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ChrisR @carusb.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

I have just seen a pair of (probably) #RingNeckedParakeets fly into the copper beech across the street, and then fly out again. Rapid flight, long narrow tail, showed green on the back as they flew away!

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( o Y o ) @coglut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Un art-gland-ciel #rainbow

10 glands en rang, du vert au noir, posés sur une latte en bois

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Benoît Jones @huxley.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

It sounds drastic, and it means an increase from £1500 per year to £2500 per year for someone in Band D. So they are talking about 150% increase in the Hammersmith and Fulham council's part of the council tax (approx. £1000 is H&F and £500 is Greater London Authority). But in Coventry we are […]

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lonely extrovert @rothko.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

[eating issues, blasphemy] so i'm keeping a daily food log, for reasons. i just made myself LOL as i idly wondered if "the body and blood of our lord jesus christ" should be entered under "mid-morning snack" today.

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SpookJ 👻 @snoopj.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Happy "Charles Darwin is poorly today" Day to those who celebrate 165 years ago today, Charles Darwin was having a rough one

Photo of Charles Darwin's hand-written journal entry from 1 Oct 1861 and digitized text of same

"But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything."

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Well you don’t see that everyday: Chinese plates in Amsterdam. The stickers declare they’re on a journey from Qingyang to Iceland #amsterdam

A van with a 甘M license plate from China, a lot of country flag stickers, and a message in Chinese about Iceland or bust. Also a sticker that says “pizza tour”. Are they traveling the world to sample pizzas? goals.

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Benoît Jones @huxley.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Last night we saw one #hoglet and tonight there were two! Baby #hedgehogs are the cutest! #ukwildlife #wildlife #nature

Two baby hedgehogs, also called hoglets, on a patio at night. One is eating dry cat food from a flan dish and the other is just walking past.

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Kay Elúvian @kayeluvian.the.voiceover.bar.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

they've taken my hormones away. the GP won't prescribe them. He says he's 'not licensed' to do so. He told me to go to the special LGBT clinic on Western Road. They're TAKEING my hormones away. They would never do this with insulin or antidepressants. I've written to the practice manager with a […]

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

RE: mstdn.social/@amydiehl/117255558058… “The person who laughs at the way things are is able to momentarily step outside the established order…. Perhaps that is why, throughout history, laughter in general, and women’s laughter in particular, has unsettled so many people. Laughter […]

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.

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Benoît Jones @huxley.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

England is back to London its normal state of grey and wet. Brilliant! That hot dry weather was freaking me out!

A view through a window covered in raindrops at a construction site yard full of large cable drums. The sky is very grey and it is raining. Everything is wet.

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Benoît Jones @huxley.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

It's raining cats and dogs in the Midlands of England. This is more rain than we've had in the last 3 months!

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Trans Rescue @trans-rescue.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

Are you a management coach who would like to make a real difference in the world? We have a dedicated, skilled full time volunteer who would be much more effective with some coaching in management fundamentals. If you're interested please email volunteer@transrescue.org

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The fine folk at the awesome #Aberdeen Science Centre invited me to become their Patron, with a focus on promoting science and public engagement. I said "when do I start!" 🤗 It's a fantastic day out - do come visit some time! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #scicomm 🎢🔭 aberdeenbusinessnews.co.uk/astronomer-r...

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland appointed as first patron of Aberdeen Science Centre - Aberdeen Business News

Aberdeen Science Centre has appointed The Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Professor Catherine Heymans, as its first Patron of Science and Engagement.

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Suave Morbida @maitre-poulard.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Nouvelle passion: les noms de lacs au Canada (1/n)

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Benoît Jones @huxley.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

#NowPlaying Say Hello to Heaven by Temple of the Dog. It's so hot today but Chris Cornell's voice is still giving me shivers/goosebumps! Classic #Grunge 😁

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Benoît Jones @huxley.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

Partial #eclipse shadows dancing through the wisteria onto a white plastered wall. In #Coventry , UK

A white plastered wall in an open porch is shown. The sunlight is coming through a wisteria plant that grows over the front and side of the porch and the gaps between leaf shadows are often small enough to act as pinholes and small crescent shapes of sunlight appear.

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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bro. People are cool as fuck.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 29/07/2026

Overnight, a masked bandit broke into our kitchen. Armed with opposable thumbs, he proceeded to sample everything on offer. I’d just visited the farmers market, so the menu was extensive. I can now share a highly specific peer-reviewed list of what this particular raider did & did not enjoy. 🧵

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Raccoon's Evil Smile: 'Good, Good'

Alt: Raccoon's Evil Smile: 'Good, Good'

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Ruth Mottram @ruth-mottram.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

Hot tip for Danish dwellers and visitors alike: Tivoli has a *brilliant* summer classical music series. Some of the best soloists in the world perform *right in the centre of #Copenhagen*. Tickets include entry to #Tivoli park and aren't even very expensive. The concerts are very very rarely at […]

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Listening to my generation talk about the 90s the way the previous generation talked about the 70s is tiresome. No that wasnt 'back when movies were good' or 'music still meant something'. There's loads of great shit coming out now and there was loads of slop back then. You just miss being young.

