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Simon Brooke
@simon-brooke.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy
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Anarcho-syndicalist, autistic, crofter, cyclist, depressive, entrepreneur, geek, searchable, Trans ally, Zapatista. Politics & environment, especially […] [bridged from https://mastodon.scot/@simon_brooke on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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Julia Evans @b0rk.social.jvns.ca.ap.brid.gy · 5h
would any of you folks be interested in reading an explanation of Git's data model I'm working on? (with the goal of including it in Git's official documentation)

if so, reply to this and I'll DM you a link!
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Simon Brooke @simon-brooke.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 16h
Dear people in #gaza, I know that your situation is dreadful and that there are many of you in urgent need. I am a poor man and I am already supporting as many as I can. If you appeal to me I will pass your appeal on to others who may be able to help you, but I cannot support you directly myself.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19h
The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
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ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have bee...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19h
ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome
Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed
www.theguardian.com
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Cassandra is only carbon now @xgranade.com · 1d
I said a thing in visibility-limited replies that I'd like to actually bring out into a more general context: political movements that don't make room for people to have unproductive emotions makes about as much sense as building bridges with zero safety tolerances.

People are, well, human, and […]
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Nouran 🍉 @nourankhaledgh.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d
@simon_brooke

Your words always make me stronger. Thank you so much Simon 😍
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Guy_VO (Radical Left Lunatic) @guy-vo.mastodon-belgium.be.ap.brid.gy · 1d
In the party of pedophiles (GOP=Grant Old Pedophiles?) every accusation is actually a confession. #gop #uspolitics
https://www.newsweek.com/robert-morris-texas-megachurch-pastor-child-sex-abuse-10820878
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RFanciola @rfancio.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d
@NouranKhaledGh @mutualaid No one deserves what you are living, Nouran. And we can only hope that peace is not far away and justice will follow, with Netanyahu and its accomplices judged in The Hague! Therefore people around the world has to maintein the pressure on the international community […]
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Simon Brooke @simon-brooke.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 1d
I see your words, @NouranKhaledGh @[email protected]

I hear your pain.

I acknowledge, as a citizen of this world, my shared responsibility to do what is in my power to end your torment, and to seek justice for your tormentors.

#neveragain
#gazagenocide
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Nouran 🍉 @nourankhaledgh.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d
Do you see my words?

I'm writing these words from the bottom of my heart.

This is not the life we deserve to live. We are human beings and we deserve a better life. This life isn't like us. We had beautiful life. We had beautiful home. We had beautiful people and places. Now we only have a […]
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kim_harding ✅ @kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 1d
Publics and UK parliamentarians underestimate the urgency of peaking global greenhouse gas emissions
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02655-w

#climatechange #climatecrisis #climatecrisisisnow #DontLookUp
The cartoon shows a scientist at a lectern talking on six different years: 1990 "So, this climate change thing could be a problem ..." 1995 "Climate change: Definitely a problem" 2001 "Yep, we should really be getting on with sorting this out pretty soon ..." 2007 "Look, sorry to sound like a broken record here ..." 2013 "We really have checked, and we're not making this up" 2019 "is this thing on?" Scientist tapping the microphone The six years depicted were all years in which IPCC reports were published Cartoon in two panels The upper panel, labelled “5th extinction” shows a group of fearful dinosaurs looking up at an approaching meteor. In the lower panel, labelled “6th extinction”, the dinosaurs are replaced by modern animals also looking up fearfully, but this time the meteor is replaced by a fat, wealthy man, smoking a large cigar and clutching a bundle of money.
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Brendan Jones @brendanjones.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 1d
Once again, carbon offsets don't reduce emissions.

Companies should do them only if they:
1. Are voluntary. Sure, do offsets for marketing purposes or investor requirements, but companies should ...
2. Still pay for their emissions (e.g. carbon taxes) […]
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kim_harding ✅ @kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 1d
Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/07/global-renewable-energy-generation-surpasses-coal-first-time
Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds […]
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Mme Zabet @mmezabet.craftgoblin.club.ap.brid.gy · 2d
Hello Masto-peeps who use screen readers!

I just learned that I need to put alt text on URLs for more accessible PDFs, but -- what should it say?

I am formatting academic citations that include a URL, so all the information about where that link will take you is in the text. I don't want it to […]
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Simon Brooke @simon-brooke.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 1d
It's not that our politicians don't know what's needed to slow #climatechange. It's that they don't care.

Their two priorities are

1. winning the next election, under the UK's absurdly dysfunctional, archaic and undemocratic system;

2. pleasing the big donors, who include the #fossilfuel […]
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Tab Combs @drtcombs.bsky.social · 2d
Funny how so many people who've never taught think the only thing to worry about with #AI in #education is students using it to cheat.

I'm not worried about student using AI to cheat. I'm worried about how AI is cheating students.
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Tab Combs @drtcombs.bsky.social · 2d
When you say "honest students will use AI to gain a deeper understanding of the topic," you're really saying you have no idea what AI is, nor of what we are trying to achieve in higher education.

So take a seat please.
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kim_harding ✅ @kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 2d
Scottish flotilla activist recounts 'horrific' conditions in Israeli prison https://www.thenational.scot/news/25522283.flotilla-activist-recounts-horrific-conditions-israeli-prison/
'They never won': Flotilla activist recounts 'horrific' conditions in Israeli prison
A Scottish activist from the Global Sumud Flotilla has described the “absolutely horrific” conditions she allegedly experienced in an Israeli…
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Nouran 🍉 @nourankhaledgh.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d
Help us get through these difficult days

We never imagined to live tough days like these days. We never imagined to lose our home and live in a tent. We never imagined to live all the day trying only to survive. We never imagined to ask for help. Asking for help is the most difficult thing I […]
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Simon Brooke @simon-brooke.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 2d
The first actual physical part for my #tricycle project has arrived today. This is an axle — actually a Cannondale Lefty axle — and it's nominally the front axle, although it doesn't really matter which axle it ends up being because they will all be identical.

#biketooter
A long narrow truncated cone of black anodized titanium(?), with flats for bearing seats turned into it at each end, and a rough sand-cast cylindrical mounting extension sticking out of the thicker end. It is lying on a varnished wooden surface.
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 2d
“U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.”

Agents rappelled from […]
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Osma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦 @osma.fishpool.org · 2d
PostgreSQL 18 is a huge upgrade. Async I/O for higher parallelism, optimizer maintains query stats cross upgrades, smarter multi column indices..
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-18-released-3142/
PostgreSQL 18 Released
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Simon Brooke @simon-brooke.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 2d
@YKantRachelRead and if your instance admins ever did any of the above, you could simply migrate your account to another instance, or, somewhat less simply, set up an instance of your own.

#fediverse
#activitypub
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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d
🆕 blog! “You did no fact checking, and I must scream”

I'm neither a journalist nor a professional fact checker but, the thing is, it's has never been easier to check basic facts. Yeah, sure, there's a world of misinformation out there, but it doesn't take much effort to determine if something […]
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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d
Immersion wired up, and with feeling in my fingers restored, wasted no time finishing the pipework for the heating loop. We appear to have working heating again, and just need to attach the thermostat to the cylinder to have hot water. (Gas-fired for now. That's a problem for another day.) […]
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