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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

"Thus when Trump says that “We’ve given a lot to Ukraine,” who, exactly, does he mean by “we”? He cut off all economic and military aid to Ukraine as soon as he took office. Here’s total support for Ukraine, by country, since January 2025:" […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

Graph showing aid to Ukraine by donor. Germany is top with $14.82bn, the UK second with $9.038bn. The US has given $0.48bn in this period, less than one thirtieth of what Germany has given.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

And then the one that I chose just plain doesn't work. I authenticated with HMRC, and it says I didn't. But I did. Twice.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

So this is how HMRC's moronic "Making Tax Digital For Income Tax" works. (Jeez, even the NAME is brain-hurtingly stupid.) I pick at random one of 80+ products that are able to submit my data for me. Then I give it permission to read and modify all my […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

Screenshot of giving some random vendor permission to screw with my financials.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

"You need the Ryanair App to access your digital boarding pass. You must download the Ryanair App. This is the only way to access your digital boarding pass, paper boarding passes are no longer issued or accepted." Can this really be true? Even at Ryan Air? […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

"Rules aimed at limiting pollution from coal and gas power plants are being scrapped, the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced." Sure, sure. This is normal. This is what you'd expect an environmental protection agency to do […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

Screenshot of the linked story on BBC News.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

I want to book a saxophone lesson, and this guy looks ideal: www.superprof.co.uk/saxophone-teach… BUT the "Contact" button invites me to sign up for something. It […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

And when I follow the "Manage Account Settings" link, I have to log in, and am then confronted with the follow page which I have to respond to before it will let me continue.

"Add your teams and leagues for personalized coverage.
Your picks will help us create your sports news feed."

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

This is atrocious behaviour. And from a supposedly reputable journal.

"The unsubscribe URL is invalid, but you can manage your email preferences in your account settings."

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

@mpe Glad to hear it! I know you're more of a dog person, but our eldest and his wife just got a pair of kittens this weekend, and I thought you might enjoy this photo of them.

Two kittens lying down together, somewhat entwined.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

I picked up a #fossil #clam from the sea-floor at the tiny beach at Katakolon, mainland Greece. Can anyone help me ID it? Please boost for coverage.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026

"It's time for online checkin" Jet2 tells me. I follow the link, enter my booking reference, name and flight date, and it takes me to a Manage My Booking page with a Check In Now button. Clicking the button takes me to a 404. ??!

Screenshot: An unexpected error has occurred

It's time to try again...

We were looking forward to showing you more about Jet2.com, but unfortunately an error has occurred.

Not to worry though - you can try typing in the web address again. If the page is still a no-show, you can visit our homepage.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

This week's Bob The Angry Flower cartoon absolutely nails it. From angryflower.com/1668.html

Panel 1.
Bob: I'm SUPER UPSET about a thing I barely understand!
Panel 2.
Stumpy: Have you considered learning about it?
Freddie: A single fact, even?
Panel 3.
Bob: but but but but / That could damage me ignorance / MY PRECIOUS IGNORANCE!!!

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026

I don't know the source of this, unfortunately, but it's spot on. Tonight, we are all Belgium.

World map, with the caption "Who everyone is supporting in today's USA vs. Belgium match". US flag superimposed over the USA, Belgium's over every other country.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026

I have submitted my suggested storm names to the Met Office: ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron and Gazprom. In "Reason for name choice(s) (optional)" I wrote: These are the corporations whose deliberate actions have caused the storms. They deserve credit. Make […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

Woah! What's this? Surely not Mastodon giving me a feed that is ENTIRELY AND ONLY people who I have deliberately chosen to follow? Please @Gargron tell me this isn't what it looks like? I couldn't bear it if Mastodon enshittified.

Screenshot saying:
Filtered notifications
From one person you may know

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

This chart is pretty amazing. From "Why Are Politicians Afraid of Direct Cash?" at rgmii.org/blog/why-are-politicians-…

Chart showing the percentage of various demographics that support Guaranteed Minimum Income. Even among the least enthusiastic segment, more than half of Republicans (52%) support it. Support is as high as 88% in some other groups.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2026

I bought a book on my Kindle — a thing I have done many times before. I exchanged money for goods, as one is supposed to do in a capitalist society. Then this happened. I wonder what response Jeff Bezos expects. Does he think I will buy a new Kindle? Of course […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

A Kindle, the screen of which says: "While you can continue reading books previously downloaded, you can no longer download Kindle books to this device."

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026

Can anyone please help me decipher the handwriting in the top right part of this 1924 letter from Arthur S. Coggeshall of the Carnegie Museum to Charles W. Gilmore of the American Museum of Natural History? #help #handwriting #vertpalaeo #vertpaleo

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026

Remember before AI came along, when Google would do this exactly right?

I ask Google: 180 £ in $
It responds by converting 180 inches into 4.572 meters.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026

Yet another game where Liverpool did more than enough to win, but somehow we managed to score only once from nearly three xG. It feels like this has been happening a lot this season. #LFC

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

Apple wants me to reboot my MacBook so I can access to new emojis. Not even joking.

