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@mountaingeek.bsky.social
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Mountains + Tech However, mainly politics and political observations

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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Police said they did apply for s8 & s9 but court decided they only need s8. Apparently judge says they can hold on to property.
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
US army cadets start from age 12. Kids get guns much younger and taught to practice with them. Not the same as sending them to war, but easy to find pics of kids with guns in the US.
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
That's one helluva tell, just before he says "if I had assaulted her"
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Yeah, like this guy did.
Mitch McConnell sitting up in bed in blue jeans and red/white shirt with his wife by his side.
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Festivals might need a rethink!
Greenpeace UK message over a photo of someone looking at a sunset: 'this is the coldest summer of the rest of your life btw"
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
41k people watching some scaffolders doing what scaffolders do.
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
They'll sort it shortly after they've finished their *urgent* investigation into the grok nudifying episode they are working around the clock on that! www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
Ofcom update
Update, 15 January 2026 X has said it has implemented measures to prevent the Grok account from being used to create intimate images of people.This is a welcome development. However, our formal investigation remains ongoing. We are working round the clock to progress this and get answers into what went wrong and what's being done to fix it.
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
OMG that's exactly the terminology that Copilot AI says when it screws up (again). It must be trained on crappy Grand Jury indictments.
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Maybe it'll come after the urgent Ofcom investigation into X for Grok sexualised images. The one they are working "around the clock" to get answers to. www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
Ofcom update
Update, 15 January 2026 X has said it has implemented measures to prevent the Grok account from being used to create intimate images of people.This is a welcome development. However, our formal investigation remains ongoing. We are working round the clock to progress this and get answers into what went wrong and what's being done to fix it.
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Serious rally ... 🤔
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Tiny Dennis Waterman played by David Walliams on big chair just like the photo of Putin
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Noone gonna mention the guy feeling up her butt and then seeing the camera and realising he's been caught?
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
You know what's even more crazy? You picked Rogan but not, bizarrely the other person in the room...
Google AI thinking that Obama is standing in the oval office behind Trump.
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
So rather than keep the full number of events and be grateful to a circuit which might pull out all the stops to allow a race to happen (at a financial loss), they'd prefer to bin them as they won't get the fees. Not about the racing is it?
Consideration was given to holding events at Portimao in Portugal, Imola in Italy or Istanbul Park in Turkey.

But it was accepted that the time to organise a race at any of those locations was too short, and there was little chance of securing a hosting fee.
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Reminds me of someone 🤔
Edited Trump style
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Would be nice if the FCDO didn't make people sign up to X or Meta to be able to get life-saving updates.
FCDO advice page : follow us on X, Facebook or Instagram
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Turns out it was just a party balloon!
Jennifer Jacobs wrote on X
SCOOP: The unexpected airspace closure in El Paso stemmed from disagreements over drone-related tests, sources told @CBSNews. Pentagon had undertaken extensive planning on use of military tech near Fort Bliss. Two sources identified the technology as a high-energy laser.

Earlier this week, tech was used to shoot down what appeared to be foreign drones. The flying material turned out to be a party balloon, sources said. One balloon was shot down.

FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford last night decided to close the airspace - without alerting White House, Pentagon or Homeland Security officials.

Bedford told officials the airspace restrictions would be in place to ensure safety until issues with the War Department could be resolved.

@camiloreports @olivialarinaldi @ellee watson and me:
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The twitter post in Nov 2025 from Joyce Carol Oates sounds spot on. No wonder Musk got so upset about it.
Twitter post 8th Nov 2025
Joyce Carol Oates
@JoyceCarolOates

So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates- scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the "most wealthy person in the world."
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Sorry for the Twitter screenshot but pertinent. Musk was unhappy about this post in Nov, probably because it hit a truth nerve.
Twitter post
Joyce Carol Oates
@JoyceCarolOates
8th Nov 2025

