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Steve Hayes

@sxh.eurosky.social
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Retired developer, pursuing excellence and failing to a better future, day by day. Board games, TTRPG, scale aircraft, programming, science, economics, politics, sci fi, other stuff. Australian in UK scaleaircraftstuff.com

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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026
Whether or not Reform is by nature a racist party, they certainly seem to appeal to a lot of racists who want to be candidates. Chicken, meet egg.
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026
Anything Tony Blair or his Institute say about AI or tech is tainted by the $348 million in donations from Larry Ellison. Accepting them is a choice. #followTheMoney
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026
I'm hoping for next year as well. Perhaps we need a Bluesky excursion
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026
That would be great!
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026
I’m setting the pace
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026
I met my wife when we both lived in NYC. We moved to Australia in 2001, and to the UK in 2010. She says she no longer recognises her country of birth.
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Tachyon Eddy @tachyoneddies.com · 17/10/2026
This is a neat site that finds plastic scale model aircraft prices. Check first before you pay twice what you could have or something!
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026
And next trans people talking about their experiences. The UK agonising toilet question takes up very little time (and thank goodness)
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The reality of being transgender in Australia | You Can't Ask That | Full Episode
YouTube video by ABC Australia
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026
Among the things here that surprised me were the casual references to the levels of illiteracy in the prison population
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Ex-Prisoners on the reality of life in prison | You Can't Ask That | Full Episode
YouTube video by ABC Australia
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026
Let's hear about refugees, from the refugees
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Refugees reveal their Australian culture shocks | You Can't Ask That | Full Episode
YouTube video by ABC Australia
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026
Every episode of this series is incredible. Watching these dedicated, broken people say that war doesn't work, but most of them would go back, is heartbreaking.
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Veterans reveal what they really think about war | You Can't Ask That | Full Episode
YouTube video by ABC Australia
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
GOOD NEWS! Researchers found that a previously overlooked immune cell, known as gamma delta T-cells, can recognize, detect, AND destroy small cell lung cancer (SCLC) EVEN when it has hidden itself from the immune system, revealing a NEW immune pathway for fighting the deadliest form of the disease.
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026
Very little of our "news" media is fit for purpose. Most of it is simply propaganda. These are not mistakes, they are knowing lies.
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Mark Eli Kalderon @markelikalderon.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
On dynamic pricing: a friend just asked me to check the price of a phone on Amazon. I got £529 and they got £440 Can’t help but think of Kant’s virtuous shop keeper who charges a fixed regular price even of inexperienced customers
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026
This should not have been news to me, and definitely requires legislative intervention. Simple in spirit - you cannot tell your suppliers what to charge elsewhere.
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Australia’s High Court has ruled that the climate impact of coal burned overseas needs to be considered. In a landmark decision earlier this week the court ruled that the approval of a massive coalmine expansion in the Hunter Valley was invalid. Guardian buff.ly/vDI3Mhg #ShareGoodNewsToo
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‘A real-life moment from The Castle’: the retired Australian couple who took on a coal giant and won
Wendy Wales and Tony Lonergan’s four-year fight over MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coalmine went all the way to the high court
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Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Re the Sally Rooney news, I was looking up data on arrests under terrorism legislation the other day, and hadn't quite realised how utterly bonkers the effect of the Palestine Action prohibition had been. That big purple spike is basically all PA-related arrests.
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026
Remember that solely from a Treasury perspective a billionaire is an unalloyed good. That doesn't account for their impact on asset prices, their political power, and all the other impacts of economic inequality. A Treasury analysis always makes it look like billionaires leaving is a bad thing.
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The problem with living in a rich man’s world | Letters
Letters: David Redshaw and Fernando Quintana respond to reports of a billionaire exodus from Britain
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026
Finished the final season of Blue Lights this week - quality story telling and excellent performances start to end. And I got a new perspective on Northern Ireland
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Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026
And so it begins....
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Kevin Pietersen tells ECB he will not promote gambling site while on England duty
Kevin Pietersen has told the England and Wales Cricket Board that he will not promote betting while on duty as England’s specialist mentor despite signing a lucrative deal with an online gambling comp...
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026
If only I had know all this when I was hiking in Grindleford a few years ago
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The Spin | The sleepy English hotel where Bradman and Australia left cricket memories galore
Tucked away on a Peak District hillside is an inn bursting with memorabilia and stories left by touring teams
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: MIT engineers develop a breath test that detects pneumonia in minutes no X-rays, no lab wait. Just a single breath Two MIT engineers, Loza Tadesse and Aditya Garg, have developed a breath test that can detect pneumonia in minutes.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
OK, there is something very, very weird going on in the press right now. It certainly appears, from the outside, as if certain people are being very much protected in a way that was not afforded to certain other people! Let's start with the facts around Lola Salem... 🧵1/
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 14/10/2026
🚨 NEW | Electric cars saved oil-importing countries $20 BILLION in crude oil imports in the six months since the US-Israel war with Iran began ⚡📉 China saved an estimated $14 billion, while EU countries avoided $3.1 billion in oil imports. ember-energy.org/lat... 🧵1/2
🚨 NEW | Electric cars saved oil-importing countries $20 BILLION in crude oil imports in the six months since the US-Israel war with Iran began ⚡📉
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
While we're at it, might as well share Tom Baker's perennial masterpiece.
Interview with Baker in Vortex Magazine.

