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Jon Knight @greenjimll.bsky.social · 1m

I guess dosing Brussels sprouts with mono-sodium glutimate is one way of getting kids to eat them.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 15h

In the contest for best scrapple sculpture in Philadelphia on Friday it was the “Mush Push” fashioned from the regionally popular pork breakfast meat that got Patrick Moser’s entry over the goal line.

Scrapple sculpture contest winner prevailed in Eagles country by putting the pig into pigskin

In the contest for best scrapple sculpture in Philadelphia on Friday it was the “Mush Push” fashioned from the regionally popular pork breakfast meat that got Patrick Moser’s entry over the goal line.

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 1d

"Well it was nice while it lasted. We had an unprecedented 10 months of low and stable Covid levels in England - but this is now over. We are seeing a definite, significant wave of Covid infections across England."

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Ivonne Smit @ivonnesmit.bsky.social · 1d

No #GardenersWorld tonight?! 😬

#gardening
#ukgardening

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Jon Knight @greenjimll.bsky.social · 1d

Aw, blooming football yet again. 😡

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Jon Knight @greenjimll.bsky.social · 1d

😳😢

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Jon Knight @greenjimll.bsky.social · 1d

I suspect Farage is more stunned that he admitted it. 🤔

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage 'stunned' ex-Wales Reform leader Nathan Gill took bribes

Nathan Gill has admitted taking money for pro-Russian statements as a European Parliament member.

www.bbc.com

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Jon Knight @greenjimll.bsky.social · 1d

The @warwickshirecc.bsky.social or their contractors have made a right flipping mess by cutting down all the #biodiversity supporting plants and leaving a rubbish strewn embankment as the "Welcome to Stratford-upon-Avon" outside the railway station. #FFS

View towards town from the top of the railway station steps down from Alcester Road showing a devastated embankment.

Looking back up at the embankment towards the college, with litter all over it.

The awful result of a decimated embankment facing towards the town.

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Jon Knight @greenjimll.bsky.social · 1d

Or if the AI bubble bursts like the dotcom one did, make a huge loss for their investors. Which, er, might well be us little people via our pension schemes.

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Community Rail Network @communityrail.bsky.social · 2d

WE'RE HIRING 📢

Could you be our new Travelling with Confidence programme coordinator?

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced individual to lead this project, engaging and empowering disabled people and promoting independent mobility using rail ➡️

Job vacancies - Community Rail Network

Work with us! Check out our vacancies here.

communityrail.org.uk

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Jon Knight @greenjimll.bsky.social · 2d

The phrase "no shit Sherlock" sort of encapsulates the obviousness of this to everyone outside of the venture capital/stocks-n-shares ecosystem.

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 2d

The dotcom bubble offers a potentially instructive parallel to our current era.

Bank of England warns AI stock bubble rivals 2000 dotcom peak

Central bank says market concentration hasn’t been this extreme in 50 years.

arstechnica.com

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Gary Parker :party_porg: @witewulf.cyberplace.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Absolutely *no one* saw this coming, right?

🤨😳😂

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jmzd972leo

ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says

The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.

www.bbc.com

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Jon Knight @greenjimll.bsky.social · 2d

You take it easy - we don't want you wrecking your new bionic knee!

Jon Knight @greenjimll.bsky.social · 2d

Incidentally for the screws the "categories" are currently broken down by slotted or posidrive/philips and then within each 25mm or shorter, or longer than 25mm. As we don't know what people will be building yet, we might need to further separate these down, and its better than all mixed up!

Jon Knight @greenjimll.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, I heard you were thinking of being silly and trying to climb the stairs! I supervised Ben whilst he was in there screwing some shelves together and vacuumed the Makerspace floor so its nice and tidy ready for your return (so you can cover it in sawdust!)

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Jon Knight @greenjimll.bsky.social · 2d

And now you've shared it with our brains, so thank you for that.

Jon Knight @greenjimll.bsky.social · 2d

I've just seen a what looked like a white #electric van with a front grill that was suspiciously like a London EV taxi cab. Are they branching out into carrying cargo as well as people?

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Stratford Climate Action @suaclimate.bsky.social · 2d

E-Waste week correction!

On 14th, 16th and 18th October you'll be able to drop off old and unwanted #waste tech at our Climate Hub between 10am and 4pm.

Working in partnership with @stratforddc.bsky.social and Biffa .

PLUG IN TO THE
FUTURE
E-WASTE WEEK AT THE CLIMATE HUB
13TH-17TH OCTOBER 2025
DROP OFF YOUR OLD TECH!
NET ZERO AND STRATFORD-ON-AVON DISTRICT COUNCIL ARE
COLLECTING WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
(WEEE) ALL WEEK!
BRING YOUR UNWANTED ELECTIRCALS TO THE CLIMATE HUB, 30
MEER STREET, CV37 6QB - OPEN TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND
SATURDAYS 10AM TO 4PM.
What can you bring to recycle?
Phones, tablets, laptops &
calculators
Radios & small game consoles
Small kitchen appliances
Small electrical toys
Smoke detectors & thermostats
You can also have any small electrical equipment
collected on your bin collection day?
Visit our webpage, for more information:
https://www.stratford.gov.uk/waste-
recycling/what-we-collect.cfm

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Jon Knight @greenjimll.bsky.social · 2d

Just spent a pleasant evening at the Charnwood Eco Hub sorting nuts, washers, bolts and screws for their forthcoming Makerspace. This was the second pass through these and I had help from some of the other volunteers. Not yet decided how "fine" the categories will need to be yet, but getting better.

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Jon Knight @greenjimll.bsky.social · 3d

Starmer & his ministers don't seem to understand that clamping down on peaceful protest may push some people towards less pleasant & democratic outlets for frustrations, which is worrying.

Or they do understand that and it's part of their plan to discredit opponents, which is even more worrying.

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 3d

Government could crack down on pro-Palestinian protest chants, PM says

The government needs to "go further" in its review into protest laws, Sir Keir Starmer says.

www.bbc.com

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Stratford Climate Action @suaclimate.bsky.social · 3d

This event is on 5th November 2025 - just pop along to the Town Hall in the centre of #StratfordUponAvon for free #energy advice and bill help.

Stratford Climate Action @suaclimate.bsky.social · 4d

An @actonenergy.bsky.social "Into the Warmth" event in Stratford-upon-Avon Town Hall, Sheep Street, CV37 6EF

A selection of local organisations who can help you with energy issues. Bring along your energy bills for the bill clinic, grant eligibility check, benefits check and so much more!

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Stratford Climate Action @suaclimate.bsky.social · 4d

An @actonenergy.bsky.social "Into the Warmth" event in Stratford-upon-Avon Town Hall, Sheep Street, CV37 6EF

A selection of local organisations who can help you with energy issues. Bring along your energy bills for the bill clinic, grant eligibility check, benefits check and so much more!

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Stratford Climate Action @suaclimate.bsky.social · 4d

There are a few places left for our November #CarbonLiteracy course (October one is already fully booked!). This is being held at Royal Shakespeare Theatre on 7th and 13th November. See the EventBrite link below for details:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carbon-lit...

Carbon Literacy Training - accredited by the Carbon Literacy Project

We’re enthusiastic about this approach to community learning to help us tackle the key issue of our times, the climate emergency.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Jon Knight @greenjimll.bsky.social · 4d

As a fully paid up chap, I'm failing to see the problem here. She sounds lovely - definitely a "keeper". 👍

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Hacker Memes @i0null.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 4d

running docker on a raspberry pi

Shipping container loaded on top of a small wooden stern boat which it is clearly too big for

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