So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates- scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the "most wealthy person in the world."
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
*If* doing you are a university course, getting £50k in debt, to train for a future degree relevant career then clearly the vocational STEM courses and Maths have way better outcomes. Look at the % compsci working F/T&P/T in their field. Compare to English who are working in catering or admin.
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Trump and Asian lucky cat looking like twins
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Gold medal for Donald
Home made card and ribbon medal with the letters USA on it.
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Well apart from this (not BSKY sorry)
Guy mansplaining to author of the Handmaid's tale what it was actually about.
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Available on Amazon
Wearable knight's armour
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I would imagine they are related to the expense claims. On the UK gov register it shows these which I presume they have further details of the actual purchase. The £902 was refunded the same month though. The prices for chairs doesn't sound ott if that's correct.
Expense claim for £902.50 from SP Domli Ltd for office furnitureExpense claim for £569.97 for office chairs
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Go for an appeal, point to the specific rule
X help center rules stating: Misleading and Deceptive Identities: You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on X.
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Omg, what has Bluesky become. They've added a feature where you can get comedians like @jimmykimmel.com CANCELLED directly from the app. I presume a message goes directly to Brendan Carr.
Screenshot of the Bluesky reply mode showing the cancel option next to Jimmy Kimmel's name.
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Picture of Jeremy Clarkson looking like he's been dragged through a hedge backwards showing teeth that may also not be the most conventionally perfect.
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Eh?
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I wonder if it's the price you pay for gas that mostly affects electric prices rather than "Net Zero" 🤔
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
If facts and truths are important then why include this falsehood? Kimmel actually said "The Maga gang [is] desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them" which they did seem to be?
Highlighted part staring "What he did say, wrongly, was that Kirk's killer was on the Maga side"
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
We can only conclude that everyone's favourite food is, undeniably, fish fingers.
Ed Morrish post

@edmorrish.bsky.social

[me, a journalist who spends all day every day on a social media app where the discovery algorithm is personally controlled by its owner, captain birdseye] you know, a lot of people are talking about fish fingers, we should probably cover that
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
If Starmer wants to be stronger against farage then start speaking like Ruskin and post it across social. Then get on with governing and ignore him.
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
My mother, Huda, 38, is the most precious person in my life. Sometimes when she thinks I'm asleep, I see her sitting alone, staring at the wall. I pretend to sleep, but she knows I'm awake. She pulls the blanket up, strokes my head, and whispers, "If we survive tomorrow, I'll teach you something new."

She is not a soldier, but she fights. She hides her pain in silence, but I hear it. Sometimes I catch her staring at the ceiling, her eyes unblinking. I once asked her, "Are you okay?" She didn't answer. Just smiled. A broken smile that scared me more than silence.

One evening, she whispered, "I don't want him to grow up knowing only fear." She was talking about my 4-year-old brother, Shaheen.

She teaches him letters on scraps of paper while drones circle above. She draws the letter on burnt paper. It's the first letter of 'bayt' home. But we have no home.

She says, "We'll bake bread tomorrow," even when there is no flour. She says, "The windows are broken because we wanted more air," even though that is not why the windows are broken. She says, "The baby is sleeping," even though the baby is gone.
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
FTFY
Edit image to show 2 Russian Delegations with US Delegation assigned as Russian Delegation #1
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
bsky.app/profile/moun...
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
www.reuters.com/world/russia...
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
"MASKS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to be worn ... What do these people have to hide, and why???"
Group of enforcement officers all with masks and guns.
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
But but, 💔 😢
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
💔 😢
Elon Musk Tweet : "I love @realDonaldTrump as much as a straight man can love another man"
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I think everyone can agree with this, it just means different things to people on either side of the fence.
Losing your country costs you everything. You will never get that back. Your kids will be slaves to foreign powers who hate us.
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
New record for you.
Electric Gridwatch screenshot showing 2.06GW Gas use.
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Travel man with Richard Ayoade
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Has Trump just legitimised a potential attack on Musk? I presume that's what he means by "Saving [the] country"?
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Mountain Geek @mountaingeek.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Looking at the map of Canada I can't help thinking that, from a strategic and security point of view, Canada should own Alaska. I mean, it seems to be the current trend to just select places you want to own, right? Might need some cultural reeducation though.
Map of the top portion of North America
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