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Jon Knight

@greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
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Academic, techie, community rail volunteering, repairing-n-fixing, gardening, utility cycling, eco-friendly old hippy. [bridged from mastodon.online/@greenjimll on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Dave Robinson @dave.europhiles.uk.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026
I'd prefer our currently scarce water supplies to be used for crop irrigation by farmers rather than filling paddling pools or washing cars. If we're going to continue to reliably grow crops in England (and Wales, probably) for summer harvest, we're going to have to deploy irrigation on a mass […]
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Beko Pharm @bekopharm.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026
This morning I heard about a hit-n-run on the *local* radio. A badly injured pedestrian was left at the scene. They are looking for witnesses. > To learn about the colour of the involved car please download our app at or visit our website at… This is where we are. Instead of just telling the […]
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Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
A proud day for Irish science as Ireland joins CERN @cern.bsky.social as an Associate Member State. A huge step forward for research, innovation, and future generations of scientists. #CERN #IrishScience #Publicengagement #OpenResearch #STEM
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Gary @witewulf.cyberplace.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2025
Hehe, it’s Freshers moving in week. It’s quite amusing to see them all dressed to impressed, immaculate in their best new clothes, hair and makeup. They’ll soon be mooching about in hoodies, joggers and sliders everywhere 😆
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2025
On MS Teams, I've just had the banner appear: "Announcement As part of a recent update, some Teams you may have previously hidden are now visible again. If you'd prefer not to see them, you can easily hide them from your Teams view." This must be some new use of the phrase "easily hide" I […]
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2025
I'm sorry: the Gimp was open and the images were just right there in front of me... #Trump #Epstein #captcha #signature
An altered captcha image with some of the tiles you have to pick replaced by several versions of Donald Trump's signature.
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Gary @witewulf.cyberplace.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2025
Urgh, what hellish time of day is this? 😬 It can only be #aLevelResultsDay2025, I don’t get up at this time for anyone else. Stay safe out there, people. May your calls flow and your courses be full! #ukhe
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2025
I see the in-office staff suggestions system is working well. 😂😂😂😂
You asked/we listened suggestions board with just drawing pins in it.
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George E. — :usd::NM::ath::adhd:🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @gme.bofh.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2025
I don't manage a lot of infrastructure on the #Internet, but I manage quite a bit, and I am almost finished with #blocking the entire #UK over #OSA. I have no choice. The way the #law is written anyone who doesn't (and I don't believe in age-verification services as I find them a privacy mine […]
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pieceofthepie :coffefied: @pieceofthepie.n8e.dev · 29/07/2025
The governments initial reaction to the 378k signatures of the "Repeal the Online Safety Act" petition is, as expected, a big fat "No" #OnlineSafetyAct #OSA
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Jack C.M @foxmental.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
UK may be on verge of triggering a 'positive tipping point' for tackling #ClimateChange 🌎♨️. Via @physorg.news
phys.org
UK may be on verge of triggering a 'positive tipping point' for tackling climate change
The UK is now more than halfway (50.4%) to achieving a net zero carbon economy, which means it has reduced its national emissions significantly compared to 1990.
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Gary @witewulf.cyberplace.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2025
I’m struggling to understand why gov.uk wants to build “community health hubs” when we already have underfunded, privatised-by-stealth, GP surgeries and pharmacies. Fund the existing services properly, don’t waste money creating bureaucratic infrastructure to create new ones.
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Repair Café Isle of Wight @repaircafeiow.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2025
Join us for our monthly Repair Café session at Quay Arts tomorrow! We're looking forward to helping you fix all kinds of items you bring in. If you haven't booked a slot yet, don't worry—you can still drop by on the day. We have a few open slots at 10:40 am and midday. Hope to see you there!
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Repair Café Isle of Wight @repaircafeiow.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2025
Looking for a sustainable way to fix your beloved items rather than tossing them out? Join us at the Repair Cafe at Ventnor Exchange (10:15am to 12:30) this Saturday (24th May)! It's a great opportunity to bring in your broken gadgets, appliances, and other items for a little TLC from our […]
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Thomas Spooks 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 17/05/2025
With AI we can now directly write legacy code, skipping the annoying waiting period for no one who understands it being around anymore.
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2025
When your road signs are designed by C programmers.
Temporary road sign reading "Road close here. 0 May for 3 days"
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2025
Increasingly glad we decided to shutter the Green Living Forum before the OSA kicked in. I wouldn't want to be a volunteer admin having to check, store and keep safe a load of age identifying information for several thousand random people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yljn2…
bbc.co.uk
Ofcom finalises rules for tech firms to protect children online
Websites will have to instate age checks and tighten up algorithm recommendations for young users.
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2025
Chrome with more "AI" stuffed into it. Just what I need from a web browser.
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Gary @witewulf.cyberplace.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/04/2025
Can someone *please* explain to me in simple, factual, unemotive terms why the world continues to stand by and watch as Israel murders Palestinian civilians in Gaza? Along with the aid and utilities blockades this has all been acknowledged as clear war crimes, but the rest of the world continues […]
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Gary @witewulf.cyberplace.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2025
Today is, sadly, the day I stop playing framed.wtf If your cookie/ad/tracking preferences doesn’t include a “None of the above” button and I have to manually turn off many, many switches you have no respect for me 😔
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Gary @witewulf.cyberplace.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2025
Well, today just got 100% better. Caught some cretin posting a Reform UK flyer through my door and took great delight in telling them to take it back and shove it up their arse. There’s a time and place for polite political discourse, this is not it.
