Simon Wood
@simonwood.info
Lecturer in Medical Education at Cardiff University, lapsed mathematician, garden railway builder & Doctor Who appreciator.
Mostly on Mastodon, follow from Bsky at: @mastodon.simonwood.info (and Pixelfed @pixelfed.simonwood.info)
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Mostly on Mastodon, follow from Bsky at: @mastodon.simonwood.info (and Pixelfed @pixelfed.simonwood.info)
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Simon Wood
@simonwood.info
· Mar 6
I post (much!) more over on Mastodon than here but you can follow my posts there from Bluesky: @mastodon.simonwood.info.
I can only reply and interact with you if you follow @ap.brid.gy as well though.
(You can also follow my Pixelfed posts from Bluesky: @pixelfed.simonwood.info)
I can only reply and interact with you if you follow @ap.brid.gy as well though.
(You can also follow my Pixelfed posts from Bluesky: @pixelfed.simonwood.info)
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What I would really like to see from any of the so-called radicals in UK politics is to move from their comfort zones and actually home in on real unaddressed issues like the overwhelming government bias towards the largest companies - which could make a real difference.
November 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
What I would really like to see from any of the so-called radicals in UK politics is to move from their comfort zones and actually home in on real unaddressed issues like the overwhelming government bias towards the largest companies - which could make a real difference.
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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Getting some teas for the rest of the family and came across this monstrosity of 21st Century consumerism.
On the one hand, what the hell, Twinings?
On the other hand, I'm all in for it.
#FiveDaysEarlGreysFiveWays
On the one hand, what the hell, Twinings?
On the other hand, I'm all in for it.
#FiveDaysEarlGreysFiveWays
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Getting some teas for the rest of the family and came across this monstrosity of 21st Century consumerism.
On the one hand, what the hell, Twinings?
On the other hand, I'm all in for it.
#FiveDaysEarlGreysFiveWays
On the one hand, what the hell, Twinings?
On the other hand, I'm all in for it.
#FiveDaysEarlGreysFiveWays
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Not the point I know, but a question: if you're changing the gauge, do you add a new rail between the existing two or just undo one and move it in a bit?
1st option means you can carry on using the tracks while the job is done & gives you some interoperabiity, but is much more expensive, I guess?
1st option means you can carry on using the tracks while the job is done & gives you some interoperabiity, but is much more expensive, I guess?
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Not the point I know, but a question: if you're changing the gauge, do you add a new rail between the existing two or just undo one and move it in a bit?
1st option means you can carry on using the tracks while the job is done & gives you some interoperabiity, but is much more expensive, I guess?
1st option means you can carry on using the tracks while the job is done & gives you some interoperabiity, but is much more expensive, I guess?
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Last one for now. That was harder. Bloody pleasant open face…
Happy doctor who day…
Happy doctor who day…
November 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Last one for now. That was harder. Bloody pleasant open face…
Happy doctor who day…
Happy doctor who day…
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Go on then. Because you asked no nicely…
Happy doctor who day again!
Happy doctor who day again!
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Go on then. Because you asked no nicely…
Happy doctor who day again!
Happy doctor who day again!
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Happy Doctor Who day!
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Happy Doctor Who day!
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I think what they could have done, here, I feel is just put a penny on income tax.
November 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I think what they could have done, here, I feel is just put a penny on income tax.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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This is bizarre. Like the editor of the guardian or mail or any other paper complaining repeatedly about the front page lead they decided to run with.
Very good example of what's wrong with broadcast news - they've given up deciding for themselves what is or isn't news and what the priorities are
Very good example of what's wrong with broadcast news - they've given up deciding for themselves what is or isn't news and what the priorities are
It’s a sign of how insane the news cycle is these days that this historic failure of government policy got just one day of news coverage this week.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
BREAKING: UK’s response to Covid was “too little too late”. Acting faster could have saved 23,000 lives in England according to the public inquiry.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This is bizarre. Like the editor of the guardian or mail or any other paper complaining repeatedly about the front page lead they decided to run with.
Very good example of what's wrong with broadcast news - they've given up deciding for themselves what is or isn't news and what the priorities are
Very good example of what's wrong with broadcast news - they've given up deciding for themselves what is or isn't news and what the priorities are
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My philosophy has always been this:
If you try to convince me something is shit, you’re wrong & will fail.
