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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 10/09/2026

Does @virginiamedia.bsky.social hate existing customers? They sent me a reminder, telling me my broadband price was going up by around 20%, and an offer. Not sure if they meant to include the offer for new customers price as well, but it's 1/2 the price, for exactly the same offering. Buh-bye

Shows text details of offers from Virgin - summary is: "Existing customer offer - £74.00* a month for 24 months [...]
New customer offer - Main Services: £36.99/ Add-ons: £0 a month for 24 months"

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 20/04/2026

Just read that Palantir... statement? Manifesto? Holy fucking shit. <sarcasm> I'm so pleased that they're providing a while bunch of software to the UK government. </sarcasm> Palantir must be forever cast into the sea. Or maybe space 🚀

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Justin Stach @stach.uk · 25/03/2026

I made an app for beginners to watercolour. It helps you understand how to mix the colours you want with the paints you have. I’m looking for beta testers on iOS devices. undertint.stach.ltd

undertint.stach.ltd

Undertint — Colour Mixing for Watercolourists

Mix the colour in front of you. Undertint works out the recipe from the paints you actually own.

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 10/02/2026

Hah! I did not know that Dr Alex Comfort was an anarchist! Dude! shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/produc...

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 12/12/2025

In case anyone is in the area, has nothing better to do, and possibly hates #Xmas #music. I'll be singing with my choir at #Wimpole Estate tomorrow! www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambri...

nationaltrust.org.uk

Sing! Choir performance | National Trust

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 05/12/2025

Well, you're all here because you wanted an #alternative to fash/trash-fire X-twitter, right? So you joined another #social network founded by the guy that built Twitter... How about you put some money towards a nicer social network. I did. #bonfireSocial www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...

A photograph of a bonfire, with a bunch of people watching it. Together. The words 'bonfire' and 'social' are superimposed.

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 21/10/2025

I've now been alive for as many years as there are weeks in the year. Will celebrate by visiting the Grayson Perry exhibition in that London.

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dxw @dxw.com · 15/10/2025

Last chance to sign up to Alex Yedigaroff’s talk on 'Testing the Waters: How to Run AI Experiments with Confidence’. Taking place online next Monday as part of Digital Leaders' AI Week 2025 👉 lnkd.in/eVz3mUgY

lnkd.in

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 18/09/2025

Hmm, can't see my chats any more. I suppose anyone that knows me will just have to find me on Signal. #osa

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 15/09/2025

Mandelstein (Prometheus unbound)

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Pet Shop Boys @handle.invalid · 05/09/2025

The BFI today release a special centenary edition of Sergei Eisenstein’s legendary silent film “Battleship Potemkin” with music by Pet Shop Boys.

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 28/05/2025

A nostalgic conversation reminded me of a slightly dodgy hotel I stayed at in Prague in February 1995. The twin hotels of the Opatov and Sandra (we were in Sandra). I tried looking it up, and found only one reference to it's existence - and guess what @benaustwick.bsky.social - it's Panelak built :)

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 15/05/2025

This wins my award for best Union logo ever. linktr.ee/SesameWUnion

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 28/03/2025

I don't know much about Quakers, but my guess is that if you're breaking into a meeting house, and arresting young women for attending a meeting... You're probably on the wrong side of history. Honestly when I read the headline, I assumed it was in the US www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

quaker.org.uk

Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House

Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 25/03/2025

You know that feeling when you see "VP" is in the chat, and you think... Oh that must be the vice pres. So you carry on talking about war stuff, and like, how to disappear 350,000 people. Then "JD" enters the chat, and you realize that "VP" must be Vladimir Putin, and you're like, so embarrassed.

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Alternatives in UK @alternatives-in.uk · 04/03/2025

Phew - today has been mostly about Federated services - particularly #Mastodon. It's nice to find some #UKbased instances Federation presents a directory of UK-based services with a slight conundrum... alternatives-in.uk/blog/20250304/

alternatives-in.uk

On Federated Services

Where is the Fediverse? Or email? On where digital things are.

