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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Boots xmas products giving the crossover we never knew we needed. William Morris patterns mixed with Hello Kitty. I'll hold out for Klimt x Noddy body wash.

Photo of a shelf display in Boots chemist. Lots of products in boxes branded with William Morris patterns mixed with Hello Kitty.

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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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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Pleased that Hannah Fry isn't murdered. Not sure the will be any good as a traitor but good telly watching her try. #traitorsuk

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Gaston @gastonrampersad.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Spent the weekend learning how to build dry stone wall. This wall will probably outlive every software project I’ve worked on professionally. #westcork #mastodaoine

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

One thing I love about this time of year is the big spiders and their beautiful webs. Spiders seem even bigger this year - maybe they could get big enough to catch all the extra crows about the place. #bristol #uk

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

I was listening to The Rest Is Science and it talked about humans just being an animal. But also that we are the only ones who can protect the earth from some threats. The tree frogs won't save us from an asteroid strike.

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iwein @iwein.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Xkcd 1732 was made ten years ago, but we're still _exactly_ on the "current path", which is, without exaggeration, the doomsday scenario. If we can't get the needle to move only a tiny bit over a decade, we need to be a lot louder apparently. For full accessible […] [Original post on mas.to]

Tail of xkcd 1732 from 2026 url in the main post

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Is it just me or are there loads of crows in Bristol at the moment. Tonnes of 'em. Maybe they're just following me. #bristol #crows

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Finished reading `Snuff` by Terry Pratchett. I liked `Thief of Time` so wanted to read some more Vimes. Mostly liked it but the ending felt a bit weak. Pratchett had a sweet view of police officers. Does ACAB include Sam Vimes? #pratchett #bookstodon #acab

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Ambivalent Dictator For Life @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Having Opinions about specific versions of LLMs feels a lot like Knowing Your IQ. Like, I understand that you believe it's important, but it's telling me much more about you than you think it is, and not in any kind of good way

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Claire McNab @2legged.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

From 2022. BBC reporting on DPRK (North Korea) overlaid on Queen Elizabeth's funeral procession in #TheMadCountry genius from twitter.com/Karl_Was_Right/status/1… #QEII #BBC #DPRK #ukpol #monarchy

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Here in #totterdown, #bristol we are so lucky to have Adam who owns the games cafe (Meeplenook). Adam organized and hosted 'Bake for the Bees' to raise money for our local beehive. Lots of great entries and raised over £200. #localHero

Photo of a cake with black and yellow bands, covered with honeycomb and marzipan bees on sticks.

Another cake - yellow icing with a yellow hexagon pattern. Covered in yellow and black marzipan bees.

Sponge cake in the shape of a bee. Chocolate buttons for eyes and rice paper wings.

A lovely black forest cake. Yellow icing with white chocolate webbing on the outside. White petals look like bee wings.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Have 3 hours to wait at Paddington until my train. Decided to go for a wander around nearby Little Venice. Its very pretty and there and along the canal past the station. Have stopped for a hot chocolate and reading my book.

Photo of the canal and basin at Little Venice. We see several narrow boats in the foreground. In the background are several large leafy trees. In the middle of the water is an island with a weeping willow.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

On this, Star Trek's 60th birthday, I think we should remember the undoubted highlight of the franchise: Tom Paris breaking the speedlimit and thus transforming into some kind of sex lizard.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Back to school today. All those kids will be deregulated and exhausted. Remember to be patient with your kids as they settle in.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Visiting family and they had a copy of the Daily Mail. Had a flick through - its just so tacky and nasty. Very pro Reform. Lots of references to "bloated benefits bill", young people not wanting cars, and then low grade celeb fluff. Just so small and petty. Would not recommend to a friend […]

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Enjoyed the escape room in #BishopsStortford. We completed "The guvnor" in 43 mins.

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Flipboard Culture Desk @culturedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

Writer and environmentalist Wendell Berry has died at age 92. Here's @AssociatedPress's tribute to the author and poet. Below is the text of one of his most famous poems, "The Peace of Wild Things." flip.it/IMwWDb #Books #Bookstodon #WendellBerry

The text of The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry

The Peace of Wild Things

Wendell Berry

When despair for the world grows in me

and I wake in the night at the least sound

in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake

rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things

who do not tax their lives with forethought

of grief. I come into the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars

waiting with their light. For a time

I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

from Openings: Poems (1968)

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Visiting family in Yorkshire and we've taken my son to "LS ten" skate park in Leeds. Great use of old industrial buildings. #leeds #skating

Photo of an old industrial building (maybe a warehouse or factory). Now a skatepark.

Photo of the interior of the skatepark. Wooden ramps everywhere, grind rails; etc. Walls plastered with graffiti art, and the original steel supports and girders.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

Have been getting in to cryptic crosswords. Really like the Guardian quick cryptic as an entry level game. Also been using parseword.com - daily game from the creator of Wordle that has cryptic puzzles. #crosswords #crypticcrosswords

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

At work my Boss has announced she is leaving at the end of Sept. Whilst pleased for her that she is following her passion, I am saddened because she offered great compassionate leadership.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

Went for a run yesterday. I forgot how much I enjoy jogging and updating #openStreetMap via #StreetComplete. it gives me lots of small targets and reasons to stop. overall i end up running farther. I also get to explore new neighborhoods I would never see.