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Obsidian Urbex Photography @obsidianurbex.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

🏚️ A pair of abandoned tin roof cottages near Nantwich, Cheshire. I visited and photographed these a few years ago. Inside they felt so lonely and had a sorrowful atmosphere. Driving passed again recently; I was sad to see they have been demolished. #Abandoned […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

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Benoît Jones @huxley.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026

What songs are the most #grunge? If you had to pick a few songs to play to a gen z kid who wanted to know what grunge is, what would you choose? For me, apart from obviously the whole Temple Of The Dog album and the Singles soundtrack, the following songs are my starter list: Would? - Alice in […]

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Benoît Jones @huxley.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026

I think we should treat fossil fuels rather like the golems in #Discworld. Leave them in the ground but use them as collateral for borrowing to fund sustainable energy, restoring nature, education, healthcare, housebuilding etc.

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Benoît Jones @huxley.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

Hoping for #rain in the next couple of hours... The #drought is getting to be severe in England, it's been over a month now since any significant rain. Screenshot (30 Jul 2026 11:48:23)

A screenshot of the BBC weather website showing a more than 50 percent chance of rain in the next two hours.

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Anthropy @anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2025

I propose replacing calories with watt-hours. - Almost same value (1 kilocalorie / Calorie is ~1.1 watt-hours) - more intuitive for people who use electricity - never the confusing between calories (science), Calories (food, which is technically kilocalories), kilocalories, and 'kilo Calories' […]

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swisslet @swisslet.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

This team from Only Connect tonight look like what might have been if the 2004-era Kings of Leon were nerds.

Three very fussily dressed men with long hair, rococo radical hair and outré spectacles on Only Connect.

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Benoît Jones @huxley.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

Harvested my lemon verbena (verveigne), for the second time this year. Once dried, I should have more than enough to see me through the winter! A couple of leaves in a cup of hot water makes a very tasty tea. #tea #herbs #Gardening

Some green stems with green leaves arranged on a tea towel to dry out.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

One open door was all it took for my friends and me to enter a building and go to the last floor so I could take the pictures that you can see here. I first stumbled upon this mural in 2020 during a pandemic walk following the canal in Kreuzberg. I took a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Stephen Bannasch (316 ppm) @stepheneb.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026

A fun repair thread … a year ago my neighbor offered to give me his Polaris Ranger EV, a tiny 4WD electric utility work vehicle. It had eight dead 80 pound golf cart batteries. I think he was frustrated with the local Polaris dealer and how often the lead acid […] [Original post on ruby.social]

My neighbor with his new red 4wd electric utility truck on the right and the older gray Polaris Ranger EV 4WD he gave me on the left. Both have lots of ground clearance, four wheels with knobby tires and a small dumpable bed in the back.

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Benoît Jones @huxley.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

#Camera #Technology question: I need to be able to get photos from my Canon camera onto my cloud storage. I can't do this using my work laptop because I can't access any external storage, so the SD card reader doesn't work. I have a #FairPhone 6 with android e/os. I don't want to install […]

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Celebrate the final day of Keir Starmer with our no-holds-barred assessment of two years of waste and squandered opportunity. What did he do right, if anything? Why did we get him so wrong? And what can we learn when we look ahead to the next prime minister?

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fuzzyface @fuzzyface.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

I've been thinking of changing my User Handle on things online. Currently, as you will have noticed, I go by #FuzzyFace. There is nothing original in this. I have a beard. I recently considered #FuzzyLogic as I an basically an engineer. That's how I think and act. WhatsApp wouldn't let me have […]

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Title: My confidence in my understanding of the scientific theory.

A diagram where the confidence is marked in red on an otherwise white figure

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"Before I got a book about it."
The figure is red up to about his stomach

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"While I was reading the book."
The figure is reading a book. He is red up to his forehead.

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"When I had finished the book."
The red level has dropped to around his mouth

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"One week later."
Now it is at his chest.

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"When I try to explain it to somebody."
The level is back at stomach level.

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"When they ask a follow-up question."
The red is so low we can barely see it.

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Charnock @printdevil.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026

"For my family this was where some of our happiest times were. After my parents left to go back to New Zealand, they were always a little bit wistful about Northern Ireland." RIP Sam Neill, who in one quote summarises the melancholy of place, and also why I am glad Ian Paisley isn't embedded in […]

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

This point needs to be made over and again: The main purpose of wealth taxes should not be to raise revenue. That's a small and secondary benefit. The main purpose should be to *reduce the fortunes of the ultrarich*. Why? Because those fortunes present a massive threat to democracy and public life.

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