Chris Bartram
@stymaster.bsky.social
Network Monkey.
"If you can't be a shining example, then at least you can be a terrible warning"
"If you can't be a shining example, then at least you can be a terrible warning"
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Yet more proof that the Great British Public cannot be trusted.
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.
But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Yet more proof that the Great British Public cannot be trusted.
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...on your work managed device.
We should assume no level of privacy from work on work managed devices. At least not us regular folk.
We should assume no level of privacy from work on work managed devices. At least not us regular folk.
Normal and great
> Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
> Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
Google Starts Sharing All Your Text Messages With Your Employer
Warning — what happens on your Android phone, doesn’t stay on your Android phone.
www.forbes.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
...on your work managed device.
We should assume no level of privacy from work on work managed devices. At least not us regular folk.
We should assume no level of privacy from work on work managed devices. At least not us regular folk.
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#Edinburgh looking rather fine this evening
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
#Edinburgh looking rather fine this evening
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Good afternoon welcome to week 28 of our 52 week challenge. This weeks question . What word makes you cringe or titter or both? (Mine is gusset ) #Challenge52
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Good afternoon welcome to week 28 of our 52 week challenge. This weeks question . What word makes you cringe or titter or both? (Mine is gusset ) #Challenge52
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You ask the public do they like hunting?
They say no.
Ask them if they like paedos.
They say no again.
How about tax avoiders?
No too.
What about people living off the state?
No!
And then you show them a family of lazy fox hunting paedo tax dodgers.
And they get their bunting out.
They say no.
Ask them if they like paedos.
They say no again.
How about tax avoiders?
No too.
What about people living off the state?
No!
And then you show them a family of lazy fox hunting paedo tax dodgers.
And they get their bunting out.
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
You ask the public do they like hunting?
They say no.
Ask them if they like paedos.
They say no again.
How about tax avoiders?
No too.
What about people living off the state?
No!
And then you show them a family of lazy fox hunting paedo tax dodgers.
And they get their bunting out.
They say no.
Ask them if they like paedos.
They say no again.
How about tax avoiders?
No too.
What about people living off the state?
No!
And then you show them a family of lazy fox hunting paedo tax dodgers.
And they get their bunting out.
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Right, doing the saying it out loud so it might actually happen thing.
Valley Guitar Repairs is coming soon. Guitars, basses, pedals, maybe amps if I know what I'm looking at. From a new jack to a full setup, I'll be doing it all.
DMs open, I'll set a dedicated account up soon
Please share x
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Valley Guitar Repairs is coming soon. Guitars, basses, pedals, maybe amps if I know what I'm looking at. From a new jack to a full setup, I'll be doing it all.
DMs open, I'll set a dedicated account up soon
Please share x
🎸
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Right, doing the saying it out loud so it might actually happen thing.
Valley Guitar Repairs is coming soon. Guitars, basses, pedals, maybe amps if I know what I'm looking at. From a new jack to a full setup, I'll be doing it all.
DMs open, I'll set a dedicated account up soon
Please share x
🎸
Valley Guitar Repairs is coming soon. Guitars, basses, pedals, maybe amps if I know what I'm looking at. From a new jack to a full setup, I'll be doing it all.
DMs open, I'll set a dedicated account up soon
Please share x
🎸
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Christmas is the season of giving - and not everyone is lucky enough to have a piped gravy supply to their homes like Bearwood residents - so we've dispatched our iconic Gravy Christmas Truck on tour around locations in the West Midlands, to give the gift of gravy!
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Christmas is the season of giving - and not everyone is lucky enough to have a piped gravy supply to their homes like Bearwood residents - so we've dispatched our iconic Gravy Christmas Truck on tour around locations in the West Midlands, to give the gift of gravy!
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Good Afternoon and welcome to week 27 of our #Challenge52. This weeks question. Do you have any traditions from celebrations /festivals/ events that you still keep up as a family or with friends?
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Good Afternoon and welcome to week 27 of our #Challenge52. This weeks question. Do you have any traditions from celebrations /festivals/ events that you still keep up as a family or with friends?
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It's not cosplay, it's fancy dress. Stop it.
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
It's not cosplay, it's fancy dress. Stop it.
