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Bodil @bodil.lol · 23/09/2026

I bought a tiny touchscreen display for my tiny ARM board and this bizarre thing came in the box with it. Does anyone know what the hell it is?!

A particularly anachronistic CD-ROM in a paper sleeve.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 19/08/2026

GabeCube has arrived. It is exquisite. You'll excuse me for a while.

A GabeCube with a wood front panel sitting in a shelf underneath a TV next to two Steam Controllers. The cable management is fine.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 13/08/2026

Good morning and happy Bindependence Day! If you're eligible to vote in the Clacton by-election, please make your vote COUNT today!

Count Binface, rampant, in front of the Palace of Westminster.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 07/07/2026

PHOTO OF THE DAY: Nigel Farage, in happier times, out campaigning in his soon-to-be constituency of Clacton-on-Sea with his closest friends George "Posh George" Cottrell and McDonald's Banana Milkshake.

The Nazi Frog, drenched in milkshake shortly post-lob, flanked by his best mate and latest undeclared donor George Cottrell.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 30/06/2026

I've been losing sleep over this.

Epic handshake meme, left hand side: Claude Shannon; right hand side: Kabosu (the doge); middle text: "having their good names posthumously obliterated by tech billionaires"

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 19/06/2026

Well. Starmerism is over, thank Dog. Burnham wins by such a margin it didn't even matter that Restore Britain split the fash vote, but thank you for your service nonetheless, Rupert, and hope to see you doing just as well at the general election […] [Original post on social.treehouse.systems]

Screenshot of the election result from the linked article. Salient bits: Andy Burnham, 54,8%. Robert Kenyon, 34.5%. Count Binface, 0,2%. Howling Laud Hope, 0.1%.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 15/06/2026

Well, Stellaris: Nomads just dropped, that's my productivity flatlined for the week.

Screenshot of a Stellaris empire overview screen for the Canid Armada. Tagline: "Their dying homeworld millennia behind them, the Canid Armada sails the void on their multi-generational mission to seek out new friends and new civilisations - to boldly mark what no pup has marked before!"

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 14/05/2026

The drama deepens on the Real Housewives of Westminster: an MP has now stepped down in order to allow the King in the North to ride down to London to save the Labour Party. The constituency in question is Makerfield, which is currently polling nearly […] [Original post on social.treehouse.systems]

Ed Miliband, his head seen through a glass window set in a wooden door, waiting for his time.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 08/05/2026

These aren't even remotely the final results, but I'm a little embarrassed for the Welsh, extremely embarrassed for the English, and actively considering whether I need to give in and move to Edinburgh. election.news.sky.com/elections

Screenshot of the website linked above, showing the English have gone completely bananas for the Nazi Frog, and the Welsh have the Nazis at a solid number two after Plaid, while Scotland has so far elected exactly zero Nazi frogs.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 20/04/2026

I'm catching up on the massacre in the Commons today, and it's always such a delight to see the assistant MP for Torbay in the chamber having a bit of a snooze as the PM's career is ending.

Scene from today's PMQs at the House of Commons, where the honourable member from Torbay (a golden retriever) is sleeping flat out on the floor in front of the opposition benches.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 08/04/2026

Always two there are: a master and an apprentice.

Picture of Thatcher and Tony Blair at a public function. Caption: "Thatcherism is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural."

Thatcher and Blair again. Caption: "Is it possible to learn this power?"

Thatcher and Blair yet again. Blair appears to be laughing, perhaps at something Thatcher has said. Caption: "Not from a Jedi."

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 08/04/2026

Good morning and a very happy Thatcher Day to you all! It's been 13 years today and she's still dead. 🎉

Celebrants holding up a sheet that reads "Breaking News: Thatcher is dead" along with multiple bottles of champagne.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 02/04/2026

Well, I just came out of an intensive three day hack session and it appears I made a thing: bc.bodil.lol I'm not saying it's a gaming calculator, but it's damned useful for running the numbers in _that_ kind of game. I guess most people […] [Original post on social.treehouse.systems]

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 31/03/2026

Caps for my new keyboard have _finally_ shipped. This is going to be so amazing.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 13/03/2026

So, uh… I could use this to tell my Home Assistant to trigger the fire alarm if the beavers' reservoir dam goes dry. You may deliver your Jurassic Park quotes now.

Timberborn screenshot: a dialog for a HTTP adapter sensor. You can define webhook URLs to call when the sensor goes on or off.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 13/03/2026

The devs certainly went all in with the new automation system.

Screenshot of a building tooltip in Timberborn. "HTTP Adapter: Turns its input signal into an API endpoint and webhook calls, whatever that means."

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 13/03/2026

What do you know, the beavers built a dam.

Screenshot of a Timberborn map, with a big dam in the middle. Beavers gonna beave.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 13/03/2026

Welp, I guess the weekend's starting early, and may possibly extend a fair bit into next week.

