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semi-retired. Perl & other FLOSS software. Scotch+Armagnac. Genealogy. old coastal fortifications. Radio. Maths. ^Sarcasm thus.^
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Interesting view into Regency era as a time of change. (And Turner as forebear of Kincade ^Painter of Light^.) cc: @darlenemarshall.bsky.social www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

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@timhorsey.bsky.social @siriusxmfc.bsky.social shocking that Stevie Nicol didn't make the list; were his/their best years when EFL were banned from Europe? 19+2=21 euro appearances . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_N...

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No need to play by the rules when you're a #mapoli billionaire. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/16/m...

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Back Market and iFixit are partnering to encourage consumers to keep their phones in service for at least five years—and to pressure manufacturers to extend smartphone support to 10 years. www.wired.com/story/back-m...

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“Failure to renew MITRE's contract for the CVE program, seemingly set to expire on April 16, 2025, risks significant disruption,” said Jason Soroko, Senior Fellow at Sectigo. www.forbes.com/sites/tonybr...

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ICYMI New blog: The Slow Collapse of Critical Thinking in OSINT due to AI "OSINT used to be a thinking game. Now it’s becoming a trusting game and that should terrify you." hashtag#OSINT hashtag#OSINT4good hashtag#AI Read the blog here: shadowdragon.io/blog/the-slo...

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A little geographical fun in The Bay State: Why so many W- towns? www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2025/04... #Massachusetts #geography

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Are Muslims really banning dogs in parks? 🤔 Let’s look at this perfect example of how rage baiting works, and how disinformation spreads, sticks, and fuels division, even years after being debunked… 🧵1/22 (1/1)

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the fact that there are many details in the report that are just observably false is a good reason news organizations could, if they wanted to, deny it the presumption of proof and cover the president's health as if it's a scandalous question

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Re-upping, because this is a phenomenon that will emerge in small and then accumulating ways going forward. Keep this thread in mind.

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deepcuts.blog/2025/04/12/i... Jane "Austen as weird fiction’s strange aunt," wrto Northanger Abbey satire of the Gothic novel.

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New video The World's LONGEST Klein Bottle - Numberphile youtu.be/v7yKZzbyF74

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@timhorsey.bsky.social @siriusxmfc.bsky.social Adding more winter games? Better retrofit a lid for each soccer specific shoebox. - Bill in Boston

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End-to-end encryption based on IETF-developed MLS is set be used on 100s of millions of #Android phones, Apple iPhones & other devices thanks to updated RCS specifications, enabling interoperable encryption between different platforms for the first time: www.ietf.org/blog/rcs-ado...

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Replacement buses are off the avenue and the trains are back on the rails today (albeit in "shuttle" form) on the Ashmont branch of the Red Line after a nine day “surge” that MBTA general manager Phil Eng said “went extremely well.” #Dorchester

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