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Bruce Mason (Deleriad)

@deleriad.bsky.social
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Cats, Edinburgh, games, Babylon 5 and even more besides. he/him This account is for a mix of personal and professional interests. Current research is in ageing, autism and assistive technology.

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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I never knew puppies were trained in aerial reconnaissance.
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The Hornéd God has summoned the crows
In a misty field a bare tree trunk has two upraised branches like arms upon each of which sits a crow
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Don't keep doing that to me.
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I get that most weeks, it's not a fluke.
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I came here to make just that joke...
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Maybe next Wednesday?
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Don't know where, don't know when.
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Not whale meat again! www.theguardian.com/food/2026/oc...
theguardian.com
Whale meat curry for dinner? Study of bygone seafood recipes shows how UK tastes have narrowed
Herring, flatfish and oysters are increasingly off the dining table, with just five fish species now dominating
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Classic case of timidity. Angers everyone helps almost no one. I mean the council knows what is needed but seems to think that if they stick to tiny, incremental steps that no one will complain. Sometimes though you have to rip off the plaster.
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Shame we didn't win by a cricket score.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
@tommysiegel.bsky.social
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The 33 bus is very lost if it's going to Corstorphine.
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Fourfoot @fourfoot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
All of it or just a boner part?
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Untypicalboro @untypicalboro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Old proverb revisited: Cheats *do* prosper.
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Not even a slap on the wrist. Just a vague thing about possibly being slapped on the wrist if he does it again.
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Where can we find this?
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
They're not wrong. The goats have taken lessons from the emus.
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I think it'll be a matter of perspective. Reckon we'll see Ayling and Malanda taking turns to slip into midfield.
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🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest @edi.bike · 17/09/2026
📺 New on our Youtube channel: a video about Summerhall upgrades, safety problems, and teething issues — www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWiR... #Edinburgh #bikeSky #EdTravCyc
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edi.bike: Summerhall Upgrades and Issues, September 2026
YouTube video by edi․bike
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Can we please stop doing this? I made a comic about it and everything!
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Beats me.
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you want to understand the suspects, you need to run a mile in their shoes.
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I really don't think Morris is a defensive shield. He's more of a Howson style midfield captain who does a bit of everything. I think he'll be better and us more secure with a specialist defensive midfielder alongside. Either that or we go three at the back with Malanda being the furthest forward.
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My 10-10 bet is starting to look a bit dodgy.
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Same people complaining about it. Rees was the guy standing vigil at the Manse Road bus gate.
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
There are several things which made my blood boil about this rancid Hurrah for the Blackshirts piece, but probably the worst is the attempt to enlist the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as supporting the idea that people are widely being falsely granted asylum.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There are already articles circulating trying to rewrite history and say America was great after 9/11 and united and thoughtful and just a reminder that that period was marked by intense and insanely racist hatred, paranoia, and a frothing desire for unhinged violence and oppression.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
rnli.org
Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 09/09/2026
Also, why is this basically written up as "quirky crowd make an embarrassing mistake" and not "violent racists form mob because Asian people use hotel"?
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Alistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 09/09/2026
Always odd that we couldn't possibly put a bike lane in here because of traffic, but a car parked in the turning lane, which completely fucks the traffic flow, is just an understandable rule-bend.
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
if you're the abc news editor who wrote that the nyc mayor attending the 9/11 ceremony is attracting "growing criticism" solely because he's a muslim then you are the criticism you're writing about
ABC:
Mayor Mamdani says he'll attend 9/11 ceremony despite growing criticism
Mayor Mamdani says he will attend New York City's annual remembrance ceremony.
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Lib Dem cycle. 1. Call for bold vision. 2. Oppose bold vision. 3. Oppose all other visions. 4. Complain about how bad everything is getting. 5. Return to step 1.
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Dragon 32. No lower case. No text and graphics but I loved it
A dragon 32 computer from the 1980s.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 07/09/2026
If every statement about Extinction Rebellion had opened with "Climate change is the single biggest issue facing humanity, and we understand why people have legitimate concerns the world isn't doing enough to tackle it…" this approach might be *faintly* defensible. But they didn't, and it isn't.
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George E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I think we're at the point where we can incredibly comfortably say that your attitude towards Reform, Restore, MAGA, the AfD etc is how you'd have responded to fascism in the 1930s
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So God does play dice...
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🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest @edi.bike · 24/08/2026
🎂 edi.bike | issue 159 | 24th Aug '26 🚲 Three years of edi.bike; Living Streets Edinburgh calls out half-arsed Cowgate closure; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more: buttondown.com/edi.bike/arc...
A faded and scratched purple, white and orange edi.bike sticker adorns a metal bicycle parking rack with a black u-lock partially covering it. There is a white bike with red and black stripes locked to the rack, and on the other side a green bike with yellow livery. The paving below is dry.
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Melissa @iammelissa.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“Best seat on the bus!” A study of Edinburgh in August. The alt text describes each photo.
An inadequate bus stop where there’s a crush of people. The pavement is too small and the bus service far too infrequent allowing for the dangerous build up in the left. There’s a yellow stagecoach bus is ahead. Having waited there, it’s so uncomfortable and tricky with little kids. I imagine doubly for any sort of mobility issue. Or if you want to go inside the shop. This is taken from “the best seat in the bus” where eventually a large man would trap me and force me to climb over the actual seat to get off the bus. Fun!The congestion by Charlotte Square. There’s 5 buses lined up down the road. Only one will make the turn during the light signal change. The sky is blue there’s a green tree on the right, and the light is golden on the buildings on the left. This is taken from the front of the bus, aka “the best seat in the bus.”A crush of people by Waverly Steps. There’s people getting on, people passing, and more people watching a street performer. It’s entirely inadequate and I’d argue dangerous because it’s not actually Disney World, it’s a bus stop for a European capitol, and given the crowd I’d wonder if there’s ever been a health and safety analysis of this space. Why aren’t people closer to the street performer? Probably because they want to sit on the limited seating available in this wasted city landscape in the heart of Edinburgh. This photo is taken from the front of the bus, aka “the best seat in the bus.”The bus, probably aggravated by August in Edinburgh (but who am I to project?), entirely pulled up, after the light turned red and parked through the entire advance stop line. I mean I never personally cycle through princes st because I value my life and here’s a great example why. There’s nothing in this photo beyond paint (not infrastructure), some sign post with plastic bollards, and some people’s feet crossing the side road. The bottom right diagonally is the edge of the bus. This photo is taken from the front of the bus, aka “the best seat in the bus.”
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26
Photo after Jason's final marathon taken from his archived blog showing Jason surrounded by supporters in orange charity t-shirts
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Epic callback.
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Hillbilly Highlander @hillhighlander.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Pidgin Posting @pidginposting.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Manse Road has been closed to through traffic for a week. There haven’t been any front pages featuring angry locals complaining of traffic chaos. I thought ACE would have been out in force? @gylernorth.bsky.social @jestermouse.bsky.social
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is not misinformation. That's what I normally cover - something out of context, an opinion quoted as fact, or a deliberate misinterpretation... This is none of those. This is full-on disinformation. Because that is NOT from the Express. It is entirely fake😱 🧵 1/10
Lembit Opik tweet:

