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Howard Gees

@howardgees.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

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Nottingham NHS sexual health - data manager. Toots about cycling to work, IT woes and Eurovision. [bridged from https://mastodonapp.uk/@HowardGees on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

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Jess👾 @jesstheunstill.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 20h

It was a truly freeing moment when I realized I reached the point in my life I can just get up and walk out of the room in almost any situation I don't want to be in.

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Howard Gees @howardgees.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Just found out that American petrol pumps have TV screens playing adverts whilst you fill up. 🤯

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Kat @tak.notapattern.net · 1d

not all heroes wear capes

one of those annoying gas station screens that plays obnoxious audio at you while you’re just trying to get some overpriced gas in peace, except you can’t because we live in a capitalist dystopian nightmare where every surface must be yelling at you at all times. something is scrawled on one of the otherwise unlabeled buttons. what is it…?

close-up of the button, alongside which someone (HERO) has helpfully scrawled “MUTE” in permanent marker. readers, i pressed the button and i am here to tell you that it WORKED and i was able to spend the next few minutes in blessed, silent contemplation of how much it costs to fill the gas tank of the vehicle i am forced to own because of decades of under-investment in public transit infrastructure

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Jörgi @joergi.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Dear all, if you are still on Facebook, Instagram, Threads or even on Meta, please share this sticker on those platforms:
Help us and spread the news about social media from us, for us!

Links: https://punk.photos - https://punkstodon.de - https://punktube.net […]

[Original post on chaos.social]

yellow sticker in Sex Pistols design: nevermind the billionaires, here's the Fediverse

Howard Gees @howardgees.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Coming out of work at 18:00 I noticed a hedgehog trying to cross three lanes of the A611. I couldn't watch its demise so had to stop traffic and moved it back to the field it probably came from.

Yes, I know that a hedgehog out in daylight is probably in urgent need but one of the vehicles I […]

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Gary Parker :party_porg: @witewulf.cyberplace.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Hey Bluesky people! If you’re following or interacting with my bridged mastodon account over there, please also follow @ap.brid.gy so I can see your replies, favourites, etc. directly.

More info here on what that does:
https://fed.brid.gy/docs#bluesky-get-started

Howard Gees @howardgees.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Today I did some hardware maintenance and tried to fit some new extras, with limited success.

Photo of the inside of a computer. featuring a cpu fan and memory sticks.

Howard Gees @howardgees.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Hen party shows up on man's doorstep after renting new home in Bath.

When Mr Temprell later tried to reach Booking.com he found he could not speak to a person without a booking reference - so he booked his own home for a break next year.

"It gave me a 10% discount, which was lovely," he said. […]

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Howard Gees @howardgees.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 4d

It is a terrible heist film. If you want to see an action film of people being shot in the head for no plot reason then maybe watch Play Dirty, but, there really wasn't a writing team working on the plot […]

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Howard Gees @howardgees.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 4d

There's going to be one happy little #rabbit in the house this weekend (and for weeks to come).

Photo of four packets of "Nibblots" (rabbit treats) in different flavours.

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Beth G-G @bethgg.bsky.social · 5d

40. This is a book we bought in the V&A sale for £2 and I've not properly looked at it til now - it's brilliant! It's a book of prints and posters by artists from Africa and the African diaspora and divided into sections covering place, history, memory, identity and protest. #52ArtBooks25

Front cover of book. In Black and White: Prints from Africa and the Diaspora. Cover is a blue print of two shillouetted figures dancing on a beach.

Etchings by Tony Phillips. The History of the Benin Bronzes.

Maria Magdelena Campos-Pons, Untitled. Colour photogravure on handmade paper of the artist's back layered with images of eyes.

Kara Walker, Freedom: a fable... Laser cut popout shillouetted in a book of woman lying under a palm tree.

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Howard Gees @howardgees.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 5d

Scientists grow mini human brains to power computers. BBC News.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7p1lzvxjro

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Howard Gees @howardgees.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Thunderbird 3 owner 'thought he ordered model'
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dq9w433nvo
#SpinalTap

Why is there a lifesize Thunderbirds model at Humberside Airport?

The Thunderbird 3 model is parked at Humberside Airport after it was bought several years ago.

www.bbc.com

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😀🚲 @enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

leaves and sticks

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😀🚲 @enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Pine needles

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Howard Gees @howardgees.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Thunderbird 3 owner 'thought he ordered model'
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dq9w433nvo
#SpinalTap

Why is there a lifesize Thunderbirds model at Humberside Airport?

The Thunderbird 3 model is parked at Humberside Airport after it was bought several years ago.

www.bbc.com

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😀🚲 @enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

How it started / how it's going with the #bikelanesweeper https://bikelanesweeper.com

before: lane covered with pine needles and debris

after: a clear path (this was before a 2nd pass to clear more width)

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Beth G-G @bethgg.bsky.social · 7d

#October

Faux fireplace with freshly hung felt pumpkin garland.

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Eponymic Cradle @eopoint.com · 9d

cait (and adonis)
@cait.bsky.social
i'm sorry to say this but if you send me a tiktok of a person telling a story into the camera for 3 minutes i'm not fucking watching it. just in general ever. people need to start typing things up again because i can read so much faster than you can talk and i'm not wasting my precious time on this

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Howard Gees @howardgees.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 9d

Clickbait article: "5 clever ways I reuse the old USB flash drives I have laying around".

You guessed it. Everyone 'clever way' involved saving things!

Join me later when we look into 19 amazing things you can 'put' into a cardboard box. 🙄

Howard Gees @howardgees.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 9d

So (north) America has more mass shootings than days?!?

Again.

Thoughts and prayers?

Howard Gees @howardgees.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 9d

Headline News:
Our MP met Larry the cat.

Howard Gees @howardgees.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 11d

I'm watching the #rugbyworldcup and it certainly looks like #england is beating #canada

Howard Gees @howardgees.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 12d

I gave Bert a hug. He didn't really want one for the first minute but succumbed for the next 15. We sat in the garden before it starts to get too cool for such things. The drool patch on my t-shirt shows how content he was.
#rabbit 🐇