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Shaun McDonald @smsm1.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Last time (couple of years ago) we travelled from the ferry port at Ijmuiden in the Netherlands with the kids the bus travel was free to/from the rail station where we switched to the Interrail ticketing. Is the bus travel still free and if so until what age?

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

If you publish any #OpenSource and you want people to use it, may I please implore you to test your README? Can you actually follow the steps you've written down? Does it work if the user doesn't have the same development packages installed as you? […]

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

RE: idf.social/@arjen/117364443241316215 So, number of first year computer science students has halved (!) at some universities within two years - likely due to being scared by AI. (We don’t see this in physics and astronomy).

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Why are in place upgrades for Raspberry Pi OS not possible? Other Linux distributions that it's based on do support it. Make it a pain for things like kids using the Pi500 as their computer.

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Paco Hope @paco.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

You know what an AI chatbot does when it is the first line of support? It raises the temperature of every customer who reaches a human in support. By the time they have run the gauntlet of pointless, incorrect, and idiotic responses, they are tired, they feel disrespected, they are frustrated […]

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juliette @juliette.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

I overheard a colleague being congratulated for cycling a whole 3km to the office every day and celebrated as a “sustainability hero” and he was visibly embarrassed. The bar for individual action is in hell for most people in Europe. A remarkable amount of people have done absolutely nothing to […]

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

RE: tacobelllabs.net/@astraluma/1173636… Digital Ocean killed its "we give Open Source projects a bit of free hosting" policy basically at the same time they droppen 3 millions USD on Omarchy, DHH's (who is a fascist and racist) set of config files he calls a distribution […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

I drove by the new RM Sherwood data centre on my way in to work this morning. I almost puked. I can't believe how fast it's going, and how stupendously much money is being dumped into this one data centre. No wonder it blew past any possible approval hurdles, there's no regulation in the world […]

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WilliamNB 🇿🇦🇬🇧🏳️‍⚧️ @williamnb.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

One of the most socialist things out there is the Open Street Map. YOU get to benefit from the collective efforts of many 1000s of others, who freely gave their time and energy to help build something to benefit everyone. And yet so many idiots still think socialism is bad.

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 21/09/2026

The long view of North sea licenses: A short story with some fascinating historical details 🧵 How often are we told that new licenses can guarantee UK energy security, amid another energy crisis? But hang on: licenses for the much-discussed Jackdaw gas field were issued as long ago as 1970 (pic)

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Sue Smith @sue.glasgow.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Working education jobs in industry settings obvs made it painfully clear to me how low a priority skill development was to most companies, but there were cases where the problem got so severe that it became perceived as business critical.. Measures are almost always reactive rather than […]

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Daniel Supernault @dansup.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

Collaboration, not competition. Had a great chat with @daniebeler about @Pixelix, and let him know that 3rd party apps now have full access to Pixelfed's APIs, including features that were previously webUI only. The official app shouldn't have special powers. Let the people decide, and build […]

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MJ Ray @mjr.masto.bike.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

Is there a #mastodon or #activitypub mobile or web client which will show you the latest post from each account you follow? So I can more easily see the latest updates from my less frequently posting friends more than my timeline allows?

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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Today is #carfreesunday in Brussels. Largest pedestrian area in Europe, for one day a year. Everyone's out on their bikes, roller skates, or just running or walking. But the most impressive part are the children. So many! Children of all ages, on tiny bikes, steps, skates, skateboards... You […]

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CelloMom On Cars @cellomomoncars.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Scotland's transport secretary has blocked Glasgow's – and any Scottish city's – proposal for a London-style ULEZ (ultra-low emission zone) with a congestion charge. "The Scottish Government has been accused of undermining action on climate change after it effectively blocked councils from […]

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

[#ukpol] Er wasn't it the Tories that started cutting funding to local councils all those years ago through austerity? www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw4gq87…

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Suzanne Veerman @smveerman.zug.network.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Ah, apparently some minister in Germany proposed ticket gates on railway stations. Let me give you a list of railway stations in the Netherlands that have been rebuilt or are currently being rebuilt to fit in ticket gates: Den Haag Centraal, Den Haag HS, Delft, Amsterdam Zuid, Amsterdam […]

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Moos-a-dee 🫎 @moosader.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

I would really like to see a University start a LMS (Learning Management System) that is Free, that other colleges can use and contribute to, that we could all self-host. "Eat your own dog food" is the idea to actually USE the software you develop, and NO LMS I've used felt like they were doing so.

