David Pick
@davidmichaelpick.net
Can't DM here so use Whitehall1212.05 on Signal or himself@davidmichaelpick.net.
Love a good pun and truly relish a bad one.
SFF Fan who followed a bunch of favourite authors and historians here.
Worked in IT at a UK university since 1971, now IT Security.
Love a good pun and truly relish a bad one.
SFF Fan who followed a bunch of favourite authors and historians here.
Worked in IT at a UK university since 1971, now IT Security.
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @qmul.bsky.social
The East London College, Queen Mary's forerunner institution, was a technical and recreative institute, also known as the People's Palace
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
The East London College, Queen Mary's forerunner institution, was a technical and recreative institute, also known as the People's Palace
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @qmul.bsky.social
The East London College, Queen Mary's forerunner institution, was a technical and recreative institute, also known as the People's Palace
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
The East London College, Queen Mary's forerunner institution, was a technical and recreative institute, also known as the People's Palace
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
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Britain is not a country of racist bigots.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.
August 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Britain is not a country of racist bigots.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.
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A letter from war torn Portland Oregon, truly heartbreaking. Please pass along so others across the world can see how bad it is🤭
#DefendersOfDemocracy
#DefendersOfDemocracy
October 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A letter from war torn Portland Oregon, truly heartbreaking. Please pass along so others across the world can see how bad it is🤭
#DefendersOfDemocracy
#DefendersOfDemocracy
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horrow story only someone in your profession would understand.
"The day started quietly..."
(IT SecOps.)
"The day started quietly..."
(IT SecOps.)
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story only someone in your profession would understand
“papers in IEEE format”
“papers in IEEE format”
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"Mixed inclusion ratio trust"
"Mixed inclusion ratio trust"
October 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horrow story only someone in your profession would understand.
"The day started quietly..."
(IT SecOps.)
"The day started quietly..."
(IT SecOps.)
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Dear USA
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
June 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Dear USA
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The Big Country
The Magnificent Seven
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Magnificent Seven
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Build a trilogy out of 3 unrelated Films.
September 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Big Country
The Magnificent Seven
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Magnificent Seven
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up
November 10, 2024 at 12:14 AM
The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up
Slightly diminish a book:
The Grapes of Peeved.
The Grapes of Peeved.
Slightly diminish a book
The Green Man’s Kerfuffle 😛
The Green Man’s Kerfuffle 😛
Slightly diminish a book
The Thief's Safe Bet
The Thief's Safe Bet
September 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Slightly diminish a book:
The Grapes of Peeved.
The Grapes of Peeved.
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Politics today is less driven by ideological conviction and more by parties chasing votes based on a distorted picture of public opinion, one filtered through algorithms that amplify emotionally engaging content. This incentivises performance over substance and erodes democratic deliberation.
If correctly written:
"Ministers are to announce a tightening of migration rules as the government hands over the political agenda to Nigel Farage"
Both immoral and politically inept. Well done Yvette Cooper.
"Ministers are to announce a tightening of migration rules as the government hands over the political agenda to Nigel Farage"
Both immoral and politically inept. Well done Yvette Cooper.
September 1, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Politics today is less driven by ideological conviction and more by parties chasing votes based on a distorted picture of public opinion, one filtered through algorithms that amplify emotionally engaging content. This incentivises performance over substance and erodes democratic deliberation.
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One of the traditional British values is "live and let live". There's a minority who no longer follow that traditional value. Their attitudes are overturning traditional social norms and those norms are worth conserving.
Britain is not a country of racist bigots.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.
August 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
One of the traditional British values is "live and let live". There's a minority who no longer follow that traditional value. Their attitudes are overturning traditional social norms and those norms are worth conserving.
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I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
August 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
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The Quakers are doing exactly what all public services are legally allowed to do even if the EHRC wants to pretend they're not: say gender-based toilets are inclusive and for anyone bothered by that as a matter of belief, there are stand-alone cubicles that they are very free to use. 1/
This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
www.quaker.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The Quakers are doing exactly what all public services are legally allowed to do even if the EHRC wants to pretend they're not: say gender-based toilets are inclusive and for anyone bothered by that as a matter of belief, there are stand-alone cubicles that they are very free to use. 1/
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This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
www.quaker.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
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Until a Rethuglican Representative’s or Senator’s child’s private school is hit by gun violence, don’t expect them to abandon their NRA A+Rating. They sucked limp cock for those donations, and will be damned if someone else’s loss is going to cost them millions.
August 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Until a Rethuglican Representative’s or Senator’s child’s private school is hit by gun violence, don’t expect them to abandon their NRA A+Rating. They sucked limp cock for those donations, and will be damned if someone else’s loss is going to cost them millions.
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Martin Turner Irish Times ... a truthful depiction
August 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Martin Turner Irish Times ... a truthful depiction
Dee Dump.
It looks like someone's sent me a DM. I can't read it (or reply) because I'm in the UK and won't age-verify because I don't like the system Bluesky chose to deploy for this in the UK.
If someone wants to talk to me please see the Signal or eMail addresses in my Bluesky profile.
It looks like someone's sent me a DM. I can't read it (or reply) because I'm in the UK and won't age-verify because I don't like the system Bluesky chose to deploy for this in the UK.
If someone wants to talk to me please see the Signal or eMail addresses in my Bluesky profile.
August 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Dee Dump.
It looks like someone's sent me a DM. I can't read it (or reply) because I'm in the UK and won't age-verify because I don't like the system Bluesky chose to deploy for this in the UK.
If someone wants to talk to me please see the Signal or eMail addresses in my Bluesky profile.
It looks like someone's sent me a DM. I can't read it (or reply) because I'm in the UK and won't age-verify because I don't like the system Bluesky chose to deploy for this in the UK.
If someone wants to talk to me please see the Signal or eMail addresses in my Bluesky profile.
Q: Will a VPN help?
A: It depends what you want it for, and which VPN.
First up: why?
There's a lot of people getting interested in VPNs at the moment to either get around censorship or age verification rules that are increasingly being set by national governments. 1/
A: It depends what you want it for, and which VPN.
First up: why?
There's a lot of people getting interested in VPNs at the moment to either get around censorship or age verification rules that are increasingly being set by national governments. 1/
August 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Q: Will a VPN help?
A: It depends what you want it for, and which VPN.
First up: why?
There's a lot of people getting interested in VPNs at the moment to either get around censorship or age verification rules that are increasingly being set by national governments. 1/
A: It depends what you want it for, and which VPN.
First up: why?
There's a lot of people getting interested in VPNs at the moment to either get around censorship or age verification rules that are increasingly being set by national governments. 1/