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@devx.bsky.social
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Usually thinking about music & vinyl, often when I should be doing something else. I try and post a #TOTD using the 'random item' option on my #discogs #vinyl collection.

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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 7h
Can remember hiding behind the chair when this unit appeared.
King Kong, 1933
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 23h
Just saw it on the telly earlier and loved the look of it even before they showed it filling the tank with water from the river at the top and then emptying into the sea at the bottom. Amazing design.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yeah, instant fave.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@benaustwick.bsky.social Have you been on this one? Water powered funicular railway. www.cliffrailwaylynton.co.uk
cliffrailwaylynton.co.uk
Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway
An exciting family experience A railway ride you won’t forget The multi-award winning and famous Lynton and Lynmouth funicular Cliff Railway opened in 1890 and is the highest and the […]
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sun baked!
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In your face, Rothko! Absolutely stealing a living, mate! Black, Green and Grey, 2026.
Grey cat asleep on grey shed roof in front of a black fence and green overhanging branch.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It occurred to me the other day that Lincoln is, as far as I can remember, the only English county I've never been in, not even passing through on my way to somewhere else. So I will need to rectify that at some stage.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nothing like getting the training in just under the wire
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yeah, it was great. I secretly love it when nobody else is in 🤣
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dragged myself into the office today 'for the culture' to find I was the only mug in my team who was in. So I did the only sensible thing and stuck in my earbuds and caught up with some beautiful albums. Feels like we're in autumnal sad season judging by these choices.
Pentangle - Cruel Sister
Nick Drake - A Treasury
Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak
John Martyn - Bless The WeatherLuke Una (compilation) - Everything Above The Sky
Lhasa - The Living Road
Gather In The Mushrooms (The British Folk Underground 1969 - 1975)
Joni Mitchell - Hejira
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
MFers desperate for an AI controlled Logan's Run future.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yep, totally. Also current state pension is less than half minimum wage, which is itself flagged by several charities/think tanks as being below a Real Living Wage. Aaaaand, the triple lock was only introduced in 2010 because pensions were so utterly fucked then and needed to catch up.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And this post last night was inspired (mostly) by reading several posts trotting out the "loads of pensioners are millionaires so fuck 'em" line. Socialism has age limits now apparently. bsky.app/profile/devx...
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Got really annoyed just now watching a BBC short opening with "did you know your taxes pay for current pensions?" Completely ignoring that current pensioners paid for previous generation's pensions with their NI contributions. Determined to start that inter-generarional war.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
No reflection on the pub itself, but The Hobbit has the unfortunate grim coincidental association with 2 murders that made national news: it was the last place both Hannah Foster (early 00s) and, recently, Henry Nowak were seen alive. Also famous for its legal battles over the name, of course.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My big Irish head got sunburned to fuck because I went out without suncream on Saturday. I didn't think I'd still need to use any at the end of September!
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hahah, yeah 🤣
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Straining hard not to do a massive explosive shite mid sentence
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have been on the Internet for too many party conference seasons 😫
"I am tired of this world-these people. I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives."
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Stresses me out too much watching it. Keep waiting for a dropped beat lol
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Next bingo night at Whelford Village Hall will be a right laugh: "I believe that my 999 call foiled whatever plans they had." "I am absolutely staggered that it was left to me as a member of the public to see and report this," she said.
static.klipy.com
Jan Brady's Sarcastic 'Sure, Jan' Moment
Alt: Jan Brady's Sarcastic 'Sure, Jan' Moment
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My 16 year old and her mates meet up in the 'spoons in town on Friday after school. We quizzed her why her card never gets used in there and she said they don't bother buying anything. So, for now, it seems like they're claiming 'spoons as a legitimate free third space.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Perfect. Posh marble seating providing a perfect vantage point to see and be seen. 10/10
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Don't forget all* the local punks drinking cider at the war memorial, or equivalent centrepiece, in every regional market town. *all being as few as 2 or as many as 6 or 7 in a town with 'a real scene'.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It is only a short drive down the A road from this legendary viewpoint: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england...
news.bbc.co.uk
BBC News - Fake sign promotes Cotswold viewpoint as 'dogging' area
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
And the retirement age will be pushed out to 103
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Head to head tie with another Kim for me
Kim fucking Gordon
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I was looking at some local stats recently and almost one third of pensioners in our area and surrounding wards are living in poverty. Even though neighbouring Bournemouth has that affluent retirees reputation and ppl seem to think all boomers are Brewsters, the reality is very different.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
France, who is your favourite Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now songwriter?
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Noteworthy for being a recent film that Netflix picked up for exclusive streaming that didn't totally suck ass
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Really enjoyed this. Only got around to listening to it today as I work through the backlog of open browser tabs. Very much helped me get through the never-ending loop of moving records from piles on the floor to shelves and from shelves to record bags and then back to piles on the floor again.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Only last year one of my work colleagues, genuinely and earnestly, commented that my meal deal from Tesco Express was 'posh lunch' because I'd included one of their mediocre trays of sushi. Things available widely in every garage and as part of meal deals are still 'posh', apparently.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Wanderly Wagon was the best. One of Frank Kelly's (Father Jack) first tv gigs as the villain Dr Astro.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Oh yeah, absolutely falls short but I think on a surface level that one smacks of 'we were listening to PNG a lot' before they made it.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
E.g. one stat that still blows my mind is for every 1KW of compute power, we used to also spend another 1.5KW on cooling in inefficient office buildings not designed for large scale IT. In modern DCs that drops to 0.1/0.2KW. I don't see how you ignore that coming from a green/eco perspective.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Absolutely. And to be clear, I'm not gung-ho for DC expansion, but I think the net savings of centralisation & shared resources has to be part of the national/global conversation, not only local impact considerations. (caveat being that ppl accept 'the interwebs' is here to stay and critical)
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'd also like to see a graph for the same time period of the numbers of localised DCs in, say, the greater London area because I reckon we'd see an inverse correlation. I'm old enough to remember when just about every single basement and ground floor in the city was way more inefficient DC...
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Generally agree but this particular one has got more than a hat tip to FSOL, I reckon. But also FSOL and Orbital are the go-to reference points for reviewers who aren't exclusively working in the electronic sphere so I mostly disregard them. youtu.be/DPm9RVpwOLQ?...
youtu.be
BICEP | ATLAS
YouTube video by BICEP
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I played a track off it at one of the local vinyl crate-digging sessions and it was funny watching a few older heads nodding along until the penny finally dropped and one of them recognised it was Autechre
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Also Disneyland regularly gets criticised for its poor pay and conditions for the character actors in the parks, so Disneyland is like Disneyland where Mickey doesn't get paid.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
And lots of people are saying this is lazy dog-whistle politics, pandering to a narrow demographic of affluent, elderly Brexity white people who believe all the (very few) brown faces they see are up to no good but that is categorically not the case as we can see h...oh...hang on...wait...
The constituency is generally affluent with low levels of deprivation, especially so in Broadstone, Corfe Mullen and Merley which fall within the top 10% least-deprived areas in England.[2] The average house price in the constituency is higher than the national and South West England averages.[3]

