Richard Brunton
@pyrolyticcarbon.bsky.social
#Edinburgh #Scotland
#TrailRunning
Mobile & DSLR #Photography
Gamer: Major Casualty #PS5
Play: #NoMansSky #ForgeOfEmpires
#ProductOwner #DeliveryManager
#CraftBeer #Whisky drinker
#AcousticGuitar owner sometimes player
#OpenHeartSurgerySurvivor
#TrailRunning
Mobile & DSLR #Photography
Gamer: Major Casualty #PS5
Play: #NoMansSky #ForgeOfEmpires
#ProductOwner #DeliveryManager
#CraftBeer #Whisky drinker
#AcousticGuitar owner sometimes player
#OpenHeartSurgerySurvivor
Week past and I'm still devastated. Plenty of tears tonight. He had this teddy since being a pup. I patched it a few times for him. Then I watched him go to sleep on top of it, in my hands, and then watched him go on top of it. It was the right decision, but I still hate myself.
January 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Week past and I'm still devastated. Plenty of tears tonight. He had this teddy since being a pup. I patched it a few times for him. Then I watched him go to sleep on top of it, in my hands, and then watched him go on top of it. It was the right decision, but I still hate myself.
Good to see the UK Media picking up the snow story after the week of next to nothing regarding Scotland's whiteout. Aberdeen was hit hard with surrounding towns shut off.
January 9, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Good to see the UK Media picking up the snow story after the week of next to nothing regarding Scotland's whiteout. Aberdeen was hit hard with surrounding towns shut off.
I also think it's time that governments said every manufacturer has to have a recycling program, and they have to use, or find new, recyclable materials for their products. No single use and no relying on someone else's recycling program. If not, they can't sell in this market.
December 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I also think it's time that governments said every manufacturer has to have a recycling program, and they have to use, or find new, recyclable materials for their products. No single use and no relying on someone else's recycling program. If not, they can't sell in this market.
I think it's time governments started saying no more petrol or diesel cars sold in their country by...and focus on electric charging infrastructure and making it easy for homeowners to get charging points at their home. Here it's a nightmare. No quote and digging under garages from the main road!
December 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I think it's time governments started saying no more petrol or diesel cars sold in their country by...and focus on electric charging infrastructure and making it easy for homeowners to get charging points at their home. Here it's a nightmare. No quote and digging under garages from the main road!
Add to that the site #TalentSource24 who have also been given my #Reed email without permission. 🤷🏻♂️
I sign up to every different company email with a different address. #Reed jobs for example, reed-jobs@ then my domain. So this morning I see #TheBigJobsite and #JobLeads using that email address when I've never signed up to them, it's clear Reed have sold, swapped or lost my email address on.
December 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Add to that the site #TalentSource24 who have also been given my #Reed email without permission. 🤷🏻♂️
I sign up to every different company email with a different address. #Reed jobs for example, reed-jobs@ then my domain. So this morning I see #TheBigJobsite and #JobLeads using that email address when I've never signed up to them, it's clear Reed have sold, swapped or lost my email address on.
December 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I sign up to every different company email with a different address. #Reed jobs for example, reed-jobs@ then my domain. So this morning I see #TheBigJobsite and #JobLeads using that email address when I've never signed up to them, it's clear Reed have sold, swapped or lost my email address on.
#DonaldTrump is a despicable piece of human waste. I thought that even before he started bad mouthing the great #RobReiner but this is a new low.
December 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
#DonaldTrump is a despicable piece of human waste. I thought that even before he started bad mouthing the great #RobReiner but this is a new low.
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I saw this and had to check it wasn't faked or a spoof. Sadly, it is real.
Every time I think Trump has reached the nadir of decency and propriety, some hellish trapdoor opens, revealing a hitherto undiscovered sub-basement of obscenity and barbarity. ~AA
Every time I think Trump has reached the nadir of decency and propriety, some hellish trapdoor opens, revealing a hitherto undiscovered sub-basement of obscenity and barbarity. ~AA
December 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I saw this and had to check it wasn't faked or a spoof. Sadly, it is real.