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 02/03/2025

Late to the party, but...

A two part image. First is Kier Starmer saying "there's a famous slogan in the United Kingdom"
The second is Janey Godley high-fiving a police officer whilst holding a sign that says "Trump is a cunt"

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Alternatives in UK @alternatives-in.uk · 24/02/2025

Hi there! This is the new, official "Alternatives in UK" project by @toychicken.bsky.social to start mapping #UKalternatives for digital products and #services. With this map, we can find and celebrate great UK alternatives, or highlight gaps that might need to be addressed. alternatives-in.uk 🇬🇧

alternatives-in.uk

In the UK

Finding UK alternatives for digital products and services, ranging from enterprise hosting and SaaS, to consumer services.

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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

"This spirited, astonishing, bewildering collection is one of the best long poems I have read, transformatory, guilt-making, tough in surmise and Gothic splendours of the imagination..." Adam Piette reviews 'Eely' by Steve Ely: blackboxmanifold.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/adampiettebm33

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 22/01/2025

Oh, what's that? You want an alternative to Insta that isn't owned by Maga/Meta fascists? It's okay, we got you. It's called Pixelfed, and it's little sibling, Loops. You should drop them a couple of quid here. Or not. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pix...

kickstarter.com

Pixelfed & Loops: Authentic Sharing, Reimagined

Beautiful sharing platforms that puts you first. No ads, no algorithms, no tracking – just pure photography and authentic connections.

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 22/01/2025

I finally got around to adding some #slashPages to my personal site. Now you can learn about me, what I’m doing now, and then say hello 👋. lrg.io/about/

lrg.io

About

About me. Where I'm from, and what made me what I am.

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 20/01/2025

Ok, so Elon Musk is giving nazi salutes on live TV in the States. Jesus ducking Christ.

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 18/01/2025

@benaustwick.bsky.social OMG found this in a box. Didn't realise I still had it. Feeling very nostalgic right now...

Cover page of Barlowe's Guide to extraterrestrials

The Abyomenite. A genderless entity about 1.2 meters tall with a bulbous body supported on six muscular tentacles. On the upper cove of the body is an orifice possibly used for breathing and talking. The deep red of the Abyormenites upper torso continues in a stripe down each tentacle while the tentacles and underside of the body are black...

The black cloud is a vast intelligent cloud of interstellar hydrogen about 150 million kilometers in diameter. At its centre is a complex neurological system made up of massive molecular chains. Black clouds travel through space making occasional stops in the vicinity of a star in order to use the energy to produce food and chemicals that make up their bodies...

Dilbians are massive fur covered bear-like entities with pronounced muzzles and high intelligent brows. The male stands up to 3 m tall the female is somewhat shorter the thick pelt ranges in colour from golden brown to reddish to black. Hands and feet have five digits each with sharp claws...

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 19/12/2024

Trying out a new client that allows me to post to both #Bluesky and #Mastodon. Let's see if this works.

Big tree wrapped in colourful lights, at the Wimpole estate winter lights event.

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 19/12/2024

Given the speed that December is galloping by, how can it only be Thursday?

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 17/12/2024

Fuck it, am tiring of the endless purity tests on Mastodon, am joining the melee here. (Will still be on Masto to get Linux support and Anarchy for breakfast)

media.tenor.com

princess peach is wearing gloves and covering her eyes .

Alt: princess peach is wearing gloves and covering her eyes, stretching before combat

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 17/12/2024

You should read this. Yes you Yes it's long, but you need to read it. www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 05/12/2024

TIL you can make almost any #festive pop #music work year-round, simply by swapping the word #Christmas for #breakfast #ChristmasForBreakfast

Mariah Carey in a red Santa dress. Subtitles say "all I want for breakfast is you"

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Leigh Garland @toychicken.co.uk · 25/11/2023

Just here to moan about how bad smart TVs are. All my good stuff goes on Mastodon. . . . . Lol. There's no good stuff

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