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Mark H @neonbubble.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

"Presenting the Definitive Special Edition of the Mos Eisley cantina scene. Finally, the scene is exactly as it was always intended to be, until the next release." www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcvue1y9B7o #StarWars #HanSolo #Auralnauts #Video #SciFi

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TinyStart for macOS @tinystart.app · 06/10/2026

:tinystart: TinyStart v1.5 is out now! Still a tiny Mac launcher, still very fast, and still €5 Except now you can also : • Press Tab to switch between Launcher and Emoji picker • Pin apps, folders, and links • Pin Emoji • Reorder pins • Insert Emoji without leaving the picker • Reorder […]

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Congrats to the top three #FediF1League points scorers for the #BahrainGP #BahrainGPinMalaysia 🇧🇭 🇲🇾 1️⃣ Focus Jorj: 260 pts 2️⃣ Must Be The Sweat: 200 pts 3️⃣ MustBeTheWater_HKG: 188 pts 🏁 Final race classification: mastodon.social/@fiadocsbot/1173829… 👋 Join the league […]

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Congrats to the top three #FediF1League points scorers for the #AzerbaijanGP 🇦🇿 1️⃣ Focus Jorj: 290 pts 2️⃣ tekphloyd f1 team: 258 pts 3️⃣ Must Be The Sweat: 249 pts 🏁 Final race classification: mastodon.social/@fiadocsbot/1173382… 👋 Join the league […]

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Cleveleys News @cleveleysnews.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

TONIGHT'S TV CHOICE 7pm Gardener's World This week's episode comes from Burn Naze, Thornton.

A man in an allotment holds up some carrots which are glowing green.

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Congrats to the top three #FediF1League points scorers for the #SpanishGP 🇪🇸 1️⃣ MustBeTheWater_HKG: 206 pts 2️⃣ SmoothOperator_HKG: 184 pts 3️⃣ Must Be The Sweat: 178 pts 🏁 Final race classification: mastodon.social/@fiadocsbot/1172650… 👋 Join the league […]

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

DAY. OFF. WORK. Booked it off, then plans changed. So, I get to have a lie in, a three-day weekend, and do a bunch of jobs to free up the rest of the weekend. And I can watch the free practice sessions on TV!

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Congrats to the top three #FediF1League points scorers for the #ItalianGP 🇮🇹 1️⃣ Focus Jorj: 260 pts 2️⃣ Roskopp MX Racing Team: 246 pts 3️⃣ Must Be The Sweat: 216 pts 🏁 Final race classification: mastodon.social/@fiadocsbot/1172255… 👋 Join the league […]

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Oops. Just found this in my drafts... Congrats to the top three #FediF1League points scorers for the #DutchGP 🇳🇱 1️⃣ SmoothOperator_HKG: 341 pts 1️⃣ Must Be The Sweat: 341 pts 3️⃣ Focus Jorj: 323 pts 🏁 Final race classification: mastodon.social/@fiadocsbot/1171460… 👋 Join […]

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

It works!! Lead/FL changes, local yellows, green flag... all looking good. 9 second broadcast delay seems about right. #F1 #Formula1

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Third time lucky! We're up and running for FP3. I got the time wrong yesterday and completely missed FP2 🙈 #F1 #Formula1 #IoT

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

Bloody work got in the way of watching FP1 and testing the lights on live data. I have managed to iron out the last few bugs using a simulation/demo script that tests various scenarios; looks good. All ready for FP2 instead! #F1 #Formula1

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Final tweaks today ahead of FP1 tomorrow and the first live data test 🤞 #F1 #Formula1

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Ridley's such a dick. The film was crap because of a weak script, an overreliance on OTT action sequences that were just dull, AND a cast that wasn't on par with the original. Sure, Mescal doesn't have the acting chops of a 2000-era Russell Crowe, but trying to pin it on Mescal's physicality […]

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Spent a lot of time customising this to my requirements, but the tests have all gone well. Now I need to wait for live F1 data to see if it actually works! Monza FP1 will be the real test.

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

Worked on a fun little project last night. My g/f and I are never sure if the other has already fed the dogs (and they won't tell us the truth!). I've put a #Flic button next to where they eat. Single press and the kitchen light will flash green if they need feeding, red if they've already been […]

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

It's now running #Mastodon, #Pixelfed, #WriteFreely, #Plex media server, #Homebridge, a couple of small websites, some Python projects I'm tinkering with... still 4GB of RAM available when at peak load. I continue to be impressed. The Little Pi That Could.