Every time I think Trump has reached the nadir of decency and propriety, some hellish trapdoor opens, revealing a hitherto undiscovered sub-basement of obscenity and barbarity. ~AA
Every time I think Trump has reached the nadir of decency and propriety, some hellish trapdoor opens, revealing a hitherto undiscovered sub-basement of obscenity and barbarity. ~AA
Good article and more on #RobinInce leaving the excellent #TheInfiniteMonkeyCage including his farewell speech to his last audience.
Original post: mastodon.social/@robinince/1...
Original post: mastodon.social/@robinince/1...
December 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Good article and more on #RobinInce leaving the excellent #TheInfiniteMonkeyCage including his farewell speech to his last audience.
Original post: mastodon.social/@robinince/1...
Original post: mastodon.social/@robinince/1...
This is sad news for the excellent #TheInfiniteMonkeyCage and for true, fair and free speech. The comments from #RobinInce do give me pause. At first I thought he was wrong to leave, stay and keep speaking, but...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
Comedian Robin Ince quits Radio 4 show, claiming BBC found his views ‘problematic’ | Radio 4 | The Guardian
Ince says he resigned as co-host of Infinite Monkey Cage because of what he described as his lack of ‘obedience’
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December 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM
This is sad news for the excellent #TheInfiniteMonkeyCage and for true, fair and free speech. The comments from #RobinInce do give me pause. At first I thought he was wrong to leave, stay and keep speaking, but...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
Okay. Beer, wine and whisky and I'm getting really sentimental. We know. "You're the only one who really knew me at all".
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Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Live Aid 1985 - Philadelphia)
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December 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Okay. Beer, wine and whisky and I'm getting really sentimental. We know. "You're the only one who really knew me at all".
youtu.be/HViuTMd0ouA...
youtu.be/HViuTMd0ouA...
I think #GeorgeMichael was one of the biggest losses to music. His musical change was phenomenal. The #ListenWithoutPrejudiceVol1 album was awesome. That #Freedom90 doing and video are still amazing.
I didn't realise he did everything in #ADifferentCorner he did himself. Wrote, produced, performed.
I didn't realise he did everything in #ADifferentCorner he did himself. Wrote, produced, performed.
December 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I think #GeorgeMichael was one of the biggest losses to music. His musical change was phenomenal. The #ListenWithoutPrejudiceVol1 album was awesome. That #Freedom90 doing and video are still amazing.
I didn't realise he did everything in #ADifferentCorner he did himself. Wrote, produced, performed.
I didn't realise he did everything in #ADifferentCorner he did himself. Wrote, produced, performed.
Watching #GeorgeMichael at the BBC after #CelebritiesRaceAcrosstheWorld and seeing the connection!
Also Harley Moon reminds of someone that I miss so much...if you were to read this you would know. You have left a hole in my life.
Also Harley Moon reminds of someone that I miss so much...if you were to read this you would know. You have left a hole in my life.
December 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Watching #GeorgeMichael at the BBC after #CelebritiesRaceAcrosstheWorld and seeing the connection!
Also Harley Moon reminds of someone that I miss so much...if you were to read this you would know. You have left a hole in my life.
Also Harley Moon reminds of someone that I miss so much...if you were to read this you would know. You have left a hole in my life.
"First they came for..." by Martin Niemöller
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First They Came For The Communists by Martin Niemoller - Famous poems, famous poets. - All Poetry
Comments & analysis: First they came for the Communists, / and I didn’t speak up,
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December 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"First they came for..." by Martin Niemöller
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allpoetry.com/First-They-C...
Wow. This is going to be disastrous for me and my Dad. All my #GoogleHome devices will use #Gemini which is currently mixing up which home I'm in! I'll have to investigate opting out of Gemini.
Gemini for Home rollout speeds up for smart speakers, displays: 9to5google.com/2025/12/10/g...
Gemini for Home rollout speeds up for smart speakers, displays: 9to5google.com/2025/12/10/g...
Gemini for Home rollout speeds up for smart speakers, displays
After kicking off the rollout a few weeks ago, Google says the Gemini for Home replacement of Assistant on smart...
9to5google.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Wow. This is going to be disastrous for me and my Dad. All my #GoogleHome devices will use #Gemini which is currently mixing up which home I'm in! I'll have to investigate opting out of Gemini.
Gemini for Home rollout speeds up for smart speakers, displays: 9to5google.com/2025/12/10/g...