Screenshot of the System Settings app's Software Update page, reading:

macOS tahoe 26.5. [Update tonight] [Restart now]

This update introduces 8 new emoji, along with other features, bug fixes and security updates for your Mac.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 02/05/2026

Yeah, dependabot, SURE, I'll just jump this dependency up ELEVEN MAJOR VERSIONS. A dependency that I use to generate random 128-bit numbers.

This automated pull request fixes a security vulnerability (moderate severity).

Learn more about Dependabot security updates.

Bumps uuid from 3.4.0 to 14.0.0.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 29/04/2026

This fills me with rage. `uuid` is an NPM module that generates random UUIDs. Somehow it was already on major version nine(!) when we started using it. Now a security issue has been found in it (how?!), and to "resolve this" I have to just to major version 14 […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

Screenshot of Dependabot-generated pull request.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 21/04/2026

The following items are NOT permitted in cabin baggage * Blunt Instruments * Sharp Objects Isn't that ... everything?

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026

As always, "journalism" will be all about the score, but here's the reality of the second half.

Overwhelming attacking momentum by Liverpool.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026

Look how the game has changed since half time! #LFC

PSG dominated the first half with Liverpool peiods. Secoind half is ALL Liverpool.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2026

You don't often see this kind of attacking-momentum domination anywhere, let alone in the Champions League. This reflects 32 shots, of which 16 on target. (Gala had four, of which one.) We missed seven "big chances", and still scored four. (Five really, but […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

Total Liverpool dominance, with just a couple of tiny intrusions of Galatasaray.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2026

Here's the homebrew that's going to get my through the second half. #LFC

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026

Absolutely mugged. 19 shots to 4, 7 on target to 3, 1.87 xG to 0.44. Yet somehow we contrived to concede twice to a team that played absolutely no football for the first 76 minutes. #LFC

Attacking momentum graph: almost all red, tiny fragments of gold.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026

For some reason, this Bob The Angry Flower cartoon is on my mind. www.angryflower.com/513.html

Cartoon of many bombs with hearts on them, all falling on a small town. A character in an Army helmet is saying "JEE-ZUSS! How much do you gotta BOMB people to get 'em to quit HATING you? Cuz to be perfectly honest — I'm running outta bombs."

(There are four more panels but they are redundant.)

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 26/02/2026

Artificial Intelligence at work, my friends! This the customer support bot for Next clothing. Enjoy.

Screenshot of conversation.

I open with a careful, detailed explanation of exactly what I need (Dark Ink Blue Cotton Straight Fit Jeans, product code 769-847, size 34 long.

The AI twice tells me I"'m sorry, I didn't understand. Could you please rephrase?"

Then when I tell it "I need to talk to a human", it replies:

"Is this query concerning a Sofa or an item that arrived via a two-person delivery service?"

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2026

According to the ELO Index, SIXTEEN of Europe's top 28 clubs are English (57%). That's how strong the Premier League is.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026

I keep hearing AI advocates say that the universal deployment of AI will create a “productivity explosion” and “unprecedented wealth creation” and will “end poverty.” All I want to know is: How? How will the money made by the big AI companies end up in the […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

Two scientists look at a blackboard covered in complex equations. In the middle, one of the steps is "THEN A MIRACLE OCCURS". One of the scientists is saying to the other "I think you should be more explicit here in step two".

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2026

Q. How's the Online Safety Act going? A.

Screenshot of imgur.com saying:

"From September 30, 2025, access to Imgur from the United Kingdom is no longer available. UK users will not be able to log in, view content, or upload images. Imgur content embedded on third-party sites will not display for UK users."

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 13/01/2026

When I open a JPEG from my camera in GIMP, it asks me whether I want to keep the image's embedded colour profile or convert it to the built-in sRGB colour profile. Which should I do? How would I decide this?

Screenshot of modal offering this choice

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 13/01/2026

This just in from the Parkrun team: "Hi Mike, Thanks for getting in touch. We understand that there have been significant changes to X since its takeover. The platform still remains a useful channel for parkrun and some local events. We still see value in […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

Screenshot of the email containing the above text.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 12/01/2026

My critique of Dom's arrogance has turned up on the Guardian's minute-by-minute 🙂 www.theguardian.com/football/live/2…

“All right, I love Szoboszlai as much as anyone, but he should be subbed straight off for that,” emails Mike Taylor. “It wasn’t an error in execution, it was an idiotic bit of long-premature showboating, and it got exactly what it deserved. Get him off the pitch, and have him sit and think about what he’s done.”

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 01/01/2026

Disappointing result for sure, but the attacking momentum graph tells its story. #LFC

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 20/12/2025

Ohhh, THIS must be why Szoboszlai was booked. #LFC

Richarlison shoves Szoboszlai in the chest.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 26/11/2025

To fellow #LFC fans, I say this. Once more, the result totally does not reflect the game. Liverpool had 27 shots to PSG's 9. Theirs were better quality, but we still registered 2.66 xG to their 2.21. And check out the attacking momentum below. Keep the faith […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

Attacking momentum graph from Fotmob shows total Liverpool dominance.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 10/11/2025

My word, this is bleak. Imagine having everything material that the world can give you and still being so inadequate.

Screenshot of Elon Musk's tweet: "Grok Imagine prompt: She smiles and says 'I will always love you'", with an AI-generated photo of an imaginary girlfriend.

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