FredFertang
@fredfertang.bsky.social
Socialist. Husband. Father. Grandfather. Friend. Atheist. Book reader. Music lover. Jazz fan. Scot.
Now 5 weeks since I first lost a working server @synologyofficial.bsky.social:
6 days to acknowledge a hardware issue
4 weeks to process the return and ship a replacement
24 hours for replacement to fail completely
4 days so far for the replacement (RMA) process to start
6 days to acknowledge a hardware issue
4 weeks to process the return and ship a replacement
24 hours for replacement to fail completely
4 days so far for the replacement (RMA) process to start
September 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Now 5 weeks since I first lost a working server @synologyofficial.bsky.social:
6 days to acknowledge a hardware issue
4 weeks to process the return and ship a replacement
24 hours for replacement to fail completely
4 days so far for the replacement (RMA) process to start
6 days to acknowledge a hardware issue
4 weeks to process the return and ship a replacement
24 hours for replacement to fail completely
4 days so far for the replacement (RMA) process to start
@theguardian.com new layout is intensely bloody irritating.
May 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
@theguardian.com new layout is intensely bloody irritating.
Loving @tomhickox.bsky.social new album. Interpretation of Waterboys is notable as are critics references to Scott Walker.
Would welcome a Glasgow gig .. Oran Mor again?
Would welcome a Glasgow gig .. Oran Mor again?
May 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Loving @tomhickox.bsky.social new album. Interpretation of Waterboys is notable as are critics references to Scott Walker.
Would welcome a Glasgow gig .. Oran Mor again?
Would welcome a Glasgow gig .. Oran Mor again?
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📡 Broadcasting a new signal
On the eve of #WorldPressFreedomDay, R.E.M. is proud to announce Radio Free Europe 2025—a five-track benefit EP saluting 75 years of RFE/RL’s fearless journalism. Watch the full Dispatch video + learn more about Jacknife Lee and Mitch Easter RFE remixes
ffm.to/remrfe2025
On the eve of #WorldPressFreedomDay, R.E.M. is proud to announce Radio Free Europe 2025—a five-track benefit EP saluting 75 years of RFE/RL’s fearless journalism. Watch the full Dispatch video + learn more about Jacknife Lee and Mitch Easter RFE remixes
ffm.to/remrfe2025
May 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
📡 Broadcasting a new signal
On the eve of #WorldPressFreedomDay, R.E.M. is proud to announce Radio Free Europe 2025—a five-track benefit EP saluting 75 years of RFE/RL’s fearless journalism. Watch the full Dispatch video + learn more about Jacknife Lee and Mitch Easter RFE remixes
ffm.to/remrfe2025
On the eve of #WorldPressFreedomDay, R.E.M. is proud to announce Radio Free Europe 2025—a five-track benefit EP saluting 75 years of RFE/RL’s fearless journalism. Watch the full Dispatch video + learn more about Jacknife Lee and Mitch Easter RFE remixes
ffm.to/remrfe2025
Trump’s “Liberation Day” …. deflection? Watch what else gets announced under the radar over the next few days.
April 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Trump’s “Liberation Day” …. deflection? Watch what else gets announced under the radar over the next few days.
Why?
Does the Chicago Tribune not allow people outside of the USA to view their content…
Gives “This content is not available in your region" on white page.
Utterly bizarre.
Does the Chicago Tribune not allow people outside of the USA to view their content…
Gives “This content is not available in your region" on white page.
Utterly bizarre.
March 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Why?
Does the Chicago Tribune not allow people outside of the USA to view their content…
Gives “This content is not available in your region" on white page.
Utterly bizarre.
Does the Chicago Tribune not allow people outside of the USA to view their content…
Gives “This content is not available in your region" on white page.
Utterly bizarre.
@Onestream broadband - you should be ashamed of yourselves. Inertia selling adding charges to a small charity and refusing to refund.
Don’t know how your leadership sleeps at night! Moral vacuum. Won’t be renewing.
Don’t know how your leadership sleeps at night! Moral vacuum. Won’t be renewing.
