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Tony Dyson

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Yorkshireman resident in Rhode Island. Ex Colorado resident. Enchanted by New Mexico. Like music, books, beer, inspiring scenery & photos. Recumbent tri-cyclist (Catrike Villager & 700). Unrepentant Liberal. Retired SysAdmin (ex root@google).

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/09/2026
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@doctorow.pluralistic.net Another bottom-feeding data-harvester breached? www.pcmag.com/news/company...
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
@axios.com Re "Reflecting Pool contractor admits faulty repairs, not vandalism, caused damage". And what will now be done for the people vociferously & falsely accused of damaging the pool?
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
@scalzi.com Which over-used phrases deserve to disappear from the popular vocabulary? My first nomination would be "laser-focused". Particularly as it frequently trying to kid you that a politician is capable of this superhuman degree of concentration and precision.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@democrats.senate.gov iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
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Iran War Energy Cost Tracker
Tracks the extra cost paid by U.S. consumers for gasoline and diesel since the Iran conflict began on February 28, 2026, compared against a no-war counterfactual baseline.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@housedemocrats.bsky.social iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
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Iran War Energy Cost Tracker
Tracks the extra cost paid by U.S. consumers for gasoline and diesel since the Iran conflict began on February 28, 2026, compared against a no-war counterfactual baseline.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
@axios.com Re ""We're stuck:" GOP accepts Trump's all-about-me midterms" 🎻🎻🎻
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
@restispoliticsus.bsky.social Half way through www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/217260..., and so far it is a depressing read for anyone hoping the Democrats might be capable of inspiring the disaffected / disenchanted voter.
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Ours Was the Shining Future by David Leonhardt: 9780812983333 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The clear-eyed, definitive history of the modern American economy and the decline of the American Dream, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist behind The New York Times's “The Morning”...
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Franz D. Hofer @tempestinatankard.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
You've heard of Schlenkerla and Spezial, those temples of Rauchbier in Bamberg. But what about that motley crew of beer-serious taverns and cult classics that line the city’s lanes? Introducing Bamberg's beer underground. 🍻 tempestinatankard.com/2026/08/17/b...
Kellerbier from Brauerei Sauer, Galerie am Stephansberg, BambergBehind the bar at Schlenkerla in Bamberg
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
@elizabethalker.bsky.social Re Preserving Fictions by Harry Christelis. Yes; a definite suggestion of early John Martyn. I saw an OGWT episode where JM sat alone on stage with his guitar and pedal-board. Stunning. I'll be listening to Harry Christelis in hope of being stunned again.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
@axios.com Re "Older Democrats walloped by midterms anti-establishment revolt". Good. Republicans have only 3 policies; deregulation, less tax for the wealthy & unlimited defense spending. They never change. The current crop of Democrats haven't been able to argue persuasively against those ideas.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#audio #audiophile #music #iem #raspberry-pi #speakers You could spend a lot on room-treatment, so your speakers work as intended, or ...
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
@reed.senate.gov The current Republican obsession with COVID & harassing Dr. Fauci is illusionists distraction. They are hoping to hide their lack of useful activity.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
@magaziner.house.gov The current Republican obsession with COVID & harassing Dr. Fauci is illusionists distraction. They are hoping to hide their lack of useful activity.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
@amo.house.gov The current Republican obsession with COVID & harassing Dr. Fauci is illusionists distraction. They are hoping to hide their lack of useful activity.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
@whitehouse.senate.gov The current Republican obsession with COVID & harassing Dr. Fauci is illusionists distraction. They are hoping to hide their lack of useful activity.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
@autocarofficial.bsky.social The new Porsche Turbo is "a 200mph hypercar for the real world"? Maybe, if your "real world" includes easy access to a race circuit.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
@axios.com Re "Senate Democrats lay out health insurance redesign targets". I wonder how many people will thoroughly read that 86-page RFC? In Congress or elsewhere? An alternative question might be are there any countries with notably good healthcare outcomes vs healthcare costs? How do they do it?
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
@axios.com The ever widening inequality gap has killed "The American Dream". The Democrats leadership still don't understand or accept this. Credibly addressing this will (eventually) reestablish trust in the party. Nothing else will.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
@axios.com Dems leadership trying to cast anyone wanting to actually improve their constituents' lots as "socialist" or "extremist" shows they still don't understand why polls show their party is not liked or trusted. Being Republican-Lite & trying to maintain the status-quo will not work.
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👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Andy Burnham is currently being given the access codes for the national computer. It was designed by Charles Babbage inn 1867, is made out of zinc, crystal, and the heart of Lord Nelson, and is located seven miles below the crypt of Westminster Abbey.
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 10/07/2026
Crucible of Britain: ancient migration and the deep roots of mixed-heritage families Yorkshire’s repeated historical intersections of migration and cultural exchange remain, engrained in the DNA of its descendants By John Heywood
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Crucible of Britain: ancient migration and the deep roots of mixed-heritage families
Yorkshire’s repeated historical intersections of migration and cultural exchange remain, engrained in the DNA of its descendants
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
@nbc10wjar.bsky.social Why am I still hearing fireworks exploding this evening? The holiday is over. It's selfish & antisocial. And illegal in RI, which apparently doesn't matter.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
@axios.com Re "What America gets right". Jim VandeHei needs to ease back on the Kool-Aid. This piece is written from a CEO's perspective, which is not that of the majority. The benefits he lists will not be apparent to a family struggling to afford their groceries, accommodation & healthcare.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
@axios.com Re drought & fireworks bans. Fireworks bans are *always* ignored. However drones could record & map each ignition. Citations could be written. There just has to be the sincere desire to end the nonsense.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
@axios.com Re "Dems' Tea Party-like rebellion built by a decade of frustration". The Democrats leadership have earned this moment. New faces & new thinking are needed in Congress.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
@axios.com Re "Dems' Tea Party-like rebellion built by a decade of frustration". Not just 1 decade; 3 decades at least. When the Democrats weren't actually voting for the policies that made the rich very much richer & everyone else poorer, they were failing to prevent them being enacted.
