@stefanpaetow.bsky.social
@stefanpaetow.bsky.social
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Queer, sweary Afro-European immigrant (and despised by right-wingers). River user. eduroam(er) troubleshooter. 🧫🐀 . Shire resident. Haver of many opinions. RT ⊆ endorsement. Same handle on 🐘 (rarely used). 💩ter refugee. 🏳️‍🌈🇳🇦🇩🇪🇬🇧 He/him
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stefanpaetow.bsky.social
I'll post my annual eduroam advice again:
1. *ALWAYS* check your username first. It *MUST* be in email-style format (like [email protected]). Otherwise eduroam doesn't know where you belong!
1. a) Yes, on campus you might find that just 'your_id' works, but that's *bad* configuration!

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stefanpaetow.bsky.social
That's being insulting to animals ;-)
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iandunt.bsky.social
This is a ridiculously good idea
youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
hello consider this a reminder, in case people missed it last week, that I've launched a new quarterly night in London called the Outsiders Arts Club where people will be able to buy great affordable art and ask dumb questions to an art professional: outsidersartsclub.com

thanks, bye
stefanpaetow.bsky.social
And just to think... @uni.lu already could do this in the City of Luxemburg, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Authority and Osaka already doing this for months/years together with @cityroam.bsky.social. And all of these can roam between each other... from London to Tokyo to Newcastle to Luxembourg!
stefanpaetow.bsky.social
I'm excited over things happening in our sector: @citywestminster.bsky.social rolling out Connected London Wi-Fi, Newcastle doing something similar that could allow @newcastleuni.bsky.social + others to roam off @eduroam.org into the city, and other cities considering same! @wballiance.bsky.social 😁
stefanpaetow.bsky.social
Oh dear.
rincewind.run
“you can’t make fun of this” - famously an edict that the military obeys unquestioningly and would never disobey out of earshot of an officer
premthakker.bsky.social
NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.
stefanpaetow.bsky.social
Whoever wrote this is smoking some bad baccy.
charlieangus104.bsky.social
This must rank as one of the more hilarious headlines I have seen in a long time.
Nothing like the political media in Ottawa for continually missing the moment as we watch democracy and the rule of law disintegrate on our unguarded border.
stefanpaetow.bsky.social
Well, if you pick the wrong visa, surely you should be aware that you could be deported, right? Are we going to Führage rage on about unjust treatment from Oz or not? If we do, then he's a hypocrite. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Big John' Fisher: British social media star detained in Australia over visa
Fisher says his visa is
www.bbc.co.uk
stefanpaetow.bsky.social
I’m in Paris right now and I don’t see grand dramas and protests against the mayor of Paris for effectively making cars an unwanted species…
emmapearson.bsky.social
Cars account for just 4.3% of journeys in Paris. So motorists may be 'living in fear' (although that sounds unlikely) but the vast majority of Parisians, far from seeing red, are pretty happy with expanded space for pedestrians, cyclists and public transport users
thetimes.com
Paris sees red as mayor drives cars off the road

Motorists in the French capital live in fear of the tow truck and sky-high parking fines
stefanpaetow.bsky.social
Was, ihr habt was anderes erwartet? Das Trump Regime hat keinen Humor, besonders wenn es um den Heiligen Donald oder Vance geht!!
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rahaeli.bsky.social
The updated COVID/histamine link thread because people keep tagging me in to explain it and I keep intending to update the post from 2023 (synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html) and just not having the capacity because of my own health shit so here is a thread I can pin
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stefanpaetow.bsky.social
How long before the genocidal state turns around and starts arresting and snatching Palestinians off the streets of West Bank (given the peace plan likely only mentions Gaza and not West Bank)? Yes, I'm *that* cynical. Netanyahu cannot be trusted. Neither can Ben-Gvir.
Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees are freed as Trump hails 'historic dawn' in Middle East
A major hostage and prisoner exchange marks a significant step towards ending two years of war in Gaza.
www.bbc.co.uk
stefanpaetow.bsky.social
If CloudFlare says "they dropped off the interwebs like someone pulled the plug", then that's probably what happened, or someone killed their BGP routes with something and they... well... dropped off the interwebs. Not a good look for "the UK's most trusted mobile network" or whatever the guff is.
Vodafone down: Thousands of UK customers report broadband issues
Vodafone claims to have more than 18 million customers in the UK, including nearly 700,000 home broadband customers.
www.bbc.co.uk
stefanpaetow.bsky.social
You should go and see what Gary Stevenson (from the UK, was an investment banker for a long time and now is a crusader for social equality because he's seen both sides) has to say. I think you and him are thinking along the same lines. :-)
stefanpaetow.bsky.social
"Journalistic material" - Riiiiiiiight, pull the other one, Yaxley-Lennon. If you're a journalist, I'm Britney fucking Spears in boy drag. And I say this as someone who actually *was* a one. And let me guess... that Bentayga was yours that you bought with your grift. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tommy Robinson refused to give police phone Pin to protect 'journalistic material'
The far-right activist was charged under the Terrorism Act over an incident at the Channel Tunnel in July 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk
stefanpaetow.bsky.social
Thiel has been snorting too many bad shit.
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rmgriffiths.bsky.social
The Cut Throat Trial by @barristersecret.bsky.social is a superb legal thriller. I loved the drip feed approach by using the perspectives of different actors in the trial. It manages to be pacy, gripping, shocking, and yet, truly believable.

I’ve been recommending it to everyone.
stefanpaetow.bsky.social
What Pete says… sounds more like “we don’t really want to pay for therapy, so we’ll whore ourselves out in the hope that the paper will pay for it before we file for divorce.
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onestpress.onestnetwork.com
Estonia has closed the Saatse border crossing with Russia due to an unusually large Russian military presence on the other side. The Estonian Police and Border Guard (PPA) noted increased patrols and military movements that were much higher than normal, which were deemed beyond routine activities.
stefanpaetow.bsky.social
Niiiiice! The purple one looks interesting!
stefanpaetow.bsky.social
I know you’ve been kidnapped when your answer is anything but “Floret” if I ask where you like to hang out at SEA.