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Derek Goodridge
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The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!
December 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Got a great deal on some cheap ram for my computer
A bunch of tiny sheep sitting on my laptop
December 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Lovely piece from @ediblereading.bsky.social here, best thing I’ve read this week

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Restaurant review: The Royal Berkshire Hospital
On the Wednesday afternoon, my second full day in hospital after the accident, I put some pictures up on Facebook. Nothing special, just a picture from my bed of Dorrell Ward, my left foot poking o…
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December 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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On BBC iPlayer, the Marvellous Miniature Workshop has an episode on creation of a miniature Reading Central Club. Great stuff. #rdguk

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The Marvellous Miniature Workshop - Series 1: 4. Central Club
Sara Cox and the team recreate Reading’s iconic Central Club in miniature, celebrating Caribbean culture, music and community, and a daughter’s tribute to her beloved father.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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I’m calling on the UK Government to seriously review its presence on X (formerly Twitter) and then leave. It’s not just a communication channel anymore. Read more:
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Labour MPs Call For A More Serious Review Of The Government's Use Of X
Labour MPs are calling for ministers to take control of decisions over the government’s continued use of X, as concerns grow about the platform’s s...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
derekgwt.bsky.social
Very good
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
derekgwt.bsky.social
Just finished reading Seascraper by Benjamin Wood. Really enjoyed it, one of the best books I’ve read this year.
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Good work from Sky News

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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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November 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Very good
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Today’s must-read. Unbelievable.
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS] 1 NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]: Hello there 2 [A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk]. DAD: Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids? 3 NT EMPLOYEE: Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail! 4 MUM: That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids? 5 NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]: Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot! 6 NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]: Listen - that's their call [Calls emanating from the landscape]: tut-tut woke-woke 7 NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]: They are extremely sensitive and fragile... But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery. 8 KIDS [pointing]: There they are! [Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure]. [Little people noises]: woke-woke tut-tut woke-woke 9 [Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]: Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house. [Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]: tut-tut woke-woke 10 MUM [pointing]: What's that one doing there? NT EMPLOYEE: Oh, that's so sweet… 11 [We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away]. NT EMPLOYEE: I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph… 12 [We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]: Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE? [ends]
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Interesting

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Ultra-HD televisions not noticeably better for typical viewer, scientists say
Research shows 4K or 8K screens offer no distinguishable benefit over similarly sized 2K screen in average living room
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Braverman deleted this tweet which made me wonder who that previous prisoner was. His name was Junead Ahmed. He was a conman mistakenly released in 2023. She was Home Secretary at the time. Oh.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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WE KEEP being told that Al is so clever that it's a potential threat to the existence of the human race and could wipe us all out. If that's the case, before it starts kicking off, why doesn't someone just ask one of these AI bots how to stop it if it does? Yet again it's left to the likes of me to come up with solutions to the world's woes because the boffins simply can't be bothered. Joe Smith, Exeter
October 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
derekgwt.bsky.social
Very good piece
vermontgmg.bsky.social Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · Oct 22
The destruction of the East Wing is a reminder that America has violated the only check-and-balance that actually ends up mattering: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-c...
The only check-and-balance that actually matters
www.doomsdayscenario.co
October 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
derekgwt.bsky.social
I rewatched it last weekend. Even funnier this time around.
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Excellent
October 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
derekgwt.bsky.social
This is good info
October 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Just finished watching “the Librarians” on BBC iPlayer. Very good, I hadn’t realised how far across the US book banning had spread. Well done @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

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Storyville - The Librarians
A Storyville documentary that explores how librarians across the US are risking their safety to defend free speech as book bans and censorship threaten democracy from within.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.
October 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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ChatGPT's guide to Winning At Work
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Climbing the corporate greasy pole, ChatGPT style: the Stephen Collins cartoon
If I tell you what you want to hear then you’ll think I’m a god!
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Date for your diaries:
Friday 10th October
9am (gmt): The Nobel Committee announces the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
9.01am (gmt): War declared on Norway
October 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
😭

IG newberlinlibrary
October 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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The French TV series “Un village français” (The Line) has been released on ITVX with little fanfare. It deserves more publicity than it’s had so far. Really very good.
October 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Cory Doctorow has coined my favourite new word.

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Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...
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October 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM