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Neil Scott

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Ian Betteridge @ianbetteridge.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 42m
When considering Elon Musk's actions and attitude towards Ukraine, it's always worth remembering who has helped him get money. www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/puti…
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 18h
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2 Spoopy 4 You @jcrabapple.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 14h
📡 The RSS Universe directory just grew by 15 tools, all of them suggestions from people who read the site and noticed something missing. Akregator, Nextcloud News, ReadKit, News Explorer, Reader Ultra, Leed, Salut, Sikio, FeedCity, micro.blog, Feedlynx, Feed […] [Original post on dmv.community]
The RSS Universe directory site. The headline reads "RSS isn't dead. It's the resistance." Below it, stats show 122 apps and tools across 13 categories, 100% of links verified live. A "What's new" grid lists the 15 additions from the Oct 19, 2026 update: FeedCity, Micro.blog, Leed, Nextcloud News, Salut, News Explorer, ReadKit, Akregator, Reader Ultra, Sikio, feed-repeat, feed-mixer, Feedlynx, Feed Canary and Feed Key.
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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026
A fishy story;+)
Q: My child will not eat fish, what can I replace it with? 

​A: A cat. Cats love fish. 
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Jones Murphy @jonesmurphy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026
It's not just what Musk posts. It's what he suppresses that tells you he's racist as hell. Elon Musk deleted many of my own tweets. He kept banning me. I had to leave the platform, just like Facebook, Instagram etc. for the same reasons. These Big Tech platforms are run by Nazis. They're doing […]
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18/10/2026
Insulating homes and investing in heat pumps would be more effective in reducing living costs, creating jobs, and boosting the economy than drilling for new oil.
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Heat pumps and insulation would cut UK living costs more than new oilfields, study suggests
Warm homes plan would create 50,000 jobs, compared with about 1,100 for Rosebank oilfield, thinktank finds
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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Possible space debris in Minnesota, close to the path of the Zhuque-2E upper stage reentry on Sep 15.
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Mark Hurst @markhurst.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
Here's my 2-minute comment on Reflect Orbital, the company putting mirrors in space to destroy the night sky. This aired on the @WFMU morning show today. wfmu.org/archiveplayer/?show=169566… /cc @sundogplanets
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
In a hilarious development I never saw coming, I think that some of my astrophotography is going to be published in the Wall Street Journal?!
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Nikita Romanov @nr.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
Citing concerns about misinformation and hate, @ScottishGreens have (Finally!) made the decision to leave X for good. They cited Mastodon as one of the 8 platforms they can still be found on but I hope this can result in more engagement on the fediverse […]
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 11/10/2026
Canada sells us diesel across a border we can drive to, and Fuckface's answer was easing sanctions on Russian diesel. Tariffs for the neighbor who actually has the supply, relief for the guy bombing Ukraine. Somebody should explain the art of the deal to him.
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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
& here is your regular reminder that the most important sector full of jobs AI have eliminated wasn't by substitution but by eliminating revenue from newspapers. I've heard it suggested that Google's way they found to fund "the mind of god" is the cause of democratic backsliding. 3/3 #AIEthics #FoW
news paper revenue building steadily though very nonmonotonically 195- until 2000, then just crashing exactly as google revenue rockets to the same level. Facebook comes in around 2008 and gets up to about where newspapers plateay around 2018, graph goes to about 2020. BTW can't find the carpe diem blog, it used to be easy to search for, guess someone doesn't want you to see this.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
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Kevin Leecaster @greenfire.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
Have Ukraine's attacks on the Kremlin's data centers hurt Republicans' ability to stay in power more than have their attacks on Russian fuel refineries because without the data centers there are far fewer Republican supporting trolls now on social media?
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dropped to 49% after Ukraine struck a yandex data center. Could this disrupt the
midterm elections in the US?
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Just Laughing @laughingaboutitall.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
No one can ever say, they didn't know. We Germans told you all along, what path you are venturing on. #USA #politics #neofascism #farright #GOP
Side by side, the USA's minister of war and the leader (Führer) of the Third Reich.
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Kit Bashir @unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Another successful week, by at least one measure.
Workplace sign “this is a velociraptor-free workplace, it has proudly been [2.59x10¹⁰] days since the last velociraptor incident”
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Tim J @timtfj.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Bring back þe letter þ. How can you þrow out þe only rune in your alphabet? Also bring back ð. But ðis time, except in very common words like þe which look nice þe oðer way round, don't treat ðem as interchangeable. Use ð for þe voiced one and þ for þe unvoiced one, like ðey do in Icelandic […]
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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
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Liam Proven @lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
RT @bogwitch.bsky.social Yeah, that checks out
Pic of old English lettering