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Gary @witewulf.cyberplace.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2025
I mean, why would they use Hall effect sensors? They literally don’t wear out, like the mythical lightbulb that never blows. Controllers with a limited-by-design life cycle are a money-making decision, to sell more controllers mastodon.social/@arstechnica/114297…
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Ars Technica (@arstechnica@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image Switch 2 joysticks won’t use Hall effect sensors to avoid stick drift But Nintendo promises "redesigned" Joy-Cons are "smoother" and "more reliable." https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/04/switch-2-joysticks-wont-use-hall-effect-sensors-to-avoid-stick-drift/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm;_social-type=owned&utm;_source=mastodon&utm;_medium=social
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Gary @witewulf.cyberplace.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/04/2025
So how come it costs £90 to renew a UK passport, but only £14 for a driving license? 🤔
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2025
Just been reading about #AI assisted #vibe_coding. At first glance this looks to be to software development what the Juicero was to consumer electronics.
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 27/03/2025
That annoying thing when you find an interesting new library on a nicely documented website, download and play with it for an hour or two finding some issues, then take a look at the github issue tracker only to see the first posting saying that it is abandonware, followed by a load of people […]
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2025
Well that's my Guardian online subscription cancelled. I'm not paying to have advertising #cookies forced onto me thank you very much.
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2025
You know we keep being told that we should trust contracts made with cloud based service providers to securely hold our data on their servers? Yeah, about that.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddy8d6…
bbc.co.uk
23andMe customers struggle to delete their data
Multiple users said they had problems after the DNA-testing firm filed for bankruptcy protection.
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 24/03/2025
That thing when you get an email reminder to take part in a survey at work, but you then can't remember if you've already done that one out the constant stream of surveys you get sent.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
Iconic cartoon with people looking at a long list of public benefits connected with climate action, asking “What if it’s a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?”
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Gary @witewulf.cyberplace.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2025
Not impressed with Exchange Online Protection so far. What’s the point of putting spam in a folder I don’t need to pay attention to if you’re going to send me needy emails *telling* me you’ve done it? It’s obviously spam, I have literally hundreds of […] [Original post on cyberplace.social]
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2025
That lovely moment as a dev when you're running CI automated tests and they finally successfully pass the test suite just as it hits lunchtime. Nice. 👍
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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2025
Since when has The Guardian started doing this advertising dark pattern cookie "choice" bollocks? #TheGuardian #Guardian #Adblocker #InternetPrivacy #GDPR
A pop up "choose cookies" banner that appears on The Guardian's website if you're not logged in. Rather than giving the user the choice to accept or reject cookies, you can now only "Accept all" or "Reject all and subscribe".
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Mastodon Engineering @mastodonengineering.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2025
We just released Mastodon 4.3.4, 4.2.17 and 4.1.23. They contain bug fixes as well as security fixes (medium severity) We recommend every instance administrator to update as soon as possible. If you are using our nightly releases, a container image with the fix has been published with the […]
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2025
Had @AlecEdworthy point out today that some code I wrote back in 1997 is still in active use that I didn't know about. That's older than some of our staff. 🤣 Also means I'm an ancient grey beard.
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2025
A BT OpenReach van parked on my road with two yellow jacketed chaps standing next to it pointing at a telephone pole, and my VPN connection to work failing four times this morning. Coincidence? I suspect not....
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2025
I often hear #space commentators bemoaning #China dropping their used first stages of rockets on their own people. Looks like the Americans at #SpaceX are doing it on random people in other countries now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62z3vx…
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Ivonne Smit @ivonnesmit.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Tonight #GardenersWorld compilations at #BBC2. Who will be watching? #gardening #tuinieren
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BBC Two - Gardeners' World, Compilations 2025, Episode 1
Monty and the team look back at some of their most memorable seasonal highlights.
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/02/2025
Back in 1970s Western governments spent a lot of effort keeping high powered computers out of Soviet hands to limit their ability to design tactical nuclear weapons. Computing power we now have on our phones. Given hyperbole about #AI and the risks it poses to humanity but also the amount of […]
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2025
Just in case anyone needs some cute #koala bear photos coupled with some #sustainable #WildlifeConservation good news, those folks over in Oz have you covered: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-30/koal…
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2025
Good to hear that the Charnwood Eco-Hub launch went well today. They've got a scrap store & library of things to start with, and are working on opening a Maker Space too. A cool new facility for #Loughborough, based in the old Towles mill where Sofa are located on Nottingham Road/Clarence […]
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2025
My employer is introducing a voluntary scheme to let staff buy 10 days extra leave each year. Considering I rarely use all my existing leave allocation I wonder if they'd let me sell some of my "spare" days back to them? 🤣
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 31/01/2025
Its amazing the usability improvement you can make to a Linux laptop.... by replacing the half missing & damaged little rubber feet underneath with some new non-slip self-adhesive rubber pads. I can touch type again!
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Jon Knight @greenjimll.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 28/01/2025
I deal with a lot of spam emails coming into one of our public facing systems. Quite a few of them are for "attendee lists" from expos and conferences. All fake most likely. I'm intrigued by this morning's "Meat Evolution Leaders" event though. Fake veggie foods or evil scientists doing […]
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