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European, #foss fan, #linux lover, business owner, #infosec nerd. Toots on #tech, #France, #wine and #music. #VoteGreen #fedi22 Also bassist for Troquet d'Poche […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ tooting.ch/@greg_harvey, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 18h
I just read that the USAF is planning to operate the B-52 until 2050. A century. That's pretty amazing. 🤯
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
Still waiting for stats to trickle in for a lot of the #EU, but you know how I said #EV sales were 38.3% of new vehicles in #France in August? Well it's up to 41.7% for September, another 8% month on month. Still on track for the "Denmark effect", where 35% was the tipping point and it very […]
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
Running 20m of cable underground through a duct when some stupid kids have removed the pull-cable is not simple. Fortunately I still had the pull-cable, so improvised a mouse with a piece of carrier bag and sucked it through with a vacuum cleaner. Plain(er) sailing from there.
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
It's a slow #caturday.
A black cat fast asleep on a cushion, on a settee in a garden room.
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
"Software company screws up its latest release" shouldn't be front page news. OpenAI twist it to sound scarier/cooler than it is and the mainstream media just lap it up. 🙄 www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm5y5nynl… #ai
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OpenAI scraps rollout of new AI model over safety concerns
The firm also issued an update on incidents in which its models accessed Australian government systems.
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
As a recovering Brit, I still find it really weird to travel around Europe with no passport, just an ID card. 🤯
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
A client who shall remain nameless has asked if all #Drupal security releases go through their Change Management committee before going live. I failed to resist pointing out this is a terrible idea, due to the time sensitivity of the releases. I can't even. 🙄
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
Chihuahuas don't like selfies. This was a rare opportunity. Normally she senses the camera and leaves! 😂
My chihuahua and I, on a sofa in a veranda, low light because it's nighttime.
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
1,338 kilometres in an Audi A6 e-tron. Impressive stuff! www.electrive.com/2026/09/25/audi-a… The other thing that's impressive is the normal WLTP range of 777 kilometres. People don't really look much at range for ICE cars, but that's […]
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
That thing where people just reach for #AI without thinking. I just saw a suggestion that you could use a #Redmine webhook so that 'Custom AI agents can subscribe to events: "When a high-priority bug is created, summarize it and post to incident-channel".' Errr. Why would you even?? 10 lines of […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
I had a few thoughts on why techbros always say these embarrassing, weird things tante.cc/2026/09/24/the-test
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Jensen Huang, the NVIDIA CEO and wearer of the most midlife crisis looking leather jackets in the world, was on Ezra Klein’s podcast. Now I don’t really want you do go through all of what was being said in that recording/writeup. It’s painful. You feel your mental capabilities decaying with every minute of listening … […]
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
This is how broken the system is right now, with the US at its centre: "The Palestinian leader was addressing the annual gathering via a video link because had been denied a US entry visa." Wtaf? The PALESTINIAN LEADER was denied a visa to attend the UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY? I'd love to know on […]
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
You know how hundreds of thousands of people who can't afford a Ferrari Luce said it was shit? Turns out the people who can afford one (ergo, were allowed to actually sit in one and test drive it) disagreed strongly […]
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
It seems to me OpenAI are just a sliver away from corporate criminal negligence charges.
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
Oh dear. It's not getting better quickly... We're now Wednesday, the software update was Saturday. 😬
Screenshot of Co-Op Bank customer email reading:

Hello customer,
 
We're really sorry for the disruption and inconvenience you are experiencing following a recent important and scheduled upgrade.
 
We're continuing to work through a technical issue affecting some payment and transaction processing. As a result, you may see delays in payments, balances and transactions being updated in Business Online Banking, Financial Director and our Business Banking Mobile App.
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
RE: mas.to/@SmudgeTheInsultCat/11731684… I think most of us can relate to this. 😬
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
After the SECOND induction hob in as many years blows up in Sardinia, the electrician decides to tell us it's a common problem if you don't have surge protection. If he'd told us the first time I'd have installed an RCBO there and then and we wouldn't be buying a *third* induction hob. 🙄
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
Does anybody know anyone freelance with real Power BI to #Drupal integration experience? Boosts appreciated. 🙂 #powerbi
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
RE: cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/1173… OMG no. Another reason not to visit the USA.
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
Produced some content for @mauriceetharry this evening. If Laurent likes it, it'll go live tomorrow. Just a short piece about the wines of #Sardinia.
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
This kind of shit is insane. I mean, I'd go as far as to say it's not really a democracy any more if the biggest chequebook wins, no? edition.cnn.com/2026/09/21/politics…
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Democrats privately sounding alarm on GOP spending ahead of midterms | CNN Politics
Top Democrats across the country are privately warning that they do not have enough cash in the November midterm battle to capitalize on what could be their party’s best political environment in over a decade and are at serious risk of leaving winnable seats on the table.
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
Realised my daughter and my son have two weeks of matching holiday in February. Frantically making holiday plans! (This is what happens when you have two kids at completely different stages in the education system. I imagine more than two and you're basically screwed...)
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
Week-end upgrade going well then, Co-Op Bank! (I would not want to be in IT for them right now. They've just been bought too.)
Screenshot of an email from the Co-Op Bank in the UK reading:

Hello customer,
 
Unfortunately, we’re having technical issues with the planned upgrade to our digital banking systems.
 
This means Business Online Banking, Financial Director Online and our Business Banking App are still unavailable.
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Captain Packrat @captpackrat.pawb.fun.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
Snoopy's little bird friend didn't get a name until June 22, 1970!
The Peanuts comic strips from June 22nd & 23rd, 1970.

In the first strip, Snoopy is sitting on top of his dog house while the bird flutters around. Snoopy says, "I finally found out what that stupid bird's name is. You'll never believe it. Woodstock!"

