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MSKnight

@msknight.bsky.social
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IT engineer. Currently working for the NHS Ambulance Service. I've also spent a little time as a photographer, a baker, a truck driver and I write books for the hell of it.

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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Meet my new home phone. Why, is a long story, but this is a VoIP unit which I plug my analogue phones into and it talks over the internet to a new phone provider. I can actually have my home phone on my mobile and do other tricks I was doing with cloud PBX's in 2013, but that's another story.
A black box with "Grandstream" written on top. Three blue LED's are lit. At the back is a network cable, a USB power cable and a phone cable.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I have some battery powered minecraft ores that were sitting on the shelf. I decided to convert them to USB power and attach them to Home Assistant so they can be turned on and off automatically.
A circuit board from one of the minecraft ore cubed. There are four LEDs, one at each corner. A small circuit board sits in the middle and there is a purple component sticking out of the side which is the vibration module that allows the cube lighting to change when it is hit by someone, to simulate the cube being mined.An altered base. The purple vibration detector has gone and all the LED's are wired in to each other, bypassing the control from the chip. A resistor is in circuit with the positive to cut down the USB's 5v to something the LED's can manage.Four minecraft ore cubes on the workbench. Green, red and yellow are lit, but blue is lit without the lid on yet, just to prove that they are all working. The bench has various tools and solder lying around.Four minecraft ore cubes on the shelf, lit. Various minecraft characters sit on top of them. Other models are on the shelf in front, including from Ghostbusters and One Piece.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Probably some sex maniac deliberately making the point I'd guess.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Another bodge job. This chinese USB powered light died. The LED's draw 8-9v, so I had to use a step-up transformer. I control the brightness by altering the resistor pot. The bonus is that I can now turn it on and off at the USB socket so Home Assistant can now control it. Not ideal, but it works.
A picture of an electronics bench with tools and wires. On the left sits a rin of LED's housed in part of a housing. They are brightly lit. A cable goes to a plastic disc which is the bottom of the lamp and houses some electronics which have been bodged into the plastic. A small red LED is visible, showing that a voltage step up transformer is receiving power.A small glass ball with a metal disc at the top and sitting on a plastic plinth, resting on a brown carpet. Light emanates from the glass, diffused by the cris-cross patterns cut in the glass. As a bonus, the pattern also hides the electronics in the base.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street. Ernie is saying, "Hey Bert, wanna hear something depressing? According to Star Trek, World War Three begins in 2026 and goes on until 2053. Doesn't this sound cool Bert?"
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Oh but for the spine of a cat.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Just don't store the file in compressed format. It doesn't work. Store as wav and then convert to tap format later.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Top of the leaderboard... but probably not for long.
The spaceship leaderboard showing me top at wave 15 and 60 kills, followed by itzsulfr with same wave and 54 kills, talbeisty wave 14 and 48, jaredcrookston wave 13 and 45, treybastian wave 12 and 40, dykestrike wave 11 and 33 kills, schlawas on wave 10 and 30 kills and jordim with wave 7 and 13 kills.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
SPACESHIPS ▸ wave 15 · 60 wrecked · #1 today ▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░ NAVIGATOR I can you beat it? spaceships.treybastian.com
spaceships.treybastian.com
SPACESHIPS
Inverted Asteroids: you are not the ship. Place gravity wells and sling the rocks.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
SPACESHIPS ▸ wave 15 · 57 wrecked ▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░ NAVIGATOR I can you beat it? spaceships.treybastian.com
spaceships.treybastian.com
SPACESHIPS
Inverted Asteroids: you are not the ship. Place gravity wells and sling the rocks.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The secret? Don't overthink it. Just throw the asteroids around and create carnage.
Finish screen for Spaceships showing 57 wrecked.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
He is just struggling so much.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Aww. Somebody get that man a wheelchair and a blanky for his legs.
