Yorrike

Earth is in a Death Spiral. We are in serious, serious trouble. Only drastic action will work and no one has the political will to actually do it. 🔥 🌏 🔥

I think we need another round of Kiwis and Aussies putting their hands up here on MB! 🇳🇿 🇦🇺

Adding mastodon.social to the block list in micro.blog is a good first step, but I still see one-sided conversations with the horrifically inelegant @ user @ domain .tld. Urgh.

I joined Mastodon, then a couple of weeks later left because it was as bad a seething shithole of hate as Twitter, just with people who hated different things and dogpiled different people. Disappointed I have to see it in micro.blog now.

Two years ago, the Kaikōura earthquake woke us up. By the the strongest and scariest earthquake I’ve been in. I saw earthquake lightning flashes! Glad it didn’t cause any great loss of life and that it was low tide (there was a tsunami whch brought the sea to high-tide levels)

A quintessential Kiwi scene. Summer is so close!

I know you New Zealand supermarkets like to think you’re environmental heroes by phasing out single use plastic bags at the checkout, but what about the 99% of the shit you sell that’s still wrapped in plastic? That’s where the bigger problem is.

Final Space on Netflix is SO good!

Netflix spends billions on a lot of really good TV content. Now if they could spend a hundred thousand on me, it’d free up a couple of years’ worth of time in order for me to watch it all.

And for anyone who thought the ozone hole was a solved problem: it’s projected stratospheric ozone levels won’t reach pre-1980 levels until at least 2075.

In case you were wondering about that story from May about a weird, massive detection of illegal CFCs, they found where it was coming from.

Bought my first ever lawnmower today. Just waiting for the battery to charge (you heard me), before I give it a quick go. Feel like I should be wearing a top hat and monocle while mowing for some reason. 🎩 🧐

No explanation as to why, since storage should be getting cheaper. “Your iCloud storage plan price will change in December”

A price hike for iCloud storage. Fantastic.

I wish Screentime in iOS was more customisable. Specifically I’d like to be able to set it so it turns on earlier on school nights than on Friday or Saturday.

Is there a politics thing happening?

Finally some good news: TV dramas are getting shorter - Good. Now we need are some short, good sci-fi too. Half an hour should be enough to tell story or a section thereof.

If they can comfortably fit a USB-C port on a 5.1 mm thick iPad, they could probably cram it into a 7.7 mm thick iPhone too. I think I’ll hold back on buying any more lightning cables…

This Micro Monday, I recommend you follow @syneryder His avatar occasionally makes me think I’m following Josephus Miller from The Expanse, except @syneryder isn’t a hardened Belter cop from Ceres, so far as I can tell.

Netflix thought Final Space was a 60% match for me. After the first episode, I have to wonder if Netflix knows me at all. I bloody love that show!

You Really Bad Chess players are getting close, but I’m still king! ♟

Am I really good at chess (Really Bad Chess)?

Hey New Zealand, can we please stop selling pyrotechnics to Joe Bloggs public to mark an event that’s completely irrelevant to our country?

I’ve decided to start watching Vikings. But I’ll be alternating episodes with Norsemen. I watched the first episode of Norsemen expecting a Spaticus-like historic bloodfest, like Vikings, but it’s actually a blood-soaked mediocre comedy!

Do I need a 128 or 256 GB phone? My current one is 64 GB and I have 8 GB free…