If you try to convince me something is great, you’re right & winning at life.
If we all agreed on everything life would be dull; it’s how we go about our differences that’s important.
If you try to convince me something is shit, you’re wrong & will fail.
If you try to convince me something is great, you’re right & winning at life.
If we all agreed on everything life would be dull; it’s how we go about our differences that’s important.
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
My philosophy has always been this:
If you try to convince me something is shit, you’re wrong & will fail.
If you try to convince me something is great, you’re right & winning at life.
If we all agreed on everything life would be dull; it’s how we go about our differences that’s important.
If you try to convince me something is shit, you’re wrong & will fail.
If you try to convince me something is great, you’re right & winning at life.
If we all agreed on everything life would be dull; it’s how we go about our differences that’s important.
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Hi! Today is my first official day as the Executive Director of Mastodon, replacing @gargon@mastodon.social as CEO. I joined the Mastodon team more than 5 years ago, mostly working for Mastodon in the evenings on top of a 120% day job. I was the driving force behind the incorporation of the […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Hi! Today is my first official day as the Executive Director of Mastodon, replacing @gargon@mastodon.social as CEO. I joined the Mastodon team more than 5 years ago, mostly working for Mastodon in the evenings on top of a 120% day job. I was the driving force behind the incorporation of the […]
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We’re also looking ahead to what comes next. In another blog post published today, we introduced Mastodon’s new leadership team. Our Executive Director is @mellifluousbox (formerly, CFO of Mastodon gGmbH), who has already represented Mastodon on international stages.
We also shared an […]
We also shared an […]
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mastodon.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
We’re also looking ahead to what comes next. In another blog post published today, we introduced Mastodon’s new leadership team. Our Executive Director is @mellifluousbox (formerly, CFO of Mastodon gGmbH), who has already represented Mastodon on international stages.
We also shared an […]
We also shared an […]
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Our Founder, @Gargron is stepping down from his position as CEO. He shared a reflection on his time building and growing Mastodon on our blog.
We want to take a moment to express the Mastodon team’s deep gratitude and admiration for Eugen, and for the technology and community he has built here […]
We want to take a moment to express the Mastodon team’s deep gratitude and admiration for Eugen, and for the technology and community he has built here […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Our Founder, @Gargron is stepping down from his position as CEO. He shared a reflection on his time building and growing Mastodon on our blog.
We want to take a moment to express the Mastodon team’s deep gratitude and admiration for Eugen, and for the technology and community he has built here […]
We want to take a moment to express the Mastodon team’s deep gratitude and admiration for Eugen, and for the technology and community he has built here […]
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Looking for a personal email provider, which lets you use your own domain. Will be used with Outlook client on PC and on Android mobile. For a friend who needs to get set up asap, so any recommendations welcome! Thanks.
October 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Looking for a personal email provider, which lets you use your own domain. Will be used with Outlook client on PC and on Android mobile. For a friend who needs to get set up asap, so any recommendations welcome! Thanks.
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The multi-camera drama has disappeared forever: an entire medium, an entire *form of art*, has just gone. Thirty years ago. Unheralded, unnoticed. It’s like the novel disappearing. Or watercolours vanishing. It was cultural vandalism, by oversight. 19/
October 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The multi-camera drama has disappeared forever: an entire medium, an entire *form of art*, has just gone. Thirty years ago. Unheralded, unnoticed. It’s like the novel disappearing. Or watercolours vanishing. It was cultural vandalism, by oversight. 19/
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I dunno about the rest of you, but I want my cardiologist to relax and rest rather than spend her off-time picking litter and sweeping the streets.
September 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I dunno about the rest of you, but I want my cardiologist to relax and rest rather than spend her off-time picking litter and sweeping the streets.
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Immigration has halved due to increasing restrictions. This has had no impact whatsoever in terms of reducing the popularity of the far right. You would have to be an idiot to conclude that restricting it even further will make a difference.
This is first time I’ve heard the govt making the Labour argument for controlling immigration.
Mahmood argues that controlling our borders is good for race relations, because uncontrolled immigration is feeding far right rhetoric and tensions.
