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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My context is only as it relates to light fittings, alas.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I see they’ve added chevaux de frise to the fencing at Beaulieu Park.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I watched a YouTube video yesterday that implied that to get a pension in the US you have to be working at your retirement date, otherwise you get nothing. Can this be true? In the UK, your occupational pension is built up for your benefit.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone in the UK use the word sconce.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Maybe the multi-camera, lots-of-things-happening-at-once thing needs a big crew?

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It’s ever so well done. I got hooked halfway through the first celebrity series.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

All the young people, out on a Saturday night. Makes you sick.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Alan Davies’ show was alternately hilarious and sad, with some quite long sections of serious material about when he was abused as a child. It was nice to see it in a (stunning) venue near where he grew up (Chingford).

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Overheard: "If I told you I'm going to fix it, I'm going to fix it. Don't keep asking me about it every 6 months."

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Travelling Cambridge to Liverpool Street via Stansted Airport gave me the opportunity to enjoy my custard bougatsa from Mill Road. Delicious. Now I’m off to see TV’s Alan Davies at the Walthamstow Granada.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My sack is bulging with a bumper set of finds in the chazzas in Cambridge. Nice to see all the stores around the Grafton Centre are still open, when the mall itself is almost totally bereft of retail.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is frozen cook-at-home. I don’t regularly use Pret, despite it being the nearest food place to my office.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sounds like your diverter valve has ceased up / sheared off. Said as someone who is not an expert but had that problem with his old gas boiler.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A double post box well outside of London (Braintree). #PostboxSaturday

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I mean, the phrase TMI seems to have been made for this. But noted nonetheless.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fascinating. Some Radio 4 / HIGNFY stalwarts there.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Continuity announcer is cool as a cucumber. Is that David Wheale?

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The pheasants are out in force this morning. Some of my favourite birds to see.

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Jason @nickmotown.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It’s all those Pb & J sandwiches.

Half of US adults were exposed to harmful lead levels as kids, study finds.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Have you made up statistics to suit your view? Do you hold outlandish views that no civilised government would ever implement? If so, the Nick Ferrari breakfast show would love to hear from you. #LBC

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“This is BBC One in the east.” And on the left channel only, for some reason. #continuity

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

How about removing the ‘cliff edges’ from the UK tax system? #LDConf

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Aster Vérité @aster-verite.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I despise RFK jr more than anyone else in the regime, including trump. From a philosophical & ethical standpoint, his lies result in death becoming a form of intolerance. They morphed from standard misinformation into a deliberate assault on the foundational structures of a safe, rational society.

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Gary Bainbridge @garybainbridge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

When "white sauce" in fish pie Contains cheese, it’s a lie. That’s a mornay.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Catching up on Live from The Lycett Arms. I was impressed with Late Night Lycett when it started – great energy. But this? Fucking hell. It’s gone backwards. The only bit that mainly worked was the toast competition with Guz Khan.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I couldn’t say how many times I’ve walked past this black and disused Edwardian post box at Cambridge Station without noticing it. #PostboxSaturday

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I’m sure the maga-rich only want what’s best for us.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It's eight years tomorrow since we posted on Twitter that Sting had been in to return his books.

A shelf on the book return trolley. The titles of the five books are Every Breath You Take, Every Move You Make, The Bonds That Break, Every Step You Take and I Am Watching You.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Excited to be at the Beef and Dairy Podcast Live for the second year in a row. #beef

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 10/09/2026

Do not look at the detail of this street layout for too long or you might question the basis of reality itself.

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Amyville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

everyone should watch this. nothing that works this way is conscious.

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The Eighteen Ronnies

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Harry Nilsson’s Without You.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

“It’s been edited!” They now cry. A characteristic that applies to all media ever. No need to add ‘which misrepresents what really happened’ anymore. The editing is enough.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

In fact, I don’t even really know how much energy I use as some is used as it’s generated and some is arbitrage. But I’d still recommend a heat pump and bigger rads even if you’re keeping gas / oil for now.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Since switching from gas heating to an air source heat pump, my total household energy use (both gas and electric until middle of 2025) has come way down. And I’ve been heating more of the house in 2026 than 2025. But solar panels and battery distort the picture a bit.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Pretty sure we’re all on 230V 50Hz. What a bunch of losers.

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Russ in Greenwich @russb77.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Fcking hell they are thick. Fair play Lewis for keeping your cool! Voltage on Washing Machines!!!!😂

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Was great again. And they remembered the tartare sauce this time. Touch of dill. Magic. And enough to feed a village.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My local high end restaurant will deliver me fish and chips for less than the actual chippy. Here’s a photo of last week’s order from there. I was impressed by the flavour and lack of greasiness (and my regular chippy is no slouch).

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Jason @nickmotown.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

"I pity he fool" "You missed a 't'..?" "Yes I am"

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

There needs to be a shop with tat to browse, dispose of items it’s not viable to sell, get repairs, recycle. If there’s not enough money in it for a charity to help others, have a self-sustaining business for that purpose. I’ve been in charity shops that exist to support the shop only.

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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Within two years, Australia has managed to drastically reduce its use of fossil fuels because #batteries supply the electricity at peak times. We need much more #energystorage for the energy transition! #ActOnClimate #ClimateActionNow

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The TV’s newer than the iPhone actually but it doesn’t make a fuss.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Switching my new EE broadband router to WPA3-Personal stops my iPhone connecting because of frequency clashes. Using WPA3-Transitional works fine. I guess the security doesn’t affect the channels in use but makes the iPhone more sensitive. iPhone is my newest device (16 Pro Max) so most sensitive.

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Steve @pubby79.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Original post: mastodonapp.uk/@palmoildete...

Golden-mantled Tree #Kangaroos 🦘🤎 are critically endangered #marsupials of #PapuaNewGuinea 🇵🇬 They’re on the edge of #extinction from #palmoil #deforestation and #hunting. Resist for them and #Boycottpalmoil 🌴☠️🤮🙊⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/26/golden-mantled-tree-kangaroo-dendrolagus-pulcherrimus/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

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Jason @nickmotown.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin…”

“What 90s song would make the best opening sentence for a novel?”

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