Picture of Trump, struggling to stay awake while sitting in a chair at the memorial event.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's totally safe and you can turn it off... said the company that said you could turn off tracking... but it didn't actually turn it off - www.howtogeek.com/turning-off-...
howtogeek.com
Turning Off Your Location Doesn't Turn Off Tracking
The many, many ways your phone is being tracked with freakish accuracy.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"Live Rewind" now instead of asking your waiter to repeat that last bit, you can break the conversation and leave them standing there like a moron while you fiddle with your watch. thetab.com/2026/09/10/h...
thetab.com
How Apple's creepy new Live Rewind feature works, that lets you replay real conversations
We are actually living in an episode of Black Mirror
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Are Americans really unaware of this? Do they think they're getting free money? This is precisely why he should be politically cripped.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trump offered everyone $5,000. That's $1 trillion. Without detail, the obvious conclusion is that it would be added to the national debt, or people would be paying with their taxes. So US citizens would be paying it to themselves, with the largest part of the burden falling on the middle class.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It took three weeks for the new battery to come, but it's finally assembled and ready for closure.
A square Garmin watch. Matt black. The face is being held by fingers, above the watch. Underneath, the body of the watch is openly displaying the circuit board inside.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
That is the British way of doing things.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I'd like to hear the chiptune theme to that one!
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You're concerned about the loss of your way of life. I get it. I share that concern. But putting fascists in power isn't going to solve it. It'll make it much, much worse.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You're not going to stop one set of extremists taking power, by handing the keys to another set of extremists. Life under fascism is no joke. Ask any German who remembers living through it.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The only blessing that we have is that they don't have guns. But if they got into power they can give themselves that right. And then the whole game changes.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You can see what's happening in the USA with lawful citizens being shot and killed by ICE in broad daylight. What kind of disconnect makes you think that won't happen here?
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
What do you think they'd do to you? Right now, the christian far right fascists are a much larger threat to our way of living.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
As far as I can tell, she was white, English… all she did, basically, was disagree with them. And she was assaulted to a degree where Reform says she deserved it. Is that really the kind of people you want in power in this country?
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Also, look at the woman who was physically assaulted at the Reform conference this month. Then listen to the Reform people who say she deserved it.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Do you even know what their standards are? If you don't, then examining Nigel Farage's history and beliefs is a good start.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I ask you to consider this… if the far right got into power in the UK today… what do you reckon your chances that you won't be a target? Do you measure up to their standards?
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The disabled, roma, the aged, anyone who didn't fit their bill of the aryan race was a target.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We fought wars against fascism. The fascists weren't kind to the German people either. Anyone who didn't fit their narrative was killed. Look up the T4 euthanasia program. It wasn't only the jews who were gassed by the nazis.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There is truth that some want the UK to follow islam doctrine. It's on the radar. But of bigger concern is the christian far right. And they are using the fear of islam to drive people into their clutches.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Fear is a potent weapon. The fear that your way of living, all that you've strived and fought for, being usurped and torn to shreds is a very real and justified fear. I don't minimise that concern.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The message here is... don't try and use history to justify blatant racism.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
What I write now, is purely for illustration to the people who have no sense of history. To those who are banging on about sending immigrants "home"... as a Celt I say, that's fine by me. Pack your bags Norman boy, and don't let the door of the RORO ferry smack you in the arse on your way out.
A map of the UK showing the areas of land occupied by the Welsh in 500 A D being approximately seventy to eighty percent of the land mass. The Picts have a good section in the North with the border running roughly from Glasgow to Edinborough. Small sections down the east are the Beornicas, Dere, Gegnas and Lindisware. Then East Engle and East Seaxe. Kent has Cantware and the south has Seaxe, Euth and Gewisse.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Sir Ken Robinson did this presentation 20 years ago. I keep going back to it and the more I learn about neurodivergence, the more I keep going back to what he is saying about our society. It is about time that society, our education system and social values changed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9C...
youtube.com
Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson | TED
YouTube video by TED
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
But also, the suggestion of using a metronome might be worth considering. Outside reference for time.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I'd send the recording to claude.ai and see what it says. Seriously.
claude.ai
Claude
Claude is Anthropic's AI, built for problem solvers. Tackle complex challenges, analyze data, write code, and think through your hardest work.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
News about MS capping game pass to 15 hours a month cloud gaming. With what Sony are currently arguing in court, I believe we're moving to a pay per play - no more buying a game or more taking out a subscription but I reckon they'll move to an hourly rate while playing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Xbox to limit cloud gaming to 15 hours a month for Game Pass users
Xbox said the limits were due to the rising cost of cloud gaming, and would allow it to invest more in its performance
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Misquoted scene from Back To The Future with Doc talking to Marty. "I've seen the future, Marty. Thirty years from now, all of the people who lived through this great 80's decade will wish they could travel back in time and live through it all again!"
