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Sheddi @sheddi.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 4h

@explaintrade.com I guess it's perfect if your name is Bo or Luke and you're finding it hard to get parts for your questionably-painted 1969 Dodge Charger.

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Sheddi @sheddi.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

@ret You and I must fight for our rights You and I must fight to survive m.youtube.com/watch?v=G_sBOsh-vyI

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 16/10/2026

Musk's "flying car," in case there's any doubt, will never actually see any sort of meaningful commercial launch and exists entirely as stock-fluffing propaganda aimed at the U.S. tech media's unlimited supply of credulous dopes

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

If this country made any sense, Dan Abnett would be considered a national treasure.

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Sheddi @sheddi.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

@ret is there a good reason why you shouldn't have a beer? If no good reason not to, then obviously you should. Cheers!

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Sheddi @sheddi.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Currently at Gatwick. I've definitely forgotten my hat and sunglasses, although I have packed have half-a-dozen USB cables (and only two devices that use them). Mrs Sheddi has just been to Boots to buy toiletries but does have three books, one of which is almost 800 pages long. She has another […]

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Some sketchbook doodles for the cartoon below

A sketchbook page with various scratchy pen drawings of robots

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Sheddi @sheddi.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

@ret are you charging overnight off-peak, or hoping the day will be bright enough to see you through? (That goes for both you and the house ...)

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 12/10/2026

I got a call from someone I don't know. "Hi. We have a FreeBSD server. It's been working perfectly for years, but it hasn't been updated since then. We asked AI to update it, but now it won't boot anymore. It didn't even make a backup before starting. The AI keeps trying things, everything is […]

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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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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New: We got body camera footage of the Flock search and traffic stop a judge ruled unconstitutional and "indiscriminate mass surveillance" www.404media.co/watch-footag...

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Watch Footage of the Flock Search a Judge Ruled Unconstitutional

"I saw her go by, and I just started running her info on Flock."

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

excerpts of the video here. full videos in the article. shout out to a 404 Media reader who went to the courthouse to get this for us www.404media.co/watch-footag...

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Sheddi @sheddi.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

@ret there another where the slogan is "you got this" which would also work 😉

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Sheddi @sheddi.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

@ret you could base it on this genuine poster.

Lidl Parkside advertising poster. Arnold Schwarzenegger wears a green collared shirt while holding a Parkside battery-operated drill in front of a green background.

Slogan: PARKSIDE Control your smart tools

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Sheddi @sheddi.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

@ret I think the most recent ones I bought were from Lidl. I forget the branding but it wasn't Parkside! That was a while ago, mind.

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Mignon Fogarty @grammargirl.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Just got a mass email from our bank that essentially says, "If you give your username and password to an AI agent, you're on your own." You've. Been. Warned. 🤣

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Sheddi @sheddi.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

@iandunt.bsky.social agreed! An appearance on You and Yours would guarantee that a million-plus middle-aged, middle-class, middle-income people would come to understand exactly how much your company sucked.

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Bruce Sterling @bruces @bruces.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

*Ukrainian drones blowing up a Yandex data center. The distribited Internet was invented so that there wouldn't be any data centers to blow up.

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Sheddi @sheddi.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

@Guillotine_Jones there was an unknown number that called me earlier. I assumed it was a junk call but maybe it was the Nobel folk? Too late now, I guess I'll have to wait for next year to come around. @Tattooed_Mummy

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kim_harding ✅ @kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

DWP losing millions fighting appeals against benefits claimants, new figures show www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-… Nearly three-quarters of Pip awards refused by the government are granted at tribunal It would be cheaper (and more […]

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Jaap Burger @burger-jaap.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

French supermarket E.Leclerc has lowered the price of its EV charging network to just 0.17 €/kWh. This is lower than some residential electricity prices, especially when you consider the cost of a home charging point. Unfortunately not (yet?) available adhoc […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Sheddi @sheddi.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Today I moved my portable split air con unit from the upstairs landing (where it was available all summer to cool the house) to the downstairs hall (where it will be available all winter to heat the house). Due to the quirks of current domestic energy prices here in the UK, and assisted by my […]

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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

William Gibson writes a new novel involving The Guffalo.. The sky above the deep dark port was as the colour of a television, tuned to a dead channel. Fox stepped out of the shadow of a noodle kiosk, his optical implants humming faintly as they tracked the thermal signature of Mouse's jacket […]

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Title: Just announced! Three new Gruffalo books commissioned from bestselling authors!

Lee Chilld:
The Gruffalo just wants a quiet life, but when a crime syndicate moves into the deep dark wood, he must use his terrible claws and the terrible teeth in his terrible jaws to protect the fellow.

Sally Rooney:
The Gruffalo moves to contemporary Dublin. He
ill ever see past his orange eyes, purple prickles and poisonous wart.