Residents of Mid Dorset and North Poole are generally older with a large retiree population.[4] They have high rates of household income and the child poverty rate is low. Residents have average levels of education and are likely to be homeowners.[3] A high proportion work in the manufacturing and construction industries and the percentage of residents claiming unemployment benefits is low.[4][5] White people made up 97% of the population at the 2021 census.[6]

At the local council level, all of the constituency's wards are represented by Liberal Democrat councillors. An estimated 56% of voters in the constituency supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum, higher than the nationwide figure of 52%.[3]
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Since Vikki has deleted the post I quoted and turned off reposts on the main post due to being absolutely rinsed, here's the context of what I was replying to...
oday is the first reading of my Presentation Bill seeking mandatory registration for all hairdressers and barbershops in England. 
 
The Bill has genuine cross-party support and was developed on the back of an excellent Parliamentary event, co-hosted by local barber Mike Taylor...
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
If only there were other visible signs that ppl are supporting genuine barbershops and salons staffed by skilled professionals. Let me see if I can think of just one OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. Could it be stepping out looking fly with a fresh fade? Would that be a reasonable indicator of quality?
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I was supposed to be, but I somehow managed to trip over Wednesday lunchtime and had a freakish unlucky landing that made my arm balloon and cracked a couple of ribs, plus a couple of lovely gashes on my hand and knee so no flying to Dublin happening in this condition. Massively gutted.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Also mad how closely related and similar looking they are to spuds and tomatoes, two top tier delicious veg, yet very different outcomes if you ever made the mistake of eating them.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
@category.horse some stuff that might be of interest to you
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
You should have moved to Ireland, your version is closer to how we say those names there. I was also so confused when I moved here.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Fucking segue can get in the bin too. I'm just relieved I never had to transition smoothly from one state to another out loud before I realised I'd been saying it wrong in my head for years.
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Nothing like a disliked ex-boss getting sentenced to 6 years for fraud for kicking long dormant WA groups back into life, as old colleagues reconnect to talk shit about him and enjoy the prospect of him doing time 🤣
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Dev____X @devx.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
All the Fitz surnames too. And some bunch of Dev____X chancers as well. Most of those surnames dropped the de prefix over the years, making them less obvious. But even yer man who famously sang about a Lady In Red still lives with his Norman surname in a Norman castle in Wexford.
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