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Chris Newton

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#RStats #Python #QGIS #RSpatial #SQL 🌐💻📊🐕| Environment and climate🌦🌿🦔| Veganism 🌱🐾| Music, film, books, cycling. ML/Deep learning can be useful but firmly […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ hachyderm.io/@cd_newton, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 13h
[Complaining about bike maintenance and extremely low-level misfortune] Annoying leaky Presta valve causing flat tire (valve tool and some spares have now been ordered) and after changing the tube and faffing about adjusting my rear brakes (I like _having_ disc brakes, but strongly dislike […]
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
It’s Friday, time to pish to main. Follow me for more productivity tips.
A picture of a terminal showing the text 
“git config --global alias.pish push”
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
@haraldkliems Yikes, sorry to hear - wishing you a speedy recovery.
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Jon Shell @jonshell.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
It is pure madness that we build appliances intended to be sent to the landfill. Refrigerators are almost entirely disposable. Leaks in refrigerant coils embedded in foam insulation are not repairable. Older designs were better but in general, refrigerators haven't had a lot of design love with […]
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
Nearly missed my train but I couldn’t leave this bee in the pond. Not sure sugar water was what they wanted or needed but they didn’t hesitate to get involved while drying off on a rock.
A bedraggled looking bee drying off on some rocks after being lifted out of a mini-pond, drinking some sugar water out of a tea spoon.
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 10/10/2026
Anyone know of any student-led anti-GenAI campaigns in UK schools? My daughter hates the amount it gets used *by the school itself* and wants to do something…
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Jorijn Schrijvershof :jorijn: @jorijn.jorijn.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
New instance, and I need to test federation, so here's one of my favorite photos of Kaylan (who unfortunately passed away a few months ago). Tuning server processes, so feel free to boost to make it work a bit. #CatsOfMastodon
A photo of a white Maine Coon.
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
@mackaszechno.bsky.social Think it was a geopackage but will check when I’m back at work! Official services in the UK seem to vary pretty wildly what they name that column, baffles me!
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
@quixoticgeek Many bikes don’t even fit in these spaces, and definitely not the 2 that are often meant to fit!
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
Any #rspatial folks ever encountered an issue like this with leaflet.extras when using addSearchFeatures()? The zoom parameter doesn’t seem to work as expected when multiple groups with the same geometry are used, but seems fine with different geoms […]
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
To their credit they took another look at it and fixed the problem with no charge, so now I can finally list it on gumtree and try and recoup my losses somewhat…
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
The Eternal Daughter was the most affecting film I’ve seen in a while. The cinematography and general atmosphere might be suggestive of a ghost/horror film but it’s much more subtle and understated than that; more of a meditation on loss/grief and the fact that other’s inner worlds can be […]
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026
@samfirke I’m not a heavy user or have anything to compare with really but I’ve had a DeWalt XR 18v drill for a while and find it pretty decent.
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026
Dogs Trust (UK) are looking to hire a data officer in the Data Science and Analytics team (team I’m in! My colleagues are great; I try my best). Remote role (with occasional travel) using #Rstats or #Python with #SQL - full details below […]
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026
Took an old, not very fancy guitar amp in for a service somewhere prior to selling it, thinking that “recently professionally serviced/checked” would be a good selling point and cost more than the amp’s worth and has come back not working _at all_ 🫠
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026
Encountered a geometry column called ‘the_geom’ today, that was a first… #RSpatial #GISchat
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
@pythonbynight Belatedly read this one - excellent post, will check out the talk too to revisit! I too have encountered the incorrectSpiceInOatsError, except it was coriander in my case - don’t recommend that either…
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Stefano on littleFedi @stefano.rpi0w.stefanomarinelli.it.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
This post received _a lot_ of comments and reactions, which is great! It also proved that my little Raspberry Pi Zero W, powered by NetBSD, could handle the load. Now - to help me test how much load it can tolerate - **please boost and react to this post!** 🚀 #FediTest #littleFedi #OwnYourData […]
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026
It’s a drizzly weekend ahead, but if you’re vaguely in the vicinity of Whitminster (UK) and want to get outside and support a dogs and cats rehoming centre, Teckels Animal Sanctuary have an fair on Saturday and Sunday 11:00-16:00 […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]
A pink and blue poster for Teckels Animal Sancturies’ summer fair this weekend:

ENTRY £4 (Kids go free)
SATURDAY 29th &
SUNDAY 30th AUGUST 2026
11AM - 4PM
FROMEBRIDGE MILL, 
FROMEBRIDGE LANE, 
WHITMINSTER, GL2 7PB
PLENTY OF FREE PARKING AVAILABLE ON-SITE
Variety of stalls, delicious refreshments, games for children, exciting raffles and much more!