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

#Pixelfed Glitch now migrated from the smaller #RaspberryPi to the main 8GB one with the SSD. No issues.

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

And we're back up and running on the SSD! Everything is super fast; backups have all restored as expected. Phew.

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

Successful all-nighter mission with my o/h to watch the #Perseids ☄️ Ended up driving over an hour to a place I know, up in the Yorkshire Dales, which was totally worth it. Dark skies 😍 Then watched the sun come up, stopped for a full cooked breakfast from posh Tebay services (IYKYK), now home […]

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

Half-day at work and now I'm done for the week. Couldn't have timed these days off any better. Plan for this evening: have a little snooze, load the car with supplies, then head to a dark sky location with my o/h to spend the night watching the #Perseids. Taking my camera. Weather looks good AND […]

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

Annoying timing (financially) but was expecting this one day... my #RaspberryPi 5 8GB is doing A LOT now, particularly a lot of read/write to disk with running Mastodon. I'm still running it on a microSD card (it is at least a SanDisk Extreme Pro) which was never a long-term solution. It all […]

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Abigail Dombey @abigaildombey.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Hey UK #energy people - an organisation I’m working with has been quoted £12k to have the gas supply removed and capped after they switched to heat pumps. Any suggestions for how they might avoid these charges? @richardlowes.bsky.social

The situation is that our school is seeking to permanently disconnect gas due to the site now being fully electrified (post our decarbonisation works).
The gas supplier has quoted £12K (£9,412.63 (excluding VAT)) for removal of the meter and disconnection at the mains connection in the pavement outside the school. Capping off the piping at each end included. It does not include removal of the pipework in the ground.
We have queried the high cost as we understand the meter removal and capping off connection in the plant room is only about £800 of the cost. The answer back was that "Our quotation is it disconnect and abandon the gas service pipe at its connection with the parent main, as indicated on the attached plan as
"Disconnection Point".
We will not remove any abandoned pipework; that is left in the ground and once abandoned, the site is free to do with as they wish."
The contractor also quoted "The disconnection must take place at the location indicated on the attached plan as this is a requirement of the Network Owner, the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations, the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations and IGEM/TD/4."

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Jorijn Schrijvershof :jorijn: @jorijn.jorijn.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026

What's your favorite TODO app on iOS/macOS? #GTD

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User name cannot be blank 🇪🇺 @happy.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

😱 Nooooooooo… 📡 BBC News - UK's iconic Jodrell Bank telescope faces axe in science cuts www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y6r9r… #Jodrell Bank #LovellTelescope #Astronomy #Science

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\ˈthē-ˈˈärd-ˌvärk\ @theaardvark.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

Anyway, I might do a show on Thursday night because I've got too much good music to play to leave it until next Sunday. It does mean that MrsVark's Spoonie Hour can go ahead tomorrow. 11am to 12pm BST. Music and chat especially for people in need of company because they're stuck at home with […]

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

Congrats to the top three #FediF1League points scorers for the #HungarianGP 🇭🇺 1️⃣ BottasIsBack_HKG: 248 pts 2️⃣ Straight Mode Malfunction: 236 pts 3️⃣ Never Give Up F1 Team: 231 pts 🏁 Final race classification: mastodon.social/@fiadocsbot/1169874… 👋 Join the league […]

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026

In Manchester, at the Printworks, to watch The Odyssey. As Nolan intended. 70mm #IMAX

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

Congrats to the top three #FediF1League points scorers for the #BelgianGP 🇧🇪 1️⃣ Straight Mode Malfunction: 328 pts 2️⃣ Focus Jorj: 319 pts 3️⃣ MustBeTheWater_HKG: 252 pts 3️⃣ SmoothOperator_HKG: 252 pts 🏁 Final race classification: mastodon.social/@fiadocsbot/1169477… 👋 […]

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026

Remembering Henry Surtees 18 February 1991 – 19 July 2009 The son of 1964 Formula 1 World Champion John Surtees, he died on this day at the age of 18 in a Formula 2 race at Brands Hatch when he was struck by a wheel that had broken its tether from another car and […] [Original post on rstokes.uk]

Two people stand smiling with their arms around each other in a workshop or garage. The younger person holds a white racing helmet, while the older person wears a navy jumper over a collared shirt. Behind them is the nose of an open-wheel racing car.

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

Still managed to watch the #BelgianGP qualifying.

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

Arrived in #Brighton for a few days of fun, food, and Fatboy Slim.

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rob :mclaren: @rob.rstokes.uk.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026

Down tools! That's it for the day... and now for a week of annual leave 🥳

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