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Neil Turner
@neilturner.me.uk
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Millennial Yorkshire queer partially deaf geek dad/husband. Works in university admissions, specialising in PhD and MBA. Likes photography and social media, doesn't like writing in the third person. He/him 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️#LGBwiththeT https://neilturner.me.uk
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Neil Turner @neilturner.me.uk · Nov 16
I guess it's time for another #introduction post? I'm Neil, I work in Higher Education and have been *very* online for a long time. Currently a co-chair of LGBTQ+ staff network at work, hearing aid user, interested in transport and live in Yorkshire. Blog at neilturner.me.uk updated every other day.
Hello. - Neil Turner's Blog
I’m Neil Turner, a UK-based queer higher education professional with interests in technology, social media and photography, and this is my presence on the web. I have a blog (here), and I am also on t...
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 1h
You might have heard of 'dark kitchens' when a row of sheds in a car park churn out food for Deliveroo. They're unpopular and low margin. So the next big thing in London food is 'host kitchens' where local pubs, restaurants and kebab shops cook for big brands. www.londoncentric.media/p/host-kitch...
Why your next upmarket Deliveroo might be made by your local kebab shop
"On one hand, it’s a lifeline... But on the other hand, it’s a harbinger of doom.”
www.londoncentric.media
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Neil Turner @neilturner.me.uk · 13h
Yeah. Deciding to parody a (then) 17 year old autistic girl was a sign of desperation.
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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 22h
My car insurance is 18% lower this year

Nothing has changed except the effect of the 20mph speed limit in Wales: fewer accidents, less cost, fewer injuries and lives lost

And practically speaking it doesn't cause noticeably slower journeys

A good policy
A screengrab showing comparative car insurance costs: £304.11 this year; £371.58 last year
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 22h
All my comics have happy endings!
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 21h
The Oregonian Frogs are missing a trick not playing Paul McCartney’s Frog Chorus as their song, “we all stand together” is a perfect sentiment all things considered
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Neil Turner @neilturner.me.uk · 13h
Most places just seem to put on a YouTube playlist now. In my day, if you wanted to control what music video played, you had to call a premium rate number for The Box.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16h
Radio killed the video star
MTV to axe its music TV channels in the UK
The broadcaster will stop showing music videos in December, but its main channel will remain on air.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Neil Turner @neilturner.me.uk · 15h
New Post: Haden 4-in-1 Air Fryer Microwave review
Haden 4-in-1 Air Fryer Microwave review - Neil Turner's Blog
It may surprise you to hear that we haven’t owned an air fryer until recently. They’re really popular, especially as, when compared with a regular convection oven, they can cook food faster and more...
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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 3d
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1d
ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.
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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 1d
Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme
tweet from childish branzino @absflora: timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.
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C.A. Pinkham @eyepatchguy.bsky.social · 1d
I’m not kidding when I say these weird ass costumes and antics are actually an extremely effective tactic from a media standpoint bc when enough people do them, the media can’t fully scrub them out
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 1d
A friend sent me this article and genuinely it’s f***ing insane and I can strongly recommend reading it. futurism.com/artificial-i...
Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster
The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.
futurism.com
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 1d
Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.
Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 1d
“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d
For the people who have guessed that I and @chucktingle.bsky.social are the same person, here are the two of us in the same place at the same time. Two buckaroos proving love is real!
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Meg Frank @peripateticmeg.bsky.social · 1d
nerds (affectionate)
A picture of two men standing together in a pink lit bar. One is wearing a mask that says “Love Is Real” and a sequin jacket. The other wears an “alpha Male” tshirt in pink with jeans.
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kate conger @kateconger.com · 2d
Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.
Screenshot depicting posts on X, one showing the suspect accused of starting the Palisades Fire, a white man. The X news tab reports on the suspect's arrest, but shows a photo of a black man instead.
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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 1d
TOP TIP: don't try to defame my "relentless but not vexatious" (the ORR's words, not mine) friend Doug Paulley when you've completely failed in your duties to provide at least an attempt at an accessible travel experience. He'll win.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/coach-firm-t...
Doug's determined face above this headline: "Coach firm to pay thousands to accessible transport activist after driver lied that he threatened violence"
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Neil Turner @neilturner.me.uk · 1d
Always happens to the people you most suspect.
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 1d
Milei Smashy
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Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 1d
Guessing that since she values family time so much Kate won’t be sending the kids to Eton. Right? Right?
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Auld Banshee @auldbendy.bsky.social · 1d
Fuck off Kate. You have a nanny for grown children, cleaners, don't have a job, assistant, personal hairdressers, and are loaded.

You know what does damage family life more? Poverty. Put your literal money where your mouth is then I may take you seriously.
Kate warns too much screen time damages family life.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d
Not a huge fan of Find Out Now - their polling always seems off-beam. But posting this Westminster poll here purely for that Greens figure:

RFM: 32% (-3)
LAB: 17% (-2)
CON: 17% (+3)
GRN: 15% (+4)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)
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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 1d
More water bills rises announced today, on top of those already planned.

Privatisation without competition, arguably the worst of both worlds
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Neil Turner @neilturner.me.uk · 1d
We bought a second hand, second gen Leaf in the summer - our first EV. Love it so far - especially e-pedal.
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Neil Turner @neilturner.me.uk · 1d
It's worth listening to @herring1967.bsky.social interviewing Andrew Lownie last week about this book and the amount of lawyering that it needed before publication. www.rhlstp.co.uk/website.cgi?...
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