Caption: What your favourite obsolete English letter says about you.

Pic shows 7: thorn, eth, wynn, yogh, ash, insular G and Long S

All say underneath:

You are a nerd.
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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
Remember the days when Republicans used to blather on about morality? Seems like a distant past. Of course we all knew it was a lie. And so did they.
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
A neighbour was out very late last night finishing up the harvest. A bit more light pollution than usual in photos, but found a tiny bit of auroras, and it was late enough that there weren't many satellite streaks. Yay.
A combine unloading grain into a truck, out in a field, all lit by extremely bright lights on the farm equipment.  The stars are visible above, particularly the Pleiades.  The Milky Way stretching vertically across the sky, with pink auroras visible on the horizon below, and trees along the bottom of the photo.  The Andromeda Galaxy and the Pleiades are easily visible.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Flying is officially on course to account for *almost all* the UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Heathrow expansion alone would cause more carbon emissions by 2054 than *any other sector of the economy*. So why is it being contemplated? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot
A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Christopher Kyba 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺 @skyglowberlin.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
I missed this when it came out, maybe you did too. xkcd.com/3290
XKCD, text and explanation here: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3290:_Trade
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/10/2026
👀 "Nearly 10 years ago, Nigel Farage told LBC he would leave the country if Brexit were not a stunning success. For reasons that no one can quite fathom, he is still here."
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Welcome to the new Reform roadshow. Same as the last but more desperate | John Crace
Nige is not rattled that the UK likes its new PM. Or that Reform is second in the polls. Oh no. Because Nige believes in
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Geoffrey @kyonshi.pixelfed.de.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
up, london, jun 2026 #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
view up to clouds through highrises
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
[incredibly depressing, satellites] As you look up and admire the beautiful moon over the next few nights, remember that a US-based company has clearance from the FCC to launch a satellite that will be about 4x brighter than the full moon, and moving across the sky at Starlink speeds. And they […]
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. @msbellows.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
I'm so old, I remember when software that spread into the wild and infiltrated other people's computers and did harmful things to them that the users didn't ask it to was called "malware" instead of "AI" and the people that spread it were prosecuted instead of given billions in venture capital […]
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Mark Burton @markhburton.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
"Government needs to get serious about changing the way we travel – not simply making the vehicles we use cleaner. Electric cars have an important role, but electrification alone cannot solve the transport problem. We need better public transport, more walking and cycling, and genuine […]
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pope Innocent III,who died in 1216, spoke of a certain kind of older man, who is "easily provoked", "will believe anything and question nothing", is "stingy and greedy" and "praises the good old days and hates the present." Reform UK's voter base has been knocking around for a very long time.
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
It worked! 60MB! Still kinda big for just slides, a couple of simulation movies, and audio, but acceptably big. And just to spite the university's bad choices with Zoom, I embedded it with a moodle video rather than using Zoom like I'm supposed to.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I once said this to @amywestervelt.bsky.social and I stand by the statement. “I don't think you can call anything where you're getting more oil out of the ground to burn a climate solution.” drilled.media/news/ccs
"It doesn't make sense to use CCS to prolong our use of fossil fuels, especially to produce electricity," David Ho, professor at University of Hawaii and senior researcher at Columbia Uni-versity, said. 'The argument in favor of enhanced oil recovery is often that if they weren't using this capt red CO2 they'd be using some other CO2. But I don't think you can call anything where you're getting more oil out of the ground to burn a climate solution."
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 21/09/2026
Liz Truss has received £319,925 in ‘public duty allowance’ since her exit from Downing Street, figures from the Cabinet Office annual reports show.
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
I heard someone from this company www.aureliainstitute.org get interviewed on The Current on my way in to campus this morning. She had such a rosy, totally detached-from-reality picture of "our future in space" I just couldn't handle it. She actually said that Low Earth Orbit is very […]
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Sarah Finch @sarahfinch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A UK mining company is suing Morocco for £880 million after it rejected plans for a mine on environmental grounds. Corporations shouldn’t be able to bully governments for implementing policies that protect the climate. Take action with @waronwant.bsky.social: secure.waronwant.org/page/199506/...
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Stop Corporations Suing Countries Over Action on Climate: End ISDS
Take action
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Paul Förster :verified_blue: @paulfoerster.swiss.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
No more words necessary. Thanks, Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social. #BlueSky #Corporations #Greed #Environment #Pollution #ClimateChange #CleanWater
“Why does wanting clean drinking water make you an activist, while poisoning it doesn’t make a corporation a terrorist?”
– Wionna Laduke
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This, my friends, is one of your legislators. We didn't elect him, but he sits in the House of Lords as a reward for bringing us Brexit, injecting his bigotry, perversity and ignorance into our lives. Daniel Hannan in the Daily Mail today, once again grossly misrepresenting history.
Meanwhile, Caribbean countries are demanding ‘reparations’, not from the African states that enslaved their ancestors, but from the nation that poured its blood and treasure into a relentless campaign for abolition.

