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# America's new national sport It apprears that cheating at golf is America's new national sport. Well it is endorsed by their 'president'. > Someone shouted out: “Freedom!” while McIlroy was getting ready to make his swing. He turned to face the crowd […] [Original post on mitra.northumbria.me]

#too Early The Heighly Garden Centre was playing Christmas songs. It's too early for Crimbo! #christmas #crimbo #toosooonforchristmas

We had a drive to Edinburgh today to visit the Castle. It's surprising busy for a weekday outside the holiday season. We drove up the 197 and back via the A1 #Edinburugh #scotland #castle#edinburugh

Little did I know that the path through Harbottle Wood was non-existant on the ground. It was a long slog through the woods and then through heather and bracken in the access land. It was nice up there though. #Hiking #Harbottle #Northumberland #uk#northumberland#hiking#accessland

I got the feeling someone was trying to put me off this walk. Apart from live ammunition being fired, unexploded ordinance, dangerous forestry works, and unstable log piles what could possibly go wrong! #Hiking #northumberland#hiking#warningsigns #mod

On a rather wet group walk this morning we passed this carved stone, a "recent monument". I didn't even know it existed. #sculpture #RecentMonument #StandingStone #Walking #Northumberland #uk#northumberland#art#walking#sculpture#recentmonument#standingstone 01157 02317

I'm down South **and** on the wrong side of the Pennines! #Manchester #uk#manchester#northsouthdivide

Fly Agaric at Cragside

Earlier I was going to walk across the stepping stones and return by the bridge. I ended up taking the bridge both ways! #SteppingStones #Rothbury #Northumberland #uk

# Is this a good thing? > **Landlords forecast to exit BTL market in droves – has the exodus started?** _Click quoted text for article_ On the face of it more landlords quitting should put more houses on the market, lowering costs. However on reading the article the reduction is in the number […]

My two favourite counties, and tea mugs! #Yorkshire #northumberland#yorkshire#tea

This guy should be in prison > Revealed: how Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals > > Exclusive: Leak exposes how former leader has used publicly subsidised office to manage commercial interests #johnson #slease #fraud #sameoldtories […]

At Northumberland Zoo, a small but very nice zoo. #northumberland #zoo #northumberlandzoo

When the iPlayer put these images next to eachother I could see a likeness. Has _The Master_ returned. #drwho #themaster #separatedatbirth

I had a nice walk around Primrose Wood and Crocky's Heugh today. #northumberland #silentsunday

Did you know that every letter of the alphabet appears in the name of at least one state? #puzzle #statenames #states

Oh No! It's raining. Instant umbrella mode from the Glossy Ibis #nature #birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #uk #birdscrolling

New analysis from @britishelectionstudy.com highlights a critical point I made in my post about the liklihood of a Reform election win this week. Labour's lost votes from 2024 have nearly all gone to DK/LD/Green. There is a viable anti-Farage coalition there. samf.substack.com/p/will-refor...

Personally, if the only issue was Angela Rayner being given the wrong advice then paying the tax when discovered I would not have an issue with it. It is because she was getting advice on how to use a legal loophole to avoid tax, while talking about trying to close the legal loopholes that […]

# Zack Polanski wins Green party leadership election _Candidate defeats Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns to lead Greens in England and Wales with vision for ‘eco-populism’ movement_ This is interesting to me as a I have always been in a dilemma about […] [Original post on mitra.northumbria.me]

A starling in the hedge. #Starling #bird

# OpenSuse What ever happened to the name change? Last year there were a number of posts saying that they would have to change the name because Suse wasn't going to renew permission to use it. It still seems to have the same name. #OpenSuse #FOS #Linux #opensource

# Northern England climate **People from Southern England, who've never been to the North East:** " The North of England is so cold and wet! **Weather in the North East compared to Brighton (South):** #NorthEastEngland #climate#northeastengland#perception

A beautiful day. I'm just off the Carriageway, I've come from Rothbury and this is just past the Physic Lane turning to Thropton, though I'm not going there today #Rothbury #Thropton #Northumberland #uk#northumberland#rothbury#walking

# County names in song title I read a post claiming that every US state has a song with it's name in the title. I wondered if the same is true of English counties. Where I live now, in Northumberland, there are a number of songs. The one for Surrey where I was born is a bit of a cheat. I lived […]