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Been out swimming at the local high school. Surprised one of the life guards by being able to swim the whole 20 metres under water with a single breathe. Can't do it every time though slowly getting more of them in each swim session.

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Just upped my monthly contribution to my local Mastodon instance. Please support your local instance if you have the means. Decentralization is what keeps the fediverse free and weird.

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

Guy on the train which has a lovely t-shirt saying "punk's not dead, but racism should be".

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Tab C @drtcombs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Did my first test ride of what I think is going to be the safest route from kid's school to kid's after-school activities. In a car, it takes us 35 minutes door-to-door. By #EBike today, it took me 15 minutes. #BikeSky

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Active transportation makes a neighborhood completely frictionless. You can stop anywhere without having to manage the speed, size, and storage of a multi-ton car. See an event board you want to read or a storefront that catches your eye? You just put your foot down.

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Aure Free Press :verified: @free-press.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

GERMANY FIGHTS EXTREMISM Germany's Chancellor Merz cancels planned 9/11 anniversary call with Trump following Trump's support for the right-wing's East Germany win. #AureFreePress #News #uspol #uspolitics #BreakingNews

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Found a useful looking Open Source tool. Distributed as source code rather than a binary, which is fair enough. But all the README says is: > Compile the project like any normal rust binary Yeah, cheers pal. What a nice and user-friendly instruction. Sure that won't send me down a hundred […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

RE: hachyderm.io/@datarama/117214107554… I am *so* here for watching people advocate for their favourite map projections. This might be my favourite type of nerd debate. Thank you, Fediverse. (Also: xkcd.com/977)

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

The big side gate is banging in the wind so I've wedged a couple of sticks in to hopefully stop the banging noise.

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

Job Snider put up this slide and apologised, then confessed they created it themselves without AI. Which got a round of applause. Slides don't need to be perfect to convey information. More hand made slides like these please. #NLNOG

A photo of a stage at a conference. The top of the stage declares NLNOG Day 2026. The main slide shows a simple black and white drawing. On the left a man is stood behind a podium.

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kim_harding ✅ @kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Just discovered that there is now a Deutschlandticket app, which makes buying the ticket soooo easy! You can use a credit card, no need to set up a direct debit, and even pause the ticket on the app for as long as you want 🙂 This makes life so much easier... the only downside is the ticket is […]

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Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

“Most datacentres need to be close to population centres to allow customers to send and receive data instantaneously.” Just think on that for a moment. No, they don’t. #auspol

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I know this isn't terrorism. You know this isn't terrorism. The authorities know this isn't terrorism. But, once again, they have labelled protesters "terrorists", as part of the long-running programme to ensure that no one dares protest about anything any more. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’

Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti

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Tab C @drtcombs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I wear a helmet, as do most people who ride a bike in the US. But Streetsblog is 100% right here. Bike helmets do absolutely nothing to prevent crashes, and focusing on helmets necessarily pulls our attention away from the systemic changes we desperately need to keep all people safe on our streets.

