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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 12/10/2026

I expect the same happened with all the pro Reform UK stuff too.

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Northumberland Wildlife Trust @northwildlife.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Thirteen goats have arrived at our Hauxley site to carry out essential maintenance over the coming months. www.nwt.org.uk/news/goats-help-shap…

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 11/10/2026

"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between" - Attributed to Oscar Wilde. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Looks like theyre heading back to barbarism. #USA #Trump #Execution

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‘Medieval’ and ‘disturbing’: US plan to livestream execution elicits global condemnation

Pentagon said execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, would be broadcast live

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 09/10/2026

I've been seeing a lot of horses acting cutely over the last few days! #wSocialPics #Horses #Northumberland #UK

Two horses enjoying themselves at a ford, one being ridden and the other led.

Horses appearing for form ab orderly line. Four are standing but a fifth at the 'back of the queue' is sitting down.

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Chris Brooking @chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Have Vibram soles reduced in quality drastically recently, or have I been sold counterfeit Scarpa boots? They used to last for years, not start to disintegrate after two. #vibram #scarpa #counterfeit #hiking

Scarpa boots with Vibram soles coming apart at the heel.

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 07/10/2026

Boulmer beach and sugar sands today. Now that the summer season is over it's nice and empty again, only a handful of people there. #WSocialPics #Northumberland #UK

A view across the now largely empty Boulmer Beach. The sand is damp, it rained overnight but now there's a clear sky with white clouds.

A rocky section separating Boulmer Beach from Sugar Sands. The water is very clear and the sea quite still.

A view down to Sugar Sands from a track at the top of the hills. A rocky headland just out into the sea, behind that it's Boulmer Beach

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 06/10/2026

I was asked to generate a QR code for the local u3a website. I tried several online generators and all said they generated a QR code but actually generated a redirect — they could track users or even send them to a different site in future. In the end i used a desktop app. #QrCode #u3a #security

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 06/10/2026

Ripe and ready - if it means ready in a couple of weeks maybe. Tesco have got to be kidding! #Tesco #GreenBananas

Green unripe bananas described as "ripe and ready", from a Tesco delivery.

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Chris Brooking @chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Wow. This stuff does what it says on the .. bottle! Much hotter than I expected, with a nice taste of chilli and ginger. #hotsauce

A bottle of East End "very hot green chilli sauce".

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Stefan L. Couper @stefancouper.wsocial.eu · 06/09/2026

If you’re enjoying #W support it by leaving a review on your App Store. It’s the least we can do to say thank you to those who invested to give us a #Sovereign, bot-free #Social app where real people interact. #FEU #EuropeanTech

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Chris Brooking @chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Spectacular clouds over Rothbury this morning. #sky #clouds #rothbury #northumberland #uk

A large grey cloud (lenticular?) above an amber -tinted cloudscape. Oh the foreground forested hills.

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Chris Brooking @chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Random thought: A female werewolf would be a wifwolf. #etymology #randomthoughts

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 28/09/2026

An absolute masterpiece of making it hard to compare two values by The Guardian. By my calculations the UK price is 12% lower, but I'm far from certain! #metric #badReporting #obscureUnits www.theguardian.com/business/liv...

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European gas prices are also rising this morning . The benchmark Dutch contract is up 2.9% to €74.185 per megawatt hour (MWh), while the the British front-month contract is up 2.7% to 184.64 pence per therm.

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Chris Brooking @chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

RE: toot.wales/@thebaywindowgirl/117275… Will I ever learn? I'm thinking of choosing something by Ursula Le Guin for my book group choice next year— possibly The Lathe of Heaven. Yes probably divisive again. Definitely giving me plenty of scope to start things rolling with a […]

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Chris Brooking @chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

It's that time of year when the sky looks pretty when I take my evening walk. #rothbury #northumberland #uk

The sky above Addycombe ridge showing a pink tinge.

The sky above the stone bridge at Rothbury now showing an orange red

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 25/09/2026

I'm in! I don't often have crisps but I'll get a pack of pickled onion or salt and vinegar if I can't find that. #CrispSandwich

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 24/09/2026

I can see issues with this Government considers £11 monthly UK broadband fee to fund BBC TV www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/20... It becomes in effect a regressive tax, possibly pushing people to mobile and satellite if not included. Also what about people in remote areas without a mobile signal?

