Dave T-W @davoloid@qoto.org
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Just another worried little citizen of this modern-day Pompeii. Techie at UCL, working on Process Automation with MS Power Platform. Scatterbrain, interested in education, languages, Space and lots of disparate things. sorry.
Keeping my space toots at @astrodad as an experiment in self-moderation :)
*Background banner is a photo Yorkshire flag in blue and white, in front of a classic bell tent, in a field of similar tents at a festival.
Joined Oct 2022
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Fuck off with calling all these anti trans and anti gay laws "controversial." They're hate laws. They're fascism. They're evil.
Journalists are going to "both sides" fascism until they are literally executed by the fascists.
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In blocking #Microsoft's acquisition of #ActivisionBlizzard, the UK #CompetitionAndMarketsAuthority has made history: they have stepped in to prevent a notorious, convicted monopolist from seizing control over a nascent, important market (cloud gaming), ignoring the transparent, self-serving lies Microsoft told about the merger:
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"No Time For Caution" played on the Royal Albert Hall #organ by #AnnaLapwood. Gorgeous lighting and photography of the Hall that does make it feel like the interior of a steampunk spaceship.
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Excellent piece on the Comment is Freed Substack about the short and long term impact of sanctions on Russia. https://open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/the-impact-of-sanctions?r=3z6z&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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@davidallengreen Open source, cross-platform game heavily based on the original Elite here: http://oolite.space
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Farmers in the US are getting sick of paying $80,000 for super-sized trucks that won't even fit into their barns.
They've been importing mini-trucks from #Japan that do the job and cost a lot less.
Sometimes you come across an article or documentary that you were not expecting to hook you in, that manages to combine a whole bunch of interesting issues in one amazing narrative.
This, from @ryanhoulihan is one of those, and covers AI, deep fakes, the music industry, culture and Britney Spears.
If you remember the Black Mirror / Miley Cyrus episode from a few years back, strap in, this is an even wilder ride.
https://mastodon.social/@ryanhoulihan/110135460306229895
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Coffey's complacency is shocking. Govt's been in power 13 years - not 1 English river is in healthy condition & not 1 meets good chemical standards. Privatisation has failed - put water back in public hands so investment goes where needed #SewageScandal @Feargal_Sharkey @We_OwnIt
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CarolineLucas/status/1650858512023703556
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That more people in the English-speaking world searched yesterday for Len Goodman than Tucker Carlson is perhaps a slight glimmer of a hope for humanity.
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My UK phone got the emergency alert earlier. I hope you’re all ok over there.
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>> Without Soylent Green, maybe we would have never got Strange Days or The Matrix, Snowpiercer, or even Jupiter Ascending. Because the truth is, all of the sci-fi dystopias that followed Soylent Green are, in fact, made out of tiny parts of Soylent Green.
https://www.inverse.com/culture/soylent-green-50-year-anniversary-1973
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A visual representation here:
https://pbfcomics.com/comics/the-last-unicorns/
Write your own Brexit joke… --- RT @implausibleblog Rishi Sunak, "We just launched a campaign in Silicon Valley just talking about our companies a...
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“Silicon Valley as a whole is still wrestling with how to reconcile competitive pressures with safety.”
➡️Are they though? It seems to me that those in charge (i.e. VCs and C-suite execs) are really only interested in competition (for $$).
“But ChatGPT’s remarkable debut meant that by early this year, there was no turning back.”
➡️False. We turned back from lead in gasoline. We turned back from ozone-destroying CFCs. We can turn back from text synthesis machines.
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This reminds me that Mastodon needs a reminder bot like Reddit has to remind me to check back in 40 hours....
The biggest #StreetFestival in #Islington, the #CallyFest is a joyous gathering of neighbours from all walks of life, local musical talent, community groups and local organisations along the historic #CaledonianRoad in #London. Back again this summer.
RT @TheCallyFest
The Cally Festival will return for 2023 on Sunday 2nd July!🎉
There are many ways you can get involved!
Help with planning, managing an area, performing on stage, running a stall, sponsoring the event or have an idea for an activity- Tweet us or sign up @
https://thecallyfestival.co.uk/get-involved/
https://twitter.com/TheCallyFest/status/1647629304983953409?s=20
Tried to take some interesting snaps of the #LondonMarathon. Was aiming to get some interesting blurring effects with moving feet, but am out of the habit of this sort of creative muckaboutery and it's a tiny point & shoot camera, nothing proper.
- Location
- Mostly London
- Pronouns (plz)
- he/him
Just another worried little citizen of this modern-day Pompeii. Techie at UCL, working on Process Automation with MS Power Platform. Scatterbrain, interested in education, languages, Space and lots of disparate things. sorry.
Keeping my space toots at @astrodad as an experiment in self-moderation :)
*Background banner is a photo Yorkshire flag in blue and white, in front of a classic bell tent, in a field of similar tents at a festival.
Joined Oct 2022