Kazuo Ishiguro:
After a long absence, the gruffalo returns to the forest and attempts to make sense of his past. Encounters with a mouse, a fox, an owl and a snake uncover long-buried memories, regrets and revelations.

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Sheddi @sheddi.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

[Top tip for injured hairy men] @ifixcoinops when I was in hospital two decades ago my medic had a trigger spray bottle full of coloured liquid that they used to spray on my dressings before peeling them off my hairy legs. When I asked what the magic fluid was, they replied "it's effectively […]

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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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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

🚨 This Week in Privacy #73 is live! We’re covering Reddit’s latest moves to limit anonymous access, including requiring users to log in to view old.reddit.com, discontinuing RSS feeds, and ending public API access. We'll also be talking about the latest #privacy & #security news! 👋 Come watch […]

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IFTAS @iftas.mastodon.iftas.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

⚠️ #SW_ISAC_ADVISORY A series of ongoing phishing campaigns are actively targeting people using fake verification and support accounts. Admins will never contact you publicly for verification or access issues. Never open links from unsolicited posts […] [Original post on mastodon.iftas.org]

Example of a phishing post, including the text "ᴀᴜᴛᴏᴍᴀᴛᴇᴅ ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍꜱ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ɪʀʀᴇɢᴜʟᴀʀ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ.

ᴛᴏ ʀᴇꜱᴛᴏʀᴇ ꜰᴜʟʟ ᴠɪsɪʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱ, ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴇʀɪꜰɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇꜱꜱ."

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 01/10/2026

I wrote a little something about how we should better separate the legitimacy of the challenges people are experiencing from the legitimacy of what they're then holding up as the solution to those problems. dmitryopines.substack.com/p/on-legitim...

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On Legitimate Concerns

Problems, Policies and How To Parse Them

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Sheddi @sheddi.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@arstechnica/117367… This might not be the future you were promised, but honestly it's the one we deserve.

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Sheddi @sheddi.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

RE: flipboard.com/@washpost/national-o5… This is definitely normal and nothing to worry about. (Apologies for sharing a paywalled article, if you can't read the whole thing the headline gives the gist.)

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Sheddi @sheddi.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

RE: mastodon.energy/@drsimevans/1173613… This echoes the experience here in my household. My medium-sized diesel car gets around 10-11 miles per litre. With diesel now around £2 a litre, that's 18-20p a mile in fuel costs. My wife's small electric car gets around 4 miles per […]

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy cheese day to all who celebrate. And a good moment to remember that our political system is so broken that this woman, who is visibly inane, became prime minister.

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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 23/12/2025

You know you're only here for one reason...

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Dan Fixes Coin-Ops @ifixcoinops.retro.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

All these mathematicians and I still had to figure out for myself that this machine sells jellybeans at pretty much exactly a tenth of their wholesale price, which means that its whimsy must remain in my basement I can get a ten-cent coin mech for about forty bucks, which is about forty bucks […]

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

OTD in 1939 USSR and Nazis issued a communique saying that unless France and UK accepted Hitlers terms, they would be responsible for continuing the war

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NEW: Meet the real AI ‘rogue agent’: Lord Watson of Palantir. I am sick to the teeth of this current AI hype cycle & its perversion of language. The only thing going ‘rogue’ right now are AI boosters, a gullible & compliant press & a Labour Lord 1/ broligarchy.substack.com/p/meet-the-r...

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Meet the real AI “rogue agent”: Lord Tom Watson

A Labour leader is out of control. The world needs a containment strategy now

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Sheddi @sheddi.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

In the fourth half hour (UK electricity is billed on 30-minute slices) I started to run out of things to charge, heat or wash but even so I think I've done a reasonable job. For the four periods: 4.9 kWh 4.2 kWh 4.1 kWh 3.2 kWh 16.4 kWh of free electricity all told. @andygates

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Sheddi @sheddi.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Two I'm enjoying two (yes, two) Octopus Happy Hours. I've used less (& exported more) electricity on weekday evenings as part of their Saving Sessions, so I get two hours of free electricity today. I'm charging my EV, charging my home BESS, heating my hot water tank and have just boiled the […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

I don't want to talk about satellites and genAI (though I appreciate all the comments in my mentions. I just need a little break) I want to talk about goats and squash! Positive things I can directly affect! (Well, goats are you know, goats. So there are some limits to directly affecting them.)

A view looking down into the bed of a large pickup truck, completely full of squash. There is a bin of yellow and green gourds, multiple bins of acorn squash, a giant pile of spaghetti squash, semi-green baking pumpkins, white carving pumpkins, delicious warty pumpkins and big orange baking pumpkins.

Me, standing in the middle of a mostly-empty squash field, holding a very large pumpkin (maybe 30 lbs?). I'm wearing a sun hat and a black hoodie and looking very proud of this giant orange pumpkin in my arms. It's sunny and the sky is blue.

A whole bunch of goats happily eating weeds with a small lake and some trees in the background, with a bright blue sky above a pretty flat horizon.

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