Expect to hear a lot more of that.
Mahmood argues that controlling our borders is good for race relations, because uncontrolled immigration is feeding far right rhetoric and tensions.
Expect to hear a lot more of that.
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Immigration has halved due to increasing restrictions. This has had no impact whatsoever in terms of reducing the popularity of the far right. You would have to be an idiot to conclude that restricting it even further will make a difference.
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Hi from Mastodon, new Bluesky followers! ^_^
So you know, I can't interact with you if you don't give me permission! If you want that, it's two clicks, here's how:
https://solarbird.net/blog/2025/01/16/hey-bluesky-users/
#bluesky #fedibridge
So you know, I can't interact with you if you don't give me permission! If you want that, it's two clicks, here's how:
https://solarbird.net/blog/2025/01/16/hey-bluesky-users/
#bluesky #fedibridge
## Hey Bluesky users!
I’m on Mastodon. I like it here; it’s neat! But I know folks on Bluesky I’d like to follow, preferably _from_ Mastodon.
And I can! _**If**_ they give permission. So if you want to let me and other Mastodonians follow your Bluesky account, here’s how.
This link goes to a special Bluesky account profile: https://bsky.app/profile/ap.brid.gy
If you click on the link, you’ll see the profile. If you then click the profile’s “follow” button, that will give me and others from Federated services like Mastodon permission to see your posts and follow your _Bluesky_ account.
That’s all there is to it. You don’t need to know anything about Mastodon, or have a Mastodon account; you’re done! We can now follow you and see your posts.
If _you_ want to follow _me_ from Bluesky, you can do that already. You don’t have to do anything special, because I gave _my_ permission a while ago.
Here are my account profiles as seen by Bluesky users:
* My Mastodon account
* My Wordpess blog, which is my same bullshit, but in longer form.
These act just like Bluesky accounts to you, but I’ll only see your replies if you give permission like I described above. Otherwise, I won’t see anything.
And that’s it! So… welcome to the world of non-billionaire-hijacked social media. Let’s make some connections!
#BlueSky #Facebook #meta #Twitter
solarbird.net
September 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi from Mastodon, new Bluesky followers! ^_^
So you know, I can't interact with you if you don't give me permission! If you want that, it's two clicks, here's how:
https://solarbird.net/blog/2025/01/16/hey-bluesky-users/
#bluesky #fedibridge
So you know, I can't interact with you if you don't give me permission! If you want that, it's two clicks, here's how:
https://solarbird.net/blog/2025/01/16/hey-bluesky-users/
#bluesky #fedibridge
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Be existential to each other…
September 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Be existential to each other…
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Oh nice. Today is a Pythagorean triple. Even in America. https://www.npr.org/2025/09/16/nx-s1-5535545/pythagorean-triple-square-day-9-16-25
September 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Oh nice. Today is a Pythagorean triple. Even in America. https://www.npr.org/2025/09/16/nx-s1-5535545/pythagorean-triple-square-day-9-16-25
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Sounds more like a Torchwood episode than the main series tbh.
Doctor who left patient during operation to have sex with nurse allowed to practise
Medical tribunal rules ‘very low risk’ of Suhail Anjum, who had been dismissed by hospital in Greater Manchester, repeating behaviour
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Sounds more like a Torchwood episode than the main series tbh.
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It is with heavy heart (and, unfortunately, deep affection) that I must reshare a snippet from the 1980s masterpiece “Yes, Prime Minister”, in relation to Russia’s drone attack on a NATO ally.
September 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
It is with heavy heart (and, unfortunately, deep affection) that I must reshare a snippet from the 1980s masterpiece “Yes, Prime Minister”, in relation to Russia’s drone attack on a NATO ally.
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As a kid, I ate up making-of docs and books and magazines. A lot of us raised on the holy Blue Peter / Doctor Who axis of access did the same. I find it baffling when people have no interest or feeling for the creation of the stuff they love, how it actually *works*.
August 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
As a kid, I ate up making-of docs and books and magazines. A lot of us raised on the holy Blue Peter / Doctor Who axis of access did the same. I find it baffling when people have no interest or feeling for the creation of the stuff they love, how it actually *works*.