@cmsdengl@mas.to

· 2mo ago

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@sundogplanets@mastodon.social Here's another article from someone defending our skies. The Guardian are asking for 300 word responses - space mirrors aren't mentioned https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jul/20/doomsday-system-physicist-laura-grego-satellites-nuclear-weapons-battle-skies-space-elon-musk

theguardian.com

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 2w ago

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@Geri@veganism.social The same 36 UN countries that do not recognise Palestine as a state - as opposed to the 157 that do. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Palestine#UN_member_states_2

en.wikipedia.org

International recognition of Palestine - Wikipedia

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 3mo ago

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@rozeboosje@masto.ai I see this as in the spirit of the Roman graffiti in "Life of Brian" "Romans they go to the house?"

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 3mo ago

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p.s. Don't complain to me about the Latin, which DeepL translates as "Behold! Nigel the Frog attacks from the ground with a water-tank on his head." Remember the tapestry is woven from a French point of view.

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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Let’s help the new Reform councillors settle into local government properly by emailing them this week with an actual council problem to solve. Rubbish piling up? Email them. Bus route disappeared into the void? Email them. Streetlights dead? Email them. Care package delayed? Email them. Pavement looks like the Somme? Email them. Send them in by the hundred. Politely, but very clearly, remind them what the job actually is. 2/3

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 4mo ago

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@landley@mstdn.jp We Computer Scientists were saying Moore's Law would plateau around 2023. as fabrication hit quantum interference limits

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 3mo ago

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@Sobex@social.sciences.re How dare you!? I sewed it with my own hands 😇

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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Because being a councillor is not standing in front of a Union Jack shouting about dinghies on GB News. It’s reading committee papers at midnight. Attending meetings nobody enjoys. Holding surgeries in half-empty church halls. Arguing about drains, recycling contracts, SEND provision, parking permits and social care budgets. Welcome to local government. The boats are in Kent. The bins are in your ward. You can find your ward councillor’s email address on your local council website. 3/3

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 3mo ago

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I'm also waiting for the Satire Police of Mastodon to arrive. Yvette Cooper has nothing on them #satire

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 2mo ago

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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk Very GOP/Trumpian - have a harsh policy against the most vulnerable. Then use the mechanisms of the "establishment" against those who oppose those policies. Reform are very uncertain about which bits of the establishment they like and dislike.

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 3mo ago

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@tessarakt@mastodon.social Nigel Farage == Bin juice, is an acceptable translation

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@Daojoan Americans who mostly drink Starbucks, with their twice burnt beans, should not be allowed opinions on coffee

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 2mo ago

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@RussCheshire@mastodon.scot @ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk Or the system is working exactly as required. Not to produce value for customers but to extract value for CEOs and directors. It always astonishes me that boards of directors can continue to extract large bonuses from companies even as a company is obviously failing

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@ChrisMayLA6 And if the Police use of AI results in false arrests, their insurance will not cover any pay outs. See also lawyers, doctors etc using AI outputs containing mistakes https://www.cio.com/article/4159297/insurance-carriers-quietly-back-away-from-covering-ai-outputs-2.html

CIO

Insurance carriers quietly back away from covering AI outputs

Many insurers have begun to exempt AI workloads from cybersecurity and errors and omissions coverage, saying their outputs are too unpredictable to write policies around.

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 3mo ago

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@quinn@social.circl.lu A lot of our European far right wingers are funded by Americans like the Heritage Foundation and the Koch Brothers - so this is a global problem with its roots in America. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/the-american-dark-money-behind-europes-far-right/

opendemocracy.net

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 2mo ago

If you litter in the UK you face a £150 fixed penalty fine. Maybe have proportional fines for billionaires who litter in space?

Drifting SpaceX rocket heading for accidental collision with moon

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/31/spacex-rocket-moon-collision

#spacex #space #litter #debris #billionaires

theguardian.com

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

#ukpol #eu #brexit #fbpe #brexitBrokeBritain

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@georgebaily@mastodon.social @vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de Look out for the "bins not collected" riots

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 3mo ago

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@failedLyndonLaRouchite@mas.to @quinn@social.circl.lu A few $10's of millions on good projects. Billions spent on regressive politics. I'd say the balance sheet was decidedly evil.