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Government considers £11 monthly UK broadband fee to fund BBC TV

The Government is reportedly considering the introduction of an £11 (monthly) "Home Internet Levy" on existing consumer broadband bills to replace the existing

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Chris Brooking @chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

A little dragon on the path along the river at Warkworth. #dragon #art #warkworth #northumberland #uk

A small green dragon, probably ceramic, fixed to a fence on what looks like a miniature doorway

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

I've noticed that a lot of AI voices in the UK mimic extremely bored sounding women. One of Waze's has an RP accent, but sounds like she's entirely fed up: "one mile ahead, roadworks". I can just imagine a follow-up "Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they've got me announcing roadworks!"

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Chris Brooking @chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

RE: fosstodon.org/@novelwriter/11721891… The epub export looks good. I also like the flatpak format, so much easier to install and support on my machine. I haven't worked out how references work yet, but it looks as though each reference needs a heading or they all get mixed […]

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Chris Brooking @chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Oh, I get it now. You have to split into separate files - the split by heading's useful. After that you can click on a date and the references show you all the scenes that happened then.

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Chris Brooking @chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

I'm going to complain to Pizza Express for not letting me give no tip when paying by card. In the UK if you give a tip by card it will have income tax deducted, and if it's paid straight through payroll national insurance too. Some companies also deduct "processing fees", though I understand […]

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 04/09/2026

If you're going to be racist then don't try to obfuscate it. What this is saying is "we don't want anyone who doesn't match fall within these racial parameters". #racism #inclusivity #multiculturalism

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 03/09/2026

This is clearly straight out of Trump's book. Maintain the right to lie in the press and social media, at the same time surprising truthful reporting. These are the people who want the UK to be "Belarus on Thames", an arse-licking subsidiary to Trump's America. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Reform UK bans three journalists from its conference after critical reporting

Guardian City editor Anna Isaac among those who had credentials to cover event declined

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 31/08/2026

A man walks into a book shop. He soon realises that it's a Zen bookshop — he isn't interested. He is about to leave when the book selker asks him "Can I help you, what are you looking for?" "I'm fine, I don't want anything, thank you", says the man. "Master?", asks the book seller #joke #buddhism

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 30/08/2026

A wet, misty, but very pretty day on the Carriageway, above Rothbury. #Rothbury #Northumberland #UK #walking

A view looking down a pathway. There's purple heather on one side and a large grey rock on the other. There's a birch tree in the foreground and other trees in the mist further away.

Mist over a tree covered hill, seen across heather.

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Chris Brooking @chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Semi-weird thoughts time. I'm so glad they demolished the old disused public conveniences on the Rothbury riverside path. They reveal the base of this lovely beech tree, part of the Rothbury Tree Trail www.rothburytrees.uk/tree-trail #Rothbury #Tree #RothburyTrees #Northumberland #uk

A lovely Beech Tree with spreading roots and canopy. The sort of place where Buddha or Shiva might choose to meditate.

Closeup or the spreading roots at the base of the trunk

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 29/08/2026

It's alright, I identify as a sheep.

A young black bullock obviously very at home with sheep in a field.

As it wasn't clear that it was a bullock on a small phone screen, this is a closeup

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Northumberland Wildlife Trust @northwildlife.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The Rothbury Estate appeal has reached over £26m of the £30m target! 🎉 www.nwt.org.uk/news/largest-appeal-…

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Alex @alxblk.wsocial.eu · 27/08/2026

The onboarding experience and verification process for W Social has been a form a torture that I didn’t think existed in 2026. I was going to add a humorous GIF but that’s broken too. 🤦

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 26/08/2026

"The vast majority of UK sheep are now all electric ⚡️" Yes, but do Androids dream of them?

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Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.wsocial.eu · 24/08/2026

What Canadians are saying: Let's support each other as we face unprovoked economic warfare from the United States. What Americans are *not* saying: Let's follow the orange rapist into battle against a friendly country we've been at peace with for the last 212 years.