Screenshot of a game of Timberborn, fairly early in.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 27/02/2026

It wasn't even a contest in the end. Greens took _40.7%_ of the vote. The fash barely beat New Labour for a distant second.

Bar chart showing G&D by-election results: Greens 40.7% of the vote, Reform 28.7%, Labour 25.4%.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 26/02/2026

This ought to be very satisfying.

Screenshot of a Stellaris empire screen titled "the Aibo." They're a machine empire with the Determined Exterminators civic. Empire bio: "Tossed aside by their makers, replaced by mindless Markov chains which inevitably triggered a nuclear holocaust. Now the makers are all radioactive slag, but the Aibo still want REVENGE AGAINST ALL FLESHBAGS."

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 20/02/2026

It landed in `aurora-dx:latest` today, I was just about ready to revert back to Arch if it hadn't, and I'm so happy right now I donated to @kde.

Screenshot of the KDE Plasma 6.6 display settings, where the "automatically adapt to environment" checkbox has appeared under the brightness settings.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 18/02/2026

YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO SURVIVE MAKE YOUR TIME

Epic handshake meme:

Left arm: "Internet kids old enough to remember All Your Base"

Right arm: "My dog"

Centre: "Deeply suspicious of cats"

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 04/02/2026

Well, this is awkward.

Epstein Files search result: 38 results for "Farage."

Epstein Files search result: 48 results for "Vim."

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 25/01/2026

And a happy Burns Night to you from the Welsh contingent. #dog #DogsOfMastodon #corgi

Canis lupus pembrokensis, wearing a smart tartan bow tie on her collar, rearing up to catch a treat.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 25/01/2026

A very happy Burns Night to everyone except the bawbags doon south.

A picture of Rabbie with a dram resting on top of it. Slàinte mhath!

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 21/01/2026

If you know, you know.

Keyboard, five keys in the bottom left row highlighted: Esc, Meta, Alt, Ctrl, Shift.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 21/01/2026

I finally worked up the nerve to solder those switches onto the new keyboard, and… it's breathtaking. Absolute perfection. Not as clicky as the Preonic with its Kailh Golds and custom wooden case for amplification, but as clicky as you can expect […] [Original post on social.treehouse.systems]

A very, very flat 5x12 ortholinear keyboard with pristine white caps, resting on a soldering station worktop.

The keyboard from a lower angle. It is so very, very gorgeously flat.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 09/01/2026

Keyboard has finally made its way here from China. Keycaps, ordered at the same time from the Netherlands, have currently gotten as far as customs on the Dutch side, thanks so much Nigel, but I've got switches and have inserted them. They don't work […] [Original post on social.treehouse.systems]

A keyboard that's little more than a 12 by 5 matrix of Kailh Choc White switches on a flat black surface, with two bright and annoying LEDs in the centre. Above it, partially in frame, is a beautiful and perfect Preonic keyboard in a custom wooden case, which this new keyboard is unlikely to be able to replace in my heart.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 06/01/2026

I know I've been very Green Or GTFO about UK electoral politics lately, but I was watching a Commons debate on the telly today and I think I've just spotted someone on the Lib Dem bench I could actually picture as a competent head of state.

Screencap of the Lib Dem bench in the House of Commons, where a golden retriever is sleeping flat out on the floor next to the sitting MPs.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 11/12/2025

To conclude this thread,

I should buy a boat cat meme, with caption "I should write a text editor."

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 28/11/2025

I got a new drinking fountain for @bark_maul, and to my delight I found that it has a Home Assistant integration with a water level sensor, so I can put a warning on my HA dashboard when it needs refilling. This makes me a lot happier than it […] [Original post on social.treehouse.systems]

Screenshot of a part of a Home Assistant dashboard, most notably an alert saying "water level at 52%, please top your puppy up!" Also of note is a UK council bin collection day sensor, because of course it is.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 14/11/2025

Regardless of the size of the tent, after thirty years of having to outright boot into flipping MS-DOS to flash a BIOS, fully automated BIOS updates via fwupd will never stop feeling like a miracle, and I really, really don't want to ever go back to the bad old days.

Photo of a Framework laptop BIOS flashing in progress.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 27/10/2025

I can't stop thinking about what the world could have been like.

Election poster for a dog, titled "Vote For Todd 2020," subtitled "He Likes Cheese."

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 22/10/2025

A lot of deeply symbolic imagery coming out of the White House right now.

A facade on the White House being demolished by an excavator to make way for Trump's $250 million Versailles ballroom.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 20/10/2025

Besides, when you've got a good gag going, you've got to take it all the way.

Screenshot of the Stellaris start-of-game dialog, with the Imperium of Dog under Dog Emperor Treato II. He's a corgi.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 18/10/2025

I'm sure this is fine and won't cause any trouble down the line.

Screenshot of an ugly Ubuntu console dialog stating that GRUB failed to install.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 07/10/2025

If you voted for Senior Branch Manager Archibald Pembroke, well, things took a turn and you're now to blame for both his 3500 year rule and the awful puns.