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Ian Atkin 🇪🇺🌻 M9IAN 📻

@ianatkin.bsky.social

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PhD chemical engineering, nuclear process engineer, Independent Birchwood Town Councillor, EV owner, avgeek, Catholic, #ActuallyAutistic, amateur radio operator M9IAN (ex 2E1IAN, M7TKN)

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 22h

"Let's not forget, when we remember the service and the sacrifice with this poppy, that the people who bled and died for our democracy and our freedom, weren't just my grandfather who looked like me & worshipped the same God, but people across Empire & Commonwealth, who were Muslim, Sikh & Hindu'

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Sick to Death @sicktodeath.bsky.social · 20h

Here at Sick to Death we always like to give a (horrifying) nod to history with our seasonal displays!

There are many holidays at this time of year that have similar themes of remembering the dead, and
the veil between the living and the dead being thinner:

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 22h

I found a capybara pebble🤎

Flint pebble that fell out of a wall in Linton, Cambridgeshire and I picked up bc I thought it looked like the world's largest rodent. I added the eye with a fine liner pen

A photo of a mother and baby capybara nestling together affectionately

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder for UK residents

Cartoon. Two hens facing each other. One is saying "Don't forget, the clucks go 'bok' this weekend.

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BOO-trous BOO-trous-Ghoulie @dlbowman76.com · Oct 27

As November approaches, never forget that the BBC pinned a poppy on Cookie Monster.

"YPRES MAKE COOKIE MONSTER SAD. NO COOKIES AT SOMME."

A middle-aged white man in a dark suit seated next to Cookie Monster. They are both wearing poppies for remembrance of WWI. I believe that Cookie was a key advisor to Field Marshal Haig.

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Ian Atkin 🇪🇺🌻 M9IAN 📻 @ianatkin.bsky.social · 2d

Absolute scenes 🐙

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Octopus Energy @octopus.energy · 2d

All this windy weather means we’re bringing forward the final prize on the Power Tower... TRIPLE FREE ELECTRICITY SESSION SATURDAY!!! (And we'll get back to giving away that gorgeous EV next week 👀)

Yup... THREE HOURS of free extra power, 12-3pm Sat 25 Oct.

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 3d

Might you want to be a volunteer rainfall observer and contribute to the ongoing monitoring of UK climate?
www.climate-lab-book.ac.uk/2020/wanted-...

WANTED: rainfall observers | Climate Lab Book

www.climate-lab-book.ac.uk

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Ian Atkin 🇪🇺🌻 M9IAN 📻 @ianatkin.bsky.social · 3d

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Shameless plug for my referral code for £50 free credit if you join using share.octopus.energy/fun-louse-674

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 4d

I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.

Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?

But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.

A hotdog and pretzel stand with large hanging bottles of mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise. The bottoms contain squeeze tubes to dispense the condiments.

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 5d

“It’s 007…”

From the new Private Eye, out now.

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 5d

Server's down

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James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 6d

This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.

Denise C.
@SpudBenBean
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A woman who rang ABC Sydney radio said she found out about the Optus outage from her cat.

The cat has an automatic wi-fi feeder (connected to Optus) & when breakfast wasn't delivered at 6:10 am, the cat went to the bedroom to lodge a complaint with management.

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G7SOZ @g7soz.bsky.social · 8d

What an excellent way to promote #hamradio and STEM careers!

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10d

This is Tucker. He was offered a tortilla but told to take it gently, and no one has ever understood the assignment better. 13/10 (TT: tucker_thegentleman)

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 11d

Vegan menu

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Ian Atkin 🇪🇺🌻 M9IAN 📻 @ianatkin.bsky.social · 11d

Inflicting Rob Hatch on another sport seems cruel... not sure his style will translate to test cricket 🤔

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Airplanes.gov.uk @planeyboys.bsky.social · 12d

TOGA & apply cream #planeposting #planeyboys

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Amii Illustrates @amiiillustrates.bsky.social · 12d

Trunk 🐘 inktober day 14

Funny comic strip. Elephant “well it’s certainly…”
Elephant with trunk replaced with a human nose “you love it don’t you”
Illustration drawn in simplistic cartoon line art style. By Amii Illustrates

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Ian Atkin 🇪🇺🌻 M9IAN 📻 @ianatkin.bsky.social · 12d

Bit sceptical, Ofcom haven't even announced that M8/M9 are available yet (someone discovered it by accident) and it's quite a faff to get their licensing portal to process it. It's a voluntary change anyway

Ian Atkin 🇪🇺🌻 M9IAN 📻 @ianatkin.bsky.social · 12d

Correct, see this from the Ofcom document

Ian Atkin 🇪🇺🌻 M9IAN 📻 @ianatkin.bsky.social · 13d

2E1IAN -> M9IAN

If anyone else is struggling with the Ofcom licensing portal on mobile,
try selecting the M8 or M9, enter the suffix and, without closing the keyboard, check the availability. That seems to work for getting the complete call into the relevant box

H/T Ash M9PUP on the OARC Discord

Ian Atkin 🇪🇺🌻 M9IAN 📻 @ianatkin.bsky.social · 13d

Theoretically yes but the portal is being... broken for me at moment 😐

Ian Atkin 🇪🇺🌻 M9IAN 📻 @ianatkin.bsky.social · 15d

Not that I use either but I'm given to understand Meshcore has increased in popularity, might be worth checking that out?

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Mike Knell @blat.at · 16d

Ont thing that every journalist on the planet is ignoring - you don't "win" a Nobel Prize. There isn't an open competition or a scoring system or a knockout tournament or anything. Someone is *awarded* a Nobel Prize. It's a form of recognition. You don't say someone's "won" a knighthood.

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Ian Atkin 🇪🇺🌻 M9IAN 📻 @ianatkin.bsky.social · 17d

"independent" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there