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Retired lecturer at university of Dundee, specialising in Data Science Engineering. All for Scottish independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Sometimes builder and designer of synth modules.
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The young people in this restaurant are drinking so little alcohol, I fear I need to address the balance with my own order!

I've disagreed with Stephen Flynn many times in the past, But here he is 100% spot on. @snp.org Anyone who dismisses what is happening down South really needs to give their heads a wobble. Take heed of the words of Michael Rosen. prruk.org/when-fascism...

Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth states that the University of Dundee has not asked for any additional funding support to reduce job cuts! And that neither her or Graeme Dey have received alternative plans from UEG, which she expects to receive in the coming weeks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hPe...

Just sit back and relax

JD Vance’s French Horn Solo Booed At Kennedy Center

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That's a petition that would get support: #StateVisitForZelenskyy #Ukraine❤️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O81d...

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I think we need more of this: youtu.be/pk51UnRyzlM?...

Seriously, it’s come to this, ice cream, ouzo and espresso

Sometimes, as the world dies around you, maybe you’re lucky enough to have good food. And I realise I am

I don’t know what this is, it’s presented at the end of a meal in this Cyprus taverna and is as hot as hell.

If you're asking about elections in Ukraine, UK elections: "The election that would have been due by 1916 as a result of the Parliament Act 1911 was not held due to the First World War (1914–1918)." and "The election due by 1940 was not held due to the Second World War (1939–1945)." Wikipedia

Jesus f*ck I’ve just overheard a pitch for a commercial website where the engineer said he would use a noSQL database because “he wasn’t familiar with MySQL”. God help that project

@scotnational.bsky.social how am I supposed to sign in to read an article when the sign in box is covered by the “Subscribe to read box” ?

Sounds like a plan

Ex-Tory worker's £1m VAT and money laundering scam www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Rachel Reeves looks to have been a bit silly but for journalists of a certain age to profess outrage at creative expenses claims turns hypocrisy in to an art form. When I started out, one legendary character was reputed to have put a son through Eton via bogus receipts. But my favourite story...

I was so pleased to be able to present initial findings from the research project which myself and Fiona Reid @bayfirth.bsky.social are doing into the history of women's cricket in Scotland at #CRN2025 We've been able to interview some of the pioneers of women's cricket in Scotland...

What Europe would have looked like if we had frozen the borders 3 years into WW2 because we just needed to stop the fighting.

Well, at least Bing Maps (Microsoft) is still correct

NEW: Road signs that say 'Welcome to Dumfries and Galloway' are set to be replaced with new branding which will say 'Scotland Starts Here' instead www.thenational.scot/news/2492801...

Groundbreaking BBC research shows issues with over half the answers from Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistants www.bbc.com/mediacentre/... Conducted over a month, the study saw the BBC test four prominent, publicly available AI assistants

So what is it, all day or just 10 hours of the day?

Announcing the Data.gov Archive lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/02...

If Scotland was independent we’d currently be enjoying the lowest electricity costs in Europe. Instead as part of the UK we suffer the highest energy bills in Europe.

Managed to score tickets for hellorayo.co.uk/planet-rock/...

True.

Time for refreshment I think ( Valletta, Malta)

New fear unlocked, will my phone battery last long enough to order a Uber/Bolt to get home.

This means you, Nick Ferrari.

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