In the first panel of second strip, Snoopy is walking along with his supper dish on his head, while Woodstock flutters in the air. Snoopy says, "Woodstock and I enjoy going on little picnics"

In the second and third panels, Snoopy says, "Sometimes he walks... Sometimes he flies...", as Woodstock alternately walks and flies. 

In the final panel, Snoopy is returning home, carrying his supper dish in his mouth, with Woodstock asleep in it.  Snoopy says, "But then he sleeps all the way home!"
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
In August 38.3% of new vehicles in #France were #BEV cars. They are surging, and pure ICE vehicle sales are now under 15%. When sales crossed the 35% mark in Denmark, within a year most new cars were electric. With petrol well over €2 a litre I can only see September figures being even higher […]
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
Followed a YouTube video to change the washer pump on my daughter's Fiat Panda. Got halfway through removing the inner wing for access (which is a massive pita) then realised the video was for a Mk II and in the Mk III (hers) and later Fiat put a little, easy to remove panel for access to the […]
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Ruth Mottram @ruth-mottram.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026
Here's a question #AskFedi may be able to make some suggestions for. I'm looking for an open source security + privacy conscious nutrient tracker - for sporty vegan family member in middle of training for competitive sports. So shouldn't just be calories but also macro (and maybe micro?) […]
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026
So this is a fun one. #Element *refuses* to use #Jitsi for one-on-one calling, you can only do it via a #TURN server with Element Call. Luckily we had one of those, my colleague Nick set up a coturn server for Nextcloud Talk. So one-on-one is Element Call + TURN, as soon as there are three […]
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
Super impressed with how easy it was to set up #Jitsi. So far we are at: #Synapse - open source #Matrix server, shipped as a #Debian package #Element Web - open source Matrix client, shipped as a Debian package Jitsi - open source video conferencing software, you can add to Element as the […]
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
@neil Guess what I'm doing today! 😎 neilzone.co.uk/2021/04/running-jits…
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Running Jitsi on a Raspberry Pi 4
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
Anthropic: "Hey, we do open source stuff too!" github.com/anthropics/commerce-agen… Me: "Folks, open sourcing your agents is like a crack dealer offering a free pipe."
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
Vibe-coded a little #Synapse module to limit room creation to admins but still allow DMs. Will stick it on the company public GitLab.com profile later. 😎
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
Well, it looks like our new #Mattermost is going to be ... #Synapse (#matrix / @matrix) and @element Web to provide the web interface for people who don't want to mess about with a local client. It seems to do everything we need. The only thing that's a slight pita is needing to find a way to […]
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
This is significant for urban #EV owners in the #UK: www.electrive.com/2026/09/15/uk-rem…
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
"the goal is to scale hydrogen trucks by 2030" But... Why? The answer appears to be "the European Union’s Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR), which mandates hydrogen refuelling stations at key transport routes". Oh, ok, we're chasing lucrative EU grants. But seriously, this […]
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
Just found out our neighbour was found dead in his cell. I'm way more sad about this than you might think. He had his problems but he was a good neighbour and a nice guy on the face of it. And the primary carer for his girlfriend, who's basically disabled. He was a violent drunk, which is why he […]
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
Forest fires still not over. Just watched a squadron of Canadair flying back home to Nîmes after spending the afternoon fighting a fire the Ardèche. It's still too dry up there. 😓
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
Ripped from LinkedIn, I have no idea if this is true but it *is* funny. I can't tell if ChatGPT is trolling him or he's trolling ChatGPT! 😂
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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026
Donald Trump gets a new podium. 🗑️ “The Trash Talker” by TinKicker in Dublin. See all 3 photos → worldartutopia.com/donald-trump-get…
TinKicker’s The Trash Talker outside Teal House Gallery in Dublin, showing Donald Trump rising from a wheelie bin with a raised fist and a banana peel on his head.
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nichkaie 😜😹 @nichkaie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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PoLiTiPeT @politipet.fr · 09/09/2026
Alo Masto, ya des gens ici en train de voter ou de promouvoir la #PAN_4753 « #NutriScore partout » ? politipet.fr/4753 👇
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n°4753 : Affichage obligatoire du Nutri-score 😋
initiative citoyenne à l'Assemblée nationale
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
My daughter just passed her driving test! 🥳 And I just got the insurance quote.... 😭
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026
Well, that's a first. I just received an email from the bank asking me if I've planned my funeral... 😬
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
The Tennis Club Coup is at someone else's house this evening. They've been at it for 4 hours and counting... 😱
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
More #ev adventures today, Renault and Hyundai. Went to Renault first, expected to love the Renault 4 and 5 but didn't really like either! The 4 is, well, a bit boring in the flesh. The 5 looks great, from the driver's seat everything is awesome, but the back? OMG how did they even manage to […]
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
Wow, I didn't think M$ Teams could be any worse, but they're working on it...
Screenshot of Microsoft Teams showing you can no longer use special characters in your name when joining a meeting.
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026
I think this is the coldest our house has been since June. 🥵
Digital thermometer reading 24.4°C in our kitchen.
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
They *do* have a bed each. 🙄
Our two dogs, a Pinscher and a Chihuahua, squashed into the same bed.
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
And the new Audi A2 e-tron - a "B-segment" small car ... HEALTH WARNING: SIT DOWN BEFORE CONTINUING ... will start from €38,000. I mean, who buys this?? #EV
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Greg Harvey 🌍 @greg-harvey.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
Test drove the big battery Kia EV2 today. The motoring journalists saying it doesn't have a powerful enough motor have forgotten what normal cars feel like, it's absolutely fine! Tight turning circle, really comfortable, easy to see the corners, plenty quick enough off the line for urban nipping […]
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