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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Boarded flight from Dublin to San Francisco - onward we go #MSIgnite

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Left home at 04:45 😴 now at LBA waiting for my first leg to Dublin and then onto San Francisco #MSIgnite

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Session done yesterday so today is catching up on work, talking to attendees and supporting other speakers. Taking in @rachelappel.bsky.social’s session on Retro AI: Exploring modern AI concepts through the Commodore 64 and BASIC #azuredevsummit

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Arrived in Lisbon, waiting in a huge passport control queue. This was what Brexshit was about, we’re world renowned for queuing so obviously not having to queue for things like this was unacceptable to a portion of our society. Probably the same portion who rarely travelled 😫

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

I’m fairly slim, under 6ft and I’m feeling a bit cramped on this @british-airways.bsky.social flight today Lisbon. Seats are very upright too! Definitely gone down in my experience in terms of customer experience. Almost feels like they’ve crammed some extra rows of seats on flights!

Leg/knee room is sparse on British Airways these days!

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Just finished @rickardsisters.com adaptation of Ethel Carnie Holdsworth’s This Slavery, started it last night and couldn’t stop. Just like their other two adaptations of No Surrender and The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. Highly, highly recommend! Wonderful way to discover these powerful works.

Cover Art of Ethel Carnie Holdsworth’s This Slavery. A graphic novel by Scarlett and Sophie Rickard.

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Maybe just maybe, I can have one week or month without additional stress :(. Not too much to ask for is it? 😞

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

This is what the pro-Brexit argument has been reduced to now: "I like being able to needlessly inconvenience myself. Why are you taking it away from me?"

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I've been thinking a lot about that bumper sticker which says "everything looks like a conspiracy theory when you don't understand how anything works" and folks it's pretty obvious to me that the people in power right now have absolutely no desire to understand how anything works.

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

@jamescopley.bsky.social any updates on when/if Danns might join up with us? Would help with forward rotation. That said hope to see Trey getting some time on the pitch hopefully.

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DDD North @dddnorth.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Lots of attendees enjoying @eli.holderness.dev’s Deep Dive into Asymmetric Encruption at #dddnorth

Picture showing attendees listening to a technical deep dive into Asymmetric Encryption at DDDNorth 2025

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DDD North @dddnorth.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Good morning, safe travels to everyone heading to #DDDNorth this morning.

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DDD North @dddnorth.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Registration now open for @DDDNorth 2025! The agenda has been published (just one or two slots left to fill... t.co/8qrDeR8IxK

Screenshot of the DDD North agenda as it stands at midday on the 24th January 2025 - 3 slots still to confirm. Full agenda available at https://www.dddnorth.co.uk/schedule

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Few months out from my broadband contract expiring and been sent the renewal "offer" - more expensive for the same thing, not exactly an incentive for me to renew when competitors are cheaper and offer more.

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Nothing like navigating both UK and US taxes to raise stress levels :( #firstworldproblem

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Starting off 2025 with a bit of a reset. Have closed all three rings on 4 out of six days so far. Using that system more as a reminder to get moving more, eager to add more to it this month, plus in advance of starting to coach Under 8’s football too! Aim is to seriously reduce cortisol/stress

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

One of my biggest tech frustrations as a parent is controlling YouTube! Want to enable restricted mode as default but cannot find one way that works. Not even sure if premium would let me.

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DDD North @dddnorth.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Yes! DDD North is back... CFP opens today at 3pm, and the event is 22nd Feb 2025, at the University of Hull!

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Horrid cold hitting me hard today. So hungry but struggling to face food. Better by night time but mornings, afternoons not fun.

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Thanks to USSoccer taking 10 days to cancel an order due to overselling an item, I'm now in the unenviable position of trying to source my youngest's #1 Christmas Present elsewhere at this late stage. Not impressed!

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

So I took a couple of days off last week so obviously my body thought lets whack him with a cold :/. Hopefully though this means it's out of the way until I finish for the year..

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Another day of battling with the LA regarding EOTAS provision. Quibbling about cost when the public services don't provide the support needed and only option is to go privately sourced. All gets pushed back on the families. System is broken.

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Just booked my remaining holiday days through to the new year. Looking forward to a short break at the end of this week and a much bigger one next month.

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Starting off the day running a full dishwasher, load of washing in the machine, and charging up the Leaf, thanks #FreeElectricity

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Sick of neighbours and delivery drivers using our driveway to turn around in!

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Join the Azure App Service team live in just over 50 minutes! Secure intelligent Apps with .NET 9 on Azure App Service www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_8C... #AzurePaaS #AppService #Azure #dotNETConf

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Secure intelligent apps with .NET 9 on App Service | .NET Conf 2024

YouTube video by dotnet

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Almost all mental health problems and mental illnesses are more common in autistic people than in the general population. This new publication by R . C . Psychiatry is an excellent resource for information and practical matters surrounding autism and mental health www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-healt...

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Autism and mental health

This resource looks at autism and mental health. It explains what autism is, how it’s diagnosed and what support is available for autistic people.

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James Copley @jamescopley.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Day three of following back all Sunderland fans on here. Like and share this post so other supporters can find each other. ☺️☺️ #SAFC

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Good morning. Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

So grateful for this, reminds me so much of the old days but in a new friendly way :)

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Chris Woody Woodruff @woodruff.dev · 12/11/2024

I created a starter pack for my friends. If I missed you or you joined after the pack was created reach out to me. go.bsky.app/E88KcDi

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Big day today - my first full speech in German since Goethe Institute refresher course. Thanks to German Ambassador Miguel Berger for asking me to speak at Symposium on “making the case for German”. Languages matter and it is sad that we Brits learn so few of them. Ich liebe die deutsche Sprache

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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 09/11/2024

Thinking more on this I used to be gleeful and filled with hope because surely being right would mean I’d get listened to more next time. And over time you realise being right isn’t enough. Sometimes you are just bad at explaining why, sometimes external factors stop the outcome you want.

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Merill Fernando 💚 @merill.net · 08/11/2024

🦋 Introducing bluesky.ms 👏 = A crowdsourced database of anyone and everyone in the Microsoft community on Bluesky. 👉 Add yourself and anyone you know today 👈 🫂 All are welcome. This is my v1, I'll add options to directly follow from the site itself but first 👇 LET'S FILL IT UP! 🙏

bluesky.ms

Search bluesky.ms

Use this page to search for the Microsoft community on bluesky.ms.

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Tension headaches, the shoulder and sinus pain associated are horrendous :'(

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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 06/11/2024

I find it grimly ironic that today is apparently Stress Awareness Day

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Mentally exhausted and it’s just Tuesday. Supporting a family with a variety of needs - neurodiversity and anxiety - plus the constant battle to get them the support to thrive is sometimes overwhelming and all consuming 😔

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

To all the newly-arrived Twitter refugees, I've created a starter pack of UK political journalists, experts, commentators and politicos to follow here go.bsky.app/2CwmVfN

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Andrew Westgarth @apwestgarth.bsky.social · 17/08/2024

Not at work for 10 days 👍 starting my break/weekend with the soothing sounds of Hedkandi Radio #tunes

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