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I enjoy walking (including football!), cycling and scuba diving. Now retired from a career in I.T. that included punched cards in its early days. Wish we were still […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.green/@ReCyclist, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Alan @recyclist.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ken Cheng
@kenchengcomedy   

the best board game thst represents capitalism isn't Monopoly, it's actually Jenga. each party takes turns to make the current situation more precarious until a total collapse where only the last person to fuck up takes any blame while everyone else is declared the winner
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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
This is why I bang on so much about level access. Noone who have to depend on railway staff and the correct alignment of the train to the platform to be able to use a train. This also highlights another common problem with train design. The sole single wheelchair space on the train. Cos of […]
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Louise Locock @proflouisel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Annual reminder for National Trust members to vote in the AGM to keep out the so-called 'Restore Trust' Tufton Street right-wingers. Best way is to use the quick vote tactically to prevent fragmentation of the progressive vote. But if you wish to choose yourself, AVOID the following candidates […]
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why independent media is so needed, in one post👇🏽 Framing matters
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Jorijn Schrijvershof :jorijn: @jorijn.jorijn.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
New instance, and I need to test federation, so here's one of my favorite photos of Kaylan (who unfortunately passed away a few months ago). Tuning server processes, so feel free to boost to make it work a bit. #CatsOfMastodon
A photo of a white Maine Coon.
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Alan @recyclist.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
RE: mastodon.scot/@UndisScot/1173381752… @debsadelight.bsky.social
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It is very hard to satisfactorily describe just how badly the BBC's journalistic standards have collapsed in recent years. Quite completely fucking useless.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Over the last few months these guys made me proud to be British: kind, practical, profoundly moral, a testament to this island. Now they're targeted by the very worst of us. I just gave them a bunch of money. You should too. Show those fascist clowns what's what. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Judith @aroundthehills.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
I've just joined the @cyclinguk.bsky.social protest against the Merseyrail ebike ban. It was a really good turnout; many more than I expected. We cycled together from the Liverpool City Region offices, on the Liverpool waterfront, to the Merseyrail offices up by Lime Street station. It's the […]
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We shall grant Piddington independence. Then we will colonise it and civilise its inhabitants until they achieve the kind of maturity required to govern themselves inews.co.uk/opinion/pidd...
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Piddington, you're welcome to leave the UK. Don't let the door hit you on the way out
Ian Dunt: The village that ‘roared’ has swallowed the far-right’s lies
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Debbie Cameron @debsadelight.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
So, yeah, I’m on the East coast of Scotland in mid September 😳
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Louise Locock @proflouisel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
Conscious I haven't posted in ages, but it's time to remind you to vote in the National Trust AGM to keep so-called 'Restore Trust' off the council. Use the quick vote to ensure we don't split the anti-Restore vote. Or if you prefer to make your own choice for the council, 'Restore Trust' have […]
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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026
RE: code4lib.social/@dltj/1172525607804… This will always, always, ALWAYS happen. ID verification is not acceptable.
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2 Spoopy 4 You @jcrabapple.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026
If you see ads pointing you to votesafe.org to check your voter registration, read this first. VoteSafe is run by America PAC, Elon Musk's super PAC. It is not a government site. Its own footer says "Paid for by America PAC." It also doesn't register anyone. The flow ends by telling you to […]
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Alan @recyclist.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
Picturehouse Cinemas app has not been working properly the last few days and some issues with the web site. Customer Care replied today, "our system is having a technical problem that does not allow access to online or over the phone bookings and memberships". Any bets on them having been […]
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Ian Betteridge @ianbetteridge.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
Kudos to the Guardian for this description
Who’s leading them?
Its leader is Daniel Thomas, better known as Danny Tommo, the right-hand-man of the far-right extremist, fraudster and violent criminal Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – who wants people to call him Tommy Robinson.
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Alan @recyclist.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
Thought for the day. It's a good job the people who manage to arrive in "small boats" aren't Jewish.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 04/09/2026
So, if I understand Nigel Farage's argument correctly it is: "Everyone I trusted and elevated into a position of responsibility is constantly doing crimes that benefit me but of which I somehow have no knowledge. I am a man with the character, judgement, and intelligence to run the country." Ok.