March 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@Onestream broadband - you should be ashamed of yourselves. Inertia selling adding charges to a small charity and refusing to refund.
Don’t know how your leadership sleeps at night! Moral vacuum. Won’t be renewing.
Don’t know how your leadership sleeps at night! Moral vacuum. Won’t be renewing.
My head is spinning with the brazen cynicism of Trump & acolytes.
Wonderful to see so many European leaders stepping up to support Ukraine.
Which one of them will be first to stop soft soaping and call Trump out as a fascist?
Wonderful to see so many European leaders stepping up to support Ukraine.
Which one of them will be first to stop soft soaping and call Trump out as a fascist?
February 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
My head is spinning with the brazen cynicism of Trump & acolytes.
Wonderful to see so many European leaders stepping up to support Ukraine.
Which one of them will be first to stop soft soaping and call Trump out as a fascist?
Wonderful to see so many European leaders stepping up to support Ukraine.
Which one of them will be first to stop soft soaping and call Trump out as a fascist?
@tomhickox.bsky.social what a good start to the year. A new Tom Hickox album. On vinyl too I hope.
January 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
@tomhickox.bsky.social what a good start to the year. A new Tom Hickox album. On vinyl too I hope.
I offer these humbly. I am in the presence of some greatness here.
I am not so much a woodworker as I am a lover of wood. I have huge reservoirs of patience and an orbital sander that has rotated hundred of miles.
I am not so much a woodworker as I am a lover of wood. I have huge reservoirs of patience and an orbital sander that has rotated hundred of miles.
January 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I offer these humbly. I am in the presence of some greatness here.
I am not so much a woodworker as I am a lover of wood. I have huge reservoirs of patience and an orbital sander that has rotated hundred of miles.
I am not so much a woodworker as I am a lover of wood. I have huge reservoirs of patience and an orbital sander that has rotated hundred of miles.
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Fantastic to see the UK’s first drug consumption room finally open its doors in Glasgow. Congratulations to all those who made this happen. As the experience from more than 200 drug consumption rooms around the world shows, The Thistle will save many lives: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘All eyes are on Glasgow’: UK’s first legal drug consumption room ready to open
The Thistle will be available 365 days a year and provide a supervised space where drugs can be injected safely
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Fantastic to see the UK’s first drug consumption room finally open its doors in Glasgow. Congratulations to all those who made this happen. As the experience from more than 200 drug consumption rooms around the world shows, The Thistle will save many lives: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
I’m starting to understand this place a little better and the more I know the better I like it.
Refreshing to be in a place where civil dialogue and knowledge sharing is widespread.
Refreshing to be in a place where civil dialogue and knowledge sharing is widespread.
January 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I’m starting to understand this place a little better and the more I know the better I like it.
Refreshing to be in a place where civil dialogue and knowledge sharing is widespread.
Refreshing to be in a place where civil dialogue and knowledge sharing is widespread.
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Music & art is the bridge. Love & empathy is the bridge. Spirit is the bridge. We are the bridge. Let’s help those that need it the most, that’s it. Here’s Aretha Franklin performing ‘Bridge Over Troubled Waters’ in 1971. #HappyNewYear #JazzSky #MusicSky #SoulSky #nowplaying youtu.be/FoVezjpRgKE?...
Aretha Franklin, Bridge over troubled water Switzerland 1971
YouTube video by Urs Mueller
youtu.be
January 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Music & art is the bridge. Love & empathy is the bridge. Spirit is the bridge. We are the bridge. Let’s help those that need it the most, that’s it. Here’s Aretha Franklin performing ‘Bridge Over Troubled Waters’ in 1971. #HappyNewYear #JazzSky #MusicSky #SoulSky #nowplaying youtu.be/FoVezjpRgKE?...
Israel closes its embassy in Eire?
If more Western governments had Irish courage then Israel would be exposed overtly.
Well done Eire. Proud of you!!
If more Western governments had Irish courage then Israel would be exposed overtly.
Well done Eire. Proud of you!!
December 15, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Israel closes its embassy in Eire?
If more Western governments had Irish courage then Israel would be exposed overtly.