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@anne_twain @ehproque Never go in Costa

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 3mo ago

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@eestileib@tech.lgbt @spaf@mstdn.social Pedantry alert: apparently this is a modern Latin term from 1689 Perhaps we can update it further to Epsteinianus Memoriae

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@drawkcab @acb @aj @anne_twain @Daojoan The term greasy spoon was introduced maliciously above. There is documentary evidence for espresso machines in the UK in the 1950s So WE invented the flat white and it was re-invented by OZ/NZ. And however its presented its still just a milky coffee and hardly worth Protected Designation of Origin arguments. https://www.gaggiadirect.com/gaggia-heritage-75-years-in-the-uk.html

gaggiadirect.com

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@aj @anne_twain @Daojoan I've been reading that the flat white was invented in England in the 1950's. Which explains why the one I had in Cardiff was so disappointing whilst the rest of their coffees were fine. I've also drunk coffee across Europe before I was. aware of the (re)introduction of flat white. And again the coffees were fine. So not a universal rule.

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@kleisli@mastodon.social @bitboxer@mastodon.social Join as a member. Make a proposal for a Fedi account :)

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@Workshopshed @russss And my tiny 2.6 kw - it all adds up 🙂 ☀️

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@nickpeers And stop mischaracterising Lemmings who were slandered by the 1958 Walt Disney film "White Wilderness" A projection of human behaviour on Lemmings

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@sashin Okay something more recent covering mergence and focus - how your eyes try to make sense of artificial 3d. So I'd say this could cause the same long term damage as wearing badly fitting spectacles e.g. squinting, double vision etc https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/why-3d-doesnt-work-and-never-will-case-closed

Why 3D doesn't work and never will. Case closed.

Roger Ebert

Why 3D doesn't work and never will. Case closed.

I received a letter that ends, as far as I am concerned, the discussion about 3D. It doesn't work with our brains and it never will. The notion that we are asked to pay a premium to witness an inferior and inherently brain-confusing image is outrageous. The case is closed. This letter is from Walter Murch, seen at left, the most respected film editor and sound designer in the modern cinema. As a editor, he must be intimately expert with how an image interacts with the audience's eyes. He won an

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@nschultz @anne_twain @drawkcab @acb @aj @Daojoan Double shot with warmed Jersey milk. I've had it this way before I ever heard of "flat whites". May be I should start an internet rumour that I invented them :-)

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@acb @anne_twain @drawkcab @aj @Daojoan You're asking before I've had my first coffee so I will answer appropriately. Yes they are the same sh*te. It's been a while since I've been to Stockholm so I could be misjudging them.

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@AngelaAntunovic @aj @anne_twain @Daojoan 🙂

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 2mo ago

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@pdcawley@mendeddrum.org Clint Boon went to my high school !! #totp

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange My current response to all this is "Trump is guilty until proven innocent "

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@pennine@mastodonapp.uk Time to add "Failure to carry out a minimum number of duties" to the recall petition criteria

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 2mo ago

#totp Play Nimrod you bastards!!

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 3mo ago

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@riggbeck@mastodon.social @spaf@mstdn.social I see a lot of Epstein heads in the future

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 2mo ago

Oasis are an overrated Beatles Tribute Act pre - #totp

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@stavvers@masto.ai @sortius@infosec.exchange I'm also here to recommend pasteis de nata.

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@catgoat@meemu.org @interacter@im-in.space This is the original academic study https://bren.ucsb.edu/events/response-endangered-san-joaquin-kit-foxes-solar-farms

UC Santa Barbara - Bren School of Environmental Science & Management

Response of Endangered San Joaquin Kit Foxes to Solar Farms | UC Santa Barbara - Bren School of Environmental Science & Management

Brian Boroski, Vice President, Principal, H. T. Harvey & Associates

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 2mo ago

F.A.B !! #totp

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 2mo ago

#BandcampFriday Jeremy Blake of Red Means Recording is offering his entire catalogue for $20 today. Click on any release and look for the full digital discography download link. I'm a fan of Jeremy's Youtube videos https://redmeansrecording.bandcamp.com

redmeansrecording.bandcamp.com

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 2mo ago

Hue and Cry! #totp

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 3mo ago

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@spaf@mstdn.social Did the Romans chisel the names of failed Emperors off the Colosseum or has DC started a new trend ? ;-)

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@anne_twain @acb @drawkcab @aj @Daojoan If you're not talking about Cafe Artigiano in Vancouver, I don't want to know. Hash Tag Heaven!!

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 2mo ago

Inspirals! #totp

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David Phd @cmsdengl@mas.to

· 2mo ago

Radio Times for 1986 Gary Davies and Peter Powell present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on July 23, 1986. Featuring Hollywood Beyond, Sinitta, Audrey Hall, Robert Palmer, Haywoode and Madonna #totp

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