Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2026Not a great photo, taken through the window of a speeding bus (hence the blur at the bottom). But the pretty rainbow was a slight reward for getting soaked in a sudden torrential downpour on my walk to the bus! 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2026[The Boys S05E03 minor spoiler] Of course The Deep has a cybertruck and listens to Limp Bizkit 😂 *Chef's Kiss* #WankPanzer #CyberTruck #TheBoys 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2026Another thing they don't tell you about getting older: you can wake up with a bruise and no idea how you got it 🤷🏻♂️ 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026Techbros: civil liberties being eroded - great news for us! 🤮 "News of Meta’s plan to include facial recognition in its smart glasses broke out in February. In an internal memo, the company noted that the current situation in the U.S. was a good time for the feature’s release. “We will launch […]mas.toOriginal post on mas.to 100
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026As a timeline cleanser, this is Daisy who belongs to a neighbour of mine. Super friendly 😍 #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon 030
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2026Happy new Taskmaster day to all who celebrate! 🥳 #Taskmaster #TV #Comedy 012
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026[USPol] I don't talk about politics much on here, I especially dislike talking about the orange cretin, but (and I don't use this word lightly), he is insane. Casually tweeting about wiping out whole generations whilst sitting on the toilet shitting out last night's cheeseburger is insane […]mas.toOriginal post on mas.to 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 05/04/2026Happy First Contact Day to all who celebrate 🖖🏻 #StarTrek #FirstContactDay 021
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2026Just got home after a lovely 8 mile walk around Alton in Staffordshire (near Alton Towers, you could actually hear screaming from the rollercoasters!) This is a wire sculpture of a fairy in a tree, somewhere between Oakamoor and Cotton. #Photography #Sculpture #Walking 052
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026Had a look round pretty much all of the charity shops here on the search for #vinyl and came home empty handed. If I liked Slim Whitman though it would have been my lucky day! 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 30/03/2026Just about to watch the new episode of For All Mankind. I loved the early seasons but I've got to admit that it's starting to lose me, the further it gets away from reality. Now they have to plausibly convince me that a Mars colony could possibly win against Earth. Hmm, we'll see about that […]mas.toOriginal post on mas.to 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 29/03/2026"Remember: Spring back, fall forward" A friend of mine on Facebook used to say that every time the clocks changed and see how many fish he reeled in. It's honestly one of the only things I miss about Facebook. #DaylightSavingsTime 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2026My favourite Mastodon app, no longer being updated, can't quote toot and doesn't display quote toots. I'm fine with that. 110
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 25/03/2026If people say Brits are obsessed with the weather, they're correct. It was 20C last week, today it's 7C and alternating between hail/sleet, gale force winds and bright sunshine. #UK #Weather 054
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026Assault rifles: Not banned in America. Tonka beans: Banned in America. How are you supposed to make sense of a country like that? 🤷🏻♂️ Anyway, have a great weekend lovely people of Mastodon. Chin chin! 🍻 #Beer #BeersOfMastodon 011
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2026Bought a couple of super cheap records on sale at Rarewaves for a tenner and got sent this instead, which from the receipt in the packaging I believe was supposed to go to a guy in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Sorry buddy, if you got what I ordered, I probably got the better […] [Original post on mas.to] 002
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2026I watched War Machine on Netflix. What's the military equivalent of copaganda? I like a big dumb action movie, but I just couldn't enjoy it with what's happening in the real world right now. #Movies #Netflix 311
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2026"just" $2,259 PC gaming needs a reckoning, it's becoming unaffordable for the majority of people. Guess I'll just stumble on with my getting on for 10 year old PC 🤷🏻♂️ #PCGaming 011
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2026Just re-read a 1957 Isaac Asimov short story called Profession. In this story people don't learn anything, they have a technology where they are just given the knowledge. The technology doesn't work on the main character, who has to learn "the old fashioned way", by […] [Original post on mas.to] 112
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 15/03/2026Thinking about all the sweet Monet content I'll miss because of filters. Thanks techbros! 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 15/03/2026Happy Mother's Day!* Sorry if that panicked you in the rest of the world, it's payback for the panic I feel in May! Anyway, happy Mother's Day to the mums, dads who are also mums and everyone else. If you've lost your mum I feel for you today, much love ❤️ *In the UK 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 13/03/2026Hot food take, but the breakfast burrito is the greatest culinary invention humankind has ever made. * I may have just eaten a breakfast burrito. #Food 002
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2026Uh, weather is rancid out there. Raining absolute cats and dogs with 40mph gusts of wind. Yuck. 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2026I wish techbros would stop naming their slop after words they've stolen from science fiction and fantasy* Here are a few names they can have for free: Spunkbucket Bilgepump Dewflaps Stoolsample Gloryhole *could have just ended this sentence after stop. #AISlop #TechBros 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2026Tales of my weird brain 226: Weird songs I sing in my head. A couple of examples. When I read something about a nepo baby, my brain sings "I'm a nepo baby, so why don't you kill me". To the tune of Beck's Loser. Another one, an extremely niche UK one. The main […] [Original post on mas.to] 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 09/03/2026I fancied stir fry for tea and was halfway through making it when I realised I didn't have any noodles. So I used spaghetti instead, same thing right!? Probably just insulted a billion people 😂 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2026Koupen-chan is about the cutest damn thing I've ever seen. Super short slices of happiness. Look up "kawaii" in the Japanese dictionary and there should be a picture of Koupen-chan. #Anime #Kawaii 010