Well done Eire. Proud of you!!
If more Western governments had Irish courage then Israel would be exposed overtly.
Well done Eire. Proud of you!!
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Happy Saturday, friends. I'm going to spend the day working in the bookshop. We're very busy this close to the holidays. In fact, I read somewhere that indie bookshops make a third of their yearly income during the build-up to Christmas, so choosing to use them now helps them survive all year!
December 14, 2024 at 8:29 AM
Happy Saturday, friends. I'm going to spend the day working in the bookshop. We're very busy this close to the holidays. In fact, I read somewhere that indie bookshops make a third of their yearly income during the build-up to Christmas, so choosing to use them now helps them survive all year!
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Whoever this is, they’re tragically right.
December 13, 2024 at 6:21 AM
Whoever this is, they’re tragically right.
That’s it … I’ve had it with Jazz artists releasing double albums with 10 minutes of music on each side. That’s a single album. I don’t want to change sides every 10 minutes and don’t want to pay a premium for the additional slab of vinyl. Ezra Collective was the last straw.
You too Tyshawn Sorey.
You too Tyshawn Sorey.
December 13, 2024 at 7:28 PM
That’s it … I’ve had it with Jazz artists releasing double albums with 10 minutes of music on each side. That’s a single album. I don’t want to change sides every 10 minutes and don’t want to pay a premium for the additional slab of vinyl. Ezra Collective was the last straw.
You too Tyshawn Sorey.
You too Tyshawn Sorey.
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"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope"
- Dr. MLK Jr.
- Dr. MLK Jr.
November 15, 2024 at 11:53 PM
"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope"
- Dr. MLK Jr.
- Dr. MLK Jr.
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Payback is a bitch. And so are we.
You’re on notice. We aren’t going anywhere. We’re not hiding.
We’re not being silent. But we are taking notes.
You’re on notice. We aren’t going anywhere. We’re not hiding.
We’re not being silent. But we are taking notes.
November 14, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Payback is a bitch. And so are we.
You’re on notice. We aren’t going anywhere. We’re not hiding.
We’re not being silent. But we are taking notes.
You’re on notice. We aren’t going anywhere. We’re not hiding.
We’re not being silent. But we are taking notes.
Reposted by FredFertang
bbc.com/news/article...
It's about time fireworks were banned, except in public displays
It's about time fireworks were banned, except in public displays
Baby red panda dies from firework stress, says Edinburgh Zoo
Three-month-old Roxie choked on her own vomit as fireworks were being set off across Edinburgh on Bonfire Night.
bbc.com
November 14, 2024 at 6:11 PM
bbc.com/news/article...
It's about time fireworks were banned, except in public displays
It's about time fireworks were banned, except in public displays
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"The purchase gives a satirical outlet — which carries the banner of “America’s Finest News Source” on its masthead — control over a brand that has long peddled misinformation and conspiracy."
apnews.com/article/onio...
apnews.com/article/onio...
Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at auction with Sandy Hook families' backing
The satirical news publication The Onion has bought Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction with the backing of families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
apnews.com
November 14, 2024 at 6:12 PM
"The purchase gives a satirical outlet — which carries the banner of “America’s Finest News Source” on its masthead — control over a brand that has long peddled misinformation and conspiracy."
apnews.com/article/onio...
apnews.com/article/onio...
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NEW: Israeli authorities have caused massive, deliberate forced displacement of Palestinian civilians in Gaza since October 2023 and are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Governments should adopt targeted sanctions and other measures, and halt weapons sales to Israel.
Governments should adopt targeted sanctions and other measures, and halt weapons sales to Israel.
Israel’s Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza
Israeli authorities have caused the massive, deliberate forced displacement of Palestinian civilians in Gaza since October 2023 and are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Ri...
www.hrw.org
November 14, 2024 at 4:18 PM
NEW: Israeli authorities have caused massive, deliberate forced displacement of Palestinian civilians in Gaza since October 2023 and are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Governments should adopt targeted sanctions and other measures, and halt weapons sales to Israel.
Governments should adopt targeted sanctions and other measures, and halt weapons sales to Israel.