Burnham's big migration plan: take 4,000 stranded migrants from Ceuta, bring them to the UK and put them up in luxury hotels. Americans look at Europe in despair. 

Express Headline: Burnham's migrant, Campbell, 1,000 stranded in Ceuta to be brought to UK. The Prime Minister proposes flying thousands of stranded migrants from Spanish enclave to Britain and housing them in London hotels. 

Monk Debunked stamp on top of both
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
If you’re a white man in academia and you think your problems come from EDI/DEI/woke, you’re failing on observational skills, research methods and critical thinking.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 19/08/2026
Laurence Fox must be furious that his campaign for smaller childrens lungs failed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Edinburgh fatalities n casualties dropped too. Maybe not by the same % but still significant. But then @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social n @policescotland.bsky.social do put bags over all their speed cameras. www.ed.ac.uk/news/2022/sl...
ed.ac.uk
Slowing city traffic cut road deaths by a quarter | News | The University of Edinburgh
Restricting a city’s speed limits to 20mph reduced road deaths by almost a quarter and serious injuries by a third, research reveals.
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Rewatching seasons 1-3 at the moment. Superb. I thought seasons 4-6 were more mixed but to an extent the same is true of the books of the middle trilogy. Final books trilogy were my favourites and maybe the delay will help with the time gap up to them.
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Bruce Mason (Deleriad) @deleriad.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
💣Another Dom bomb.
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