Peter Lee
@peteralee.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy
Engineer, Naval Veteran.
Was a refugee from Twitter but now fully paid up (literally!) Mastodon user.
I don’t post a lot of original content, but do enjoy […]
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Was a refugee from Twitter but now fully paid up (literally!) Mastodon user.
I don’t post a lot of original content, but do enjoy […]
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October 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I defy anyone to watch this match and still say that women’s rugby isn’t as fast, physical or exciting as the men’s game.
#comeontheredroses
#wrwc2025
#comeontheredroses
#wrwc2025
September 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I defy anyone to watch this match and still say that women’s rugby isn’t as fast, physical or exciting as the men’s game.
#comeontheredroses
#wrwc2025
#comeontheredroses
#wrwc2025
I know not everyone appreciates the wind, but every day when I see electricity prices like this, I can’t deny that I do feel a bit smug.
September 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I know not everyone appreciates the wind, but every day when I see electricity prices like this, I can’t deny that I do feel a bit smug.
Something as simple as chucking an AirTag in a suitcase is really handy when flying. Reassuring to know the bag is on the plane before we takeoff, and useful to know whether it’s on the way to baggage collection when you land…
September 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Something as simple as chucking an AirTag in a suitcase is really handy when flying. Reassuring to know the bag is on the plane before we takeoff, and useful to know whether it’s on the way to baggage collection when you land…
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This must be a watershed moment. The government's continued use of X is no longer simply negligent. It is an act of conscious assistance to violent extremism.
The common sense meaning should make this Elon Musk's "rivers of blood" moment
Though I think he goes further than Enoch Powell in a couple of important ways
Though I think he goes further than Enoch Powell in a couple of important ways
Elon Musk spoke by video to Tommy Robinson's anti-immigrant rally in the UK today.
"You're in a fundamental situation here where, whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you," said Musk. "You either fight back or you die."
"You're in a fundamental situation here where, whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you," said Musk. "You either fight back or you die."
September 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
This must be a watershed moment. The government's continued use of X is no longer simply negligent. It is an act of conscious assistance to violent extremism.
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The brilliantly funny Michael Spicer. If you like this, I might dig out his Christopher Nolan sketch which had me in tears.
Real Support from Actual Racists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmeOXYE_axE
Real Support from Actual Racists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmeOXYE_axE
September 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The brilliantly funny Michael Spicer. If you like this, I might dig out his Christopher Nolan sketch which had me in tears.
Real Support from Actual Racists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmeOXYE_axE
Real Support from Actual Racists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmeOXYE_axE
If you’re in the UK and haven’t heard about Slow Ways, this is a great effort to map and improve accessible walking routes between our towns & villages.
Worth a look, even if only for awareness rather than than financial support.
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/slowways
Worth a look, even if only for awareness rather than than financial support.
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/slowways
August 31, 2025 at 8:41 AM
If you’re in the UK and haven’t heard about Slow Ways, this is a great effort to map and improve accessible walking routes between our towns & villages.
Worth a look, even if only for awareness rather than than financial support.
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/slowways
Worth a look, even if only for awareness rather than than financial support.
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/slowways
Well done Octopus- it’s clearly going to be a windy day tomorrow !
Time to charge all the things!
Time to charge all the things!
August 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Well done Octopus- it’s clearly going to be a windy day tomorrow !
Time to charge all the things!
Time to charge all the things!
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#RIP “Breaking: Tom Lehrer, the Harvard-educated mathematician whose brief side gig as one of America’s favorite satirical composers captured in tune some of the anxieties and absurdities of the 1950s and 1960s, has died, according to the New York Times”
July 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
#RIP “Breaking: Tom Lehrer, the Harvard-educated mathematician whose brief side gig as one of America’s favorite satirical composers captured in tune some of the anxieties and absurdities of the 1950s and 1960s, has died, according to the New York Times”
Really pleased to see my old home town (Halifax) listed here.
What’s not mentioned (because presumably to readers of a Yorkshire publication it’s self-evident) is the close proximity of beautiful countryside to all of these towns. https://mastodon.social/@YorksBylines/114663154177360998
What’s not mentioned (because presumably to readers of a Yorkshire publication it’s self-evident) is the close proximity of beautiful countryside to all of these towns. https://mastodon.social/@YorksBylines/114663154177360998
Yorkshire Bylines (@YorksBylines@mastodon.social)
Six of the best Yorkshire towns to visit | A controversial opinion: these six Yorkshire towns – Richmond, Whitby, Halifax, Ilkley, Rotherham, and Beverley – are the county’s very best! | Ian Richardson https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/six-of-the-best-yorkshire-towns-to-visit/?feed_id=7811&_unique_id=68491892475d5 https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/six-of-the-best-yorkshire-towns-to-visit/?feed_id=7811&_unique_id=68491892475d5
mastodon.social
June 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Really pleased to see my old home town (Halifax) listed here.
