@techconnectify.bsky.social is the reason why I don't consider the United States to be a complete write-off. The second half of this video made my evening.

In our local pharmacy today to get something over the counter. They asked what it was for, took a look, issued a prescription for something better, and handed it to me. No charge. This is Scotland atm. If you want that excellent service to continue, don't vote for any of the Unionist parties.

Holy hell, what a photo.

i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests - nazgul bodycams - morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring - shelob will be the new point of contact

62.5% of current Reform MPs are former Tory MPs so they are in fact the Conservatives.

We are opening an investigation into Grok because we believe that X may have breached the DSA. We have seen antisemitic content, non-consensual deepfakes of women, and child sexual abuse material. In Europe, no company will make money by violating our fundamental rights. link.europa.eu/Fh8h84

Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.

Only one nation has ever invoked NATO Article 5, which calls on aid from other nations when under attack; that nation was the USA. Donald Trump said that those troops “stayed a little back, a little off the frontlines” in Afghanistan. As a resident of Royal Wootton Bassett I can confirm They didn’t.

Question: What formed Irish soils after the last Ice Age? Answer: Natural ecosystems such as rainforest, over 1,000s of years. Conclusion: Sheep grazing uplands (for eg) is just mining the fertility built up by the very nature it killed off and continues to keep out, while giving NOTHING back.

At last night's council meeting there was a motion on winter maintenance. An amendment to 'Investigate gritting those parts of major arterial pedestrian/cycle routes susceptible to freezing' was not passed, as more than half of those councillors present voted against it.

Dear America, From Feb 1st you will be paying an extra 10% for our stuff, if you still want it, because we won't let your Emperor have one of our countries. Sorry about that. Love UK

@bsky.app Not liking this "What's up?" prompt at the top of the Android app. The new post button at the bottom is enough for me. Do we really need two controls on screen that do the same thing?

It's only Gestapo if it’s the German State Police, otherwise it’s just sparkling ICE

Sainsburys had duo packs of gold and silver markers, half price, and I have some black A4 card so... 😄 I doodled this while him indoors watched Columbo. It's Avebury Henge viewed from the top of the henge, opposite The Red Lion inn.

2025 was the hottest year on record for ocean heat content. Unfortunately, we now say this every year. 🥹 "In addition to setting a new record in 2025, the global ocean continues to show sustained and intensified warming." + #OpenAccess Study: doi.org/10.1007/s003... + Data: www.ocean.iap.ac.cn

#DEYANKIFICATION needs to be trending.

Wow. I'm in a webinar about the new road safety strategy, and a guy from the ADI has just said that there is no mandatory requirement for driving instructors to carry out CPD! So they could have been a driving instructor for 30 years and never have done any further learning in that time 😱

Think about this: Norway is a country that stretches far from south to north, with Svalbard in the far north. Yet Svalbard is today the warmest place in Norway and the only place with observed temperatures above zero 😮

When daughter Rachel made a wedding breakfast speech for her younger sister.

This is my watercolour of Wayland's Smithy, a Neolithic long barrow in Oxfordshire. Legend tells that if you leave your horse there with a coin then the mythical blacksmith Wayland will magically reshoe it. The original artwork is now available on my Etsy shop here: shorturl.at/HDzSI #TombTuesday

Entirely unsurprising, but there’s clearly no plan to treat the new multi-million pound cycle path along the North Tyneside coast (or indeed the pavement) - lots of evidence of cyclists though…

Help your brother/sister across the road. Ease the work and lift the load. Add your gift to the whole world’s cheer, Have and give a Happy New Year. 2/2

New Year Resolutions Anon Leave the old year with a burst of song, Recall the right and forgive the wrong; Forget the thing that binds you fast To the vain regrets of the year that's past . Dare go forth with a purpose true To the unknown task of the year that’s new. 1/2

lmao jfc

I made it! Merry Christmas to all, both standing and fallen. #Whamageddon

Last Christmas Ich gave thee myne hearte But the verye next daye ther came a wolf, Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost - And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars. Seek now myne hearte, Return it within a yeare and a daye: Thys ys thy queste

@somafm.com I haven't heard Man with the Bag by Kay Starr on Christmas Lounge this year. Is it off the rotation?

National news, UK.

@dan.nerdcubed.co.uk I bought your ebook. It has joined The Queue. Hopefully it's as good as the signs on the Minecraft turtle's flipper. A long-time procrastinator.

I just lost #whamageddon at lunch :( 8 more days to go, godspeed to those still in the running! On the plus side, a small bird just landed and is eating lunch with me #birds

WTF are we doing here, BBC?

Thanks to @wired.com I have just learned of the existence of @schasins.bsky.social. Obviously knows her stuff, and more than that, can explain it clearly. Brilliant.

@somafm.com I love you, but please fix the repetition in Christmas Lounge support jingle #3!

Another plug for my sister's newly published children's storybook, a gentle tale of a young Canada goose who was afraid to fly and so was abandoned on Gleneagles Golf Course, never mentiined by name, but with features recognisable in the illustrations. A gentle story www.amazon.co.uk/Gossamer-Goo...

I'm listening to Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy by Berlin Symphony Orchestra (Red Baron Remix) on @somafm.com somafm.com/christmas

last thing imma yap about this morn is just a lil cool reminder that @somafm.com / somafm.com exists if youre wanting to axe that spotify n just want to vibe to some Good Radios. been listening 2 them for years n theyre always cycling new & old stuff along with obscure. check it !!!!

I found a computer dispenser.

I find a computer indispensable

Tyranny doesn’t arrive fully formed. It’s planted. Then watered through “exceptions”, “emergencies”, and "only temporary". Jury trial isn't a a nuisance to be bypassed. It's a safeguard to be protected.

so cool you love music and got a high paying gig at the AI music company. I love lions so I got a job in Africa helping dentists hunt them

IMO, it raises the question of how useful are executives?

Watch carefully and you can see right through her eyes into the headrest. #WorldBollardAssociation

Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.

Brexit means Brexit… www.europesays.com/uk/599189/

This vision of the Tory Party no-longer exists. It barely exists in the Labour Party. Where is the case for 'profit for a purpose'? Where is the implacable opposition to inequality in the two old parties? It will be the task of the 'minor parties' in the years ahead to reassemble this perspective.

A good read from the Raspberry Pi Foundation about why we should teach kids to program, even as AI tools appear to make that skill unnecessary. #Computing #pedagogy #raspberrypi #programming static.raspberrypi.org/files/about/...

Evelyn Boyd Granville: The Mathematician Who Programmed the Path to the Moon voxmeditantis.com/2025/11/19/e... #WomenInSTEM #STEM #OrbitalMechanics #NumericalAnalysis #Computing

🚨 SHOCKING 🚨 A HUGE illegal waste dump has appeared between the A34 and River Cherwell, linked to organised crime. Every rainfall risks toxins washing into the river. We’re calling on the Environment Agency & Cherwell Council to act NOW. Our rivers cannot wait. 👇👇