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Mike P

@FenTiger.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
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Mid-40s techie living in #Ely, #Cambridgeshire, UK. Player of #Ingress, under the name "Wrongfellow" (and I've used this name elsewhere, too). #Dog and #cat lover […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.social/@FenTiger, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Mike P @fentiger.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
They say it could be thousands of years before one of the new leap hours is needed. This means XKCD #2347 will need an update. #XKCD #Time #LeapSecond #LeapHour
An edited XKCD cartoon showing that "All Modern Digital Infrastructure" rests on top of "A project some random person in Nebraska used to maintain 1500 years ago".
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Mike P @fentiger.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
Anti-racism demo in #Cambridge next weekend! #AntiRacism #AntiFascism #Antifa #RefugeesWelcome #Cambridgeshire
Poster for an anti-racism demo in Cambridge which reads:

Anti-racist Unity Demo

A vibrant and inclusive celebration of diversity in Cambridgeshire!

17 October
Central Cambridge

Assemble from 11am Jesus Green
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Mike P @fentiger.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
When did this new term "#security #posture" start to become popular? I can't hear it without picturing something like this. #business #jargon
Cartoon image of a manly security guard proudly displaying his muscles.
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Mike P @fentiger.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
Translation: "Maybe you'd consider eating something that's not on the brink of extinction?"
A sign on a supermarket shelf reads: 

"Where's my mackerel gone? 

There's no easy way to say this: mackerel's been overfished and no longer meets our strict responsible sourcing standards. So we've swapped it for just-as-tasty alternatives."
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Mike P @fentiger.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/06/2026
Oh no! RADICAL LEFT TERRORISTS have INFILTRATED my home town! ;) #Ely #feniverse
A sticker on a bus stop reads: "We will never look away. Gaza will live."
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Mike P @fentiger.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026
It's Pride Month, so here's some WOKE ribbon cable. ;)
A reel of IDC (ribbon) cable. This isn't the normal boring grey kind - it's coloured according to the resistor colour code.
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Mike P @fentiger.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026
Translation: "We like you a bit, but not enough to give you a pay rise" ;)
An "AMD Spotlight Award" for Q1 2026, which consists of a silver hexagon which attaches magnetically to a black plastic base.
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Mike P @fentiger.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026
Ooh, shiny!
A newly installed Fibre-to-the-Premises ONT, showing a red light because the guy who installs the fibre hasn't reached the other end yet.
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Mike P @fentiger.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/01/2026
The #Whittlesey #StrawBear is a quaint yet somewhat #pagan custom in a small town near where I live, in which a man and a boy dress up in straw costumes and parade through the streets, accompanied by various #Morris and #Molly dancers, and a few thousand […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Two people, dressed head to toe in straw, lead a procession along the road. A brightly adorned crowd follows them, carrying folk instruments and a banner.A closer view of the straw-costumed bear, dancing vigorously among the crowd.Onlookers gathered outside a traditional British pub, waiting for the bears and their retinue of followers to make an appearance.The banner carried at the front of the procession is titled "Whittlesey Straw Bear". It features a cartoon image of the dancing bear and reads "Cambridgeshire, England" at the bottom.
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Mike P @fentiger.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/10/2025
Any bets on how long it will take me to get to the next Fermat prime on this vape?
Vape screen showing 65537 puffs taken.
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Mike P @fentiger.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2025
Jesus... Oh no, nothing could possibly go wrong here. Nothing at all...
A redacted screen grab from a chat.

The only visible text reads "yes oauth was a challenge to vibecode".
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