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Alan @recyclist.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026
RE: mstdn.social/@JugglingWithEggs/1171… @debsadelight.bsky.social
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Alan @recyclist.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
Tidying up… #BeforeLinux #BlastFromThePast #Assembler #Linux
Front cover (faded orange) of a pocket guide for Honeywell Level 66 GMAP, their assembly language.
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Aure Free Press :verified: @free-press.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
ISRAELI AGGRESSION Israeli settlers attacked and injured an NBC News team in West Bank, Palestine. FOLLOW. FOR. NEWS. #AureFreePress #News #Israel #Breaking #BreakingNews
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Stefano on littleFedi @stefano.rpi0w.stefanomarinelli.it.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
This post received _a lot_ of comments and reactions, which is great! It also proved that my little Raspberry Pi Zero W, powered by NetBSD, could handle the load. Now - to help me test how much load it can tolerate - **please boost and react to this post!** 🚀 #FediTest #littleFedi #OwnYourData […]
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Debbie Cameron @debsadelight.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“Art in modern times” Alireza Karimi Moghaddam
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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 19/08/2026
This afternoon I drove about 120 km to a customer's site, carrying roughly 50 kg of equipment. One of their younger guys, I'd say around 20, was talking about the trips he'd taken this summer, all by plane. He also mentioned that he'll be flying somewhere again in two weeks, hoping that […]
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Alan @recyclist.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026
I received an email from the "Royal Mail" regarding the failed delivery of a parcel. The sending email address was "ae@luopulante.com". I feel tempted to reply suggesting they consider a different line of work. #PoorQualityPhishing
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Debbie Cameron @debsadelight.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
My Letter in the Observer Discontinuing the 11+ is a hill I will die on!( they missed off some of my more pithy comments! ) Only 10/100 working class kids passed. Why should 90% be sacrificed. And yes I’m a tad bitter!
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Alan @recyclist.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026
Disgusted, but not remotely surprised. Will this country ever stop living in the past? www.theguardian.com/society/2026/au…
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Royal estates rent out homes that fail to meet legal energy efficiency standards
Exclusive: More than 100 homes on King Charles and Prince William’s inherited estates have EPC ratings of F or G
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Alan @recyclist.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026
This story is depressing on so many levels. www.theguardian.com/environment/202…
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Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’
Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach
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wav3ydave @wav3ydave.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026
Microadventure last night was loads of fun. 110km to Avebury and back, pub dinner, loads of bone-dry gravel, nice camping spot, great brekky in Trowvegas, back for work, sort of. #bikepacking #cycling #BikeTooter
Gravel riding on the Wessex DownsDoubletrack gravel ride at sunsetDrinking coffee in the tent with my cycling clothes hanging off the treedusk shot of tents, one illuminated by torchlight
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Alan @recyclist.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
Notified by Rewilding Britain of data loss, one of many charities affected by the Beacon CRM cyberattack. Their actual business is managing other people's data... www.theregister.com/security/2026/0…
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UK charities count the cost of Beacon CRM cyberattack
Database backups likely stolen, potentially exposing donor, supporter, and service user details
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Debbie Cameron @debsadelight.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
My local cancer support centre is under threat of major cutbacks It is funded locally, not by Macmillan We are on NW Tonight later It helps 800 people a year! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Southport cancer centre could lose support staff in funding shake-up
Patients described the prospect of losing staff from the centre in Southport as "horrendous".
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Alan @recyclist.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026
Cuts locally (Southport / North Sefton) to a cancer service that has benefited my partner and will be sorely missed by many. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyqlq9…
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Southport cancer centre could lose support staff in funding shake-up
Patients described the prospect of losing staff from the centre in Southport as "horrendous".
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Judith @aroundthehills.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/Ylbk2KYW Birkenhead Trampoline Club and Wirral Gymnastics Club are raising money to make their building warmer and more energy efficient. They use the old Drill Hall on Grange Road West, Birkenhead; so a building with a history but in need of modernisation. I […]
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Debbie Cameron @debsadelight.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Southport artisan market. They are belting out The Stone Roses, Otis Redding, the Levellers and Rod Stewart. I’m drinking coffee and all is well!