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
Ah thanks, yeah I had looked there already but I appreciate the suggestion! Someone on Mastodon has suggested borders.ukdataservice.ac.uk/bds.html which looks encouraging.
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026
My search skills are failing me - is anyone aware of anywhere I might be able to download boundaries for Districts in Wales used between 1974 and 1996? #GISchat #RSpatial #GIS #Wales
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hrbrmstr 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 🇨🇦🇧🇪 @hrbrmstr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026
ZOMGOSH #DUICKDB 2.0 IS COMING SOON WITH TRIGGERS AND A REAL SERVER MODE AND EVEN MORE CRUNCHY GOODNESS! duckdb.org/2026/08/17/duckdb-20-hig…
duckdb.org
A Preview of DuckDB v2.0
DuckDB v2.0 is coming this fall. In this post, we preview its headline features: DuckDB as a server, triggers, the VARIANT type, asynchronous I/O, a new SQL parser, a new storage format, and much more.
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Lesley Carhart :unverified: @hacks4pancakes.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026
If I gambled on both NFTs and the metaverse to the tune of millions and millions of dollars and even renamed my company accordingly I would be so canceled I’d be farming potatoes, but people are still quoting Zuck AI predictions on my daily news feed.
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026
Dogs Trust (UK) are hiring for a “senior insights officer”: careers.dogstrust.org.uk/en/posting…
careers.dogstrust.org.uk
Senior Insight Officer
Job Opening: Senior Insight Officer at Dogs Trust in Dogs Trust site with hybrid working.
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Ergative Absolutive @ergative.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026
Hey, folks! Do you know of any unisex/open toilets? Add them here! I just went on and added my work building, which is fully open to the public during business hours, and has single-sex toilets on the ground floor, but two single-occupancy unisex rooms on the upper floors. (There's a space to […]
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Sarah Finch @sarahfinch.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I’ve just responded to the government’s consultation by saying NO to Heathrow’s climate-wrecking third runway. Have your say here @friends-earth.bsky.social action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/say-n...
action.friendsoftheearth.uk
Stop Heathrow's climate-wrecking third runway
Take action We're in a climate crisis, with out-of-control wildfires in the UK, France and Spain and an ongoing battle to clean up the air in our cities. So why is Andy Burnham's government backing pl...
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026
In the 2 times I’ve contacted them in the last 6 years, #Novation have the best customer service/technical support I have ever encountered from any organisation, especially considering my only purchase from them has been a 2nd hand synth.
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026
In more positive news, catnip spider toy is the best £3 I have spent in recent times. #caturday
A grey and white elderly cat lying on her side on some floor boards, looking utterly transfixed by a slightly frightening grey spider toy which she is pawing at with her right front paw.
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026
Sorted the cats litter tray, breakfast, and meds first though so at least I still have my priorities correct.
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026
Checking log files and correcting Quarto paths on a server is not my favourite way to start a Saturday morning. Note to self: don’t set up scheduled tasks at the end of a 12 hour day in future ☕ :neofox_laptop_notice:
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026
Nice evening for a bike ride (admittedly to pick up some meds for Willow the cat). Could do with some rain. #BikeTooter
A photograph of a yellow, arid field with a stony road in the foreground. You can just about see Lydney in Wales over the river Severn in the distance. There are a few small clouds in the sky.
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Anita Graser 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪 @underdarkgis.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026
I never thought of #QGIS as a PDF viewer 😂 ... but, honestly, by now everything beats #Adobe Reader
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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026
Hey #UK friends. Do you get annoyed by fireworks? Do your pets find them distressing? Do you think anyone should be able to buy them? The UK Government is running a consultation and want your views […]
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026
Spent most of this evening cleaning a bike (not mine) that I don’t think had _ever_ been cleaned judging from the caked-on mud :neocat_facepalm: #biketooter #INeedAShower
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026
First time using the #TFLGo app in quite a while. I remembering it being pretty good before but finding the updated version pretty unusable, the interface is weird and buggy now and I keep having to close it and start again…
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2026
@davidsuculum 100% this! I feel like a spend nearly all of my waking hours either working or household chores/life admin, and despite this the place is usually a bit of a mess and we’re always running out of something or other 🤔
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026
Pigeon continues to do pigeon equivalent of “chop wood, carry water” in spite of everything. Inspiring stuff.
