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Simon Brooke @simon-brooke.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2026

And five hours after my last post on this thread, we're really into #StormBoelo now. The eye is almost over the Outer Hebrides, and the area of most intense wind is off the coast of Northern Ireland. It looks as though it will make landfall in Argyle and track […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

A screenshot from earth.nullschool.net, showing the situation described in the post.

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Graham Dunning @grahamdunning.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

A long time ago, when label submissions could be via CDR not just transferring files (probably ~1999/2000), I did a fairly elaborate bit to try and get a release. Having written a pretty hard/banging breakbeat acid tune, I made a letter as a kind of ransom note / kidnap letter, cutting out each […]

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Jonathan Kamens 86 47 @jik.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

If you're not in one of the countries where eBay is legally required to notify you of your right to opt out of your data being used for AI training (European Economic Area, U.K., Switzerland, perhaps others), then eBay probably sent you a different email which doesn't mention that you can opt […]

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

Some of my colleages are using the analogy of 'throwing darts in the dark' as a bad way to get better at a skill. But, if you throw darts in the dark, you will actually get better at it! link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s… Anyone know any more about this? #AcademicSky […]

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com

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Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint

If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.

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Geraint @drgeraint.glasgow.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Glasgow city council is consulting on a "Connecting Anderson" project. If you live near here you might want to respond. I've suggested getting rid of the M8 motorway; best possible enhancement to the area. www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/15982/Ge…

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Hmm, am I dreaming it, or did somone just post here about completing the Guardian prize cryptice before breakfast? Just managed the same thing! Suprisingly easy :) www.theguardian.com/crosswords/priz…

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Prize crossword No 30,140

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kim_harding ✅ @kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Gig worker “physical hub” to be introduced in Edinburgh theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/10/… Edinburgh is set to become the first area in Scotland to introduce “physical hubs” for gig workers and delivery riders in a push to improve […]

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

What the effing f?!?! I paste a nicely formatted piece of plain text from a text editor into #Outlook, and it strips all the line breaks?!?!? Since when was that a good idea?

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macOS no longer has a single switch for turning off Apple Intelligence. Even after disabling the features, the downloaded AI models stay on your Mac and can take up 12.2 GB of storage! "RemoveMacAI turns the features off, removes the models and prevents macOS from downloading them again. All […]

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

hey internet help me think of a title for a dysfunctional jazz bossa nova that features lotsa tritones

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kim_harding ✅ @kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

European Cycling Industries calls for EU-wide action against illegal and non-compliant e-bikes bikebiz.com/eci-calls-for-action-ag… European Cycling Industries (ECI) is calling on European policymakers to take stronger action against illegal and […]

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Graham Dunning @grahamdunning.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

I'm installing Linux on my old laptop. (absolute classic Mastodon post right here)

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

'You get the cyclists you design infrastructure for, and this is designed to be ignored because it's nonsense.' – indeed :)

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George Macgregor @g3om4c.code4lib.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

In a change to our usual schedule, please note that the #Strathclyde University Big Band (SUBB) will be performing at The #Bungalow in #Paisley on Sunday 04 October 2026, 14:00. Entry is FREE!!! The SUBB is one of the oldest university #jazz big bands in the […] [Original post on code4lib.social]

Image of poster: Strathclyde University Big Band, featuring vocalist Janine Capaldi. Sunday 04 October 2026 at The Bungalow, 15 Shuttle Street, Paisley, PA1 1YD. Doors open at 1pm; content begins at 2pm. FREE ENTRY.

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OpenStreetMap Ops Team @operations.openstreetmap.org · 15/09/2026

The OpenStreetMap.org website and API are struggling. We are fighting a large set of AI crawlers / scrapers. Working to restore service as soon as possible. #AI #Scrapers

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TOPLAP @toplap.social.toplap.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

With the current lack of admin/moderation time, and increasing strain from LLMs etc, the following TOPLAP services will be sunset and shut down by April 2027: * social.toplap.org - this mastodon server * forum.toplap.org - TOPLAP discourse server * eulerroom.com - […]

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Alex McLean @yaxu.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

My general feeling at the moment is that forums / social networks / messaging systems with open signup is becoming impossible to manage post-AI, and we'll have to give up on them soon.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.

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zaire @zaire.wetdry.world.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

if a grid misaligns with a grid right behind, that's a moiré

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Mind you, hmm, I thought they were going to make selection and playback more intuitive. Bit of a fail there, in my view.

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Fintan Mallory @fintanmallory.com · 01/09/2026

The list does not contain itself.

Wikipedia page for List of Star Trek lists

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

omg they finally fixed it! after about a year of complaining, turning off #spellcheck on the #mac #outlook client now actually wroks

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Matt Henderson @matthen.com · 26/08/2026

To tell if a maze is solvable, just hang it by its corners If it tears into pieces, you’ve found a solution

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.

Cartoon image of a street with much of the space taken up by a car with a single driver, while the rest of the street has people tightly packed in a bus, a bus shelter and riding bikes in a bike lane. Adding insult to injury, the driver says “damn those bike paths and bike lanes taking all the space.”

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

Start of the new session – academic staff are all going round saying 'happy new year' :)

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v buckenham @v21.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

announcing: picodevil, my new tool for livecoding visuals by chopping up video with patterns picodevil.com

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picodevil

picodevil is here to help you livecode visuals! let's chop up some videos with patterns!

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026

Just tried to publish a #docusaurus site to #github #pages. gave up. instructions incomprehensible :(

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

Looks like I have taught #gamelan at the RCS to something in the region of 160 students since 2013-14 :) and about twenty more coming this year

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mx alex tax1a - 2020 (6) @atax1a.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2025

Italic is not the slant, it is the letter shape. True cursed font knowledge begins with CMU Serif Upright Italic.

the text "CMU Serif Upright Italic", set in CMU Serif Upright Italic. The serifs on the lower case letters are swashes, as befits the italic style. The letters are set without the usual oblique angle implied by "italic".

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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026

I was asked if I wanted to run the London Marathon today but had to decline, mainly because I have no experience of organising such a large event.

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

#woodwind #flute #piccolo #clarinet #cor #oboe #orchestration any woodwind players here? Probably playable, actually, at dotted crotchet = 120. Yes?

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

Yes, lovely, thank you, I think we get the general idea.

Music notation: upward rushing woodwind scales to a climactic high note.

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Kavana Ramaswamy @kavana.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

Are academics becoming graffiti artists or are graffiti artists getting into academia?

Graffiti on a building that reads "JSTOR!!"

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