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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 5h

For work reasons I’ve had to write Hong Kong a lot today, and every single time it’s come out as Honk Konk

John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

Almost my entire harvest of apples this year; many rotted in the tree, one tree had no apples at all. Live almost had more pumpkins this year than apples

A cardboard box with about a dozen apples in it

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026

My accordion playing improves when Traitors is on, as I practise accordion for an hour instead of watching the Traitors

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/09/2026

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026

Oh les français! A wine called Les Fesses = the bum, with a label to match

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026

Day 2 of GR441 la chaîne des puys. Reaching the summit of the chaîne with the Puy de Dôme at 1450ish metres. Surprised to find a massive roman temple up there. Incredible views over all the puys both to north and south, and the first rain

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026

Day 1 of GR441 la Chaîne des Puys, walking in and amongst the youngest extinct (or maybe dormant?) volcanoes in Europe

A sign for the crater of the Nugère volcano

A distant view of the Puy de Dôme (and some other volcanos)

A distant view of the Puy de Louchadiere showing a distinct volcano shape including crater and lava flow (to the left)

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026

I saw about a dozen storks on lampposts this evening: I’ve seen them in France but not here in Belgium , although they have been sighted before. I guess they’re migrating for winter (not my picture)

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026

Hope the snare drum player gets a standing ovation for all those off beats #proms2026

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026

My vegetable garden is 90% pumpkin🎃🌱

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 05/09/2026

Tidying up the garden and realised I have the basis of a micro-brewery

A pile of garden waste with loads of hop flowers

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 05/09/2026

Massive puffball mushrooms in my garden again.

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026

I like the new branding for cans of Chimay beer

A red can of Chimay beer with BROWN written on it, like my name

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026

Massive brush fire in Belgium in August exposed a road dating back to the Merovingians, hidden for centuries (although it takes the eye of faith to see it in the picture)

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 02/09/2026

In Brussels and enjoy folk dancing? Or like seeing men in kilts? Come along to the ceilidh at Full Circle on 25 September. Friendly people, fun guaranteed, but tickets always sell out so act quickly! I’m the accordionist: come and say hello if you attend!

fullcircle.eu

Full Circle - [Social] Ceilidh! ft. The Hoggies

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 01/09/2026

Some lovely details in this article, including cheating and doping scandals

en.wikipedia.org

Vinkensport - Wikipedia

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 29/08/2026

Stormy location for tonight’s gig. We’re playing in the tent, that’s the Bertinchamp Brewery behind, for those that like Belgian beer

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 29/08/2026

This AI generated accordion seems to have had a terrible accident. And the player hasn’t even noticed

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 28/08/2026

Spent 5 hours in a water park with young kids, now I feel old

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 28/08/2026

I’ve played at the same events as this guy a few times

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 27/08/2026

Hunting through old toys for grandsons to play with and come across an unopened box of Lord of the Rings Lego which is now worth around €100 #result

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 27/08/2026

The most serious impact of climate change: French cheese tastes slightly different

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 22/08/2026

Passport queue arriving at Brussels airport is literally 200m long

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 21/08/2026

I first read this over 40 years ago and found it quite dull. I didn’t remember the plot, but many people seem to recognise the title, so I tried it again recently. The dialogue is very dated, and at least in the first part it has a strange mixture of dread and ironic humour

The Kraken Wakes book by John Wyndham, published by Penguin.

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 20/08/2026

From an old (1933) book on accordion playing I have been given. Is it still a safe assertion that the accordion is *the most popular* of musical instruments?

FOREWORD
It is a safe assertion to say that the Piano Accordion is the most popular of all musical in. struments and deservedly so. Go where you will, the variety theatre, radio, club or musical or - ganization, and one or more devotees of the Piano Accordion is sure to be found. Nor is this popularity difficult to understand in view of the many advantages which the Piano Accordion enjoys. Its ease and simplicity of playing, rich, beautiful appearance, sweet singing tone, appeal to all classes, young and old alike.

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 20/08/2026

Cheese offered at a workshop in the US 1) I never knew Babybel came in different colours= flavours 2) None of this needs to be refrigerated 3) A US colleague told me that she prefers room-temperature cheese as it’s softer I’m happy to be returning to a proper cheese country soon

A tray of pieces of cheese all wrapped in plastic. There are long rectangular pieces, some broader pieces, and many Babybels in red, blue, black and yellow coverings

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This must be the third video of wonderful voices singing global scales I have seen, and each is mesmerising and has taught me things I didn't know. Such as: That these scales exist and how they, the bare backbone of tunes, reflect and unlock whole world regions' music. This is amazing.

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 15/08/2026

Fancy location for tonight’s gig

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026

Eclipse not yet visible on my trusty viewer

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026

Received the agenda for a 2 day meeting in Texas and there is more detail about the food than about any other topic

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 08/08/2026

Got an automated reply from a government office explaining that they can’t respond immediately as they are human, and they have a lot of mails to deal with, and some are very complex, and they get a tsunami of mail every day, and it’s holiday season… all done in good humour, very much appreciated!

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 08/08/2026

I watched the first 3 Alien films over the last 3 nights. Alien: Classic. A horror movie that redefined what spaceships could look like Aliens: a very effective shoot-em-up that extended the ideas and feel of the first film Alien3: a complete mess of a film with some good ideas (and *that* image)

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 08/08/2026

After several years of failed attempts, I finally have 2 good-sized, ripening butternut squashes growing in my vegetable patch 🌱

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 05/08/2026

Forest fire in The Netherlands sets off shells from WWII. The same thing happened in France last week. Makes fighting the fires *much* more complicated

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 04/08/2026

People in front of me on Le Shuttle trying to conduct a phone conversation while travelling undersea at about 140km/h and complaining when they get cut off 🙄

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 03/08/2026

Spent a lovely evening listening to bats via a special bat microphone

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 02/08/2026

So frustrating: my new accordion, that I have waited over three months for, is now in Belgium, but needs to return to Italy to have microphones fitted, so I probably won’t get it for at least another month… 🪗

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

And then this World Cup happened. and FIFA did the Balogun thing. And the target was Belgium. and if European history teaches us anyrhing its that no European power gives a shit about Belgium until suddenly EVERYONE does. Because if you can fuck with Belgium, you might do it to any Euro power.

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 30/07/2026

I like the Evolution series with Chris Packham, particular the one about bats. I wonder if he had to record it twice: “arse” for the Brits and “ass” for the Americans (also “poo” and “poop”)

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 30/07/2026

Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. hard mode: no star trek, star wars, lotr, marvel, disney, or ghibli.

static.klipy.com

Brazil Movie

ALT: Brazil Movie

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 30/07/2026

These roses are the best colour. Have a very poor smell though 🌱

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