What’s not mentioned (because presumably to readers of a Yorkshire publication it’s self-evident) is the close proximity of beautiful countryside to all of these towns. https://mastodon.social/@YorksBylines/114663154177360998
What’s not mentioned (because presumably to readers of a Yorkshire publication it’s self-evident) is the close proximity of beautiful countryside to all of these towns. https://mastodon.social/@YorksBylines/114663154177360998
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Mothers of Toddlers For Unleashed Untrained Rottweilers Say “No, No! Bad Doggie!”
Latinas For Trump co-founder rips Trump’s immigration policies as “unacceptable and “inhumane”
“This is not what we voted for”
“This is not what we voted for”
Latinas For Trump Co-Founder Rips Trump Immigration Policies As ‘Unacceptable And Inhumane’
“This is not what we voted for," said Florida state Sen. Ileana Garcia (R), while accusing Trump of undermining “the sense of fairness and justice.”
www.huffpost.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Mothers of Toddlers For Unleashed Untrained Rottweilers Say “No, No! Bad Doggie!”
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[The BBC] is appeasing itself to death.
Yep. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/01/consistently-appeasing-platforming-right-bbc-undermines-own-survival
Yep. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/01/consistently-appeasing-platforming-right-bbc-undermines-own-survival
The BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear a podcast about heat pumps? | George Monbiot
The broadcaster behaves like Starmer’s government: suppress the left, cave to your critics, and undermine your own survivalIt’s no longer even pretending. Last week, the BBC, already the UK’s most prolific censor, instructed the presenter Evan...
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
[The BBC] is appeasing itself to death.
Yep. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/01/consistently-appeasing-platforming-right-bbc-undermines-own-survival
Yep. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/01/consistently-appeasing-platforming-right-bbc-undermines-own-survival
Very happy with today’s Agile Octopus rates!
Got the car charging all day today…
Got the car charging all day today…
May 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Very happy with today’s Agile Octopus rates!
Got the car charging all day today…
Got the car charging all day today…
Does this mean that the PM should be sacked from the BBC, like Garry Lineker?
UK, France and Canada threaten action if Israel’s offensive continues as first aid crosses into Gaza in weeks – Israel-Gaza war live […]
UK, France and Canada threaten action if Israel’s offensive continues as first aid crosses into Gaza in weeks – Israel-Gaza war live […]
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mastodon.me.uk
May 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Does this mean that the PM should be sacked from the BBC, like Garry Lineker?
UK, France and Canada threaten action if Israel’s offensive continues as first aid crosses into Gaza in weeks – Israel-Gaza war live […]
UK, France and Canada threaten action if Israel’s offensive continues as first aid crosses into Gaza in weeks – Israel-Gaza war live […]
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Incredibly depressing day. I've spent my entire life being told by British governments how dreadful immigration is. New Labour did it. The Coalition. The Brexiters. Now Starmer. All of them accusing the ones who came before them of failing to clamp down. The same old vacant mean-spirited bollocks.
May 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Incredibly depressing day. I've spent my entire life being told by British governments how dreadful immigration is. New Labour did it. The Coalition. The Brexiters. Now Starmer. All of them accusing the ones who came before them of failing to clamp down. The same old vacant mean-spirited bollocks.
Today in news that sounds like clickbait but definitely isn’t!
https://mastodon.social/@kwas_na/114472186253175702
https://mastodon.social/@kwas_na/114472186253175702
K, the Leclerc stan :clippy: (@kwas_na@mastodon.social)
news from Poland: someone at university got eaten me: ????? [clicks link] news: a law student beheaded and ate someone’s head at a university me: ????????? news: with an axe (continues with the gruesome detail)
mastodon.social
May 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Today in news that sounds like clickbait but definitely isn’t!
https://mastodon.social/@kwas_na/114472186253175702
https://mastodon.social/@kwas_na/114472186253175702
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ANALYSIS/COMMENTARY
The Lib Dems:
Have taken control of 3 county councils, more than they've ever managed before. Won more seats than Labour and the Conservatives (nearly as many as both of them combined in fact). Now control more councils than the Conservatives.
Beat Labour in the national […]
The Lib Dems:
Have taken control of 3 county councils, more than they've ever managed before. Won more seats than Labour and the Conservatives (nearly as many as both of them combined in fact). Now control more councils than the Conservatives.