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2026The only time I remotely miss Twitter is on International Women's Day when Richard Herring used to raise money for charity by replying to all the idiotic men asking when International Men's Day is (it's 19th November). Anyway, happy International Women's Day to all […] [Original post on mas.to] 010
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2026Yes, because everyone hates it. It's a dumbed down, childish looking, enshittified mess. www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/mi… #Microsoft #Software #Enshittificationwindowscentral.comMicrosoft delays the “New Outlook takeover” again — admins get one more year to panic in peaceMicrosoft has delayed the opt-out phase of its new Outlook for Windows rollout until March 2027, giving enterprise administrators another year to prepare for the transition away from classic Outlook. 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2026Bandcamp Friday haul: HELP(2) album from War Child, a great line-up and a great cause warchildrecords.bandcamp.com/album/… A Field of Manmade Fires by BRSR, Glaswegian shoegazey indie brsr.bandcamp.com/album/a-field-of-… Mountains on the Moon by Paper Wings […]mas.toOriginal post on mas.to 012
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2026When an artist puts Name Your Price on Bandcamp I overthink how much to pay that won't be an insult, get stressed out and end up not buying it. This "me" problem perfectly describes my weird brain. #BandcampFriday #Music 001
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2026I really like Look Mum No Computer's UK Eurovision entry. Daft lyrics, banging techno, a real ear worm 🤘🏻 It will do about as well as the UK entry always does, but at least we're trying something different 😂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB2cEOxo_as #Music #Eurovision 100
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026A chonky new visitor to my garden. He looks like he will f*ck you up if you look at him the wrong way. #CatsOfMastodon 022
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026Stolen from PopBitch. Oh, the humanity! Headline of the Week: “I‘m trapped and under attack in Dubai - while back home in Chichester my daughters are furious, the labradoodles are sick and, worst of all, I left my Mounjaro pen in the fridge”. Apparently from the Daily Mail, of course. 001
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026I forgot what an absolute cracker this album is, not a bad song on it 🤘🏻 #Music #Vinyl #NowPlaying 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 02/03/2026When a friend breaks up with someone, don't try and console them by saying "well I never really liked them anyway". Because that makes it very awkward when they get back together. Ask me how I know! 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026When I was younger I was short of cash, when I wanted to upgrade something I had to sell something. For example, when I bought my first PC I had to sell my Amiga A500 to help pay for it. Of course now I wish I still had all those things. I call it Retro Regret. I wish I had it all back, but […]mas.toOriginal post on mas.to 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 17/02/2026Wow, YouTuber Look Mum No Computer is going to be the UK's Eurovision entry 🤯 An interesting choice to say the least, no idea what the song is like but at least it will be something different from all the cookie cutter ballads! #Eurovision #YouTube #Music 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026I mostly stick to Home and Local feeds here, but occasionally I have a look at the Global feed out of interest. Don't recommend doing it when you're on packed public transport, there is some wild NSFW stuff on there! Whenever sport is occurring (which is always), the Global feed is overwhelmed […]mas.toOriginal post on mas.to 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 15/02/2026Gutted for Derby's own Freya Tarbit finishing 4th in the Mixed Skeleton. Fastest woman in the event though, she should be proud of herself, we are proud of her! #WinterOlympics 010
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026Postie just arrived bringing all my Valentine's Day cards, or so I thought. Turned out to be a water bill. Prices going up 9.8% "to pay for infrastructure", despite the fact they've paid out almost £80 billion in dividends since privatisation. And we've got off lightly compared to a lot of the […]mas.toOriginal post on mas.to 001
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026I am really enjoying Journal with Witch (Ikoku Nikki), anime that feels like it was written by an actual adult. It's about grief, family, relationships and the expectations adults put on kids, kids put on adults and society puts on everyone. The conversations […] [Original post on mas.to] 022
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026There's a new, "final" trailer for Project Hail Mary and once again I just have to say: if you're interested in watching it and haven't read the book, DO NOT WATCH THESE TRAILERS! I don't know how or why they came to these decisions on what to show, but they spoil plot points in the story that […]mas.toOriginal post on mas.to 002
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026Not many Bandcamp Friday purchases today, just got the two Castle Rat albums. I had been holding out for the vinyl, but they had sold out when I saw them on tour and thanks to *you know who* it's prohibitively expensive to get anything from the USA now. Oh, I also […] [Original post on mas.to] 001
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2026Well it's transfer deadline day. Again. #Football #TransferDeadlineDay #MastodonFC 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2026"Some of those who burn crosses are the same who hold office" Awesome 🤘🏻 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLMKAxFtjB8 000
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 30/01/2026I spent an hour or so this morning trying to get my Sinden light gun working on my MiSTer Multisystem 2 and I failed. I'll probably have another go at it over the weekend because it will nag at me until I fix it! #RetroGaming 100
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 26/01/2026I know there are more important things going on in the world, but every now and again I remember that someone made the stupid decision to put Walkers cheese & onion crisps in blue bags and salt & vinegar in green bags and I'm annoyed all over again. 001
Craig G @derbadian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2026One of my guilty pleasures is Alaska: Homestead Rescue, but seriously some of these people have no skills whatsoever. Some of them, especially when they have kids, just need to be told to stop because what they're doing is not viable and not safe. However, I still enjoy it. As I said, guilty […]mas.toOriginal post on mas.to 103