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

📺 Australia Killed the Duck Curve (With Batteries) 🗒 "If renewables are so cheap, why hasn't your power bill reflected that? Well, actually, now it is. From July this year, electricity prices are dropping for most Australian households and small businesses." […]

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

Finally got around to watching Breaking Bad. Am now on season 4 and really enjoying it. #breakingBad

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

Received a useful email from NewFamilySocial (charity supporting LGBT adoption) If tomorrow is results day in your family, it may help to: Let your child choose when and how they want to talk about their results Listen before offering advice or trying to solve problems. Avoid comparisons with […]

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

A few months back the local residents association setup a crowd funder to buy a beehive . We did it and today got our first 20 jars of honey. #totterdown #bristol #honey #beekeeping

Photo of a metal drum used to spin honey comb and collect the honey. we see honey pouring out a tap into a white bucket as someone holds a sieve to filter out the wax.

Photo of a jar of honey we extracted. It has a sticker on the lid saying "Honey on the hill, from our bees in Totterdown".

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

Had a lovely weekend in that London. This morning was bimbling around Spitalfields. Then we used Santander bikes to get from Liverpool street to Paddington . A lovely cycle through the sites. I often do this when working in london and it was nice to share with the family. Got my son a "I ❤️ […]

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

At a VR game place and they have a robot bar man. Feels like a novelty that quickly becomes unremarkable. #robotBarman #robots

Photo of a white bar area with about 50 drinks hanging upside down in optics. On the table beneath are two robot arms that lift a glass to the bottle.
Pay at a tablet, to make it work. Its an expensive novelty.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Am in That London with the family. We are visiting the Adelphi Theatre to see "The Comedy about Spies". We enjoyed another play by the same writers so hopefully 14 y\o son will also like this. He's starting GCSE drama in Sept so want him to experience more acting. #london #theatre #Summerholidays

Photo of the empty stage at the Adelphi theatre for "The comedy about Spies". Just waiting for show to start.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

StreetComplete includes a useful link to "Weekly OSM". not sure who curates this page but i always find it interesting hearing what people are doing. keep up the good work #openstreetmap #osm #weeklyosm

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

Saw this advertised in Coop in St Annes, #bristol. Feels very Mastodon aligned. #comics #zines #lgbtqia

Photo of a poster for "Pride comic art festival" celebrating LGBTQIA+ comic and zine creators.
picture shows an astronaut of gender ambiguous embracing a green skinned alien.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zn1pGRgEoo This video introduced me to the idea of rock- paper- scissors for politics. Populist politics beats serious politics. Serious beats absurd And most importantly: Absurd beats populist. #ukpol #VoteBinface

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

I like the online game Flagdoku where you have to think of flags that meet certain criteria (e.g. 3 bands including yellow). Annoyingly, it makes my parents increasingly compare me to Sheldon from Big Bang Theory.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

Is this photo peak Bristol - colourful terraces and a sky filled with balloons. I hadn't realised it was the annual balloon fiesta. #bristol #balloonfiesta

Photo looking down a row of terraced houses. In the clear blue sky we see about 15 hot air balloons. lots of Bristol stereotypes.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

Say what you like about monarchy, it was good of Queen Liz to provide video for Basement Jaxx youtu.be/7yVwnCTI1dU?si=eJwQpi_t_Bj…

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Listening to my generation talk about the 90s the way the previous generation talked about the 70s is tiresome. No that wasnt 'back when movies were good' or 'music still meant something'. There's loads of great shit coming out now and there was loads of slop back then. You just miss being young.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

Was working in London today near to Liverpool Street. Had plenty of time to get back to Paddington so hired a Boris Bike. A perfect day for a ride along the embankment, around westminster, past the palace and through Hyde park. Also got a bit of exercise to offset time sat in a meeting room.

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FlohEinstein @floheinstein.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026

Arthur C. Clarke: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Me: "Therefore, any sufficiently complicated technical problem is indistinguishable from a curse." #infosec #sysadmin #bofh

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026

Went to a car boot sale in Broom, Befordshire. Seemed to be lots of David Walliams books and 3D printed models.

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Jason Isaac @jasonisaacdrums.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026

Hello from the top of the Empire State Building, where I am running WNYC's overnight programming from our little backup studio in the sky while Con Ed is doing work at our main studio downtown. #WNYC #radio #NYC

A photo of the view out the window of WNYC's transmitter room at the top of the Empire State Building, looking downtown towards lower Manhattan, all lit up on a Friday night. One World Trade Center is one of the many landmarks visible in the distance.

A photo of WNYC's backup studio at the top of the Empire State Building. The lights in the room are turned off. A small radio mixing console sits on a desk, with a computer monitor above it which shows the Zetta radio automation system running. A microphone and a laptop running another audio program are also on the desk. Behind all that is a window looking out on lower Manhattan.

A photo of New York Public Radio's transmitter room at the top of the Empire State Building, with several large racks of equipment for the transmitters of WNYC and WQXR. A red WNYC banner (vintage early '00s design) is hanging above a couple of the racks.

A photo from WNYC's transmitter room at the top of the Empire State Building, showing a King Kong doll on a shelf above some small equipment drawers containing various types of screws.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026

After Shuttleworth, we have visited Jordans Mill near Broom. A very pretty site. #bedfordshire

Photo of an old watermill building (grade 2 listed). the pond in the foreground with reeds and rushes. A bright blue sky with fluffy white clouds.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026

Visiting Shuttleworth estate - lots of fascinating old vehicles. #Shuttleworth

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Mallow 🦊 @hexandcube.com · 07/03/2026

One of the things I want to do someday is a pilgrimage to the giant fox sculpture in Rotterdam

A photo of "Bospoldervos" - a stone sculpture of a giant red fox holding a pink plastic bag in its mouth, located in Rotterdam, Netherlands, created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

After years of visiting Bawdsey, we finally went to the Radar museum. Really interesting history about how they invented Radar in the early 30s. Would def go again - lovely small museum with informative staff. #bawdsey #suffolk #radar

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