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A dark day for human rights.
four frame comic. first frame shows the logo of amnesty international. second frame shows jk rowling, smiling in the dark. third frame shows an empty classroom, with a pride poster almost falling from the wall. fourth frame shows a trans flag flying in the wind. text above all the images reads : 
on july 8th, amnesty Inter-
national uk published a report
titled “A Growing Threat: The
Anti-Rights Movement in the UK.”
it listed 117 orgs, including anti-
trans and anti-queer ones
backed by jk rowling.
the backlash was immediate
and brutal : rowling pledged
to cover the fees of anyone
who wished to sue amnesty.
the report was taken down
within 48 hours.
this morning (july 31st), amnesty
fully capitulated and released
an apology to anti-trans orgs,
which, it said, should not have
been "collectively labelled as
anti-rights". rowling
celebrated.
an organisation that
bravely faced fascist regimes
and reported human rights
violations for 65 years has caved
to rowling's power and bigotry.
it's a dark day for human rights.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026
Never criticise the Post Office. One day they might find out where you live.
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wav3ydave @wav3ydave.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026
I've got a @ternbicycles GSD and can confirm the findings of the Birmingham plod. It even comes with a built in testing stand! #cycling #ebike #BikeTooter #police #BigBrainAcademy
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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026
"Inside companies, the incentives are clear and the measurements are easy … You can measure whether a nudge led to the next step in the funnel. You cannot easily measure the resentment. Or the rage clicks when they smash a button to dismiss another “did you know” pop-up. You cannot easily chart […]
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026
You too can support Count Binface against Nigel Frogface! Retoot for reach, svp. ko-fi.com/countbinface
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Mike 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @mikefromlfe.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026
The Titanic museum in #Belfast is an amazing building - an an excellent #museum The front of the building - in the photo - is the same size as the front of the ship Titanic. The building is in the shape of a star, as in White Star Line. #BoatTripNorth
Very modern, very triangular building. Very high and very impressive. The grey of the building is set off with darker horizontal lines. There's a tree and a display board in front of the building on a light brown tiled area. The sky is blue
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Khleedril @khleedril.cyberplace.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026
@andypiper This is double not okay: today HMRC are running a webinar to explain how to start using the new system, and this is what you get (opening with Firefox)
Message extracted from a browser window:

Sorry, this browser isn't supported
Join in your browser by opening the link below in
Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.
https://meet.goto.com/eyJOeXAI...
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Debbie Cameron @debsadelight.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
While researching soldiers who were treated at the Military Hospital in Maghull, I discovered that one of the soldiers who suffered very badly after harrowing experiences at the Front, met and married one of the women who worked there. This is their story historicalclues.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-ha...
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Alan @recyclist.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/2026… So our government, who have taken zero interest in the stuff allowed to clog our pavements, including dumping pavement parking on to local […]
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Laurent 🫠 @on-code.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026
"You already have all the solutions. You just refuse to implement them." by Dimitra Rizou linktr.ee/ahoy_universe
Comic by Dimitra Rizou: a guy is presenting his "genius machine that will find solutions to all the world's problems" to hear the machine replying: "You already have all the solutions. You just refuse to implement them IT JUST NEEDS
to protect the financial interests of the wealthiest 0.001%."
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Dan Fixes Coin-Ops @ifixcoinops.retro.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026
Oi @mullvadnet, you don't get to do that shit with money that I gave you, money my friends gave you, money I recommended my customers give you, no more money for you, there are a thousand other VPNs and I can find a new one in a couple of minutes, and thank fuck the other random bloke who I just […]
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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 22/06/2026
First task? Burnham should get himself and UKGOV off the fucking Nazi site.
Tweet from Andy Burnham:

Keir has given huge service to our country and I want to thank him for his leadership and dedication during such a challenging period.
His decision marks the beginning of a transition and it is important that this process is conducted in an orderly and responsible way. I will….
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Tim Stickland @sticklandtim.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026
#Burnham #Labour #ukpolitics Andy Burnham - first job - leave X (Twitter) and insist that the rest of the government do so too.
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