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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Good News Friday: The Grade II* listed Scargill House Chapel by George Pace (1958-61), located near Kettlewell in Yorkshire Dales National Park, draws inspiration from rural field barns and Scandinavian stave churches. It also has one our favourite twentieth century bird tables, recently restored!
Image credit: Historic England Image credit: Historic England Image credit: Scargill Movement  Image credit: Scargill Movement
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
@axios.com Re "Why Americans hate the "good" economy". It has been said before, but obviously no not loud or often enough; "Wall St is not Main St". Rising Wall St. indices don't help households struggling to make ends meet today, or justifiably worried about their future prospects.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
@axios.com Re "Kitchen Table Project". Reporting this as some form of revelation is silly. It should not have been a revelation to anyone who shops for their own groceries. Apparently the Dems leadership are not in that demographic.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
@motor1.com Re "Toyota Admits A Maverick-Style Pickup Is Tempting". Start taxing "Tonka Toy" trucks & SUVs by weight & the concept would suddenly seem more appealing.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
@axios.com Re "Britain's lost decade". Many old enough to remember the UK pre-EU suspected how the BREXIT fraud would end. Now what? More promises to deliver the impossible?
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
@us.theguardian.com The Dems wondering how to win back the working-class vote is a story on infinite repeat. Which indicates they still have no idea how to do it without alienating their biggest donors.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
#bicycle #tricycle Sorry. Not removing 1 wheel to celebrate WBD: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_B...
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World Bicycle Day - Wikipedia
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
@axios.com Re "Just lead: A CEO call to action". America's Merchant Princes have been major contributors to the current dire situation. Hoping they might also repair it seems naive.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
@whitehouse.senate.gov If Australia can do it, surely the US could? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the world
Australia is pioneering a revolution in home renewables and battery use, proving what is possible with the right policies
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
@beau-stevens.bsky.social Your photos reminded me how much I enjoyed touring southern Germany in the '70s & '80s. Much of it looked "picture postcard perfect" then. Apparently a lot still does.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
@gizmodo.com Re "Google Is in Full-On Damage Control Over Its New Health App". What's so hard about a 1-page list of (succinctly explained) functions that can be toggled on or off? Easy enough to revisit it in future if your choices change. #Fitbit #Charge6
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
@gizmodo.com Re "Google Is in Full-On Damage Control Over Its New Health App". I should not have to spend a day trying to customize the GHealth app to show me what is important to me, and not to pester me with irrelevant nonsense. #Fitbit #Charge6
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
@gizmodo.com Re "Google Is in Full-On Damage Control Over Its New Health App". Much of Google "Help" site still refers to using the deprecated Fitbit app to setup your new device, meaning the options you'd need no longer exist. Lame & inexcusable. #Fitbit #Charge6
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
@gizmodo.com Re "Google Is in Full-On Damage Control Over Its New Health App". As they should be. Once again, they've taken something that worked (the Fitbit app) & binned it in favor of their in-house POS. Fortunately I can still find the "Charge 6" data that interests me. #Fitbit #Charge6"
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
@democrats.senate.gov Defeating the GOP should be the easiest win in the world. They work to benefit exclusively the most fortunate. If you can't demonstrate this truth to the voters, you should give way to a party that can.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
@housedemocrats.bsky.social Defeating the GOP should be the easiest win in the world. They work to benefit exclusively the most fortunate. If you can't demonstrate this truth to the voters, you should give way to a party that can.
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
#RhodeIsland #RogerWilliamsPark #Spring #Photography #Phonecam #Bike #Trike #Recumbent #Cycling #Catrike My 2011 'Villager. More modified as a "daily rider"; 46T chainring, SRAM DualDrive & various other boringly functional bits.
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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 29/04/2026
The story of The Burton Union would be very different without the loving interference of some key figures in the beer world. Now @thornbridge.bsky.social are using theirs to make some of the best beer in the country. @totalcurtis.bsky.social heads to Bakewell. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/4/...
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The Union Forever — How Thornbridge Saved a Vital Piece of Brewing History — Pellicle
In January 2024 Garrett Oliver emailed Thornbridge co-founder and managing director, Simon Webster. He’d heard a rumour that Carlsberg were “laying the unions to rest,” and asked if the Derbyshire bre...
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
@whitehouse.senate.gov www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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CEOs of US’s top energy firms received average pay raise of $12.3m, review finds
Utility bills are up as much as 40% in some regions, and companies shut off power to customers 13m times in 2025
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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
This 👇🔥🔥
"Science is not about building a body of | known 'facts'. It is a method for asking awkward questions and subjecting them to a reality check, thus avoiding the human tendency to believe whatever makes us feel good." 
Terry Pratchett
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
@whitehouse.senate.gov 1,000 shares in the 5 largest US oil & LNG companies bought 01/01/2026 would show @ 24% increase in value today. For whom are current events an "Oil Crisis"?
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
@whitehouse.senate.gov Part of an important but decrepit highway bridge fell onto the railway line in Cranston yesterday. Has no one a proper understanding of priorities anymore?
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Tony Dyson @dysonapr.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
@catrike.bsky.social A 2011 "Mk1". Its journey to date: Florida to Utah to Colorado to Rhode Island.
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