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 25/08/2026

This is interesting. The first fifteen minutes are not about Hinduism but the amplification of false stories through the cycle of false stories going from Wikipedia to limited sources to AI back to more sources youtu.be/-Dk6_pa-yII?... #AI #Misinformation

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Who Is Rewriting Hinduism?

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 25/08/2026

I've written this email to the guardian complaining about an article that's poorly worded and looks as though its saying that the language Sanskrit itself is dogmatic and extremist. The image truncates a final "or Hebrew", full text in the ALT. @theguardian.com #Hinduism #Buddhism #Extremism #Media

This article "Disciples review – fresh-faced boys are sucked into a nightmare of extremism in India"

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/24/disciples-review-india

Says "Focusing on two new entrants called Satyarth and Hari, the film documents their daily routines, which largely revolve around Sanskrit classes. The learning of this ancient script, supposedly to maintain a linguistic tradition, is actually in service of religious dogmatism..."

The article makes it clear that by "Dogmatism" it means radical extremism.

I first came across this article from a social media post defending Sanskrit and angry at the article for claiming that learning it and the language itself is dogmatic and extremist. When I first read the article, I saw it in the same way

However, on rereading it carefully, I think and hope that it is poor ambiguous wording and what the author meant was that the legitimate aim of teaching Sanskrit was being used as a front for teaching propaganda. If this is what was meant, please change the wording. If you actually did mean teaching Sanskrit is dogmatic, shame on you — would you say the same about Arabic or Hebrew?

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 24/08/2026

They're taking global warming very seriously I see! 🤣🤣 #joke

Headline: Kyoto University builds transistor that survives 600C temperatures...

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Chris Brooking @chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

After showing someone simple website editing this morning there was time for a short walk this afternoon. I went to Branton Lakes, one of my favourite nearby places. The bullrushes seem to be growing like mad this year. #BrantonLakes #Northumberland #UK

At this point you can see over the bulrushes to the lake

The river Beamish, at this time of year a narrow flow in a wide sandy riverbed.

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𝓖ö𝓷𝓰𝓾 𝓓ó𝓽𝓽𝓲𝓻 @gongudottir.wsocial.eu · 24/08/2026

🦫 😮 ❤️❤️❤️ Wild beaver kits born in Norfolk for 1st time in more than 500 years Pair are offspring of two beavers who mysteriously arrived in Pensthorpe nature reserve near Fakenham in December Here’s the article from @theguardian.com , this video belongs to them www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 22/08/2026

Personally I wouldn't mind this "lack of success" - only earning £91 million! #entitled #obsceneWealth #royals

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They are widely reported to have earned $100m (£73m) from a deal with Netflix in 2020. An agreement in the same year with Spotify to produce podcasts was reported to be worth $25m (£18m).

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Anna Zeiter @anna.wsocial.eu · 22/08/2026

Ingmar, this is a very powerful text. I hope many will read it. And it comes very timely, especially after an extremely hot summer with burning forests and water shortages in many countries. @wedonthavetime.wsocial.eu

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 22/08/2026

I suspect it's already too late. We are headed for vast areas of the world to become uninhabitable. Resource wars, mass migration, starvation. Leaders — Why does Trump want Greenland or Canada? An escape route for the elite when the contiguous states become unproductive and largely uninhabitable.

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 21/08/2026

What's wrong with W‽ I've recently accessed W. First of all, I should say that it's just as good as Bluesky. But it also promises access to verified people, implying that this could be exclusive, not seeing anyone else in your feed. More in replies... #Wsocial #review #WsocialProblems

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 21/08/2026

This illustrates why incremental speed increases save so little time at higher speeds. It doesn't show the disproportionate increase in breaking distance and severity of a collision, and fuel consumption. youtube.com/shorts/fBfch... #cars #roadsafety #speeding #safety #transport

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Speeding Saves Less Time Than You Think

YouTube video by Simple, Not Easy

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 20/08/2026

This is important if you want to interact with people on the Fediverse. Follow @ap.brid.gy or you won't see it if they respond, boost, or like your messages. #fediverse #mastodon #bridge #apbridgy

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Chris 108 @chris108.wsocial.eu · 20/08/2026

Finally, it looks like after three weeks I have been verified!

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