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kim_harding ✅ @kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

The closure of Scotland's e-bike and e-cargo bike funds bsky.app/profile/edfoc.bsky.social/… bsky.app/profile/edfoc.bsky.social/… do beg questions about how ScotGov is going to achieve its stated commitment to “reduce car kilometres by 20% by […]

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

Malaysia is giving book vouchers to 2.2 million students, and it’s paying dividends. Every student from secondary school to teacher-training college now gets a $21 voucher to spend at more than 1,200 booksellers. The scheme hit a 100% redemption rate in its first year, and 97% of recipients said […]

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kim_harding ✅ @kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

Why is it that when you post a photo of the way things are in people friendly towns or cities in Europe, there is always a North American who pops up and says that it isn't possible for people with "disabilities" to live there? As if people with disabilities can only live in miserable […]

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Sue Smith @sue.glasgow.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

"Even if agents become responsible for producing most of the code, humans still need to descend to that lower level of abstraction to evaluate the health of the system. And, in my experience with agents at least, I’ve had to do that almost every day, especially as I was working on critical […]

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 20/08/2026

My favourite thing about trawling old newspapers is when you come across articles from 70-odd years ago (September 1958 to be precise) that show you just how much things haven't changed. This could have been printed this morning and it would still be relevant news. 🥊⚽

Evening News Headline, "FIVE-POINT PLAN TO CURB FOOTBALL ROWDYISM. Magistrates warning to SFA." on the subject of hooliganism at Rangers and Celtic football matches.

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daniel:// stenberg:// @bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

I've talked to several new #curl customers over the last few weeks who want back-ported security fixes for their older curl releases. To get them secured without having to do a full version upgrade. Stay tuned for multiple patch releases coming soon for older curl version branches. Shipped […]

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Bodhipaksa @bodhipaksa.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@AltTextHealthCheck… Yay, Mastodon.scot! Top of the league table for alt text!

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Waldir Pimenta @waldyrious.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@waldyrious/1170921… I've just learned that, within just a few days (🤯), a separate #OSM router (Valhalla) also gained the ability of routing through areas! 🤩 Issue github.com/valhalla/valhalla/issues…, PR […]

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SK53 @sk53.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

When I talked aboit post boxes at #SotM 2019 in Heidelberg (media.ccc.de/v/sotm2019-2488-lightn…) I didnt have time to mention plaques on post boxes. I've just come across a charming example at Knockdrome, Jura in Scotland: a plaque […] [Original post on en.osm.town]

A gold plaque attached to a red post box (lamp type) dedicated to a Starling which nested in the box for several years until she died in 2009.

Attribution: Ian Andrews on Geograph CC-BY-2.0

The red post box in context on a low peninsula seperated from the shore of Jura by a couple of fields of rougb grazing.

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Derick Rethans @derickr.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

Kingfisher Caught Its Lunch This lovely chap caught a fish right in front of us, after hovering for a while. It seemed pleased with itself, and instead of flying away to feed it to its kids, it ate it. #BirdPhotography #Birds #BirdsOfFediverse #Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography

A bright blue, and orange bird, with a long black beak, and orange feet is perched upon a branch that goes from left to right. It has a white fish in its beak, which is the same size as its beak.

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

Of recent the amount of scam emails, from scammers posing as publishers or agents or book marketers, has grown tremendously, almost two or three a day. But what gives them away is that they are very long and tend to describe my works in too much with vague details, and are full of praise […]

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

No, you cannot shift a pack of 2.4m x 150mm feather edge boards on a cycle. #VeiculoLongo #CarryShitOlympics

A large black bicycle with red pannier bags is towing a smaller black two wheel (side by side) trailer. On the trailer is a pack of thin wood sticking way over the end of the trailer.

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LillyLyle/Count Melancholia @lillyherself.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

RE: journa.host/@fulelo/117101543966493… None of these fires were in Scotland, "across the UK"

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

Looks like we've managed to use 5.85kWh during the hour of free electricity due to saving electricity during the eclipse a few days ago. Baking a cake, washing machine clean machine, tumble dryer, and dishwasher. #OctoEclipse #OctopusEnergy

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

Do good things and talk about them. And if good things are done to you, for you, around you, also talk about then. Because knowing may inspire others. Because folks feel lonely and caught in endless doom. Because we sometimes need a push to do something: it's easier if we know there is someone […]

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