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Neil Turner
@neilturner.me.uk
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Millennial Yorkshire queer partially deaf geek dad/husband. Works in university admissions, specialising in PhD and MBA. Likes photography and social media, doesn't like writing in the third person. He/him 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️#LGBwiththeT https://neilturner.me.uk
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Neil Turner @neilturner.me.uk · Nov 16
I guess it's time for another #introduction post? I'm Neil, I work in Higher Education and have been *very* online for a long time. Currently a co-chair of LGBTQ+ staff network at work, hearing aid user, interested in transport and live in Yorkshire. Blog at neilturner.me.uk updated every other day.
Hello. - Neil Turner's Blog
I’m Neil Turner, a UK-based queer higher education professional with interests in technology, social media and photography, and this is my presence on the web. I have a blog (here), and I am also on t...
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mattgrayy.es
I assume DNS and bind is the new Netflix and chill?
Photo of a bookshelf, the prominent book has the title DNS & BIND. Other books on the shelf are about Debian, D&D, XML, and Computer-Forensik
January 5, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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djangowexler.bsky.social
Sorry what are we watching now?
January 5, 2026 at 4:13 AM
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
A display of the sheer intellectual dishonesty of those who once asserted fundamental first principles abandoning those principles because of partisan loyalty - with receipts.
dieworkwear.bsky.social derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2h
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
Matt Walsh tweeted last year: "We've spent the last 25 years bringing "freedom" and "democracy" to countries around the globe while our own country has been systematically invaded and now our largest cities are run by foreigners and communists. If you want to know why I'm so avowedly non-interventionist, this is why." Then he tweeted today: ""This is a war for oil!!!!!" First of all, the "war" lasted like 90 minutes. Second, going to war to secure vital resources for your own people is totally legitimate. Why should we allow some third world communist shithole to control trillions of dollars worth of oil?" Laura Loomer tweeted last year: "I’m America First, I don’t support “Regime Change”. I went on @Bannons_WarRoom to talk about Chinese aggression in Venezuela and why we need to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign Islamic terrorist organization." Then she tweeted yesterday: "Maduro has arrived at the DEA office in Manhattan. He was transported in an armored motorcade after being transported in a blindfold via helicopter & then by plane to New York after his compound in Caracas was raided by US Special Forces. Proud to be an American today! USA 🇺🇸" Catturd tweeted last year: "Name one U.S. inspired regime change that hasn’t ended in absolute disaster." Then he tweeted yesterday: "Venezuela is now more free than New York City." Will Chamberlain tweeted last year: "The Republican Party is no longer the party of regime change and endless wars If you want to be its standard-bearer that is a non-negotiable position" Then he tweeted yesterday: "I can think of few better uses of my tax dollars than black-bagging the head of a foreign narco-trafficking organization that enriches itself by addicting and poisoning my fellow Americans"
January 5, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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ianvisits.co.uk
When you need to have a roof light above the kitchen, but above the kitchen is where the bathroom is going -- install a glass bath.

Just don't look up.

www.foxtons.co.uk/properties-f...
January 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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sorrelish.bsky.social
I say let them have a crack at it.
January 4, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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kibblesmith.com
Simpsons has been on the air so long that they could, at one point, credibly make a joke where Marge didn’t know what brunch was.
January 4, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
New euphemism for "bottomless corruption and naked abuses of power" just dropped
January 4, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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pennyend.bsky.social
Thought I’d have a look at istheukhotrightnow.com Note these are anomalies from the 1992-2020 mean not absolute values, but with climate warming faster than 30 year averages can keep pace widespread cold anomalies are relatively infrequent.
A map of the UK showing blue dots from -3 to -7 C below average with headline NO -it’s very cool! If you click the link you can zoom in on your dot.
January 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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erikhane.bsky.social
Just realized that Emperor Qin Shi Huang's "Terracotta Army" of clay soldiers he kept in a vault in like 200 BC make him the first Warhammer Guy. he got some disposable income and started painting minis. totally get it
January 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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scriblit.bsky.social
The Jason Momoa sneaking up on Henry Cavill meme. Cavill is captioned 'everyone in mid december declaring work issues 'a January problem', is unaware that Momoa, is creeping behind him with an impish expression. Momoa is captioned 'January'
January 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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disabilitystor1.bsky.social
OpenAI is now facing a total of 8 wrongful death lawsuits from grieving families....who claim that ChatGPT, in particular, the GPT-4o version, drove their loved ones to suicide. Soelberg’s complaint also alleges that company executives knew the chatbot was defective before it pushed it to the public
January 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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k8lister.bsky.social
Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
January 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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hbsj.bsky.social
Which is why I really hope the UK government holds the line in trade negotiations
January 4, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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gledster.bsky.social
www.whattowatch.com/features/are...

What To Watch has an interesting article on this, looking at top 10 films from a few years.

Yup, the 80s was the era for shorter films in the top 10 on average.
January 4, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social
This sounds like a Victorian euphemism for ‘homosexual’.
Velvet Trouser Hanger
January 3, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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dochackenbush.bsky.social
*slide whistle*
*comedy BOOIIINNGG sound*
2 panel digital pencil illustration of a mute swan standing on a frozen pond. The first panel shows the swan having a moment of uncertainty and the second shows their legs slipping apart in a huge split and landing on their arse with a THWUMP
January 3, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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cait.bsky.social
2026: scrolling past the AI generated CSAM on the nazi pedophile app to see my favorite politicians' public anti-war statements
January 3, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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joxley.jmoxley.co.uk
I think in this day and age they shouldn't have separate competitions based on your sexuality.
January 3, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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ianbetteridge.com
Some AI is much like magic. For example, I just used Jace.ai (which is an AI layer on top of Gmail) to go through my emails, find annual subscriptions, and total up the cost. Then I got it to create reminders in my calendar before the next due date This isn't about *creation* but *assistance*.
January 4, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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davecakes.bsky.social
Someone likes gearboxes.
A climbing plant that has been cut around windows causing it to look like a gear box
January 3, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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misterabk.bsky.social
In my day we used manufacture consent for illegal military action, but I suppose the president never was big on consent.
January 3, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
Insane flex

apnews.com/article/zohr...
Flanked by security guards and a small clutch of aides on a Manhattan-bound train, he agreed to several selfies with wide-eyed riders, then moved to a corner seat of the train to review his briefing materials. When a pair of French tourists, confused by the hubbub, approached Mamdani, he introduced himself as "the new mayor of New York." They seemed doubtful. He held up the morning's copy of the New York Daily News, featuring his smiling face, as proof. Globel HR & Payroll • IT • Spend DARE ORTOON CRUSE ENTO SHOWDONT E DALLY NEWS DAILY NEWS TUNG New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani reads a newspaper on the subway on his way to City Hall in New York, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/E Read more
January 3, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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anildash.com
Do you think the Slack app is going to change its icon to the colors of the Venezuelan flag in support of that country’s people being unjustly attacked by a rogue country, like they did for Ukraine?
January 3, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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mimmymum.bsky.social
If you’re still on X because you think it’s “where the conversation is”, it isn’t.

Ofcom’s Online Nation Report 2025 shows X is no longer a mainstream platform in the UK. Fewer people use it, engagement is tiny, and harm is concentrated.

🔗 tinyurl.com/OfcomON

🧵Here's what the data says ...
Ofcom Online Nation Report 2025 Published 10 December 2025
January 3, 2026 at 12:23 PM
neilturner.me.uk
Little bit chuffed with this photo I took of the MASSIVE full moon tonight.
It's a photo of the moon. The sky looks black around it and you can see some definition on the surface. Taken on a Canon EOS 90D.
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 PM