Maya 15/4/2011 to 18/8/2025. She has had arthritis for a while, and it progressed rapidly over the last few days to where she was in pain when she tried to move, despite medication, and was struggling to walk. The vet and I agreed that it was time to let […] [Original post on mitra.northumbria.me]

Proof that trump and therefore is not an allie, but is on Russia's side. An allie would be putting pressure on Russia. #trump #ukraine #zelenskyy #russia

# The Great British Class Calculator I found this Reddit answer with an interesting "class assesment" tool in the link. Don't forget to apply the adjustment for inflation to the monetary amounts, if you had the income you have now and a home with the current value back in 2013 that would […]

I've just replaced my 14 yeas old pair of KuaiLu house shoes. Worn daily but mostly on carpet I was surprised at the amount of wear and compression on the sole. #time #kuailu #wear #shoes #sandles

# Gothic The word _**Gothic**_ means something completely different to a student of early European history, a student of architecture, a student of literature, and a member of a modern subculture. #Gothic #Goth #English #language

When I first saw this advert I thought "what complete rubbish". But then when I thought about it for a bit I realised that it's actually true. #Physics #Chemistry #joke

I've just got back home. 300 miles driving for a dentist. The state of NHS dentistry is really bad now, so many waiting lists closed. The silly thing is there are probably people now in Yorkshire driving up here for a dentist too. #nhsdentist

I'm on my way to my NHS dental checkup. After just over 100 miles and just under 2 hours driving I've stopped for a break at Wetherby Services. These are my favourite services because I like to stretch my legs after a long drive, and there is a nice […] [Original post on mitra.northumbria.me]

There is One seldom mentioned downsides of working in Information Security, Continuity, Risk Management or similar areas. Even years after working in the field, is someone says "what could possibly go wrong" you find yourself mentally enumerating the […] [Original post on mitra.northumbria.me]

Today I walked across the causeway to Lindisfarne with the Rothbury walking group. I'd never done this before, but it was actually easy walking. Barefoot is best, the water and sand are warm when it's sunny. Check the tide tables beforehand if you try […] [Original post on mitra.northumbria.me]

#SilentSunday #northumberland

Butterflies! #butterflies #peacockbutterfly #redadmiral

# Possible move from self-hosted I'm thinking of moving from self hosting. It was fun setting it up, but now it's running it's more routine. I haven't decided firmly yet, but I am thinking about where I might go. This is my thought. ## A UK based service Something like mastodonapp.uk would […]

There must be a story behind this! #SatNavFail #funny

# I'll never laugh at Zeno again! I always wondered how Zeno could not see the issue with his "Achilles and the Tortoise" paradox. I'll quote the paradox at the end. Recent I was reading about how a rocket's efficiency increases with speed (strictly […] [Original post on mitra.northumbria.me]

Unbelievable. Trump has ordered the destruction of satellites monitoring climate change. White House demands NASA destroy vital satellites. #ClimateChange #trump #Environment #America #NASA #space

@Chris I have some quite crazy thoughts sometimes: #ai #daydream #futuriusm #amicrazy RE: https://writefreely.northumbria.me/api/posts/axvdxf8ild

An unusually wide and pale rainbow over Rothbury. #rainbow #weather #rothbury #northumberland

I was told to ask Google Gemini if all numbers have an e in them. It says that _one_ , _ten_ , and _twenty_ don't have an e. When I corrected it Gemini doubled down then contradicted itself #GoogleGemini #llm #ai #funny#llm#googlegemini#aierrors

I made it to the summit. The walk back along the ridge is spectacular. #Hiking #walking #simonside #Northumberland #uk

I was just going to do a short walk along to Whitton Hillhead, down through Newtown and back along the river. Then I saw Simonside covered in heather peaking above the forest. I have to go there! #hiking #walking #Simonside #Northumberland #uk

@thegreenparty > There is no environmental justice without social justice. And no social justice without environmental justice. Everyone should have access to green space, clean rivers, and not have to live in a polluted environment. RE […]

# Silly thought continued _Please readSilly thought by a non mathematician first. I'm totally prepared for a mathematician to tell me that this is complete rubbish!_ If we continue to the right beyond the H-point (our equivalent of a decimal point) each column will represent values of H^-1 […]

# Silly thought by a non mathematician _I'm totally prepared for a mathematician to tell me that this is complete rubbish!_ Having read about hyperreal and hyperinteger numbers I thought what if we had a number system base H where H is a hyperinteger. Each column could potentially have a […]