Vortex:What’s your one biggest Doctor Who memory?

Baker: I remember a man stopping me in Oxford Street once, looking at me with absolute incredulity; he couldn’t believe it. He said, ‘Tom Baker?’ A man in his late thirties. I said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘Tom Baker?’ I said, ‘Yes!’ And he looked at me and in his brain he catapulted back in time and he said, ‘You know, when I was a boy, I was in a home for children; nobody wanted us, you know? It was terrible. And you made Saturday night good.’ And I went to say something to him and I could see him so close to tears that he couldn’t speak. And he shook his head as if to say, ‘Don’t go on, don’t remind me’ and he just did [a thumbs up]. Such a common thing, isn’t it, but suddenly backed up with an expression on his face through his tears that was a knighthood. It was a knighthood. Just thumbs up, meaning it was great, and thanks. It’s incredible, isn’t it? Just a gesture.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Holy shit ASOS released an adaptive clothing line specifically for people with disabilities?!?!!! Magnets instead of buttons, special pockets and holes to hold wearable medical devices that have tubes, and zippers to make them more comfortable for wheelchair users. www.asos.com/women/fashio...
A woman in a wheelchair with a brown suit that has zippers on the leg openings A woman in a wheelchair with a grey marbled dress
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026
I'm glad you're enjoying your visit
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RoCktHiS_mIkE @rockthismike.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Good job, Officer Whisker. 😸
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026
Agnotology - the study of how and why culturally or politically induced ignorance, confusion, and doubt are actively created. Seems like that might be a useful word.
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026
When you hear Zelensky speak remember he is being more articulate in his third language than many other politicians are in their first language.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelensky: "When our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations... It’s pretty clear where those bots were coming from."
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026
Agreed
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026
I often feel this way
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026
Trump was going to end this war in 24 hours
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Trump announces partial ceasefire in Ukraine war as Zelenskyy says deal is ‘news to me’
Ukrainian president earlier rejected US call for Kyiv to stop bombing oil refineries, saying Moscow must first end attacks on energy infrastructure
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In Germany, the curb can charge your car. Developed by Rheinmetall, these electric vehicle charging points are integrated directly into sidewalk curbs, removing the need for conventional charging posts. The compact system delivers up to 22 kW while taking up virtually no additional sidewalk space.
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026
Friday I got both flu and covid vaccinations. Today I seem to have caught my wife's cold. I'm hoping the combination will somehow grant me a super power (beside sleeping).
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Mommapolitico @mommapolitico.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Everybody knew Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum - the evidence was there - but people were too afraid of Farage’s mob to say it. So it’s good to see Burnham finally speaking the truth.
observer.co.uk
From Russia with interference: Burnham first PM to confir...
The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026
In the Australia vs SA match in Durban Matt Renshaw faced 397 balls. The rest of the team combined, 435 balls.
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026
Safe (and comfortable) travels
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026
Ouch. I know that British Airways will apply a seat charge for any seat if you choose early, but seat selection is free in the last 24 hours
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026
The cockpit didn’t have that odour. Though, I gave a notoriously bad sense of smell
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
I ended up teaching Cascadia to six people (over two games) and then playing Ticket to Ride Europe with two people
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
That’s a much better view than I expected
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
I suffered in a very similar way a few months ago. If you book a flexible fare, DO NOT pay for seat reservations until you’re absolutely sure what flight you are taking. The flight reservation is flexible, the seat reservation IS NOT. This intuition defying fact is in the small print.
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
Ware Community board game afternoon today
Table set up to plat Cascadia, looking very neat and tidyTable with Cascadia underway - less neat, less tidyStart of day - tables set up for Flamme Rouge, The Resistance, Cascadia, Ticket to Ride Europe, Thunder Road, Cthulhu Pandemic, Wingspan Same setup with people at tables and Jimmy adopting a heroic pose
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
It’s not a simulation of a person - it’s a stochastic token generator. A machine. An artefact. AI companies want us to anthropomorphise because then we make less rational decisions about these machines.
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Steve Hayes @sxh.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026
I wanted a light read whiel I was on vacation, and this surprised me. Filled with twists, I kept wanting to know what happened next and devoured the whole trilogy.
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Heaven's Shadow
THEY WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO CLAIM IT AS THEIR OWN In 2016 a pair of amateur astronomers spot an unidentified object – an object one hundred kilometres across and heading towards Earth. As it app...
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