenstone Emerges With $35M to Build Defense Tech’s Back Office
You know how we say we love the unsexy side of defense? Well, we’re back with some news from the unsexiest place we can imagine—the land of the nitty

@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2026-05-07 23:53:56
Content warning: For non-coeliacs only...

Maintaining a sourdough 'mother' is so worth it, because we get the bounty of lush bread reward very week (or more, if you're keen). Yum. That is all.

Half of a round loaf of sourdough, viewing the crumb from cutting board level. Bread is locally grown and ground wheat plus rye, and amarinth (ragi) flour, salt, rye sourdough (probably 12yo by this stage) and good Ōtautahi water. Delish.