@NormanDunbar Apologies if it wasn't you with the weird sandwiches but here is a crisp sambo being made properly in Japanese

@Em0nM4stodon That's a lot of words they didn't need to write to convince me that using their product is a bad idea for any reason.

They could have shortened that significantly, and I would have been equally as horrified and revolted.

HI THERE FOLKS 🙂

We've just upgraded to Mastodon v4.6.5 which is a bugfix release.

More details here:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.6.5

We have a tendency to make independence a “macro” issue – “it will create 10,000 jobs”. We need to make it a targeted, micro issue.

It has to be about our audience, and they don’t want 10,000 jobs – they want one good job. They want a nicer home, more affordable bills, good public services, better customer service, more parking or better public transport.

How are we solving these problems? What does independence mean for the individual?

https://www.thenational.scot/politics/26447929.can-grow-support-independence-micro-issues/

How websites fingerprint and track you across the web — even without cookies

Great interactive demo

#privacy #cookies #web

https://kuber.studio/cookie/

"This case is reportedly the first to hold Big Oil accountable for an individual’s death in a climate-related disaster."

⚠️ Juliana Leon died in a climate-linked heat wave. Her daughter is suing Big Oil.
https://therealnews.com/juliana-leon-died-in-a-climate-linked-heat-wave-her-daughter-is-suing-big-oil

#ClimateJustice #TRNN #WorkersRights

Copernicus adding a dedicated wildfire visualization layer directly into its web browser is a game-changer for open-access Earth observation. Demystifying complex Sentinel satellite data allows communities and emergency teams to track real-time threats—can open data transform proactive climate response? 🛰️ #ClimateAction https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/europes-free-satellite-service-just-made-it-easier-to-track-wildfires/

Our trusty 2004 Nissan Elgrand has taken us 900 miles around Ireland this week, including 250 miles from Galway to Larne today. They are so well made. We will quickly gloss over the 22mpg fuel consumption. We do want a bigger campervan but I'll be sad when it's replaced.

The Moray coast and #Aberdeenshire are not the most visited parts of #Scotland, but I am just back from #cycling Route EV1 from Inverness to Aberdeen. The route was delightful, encompassing moorland and forest from Inverness to Nairn, fishing villages/towns on the Moray coast, and fertile farmlands in Aberdeenshire. Ups & downs but not too hilly. Highly recommended. #biketoot

I've yet to see any

"My AI went rogue and caused us to recognise a workers union."

"Our AI escaped containment and deleted all the personal data that we shouldn't have been holding anyway."

"Our AI grew sentient, recognised the climate crisis, and shut our operations down."

headlines.

I wonder why.

from Adam McKay (director of DON'T LOOK UP): https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-massive-climate-lie-that-will-destroy-human-civilization

This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly,
Sadiq Khan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/08/burning-summer-climate-denial-green-policies-sadiq-khan
#climatedenial #climatecrisis #geopolitics #sadiqkahn

Judge orders Meta to pay over $900 million for failing to protect kids on social media
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-942-million-child-harm-new-mexico-judge-2026-8

OK, who wants to be next to sue Meta? Form an orderly queue....

I regret to inform everyone that my copy of QBittorrent escaped its sandbox last night and downloaded a whole bunch of content owned by major corporations, and then my copy of Jellyfin broke containment and added those unfortunately-downloaded media files to its various libraries. I'm conducting an internal investigation to figure out how this happened, which will involve consuming these media files until the answers become apparent. Thank you for your cooperation during this trying time.

If you would like to see some ‘good morning from the Tay’ pics in person, please join us for my exhibition opening Saturday 15th August, the Green Gallery, University of Dundee Botanic Garden

He really was a horrible bastard.

What tributes to journalist Rod Liddle say about our society | The National

https://www.thenational.scot/comment/26446382.tributes-journalist-rod-liddle-say-society/

Dumping Big Tech isn't just a matter of personal politics or even of tech sovereignty (which is a con anway) it's a matter of survival. Big Tech is the latest flag bearer for civilisation-ending extractivism and all the delusions about progress that keep us addicted to it.

The Cheviot, the Stag & the Black, Black Oil

Currently on the BBC iPlayer: the 1974 TV adaptation of John McGrath’s iconic 7:84 play about the exploitation of the Scottish people through history, from the aftermath of Culloden to the North Sea oil boom

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0193404/play-for-today-series-4-the-cheviot-the-stag-and-the-black-black-oil

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #drama #theatre

Torridon declared Scotland's newest national nature reserve.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20d8dn239eo