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I know little about Jazz, but I've been following the releases from Analogue October Records and I'm enjoying their selection so far. This is a new one from Henry Lowther and... it's signed! Can't wait to clean this and get it on the turntable.
Album cover for "Henry Lowther / The London Jazz Orchestra – Primetime." A large pentagon shape sits centered on a dark, weathered black background with a scratched, vintage texture. Inside the pentagon, layered geometric rose-like patterns spiral inward, shifting in colour from dusky blue-grey at the outer points, through rust orange in the middle layers, to bright golden yellow at the very centre. The overall effect resembles a stylised, fractal-like flower or pinwheel, giving the cover a warm, glowing core against its worn, dark surroundings.The back lower right corner of the outer sleeve with the signature of Henry Lowther, the issue number 91 of 300, the logo for Analogue October Records and the bar code 5 0 7 0 0 0 2 3 8 7 1 6 9
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Mum likes the honey mustard salad dressing, but doesn't get on with the seeds, so we made our own. Next time, a little more cornflour.
A milk pan on the stove, with a yellow, bubbling fluid in it.Seed-Free Honey Mustard Dressing
A smooth, seedless version of a honey-mustard dressing — same flavour balance, no
mustard seeds or wholegrain texture.
INGREDIENTS
• 120 milliliters water
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons smooth Dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoons mustard powder
• 1 teaspoons cornflour
• 1 teaspoons garlic purée
• 0.3 teaspoons salt
• 0.3 teaspoons black pepper
STEPS
1. Mix cornflour slurry: In a small saucepan, whisk 1 teaspoons cornflour with a
splash of the 120 milliliters water until smooth, with no lumps.
2. Combine everything: Add the remaining 120 milliliters water, 2 tablespoons honey,
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar, 1 teaspoons sugar, 2 tablespoons smooth Dijon
mustard, 1 teaspoons mustard powder, 1 teaspoons garlic purée, 0.3 teaspoons salt,
and 0.3 teaspoons black pepper to the pan and whisk well.
3. Gently heat and thicken: Warm over low-medium heat, whisking constantly, until it
just starts to thicken slightly (it will thicken more as it cools). Don't let it boil hard.
4. Cool and taste: Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature — it will
thicken further. Taste and adjust honey, vinegar, or mustard powder to preference.
5. Store: Transfer to a clean jar or bottle and refrigerate. Keeps about 1–2 weeks.
NOTES
Double-check your Dijon jar's ingredients — some brands include a few whole
mustard seeds even though the mustard is mostly smooth. Colman's or similar
mustard powder is a good seed-free source of that classic mustard heat. If it's too
thick once cooled, whisk in a little extra water or vinegar.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
No chance. The only thing that a criminal usually resents, is being caught. In this case they got away without admitting wrong doing or being found guilty. Their law, if I understand it, makes their duty to shareholders their primary responsibility. So, no, they won't.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Reviewed - "Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal" by @robinince.bsky.social msknight.co.uk/reviews/072....
msknight.co.uk
Michelle Knight's Authors page.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Because while it can't be trusted, occasionally it points to a rock which is worth turning over.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Given the high levels of far right activity and media bias in the UK, I am not surprised. As for the US... yeah... well...
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Unfortunately, they have. I cut the list because it would be too long to get in here. Professor Monika Gabriela Bartoszewicz UiT The Arctic University of Norway has signed.
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
AI also said, "Some signatories are listed as independent, retired, private, anonymous, or without an identifiable institution, and a small number have multiple affiliations."
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Majority are from the US and UK - no surprise. United States 174 United Kingdom 157 Germany 30 Australia 19 Canada 17 Italy 16 Netherlands 15 Sweden 14 France 13 Belgium 12 Spain 11 Denmark 10
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MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
If you want to know what the fuss is about with the trans issue in the UK today and you've got a few hours to go into the depths, I wrote "The Truth About Trans" which was started in 2018 and has been expanded as things happen - msknight.com/loas/archive...
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The Truth About Trans – Life Of A Stranger
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