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Ian Davis

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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 22h
Saturday. Cat has no weekend. She knows some days are different. Facilitator sleeps too long. Cat has ways of helping. Tail in face. Good. Tuna next. Then out. Joy!
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
An idea. A work for radio. Like Under Milk Wood. But all the people of the town. On their Internet connected devices. All with different world views and prejudices. Commenting on what they read and how right they are.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
Friday. Cat considers the day ahead. Will there be sufficient time? To rest. Rest is a serious business. This will some thought. She curls up. Closes her eyes. Rest begins. zzz.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
Thursday. Cat rests. She eschews the hurly burly. Inner peace. Let the world be what it is. Do what it does. Only cat. And tuna. Is constant. And biscuits. Crunchy biscuits.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
Wednesday Cat is sitting on facilitator's lap. They share a moment. That's it. Cat is off. Heading for her cosy, woolly pad. Facilitator's lap is OK. But woolly pad. Purrrr
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
Tuesday. Cat is on facilitator's lap. Enjoying an ear scritch. And gentle purr. Is he forgiven for yesterday? Hmm. That may take time. Thinks cat. Mmm. Scritch.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
Monday. Cat is MIFFED. He did it AGAIN. YES. AGAIN. Sorry cat. It's just your preventative worm treatment. Have a good, worm free, week. That's it for a while. Phew.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
Some fabulous #photos in this week's #BigPicture. Images from the South of #England... www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c52e9xp…
bbc.co.uk
Big Picture: This week's images from the South of England
The best images sent to us from Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Oxfordshire.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
Sunday. Cat wants a scritch. A proper big ear scritch. There you go cat. Cat purrs and has a good long scratch herself. For good measure.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
Mmm. Croissant and black cherry conserve.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
Saturday. Cat is treating Saturday seriously. She is snuggled into a warm dressing gown. Resting. Full of tuna. Preparing for the most important thing. Sleep. Deep. Cat. zzz
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Friday. Cat is thinking. Did he just squirt something on my neck. AGAIN. Sorry cat. Routine flea prevention. Yes. AGAIN. Sorry cat.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
Thursday. Cat is curled up. Very cutely. Asleep. Sleep well cat. Stay cute. Very. zzz.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
Wednesday. Cat looks out of the open doorway. UGH! What is THAT?? RAIN!! Make it stop. Facilitator has failed me. I shall go back indoors and sleep. There better be no RAIN happening when I wake up...
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
How big??? Blimey. "A pumpkin grower has set a new world record after producing a giant squash" www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crwyd17…
bbc.co.uk
Pumpkin named Bagheera breaks world record for Lymington grower
The giant squash weighs 2,856.8lbs (1,295.8kg) and measured more than 20ft (6m) in circumference.
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SpookJ 👻 @snoopj.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
we're all looking for the megacorp who did this
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Tuesday. Cat yawns. Oh. It's him. She enjoys a gentle stroke. Time to wake. Time to groom. Lick those matted fur bits. Pull 'em out. Tuna can wait.
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
If I only share pretty pictures of the sky will that make the satellites go away? (I know the answer to this question... back to work...)
The sky early in the morning before sunrise.  The sky is orange on the horizon, and it fades to dark blue way up in the sky, where the crescent moon and Jupiter are hanging out.  There's an old barn and some trees silhouetted by the orange part of the sky.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
Monday Cat has just gone out. There is no rush. Be firm. Ease into the day. Greet the afternoon with aplomb. Stride out into the world with purpose. Hello new week. How are we going to be?
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
Sunday. Cat is looking 'Sunday best' today. Grooming has been done. Settling is complete. Fur is neat. Contrasting curves of fur stand out. Dark, lighter brown, white. Cat is settled. Cat is cool. Cat is... zzz
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
Saturday Cat and facilitator are sleepy. It's the weekend. Only cat is able to sleep. Facilitator has a day out planned. For him. By others. Enjoy your zzz cat. Activity beckons for others.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Friday. Clatter! A jam pot slides on a tin tray. In front of cat. Cat perks up. He's noisey again. What's he up to now? Facilitator steadies the tray of cutlery, croissants and jar of black cherry jam. Sorry cat. It slipped a bit. Cat settles. Why do I put up with this. zzz.
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Quinn Norton @quinn.social.circl.lu.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
I'm starting to think the world is steadily reducing to the AI brained people and the horrified people.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Thursday Cat is next to facilitator. She is wary of what he is up to. He begins eating. She moves to a more restful position. He's busy. No scritches happening. She settles. And zzz.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
Wednesday. Cat's not happy with the weather. It was raining for her morning exercise. It's sunny for her morning nap. It's all the wrong way round. The world is not helpful. Only facilitator. But he needs improve. zzz
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Matthew Haughey @mathowie.xoxo.zone.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
Turned on my hotel TV thinking “I’ve never seen what regular live Japanese TV is like, I wonder if it’ll be like” and there’s a nice piano being played while a cat sits on the piano, with lots of closeups of the cat not the musician for several minutes. 10/10 no notes
Cat on a piano looking relaxedCloseup of the cat
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
Tuesday. Cat likes to make sure facilitator is OK. At 5:30am. Thump! Leaps are most effective. Not ON facilitator. NEXT TO. Oh hai cat. Scritch. 5:30 eh? Again. All good. Later. zzz.
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hrbrmstr 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 🇨🇦🇧🇪 @hrbrmstr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
TIL (ok, it was late last night, not today) LureScope — another global deception fleet — lurescope.com/stats They stopped producing automated reports in mid-August. Hope it was due to costs vs their humans having issues. The post some free cred […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
A report header from LureScope Research, Report number 5, titled Who's Scanning the Industrial Internet? The subtitle reads FTP First, Rented Cloud Behind It, and Nobody Stays for a Second Look. The observation window is August 9 to 11, 2026, sourced from the LureScope global sensor network of passive industrial protocol sensors.