Incredibly, African countries – which became British colonies, in no small measure, because we were trying to extirpate slavery – also straight-facedly demand compensation.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
For years I've been told that aviation emissions are negligible, so don't worry your little head about them. But I've kept pointing out that there are - and will be - no good technical solutions, and they'll keep growing. Now we know just how big the problem is. www.carbonbrief.org/ccc-heathrow...
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CCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’ - Carbon Brief
Aviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC).
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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
RE: flipboard.com/@wsj/latest-from-the-… "Measles-Related Death" is the new "Officer-Involved Shooting".
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Kevin Leecaster @greenfire.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@elonjet/1172768326… How much CO2 are you responsible for emitting today?
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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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Jonathan Hogg @jonathanhogg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
I want to remain informed, but I struggle to read any news without feeling depressed; it really feels like humanity is entering the stupidest phase of my lifetime
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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
Astronomers spent decades designing the Square Kilometre Array Low (SKA-Low) to hear the faintest whisper in the observable universe — neutral hydrogen signals from the cosmic dawn, when the first stars flickered on roughly 13 billion years ago. What they’re picking up instead is electronic […]
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I always love David Olusoga’s wonderful BBC series A House Through Time, and series 6 looks at Edinburgh. Such a brilliant way to do social history, with historical documents at its core www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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A House Through Time - Series 6: Edinburgh: Episode 2
In the Victorian era, the residents of the house on Calton Hill include a maker of expensive shoes whose customers won’t pay, a world-famous bagpipe maker and a notorious brothel keeper.
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Neil Scott @sc0tty.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
mstdn.social/@winderful/11725733061… winderful@mstdn.social - Right now #wind is meeting 55% of the National Grid's electricity demand. winderful.uk #climatechange
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Winderful (@winderful@mstdn.social)
Attached: 1 image Right now #wind is meeting 55% of the National Grid's electricity demand. https://winderful.uk
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
All the plastic humanity has ever produced is ~10 billion tonnes. Humans emitted ~10 billion tonnes of CO₂ into the atmosphere in the first three months of 2026. When we appreciate orders of magnitude, we see how intractable the CO₂ problem becomes once we dump it into the atmosphere.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New PISA data out England is now top ten in all three areas (reading, maths, science) and the second highest performing country outside of east Asia (after Estonia). This is a huge public policy success.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
One reason England does so well is our second generation immigrants outperform their peers which is not true in most OECD countries. We are also very good at integration. And it's v sad that this is never acknowledge in debates on immigration.
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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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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If the police & security services didn't see this coming, it was a massive intelligence failure. If they did, but still gave the impression of being caught on the hop, it's something worse.
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