A slightly blurry photo of a pigeon in flight who has just launched themselves off the roof of a blue car. They have a small twig in their beak. In the background is a dense leafy hedge, where they are building, or possibly repairing/improving their nest.
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026
Jokes on me however as it was a co.uK website. I am recovering from a 48 hour stomach bug so should probably refrain from posting nonsense, more so than ever…
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026
:blobfoxconfused: Reading a review, specifically for the purposes of researching power requirements, unsure if reviewer is from the UK and thus can be reasonably assumed to mean what I think they mean re. cable types :revblobfoxdealwithitfingerguns: Seeing them use the word “gubbins”
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Konstantin Weddige @weddige.gruene.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@campuscodi/1167209… "The ruff Python linter caught formatting and lint violations in the malicious code and blocked the CI build -- twice. The attacker gave up." 🤣
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026
Any bslib or Quarto wizards have any insight into this odd bslib::navset_*() issue I'm experiencing? stackoverflow.com/questions/7995444… #bslib #quarto #RStats
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bslib navset_*() rendering elements twice
In a Quarto dashboard, I'm trying to use bslib::navset_*() to create tabset panels showing a single different leaflet map or plot when each option is selected. Whichever variant of bslib::navset_ca...
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 04/06/2026
@fionag11 May have been this? Not used it though: rss-parrot.net
rss-parrot.net
RSS Parrot
Home of RSS Parrot, a free Fediverse service that lets you turn Mastodon into an RSS or Atom feed reader.
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 04/06/2026
@fionag11 I think for the brid.gy thing the bsky user in question has to enable it, but I saw something a while back about something that generated an RSS feed (or similar mechanism) on request for a given user which mastodon users could then follow? Can’t remember the name though, so no help at […]
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Alexis Bushnell @alexisbushnell.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 04/06/2026
Petition regarding the proposed data centre I posted about the other week. Sign and share if you can, especially if you or someone you know lives in the affected areas! And boost, boost, boost: acornuk.good.do/cymru #Wales #Cardiff
acornuk.good.do
Join me in supporting the Wales Campaign
ACORN Cymru contains the Cardiff branch of ACORN the union, as well as many other members in other towns and cities across Wales, all fighting campaigns on the issues that matter to them. Join in with an action near you so we can win. We are stronger together.
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Elio Campitelli @eliocamp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/05/2026
Hey, #RStats folks, what's your take on the box package to organise the code inside a project? I've been using it a bit for a while: I put functions in an R folder similar to a package and then load them with box::use() instead of source(). klmr.me/box
klmr.me
‘box’: Write Reusable, Composable and Modular R Code
A modern module system for R. Organise code into hierarchical, composable, reusable modules, and use it effortlessly across projects via a flexible, declarative dependency loading syntax.
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer role going at Dogs Trust (UK): careers.dogstrust.org.uk/en/posting… #GetFediHired
careers.dogstrust.org.uk
Senior Cyber Security Engineer
Job Opening: Senior Cyber Security Engineer at Dogs Trust in London.
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026
This is a very ignorant question as my front end knowledge is pretty minimal, but is anyone aware of any free tools for helping plan out CSS grids from an image sent by a designer? I’m currently being sent designs for a Quarto dashboard as PowerPoint slides, and trying to use PowerPoint grids is […]
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026
Saddened to read of the death of Sonny Rollins. Got into his stuff probably 25 years ago after reading Henry Rollins (yes, another Rollins, unrelated of course) saying how much of a masterpiece “The Bridge” is. Will be giving that one a spin later on for sure. #SonnyRollins
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2026
The official source of truth is sentinels.copernicus.eu/web/sentine… but this involves downloading KML files for each satellite for every 2 week period - a daunting prospect if you want to forecast a whole field season. Anyone got an expedited […]
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Chris Newton @cd-newton.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026
Just heard the first #Swifts of the year!
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