Beat Labour in the national […]
Original post on mastodonapp.uk
mastodonapp.uk
May 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
ANALYSIS/COMMENTARY
The Lib Dems:
Have taken control of 3 county councils, more than they've ever managed before. Won more seats than Labour and the Conservatives (nearly as many as both of them combined in fact). Now control more councils than the Conservatives.
Beat Labour in the national […]
The Lib Dems:
Have taken control of 3 county councils, more than they've ever managed before. Won more seats than Labour and the Conservatives (nearly as many as both of them combined in fact). Now control more councils than the Conservatives.
Beat Labour in the national […]
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People are saying we should write jumble words to mess up the training of AIs; I say we should just write sentences like those of the length Jane Austen would write, that have such non-local structure and nested clauses that, what with the drift of attention and the window of tokens, the LLMs […]
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mathstodon.xyz
April 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
People are saying we should write jumble words to mess up the training of AIs; I say we should just write sentences like those of the length Jane Austen would write, that have such non-local structure and nested clauses that, what with the drift of attention and the window of tokens, the LLMs […]
“Heating systems in Europe are unique and have a variety of hardware and software requirements that make it challenging to build for the diverse set of homes”
What Google means is “we only want to develop for one (American) setup”. Are they really so incompetent that they can’t figure out what […]
What Google means is “we only want to develop for one (American) setup”. Are they really so incompetent that they can’t figure out what […]
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mastodon.me.uk
April 26, 2025 at 6:23 AM
“Heating systems in Europe are unique and have a variety of hardware and software requirements that make it challenging to build for the diverse set of homes”
What Google means is “we only want to develop for one (American) setup”. Are they really so incompetent that they can’t figure out what […]
What Google means is “we only want to develop for one (American) setup”. Are they really so incompetent that they can’t figure out what […]
BBC News: “the president paid tribute to the Pope, appearing on a balcony accompanied by his wife and a giant rabbit”.
Did anyone in the presidential media team think about how this might look to anyone outside the MAGA bubble?
Did anyone in the presidential media team think about how this might look to anyone outside the MAGA bubble?
April 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
BBC News: “the president paid tribute to the Pope, appearing on a balcony accompanied by his wife and a giant rabbit”.
Did anyone in the presidential media team think about how this might look to anyone outside the MAGA bubble?
Did anyone in the presidential media team think about how this might look to anyone outside the MAGA bubble?
I’ve got a strong suspicion that I’m the only person in history who’s ever asked this, but does anyone know of an iOS Podcast app that works in landscape mode?
I’ve tried a bunch of them, & they all resolutely stick to portrait layout even when my iPhone’s on its side.
I’m embarking on a […]
I’ve tried a bunch of them, & they all resolutely stick to portrait layout even when my iPhone’s on its side.
I’m embarking on a […]
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mastodon.me.uk
April 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I’ve got a strong suspicion that I’m the only person in history who’s ever asked this, but does anyone know of an iOS Podcast app that works in landscape mode?
I’ve tried a bunch of them, & they all resolutely stick to portrait layout even when my iPhone’s on its side.
I’m embarking on a […]
I’ve tried a bunch of them, & they all resolutely stick to portrait layout even when my iPhone’s on its side.
I’m embarking on a […]
Can’t believe Life of Brian is only #31! https://beige.party/@Tattooed_Mummy/114369469191412078
Tats (@Tattooed_Mummy@beige.party)
The Top 35+ Movies About Jesus Christ, Ranked Easter movie ideas https://www.ranker.com/list/best-jesus-movies-of-all-time/ranker-film
beige.party
April 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Can’t believe Life of Brian is only #31! https://beige.party/@Tattooed_Mummy/114369469191412078
“While in previous years the Army would likely have noted the historic first in an announcement, that won't happen this time. Under the Trump administration, the department has prohibited anything that touts diversity, equity, and inclusion, per the AP. “ […]
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mastodon.me.uk
April 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
“While in previous years the Army would likely have noted the historic first in an announcement, that won't happen this time. Under the Trump administration, the department has prohibited anything that touts diversity, equity, and inclusion, per the AP. “ […]
So if Trump’s team calculated that China were imposing a 67% tariff on US goods, and now they’ve increased those, does this mean than Trump Will have to re-run his calculations and increase his own correspondingly? I feel for the poor (literally!) US consumers, faced with more and more taxation […]
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April 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
So if Trump’s team calculated that China were imposing a 67% tariff on US goods, and now they’ve increased those, does this mean than Trump Will have to re-run his calculations and increase his own correspondingly? I feel for the poor (literally!) US consumers, faced with more and more taxation […]