Gemini for Home rollout speeds up for smart speakers, displays: 9to5google.com/2025/12/10/g...
I don't know what #GoogleHome #GoogleAssistant and/or #GoogleGemini have done in their latest release, but suddenly my smart home voice commands are changing my Dad's smart home some 120 miles away instead of mine. Seems to be if Gemini picks it up on the mobile it goes to his, not mine. 🤬
December 12, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I don't know what #GoogleHome #GoogleAssistant and/or #GoogleGemini have done in their latest release, but suddenly my smart home voice commands are changing my Dad's smart home some 120 miles away instead of mine. Seems to be if Gemini picks it up on the mobile it goes to his, not mine. 🤬
Wow. What a picture and what a story it shows. #DerSpiegel magazine has a cover with #Trump and #Putin as allies and working together, and really doesn't seem like fantasy anymore.
www.reddit.com/r/europe/s/L...
www.reddit.com/r/europe/s/L...
Reddit - The heart of the internet
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December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Wow. What a picture and what a story it shows. #DerSpiegel magazine has a cover with #Trump and #Putin as allies and working together, and really doesn't seem like fantasy anymore.
www.reddit.com/r/europe/s/L...
www.reddit.com/r/europe/s/L...
Some bots and messaging farms employees are quite easy to spot.
December 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Some bots and messaging farms employees are quite easy to spot.
Time to dump the #racist and #dictator that is #Trump. Allies do not behave like that and throw illegally invaded countries to the invaders. If the UK was invaded? Let #Starmer take the #UK back to the #EU and let's all assist and save #Ukraine before the next invasion of another country begins.
December 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
4 channels showing Prime Minister's Questions #PMQs an MP pipes up "How are the public going to believe..." blah blah blah. How are the public to believe any of them? Kids shouting and moaning at each other to score points and build negative stories against the other, all submitted and preprepared.
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
4 channels showing Prime Minister's Questions #PMQs an MP pipes up "How are the public going to believe..." blah blah blah. How are the public to believe any of them? Kids shouting and moaning at each other to score points and build negative stories against the other, all submitted and preprepared.
An anti-fascist video from 1943. Shockingly and sadly it rings very true today.
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www.reddit.com/r/interestin...
Reddit - The heart of the internet
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November 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
An anti-fascist video from 1943. Shockingly and sadly it rings very true today.
www.reddit.com/r/interestin...
www.reddit.com/r/interestin...
#SonyTV UI can be so frustrating. Two EPGs, one gives you access to all the streaming apps directly, but you can't pause or record live TV. Use the Sony EPG and you can pause live TV, but you have to go to the streaming apps to find missed shows. You can only change EPG through the settings.
November 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#SonyTV UI can be so frustrating. Two EPGs, one gives you access to all the streaming apps directly, but you can't pause or record live TV. Use the Sony EPG and you can pause live TV, but you have to go to the streaming apps to find missed shows. You can only change EPG through the settings.
I'm still struggling with why electric vehicle users are going to be taxed directly for driving, but petrol and diesel are taxed for owning. Everyone is already taxed on their fuel. Surely the aim is to get everyone electric and energy generation to ecologically sound sources.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I'm still struggling with why electric vehicle users are going to be taxed directly for driving, but petrol and diesel are taxed for owning. Everyone is already taxed on their fuel. Surely the aim is to get everyone electric and energy generation to ecologically sound sources.
Embarrassing watching our local and national "leaders" today in Parliament. Children bickering and calling each other names. None of them caring about people over scoring points against each other. Meanwhile the Speaker does little but say people are loud. Embarrassment all round.
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Embarrassing watching our local and national "leaders" today in Parliament. Children bickering and calling each other names. None of them caring about people over scoring points against each other. Meanwhile the Speaker does little but say people are loud. Embarrassment all round.
So I'm looking for a to-do app that works on Windows and/or web and Android, and when you look at a "today" list it elegantly mixes dated and prioritised tasks, like the urgent and important from an Eisenhower style. I can only find one or the other.
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
So I'm looking for a to-do app that works on Windows and/or web and Android, and when you look at a "today" list it elegantly mixes dated and prioritised tasks, like the urgent and important from an Eisenhower style. I can only find one or the other.