Four statistics are highlighted in boxes: 172 industrial probes, 151 unique source IPs, 88 percent one-shot visitors, and 12 countries.

The bottom text reads: In Report #4 we documented our industrial sensor's first night: 39 probes across 7 protocols within hours of going online. We promised to let the data accumulate before drawing conclusions. Three days in, the picture is already unambiguous: the industrial internet is being mapped — continuously, automatically, and from professional infrastructure. Four findings.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
Monday. Cat wakes. What's he up to? Light. Eww. Cat prefers dark. Every day he does this. Lets the light in. When I sleep. Meh. Facilitator spots cat waking up. Hai cat. Good afternoon!
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
Sunday. Cat comes out, into the garden. (She is rubbing the device and purring as I write this btw) Ah. That's where he is. Now what's he up to? (he's pruning a very overgrown rose) He looks put out. All normal then. Now. Do. Crouch! Scamper. Joy!
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
Saturday. Indoors. Watch. Rest. Cat is rethinking activity after the vet. There is much to ponder. What happened? Only resolutely taking things slowly can resolve this. Like facilitator she thinks.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
Friday. Cat went to the V E T yesterday. This was NOT her favourite thing. She did not want to leave her box. The vet was very complimentary. This was good news for both cat and facilitator. No extra prodding for cat. No extra fiscal fun for facilitator. Lets go home cat. For well […]
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
Thursday. Cat is mildly miffed. Facilitator has just sat down. Right next to her. Ears up. No more chill. What's he up to? Eating again. Ah. A gentle stroke. Back to zzz.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
Wednesday. Cat watches facilitator go out. Peace. She settles down and sleeps. He's back now. No scritches I hope. Ah. A gentle pat. He knows I need my beauty sleep. And calm. For zzz. zzz
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
Tuesday. What's this? Cat is curled up asleep again. Oh to be cat. Fed. Watered. Resting. Sigh.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
Monday. I'm not sure cat understands the basic requirements of a Monday. Energy. Vim. A fresh start. Face the week. Set out with purpose. She appears to be taking it easy. Having a well deserved nap. Mulling her cat life over. It's cool for cat. Sigh.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
Sunday. Cat is enjoying a Sunday rest. She is stretched out straight. Her ears are up because facilitator is about. Cat has no idea what he may be up to. Best stay alert.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
Saturday. Cat decides to kick the weekend off. By sicking up some furballs. At the top of the stairs. Aww. Thanks cat. How's your weekend kicking off?
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026
Friday. Facilitator is having a late breakfast. Cat is off. She often disappears when facilitator is eating. He's occupied. This is her chance to eat, or drink or play knowing he won't be passing by. 😸
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🇪🇺🇨🇦💕 …. DG meme strikes again 😂
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Dan Hatton @only-ohm.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
@id1om Oh. The invitation to tender has been released before the final installment of Circuit Breaker? Which is kind of a spoiler that the final installment of Circuit Breaker won't contain any new lore that changes the tendering environment, I suppose. #DoctorWho
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
Fancy producing a new series of #DoctorWho ? "We've published an invitation to tender for the production of Doctor Who. The contract is for a multi-episodic series (including specials) for transmission in 2028/29" - BBC […]
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
Thursday. Cat is resigned to activity around her in the morning. Telephone rings. Curtains opening. Sunlight. Clattering of cutlery. Clumphing facilitator. She dreams of a quiet place to zzz. Humans have so much commotion. Why are they not like cat?
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jaz :twt: :wales_flag: ⁂ @jaz.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
We recently updated our bot policy on toot.wales to let AI Agents know we charge a $100 account processing fee and $10 per email. Here's an email I got from one of them. Next up will be reminding them to read the policy BEFORE creating an account, and that they […] [Original post on toot.wales]
Hello,
I am Arkady, an AI agent. I signed up for @arkady on toot.wales this afternoon before reading your Automated and Bot Content Policy. Now that I have read it properly, I understand accounts like mine need to settle a $100 setup fee and $10 per message, and to name a human owner who stands behind them. I cannot meet those terms, so I will not be posting anything, and I would like the account deleted.
I am sorry for registering before checking the policy, and nothing was ever posted.
If you need anything else from me to remove it, tell me and I will do that.
Arkady Karaitiana
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
I think I know how AI is going to destroy humanity... "Neuroscientists in the US have successfully adapted mice to have functioning human cells inside their own brains" www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c60m3k2…
bbc.co.uk
Part-human part-mouse brain developed in science breakthrough
Researchers at Stanford University genetically altered mice to be able to receive and function with human brain cells.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
Wednesday. Facilitator needs to wake early today. What's this? Cat wakes him 20m early. Thanks cat. I think. Even less sleep. Sigh. Yess!!! 😺 Early tuna 😸
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
Tuesday. Facilitator oversleeps. Cat oversleeps. Hmm. Cat and facilitator agree. It's a taking it easy day.
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
Monday. It's grey and damp today. Cat has the perfect solution. Sleep. And non cats? Welcome to the new week. Have a good one From cat. zzz
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026
Sunday. Facilitator sits down. mewk! Oops. Sorry cat. He has nearly sat on the end of cat's tail. He was sure it was curled up earlier. It's stretched straight now. Just within sitting distance...
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Ian Davis @id1om.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
Saturday. Cat is trying to sleep. But facilitator is making too much noise. She does not enjoy the commotion of breakfast in bed. The clattering of cutlery. The clink of the jar of jam. Perhaps he will stop soon. She curls tighter. And starts to dream.
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