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I still can't get over the combination of being so desperate for people to like you, and one of the richest men in the world, but also such a complete arsehole that you're physically unable to help people with your wealth despite that being an ultra-easy-mode way to make everyone adore you.
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I still can't get over the combination of being so desperate for people to like you, and one of the richest men in the world, but also such a complete arsehole that you're physically unable to help people with your wealth despite that being an ultra-easy-mode way to make everyone adore you.
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When you spot someone sleeping rough, you can share the details with the local outreach team at www.thestreetlink.org.uk. It helps workers offer guidance and routes into safer accommodation. #BeTheLink
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
When you spot someone sleeping rough, you can share the details with the local outreach team at www.thestreetlink.org.uk. It helps workers offer guidance and routes into safer accommodation. #BeTheLink
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I'd say 'let's hang this around the neck of the Tory party forever' but then Labour has gone for 'save money by not giving everyone booster jabs because they don't do enough to reduce people not making it to work'
that's literally the argument in the NHS green book BTW
that's literally the argument in the NHS green book BTW
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I'd say 'let's hang this around the neck of the Tory party forever' but then Labour has gone for 'save money by not giving everyone booster jabs because they don't do enough to reduce people not making it to work'
that's literally the argument in the NHS green book BTW
that's literally the argument in the NHS green book BTW
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ai defenders are so disingenuous — no serious researcher ever wants streamlined interpretive data & the internet (as fallible as it is) was 100% fine for casual searchers. ai introduces nothing but contentious thievery disguised as commercialized innovation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ai defenders are so disingenuous — no serious researcher ever wants streamlined interpretive data & the internet (as fallible as it is) was 100% fine for casual searchers. ai introduces nothing but contentious thievery disguised as commercialized innovation.
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I hope they used the same two topless men every time. I would watch an Edwardian Road movie about these two chaps, zigzagging the country by train, methodically but reluctantly measuring out 70 feet and then exposing their nipples to be sure.
I’m calling them Hedley and Chadwick.
I’m calling them Hedley and Chadwick.
In the UK, houses that back on to each other have to be at least 21 metres apart because of a 1902 law. This is all about protecting a woman's modesty.
This distance was decided by two topless men backing away from each other until they couldn't see each others nipples.
This distance was decided by two topless men backing away from each other until they couldn't see each others nipples.
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I hope they used the same two topless men every time. I would watch an Edwardian Road movie about these two chaps, zigzagging the country by train, methodically but reluctantly measuring out 70 feet and then exposing their nipples to be sure.
I’m calling them Hedley and Chadwick.
I’m calling them Hedley and Chadwick.
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Look at this lovely Devon lad!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Once-extinct European wildcats set to make a comeback in England
Fifty wildcats could be reintroduced to the countryside in south west England, conservationists say.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Look at this lovely Devon lad!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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It is 2005, the internet is a distributed network of servers designed so that no one outage can take down the entire network
It is 2025, the internet relies on three companies, problems with any one of which can cripple a significant proportion of the global economy
It is 2025, the internet relies on three companies, problems with any one of which can cripple a significant proportion of the global economy
there’s a major AWS outage going on right now that’s taken down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, Perplexity, Roblox, and lots more of the internet. US-EAST-1 is down and impacting a lot of services that rely on AWS www.theverge.com/news/802486/...
Major AWS outage takes down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more
A chunk of the internet has been taken offline.
www.theverge.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
It is 2005, the internet is a distributed network of servers designed so that no one outage can take down the entire network
It is 2025, the internet relies on three companies, problems with any one of which can cripple a significant proportion of the global economy
It is 2025, the internet relies on three companies, problems with any one of which can cripple a significant proportion of the global economy
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People should not "blindly trust" everything AI tools tell them, the boss of the company plastering the fucking "AI Overview" at the top of every search tells the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8drzv37z4jo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8drzv37z4jo
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
People should not "blindly trust" everything AI tools tell them, the boss of the company plastering the fucking "AI Overview" at the top of every search tells the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8drzv37z4jo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8drzv37z4jo
Good attempt but Fuzz Townsend did better. He deserves a medal.
www.nme.com/news/music/p...
www.nme.com/news/music/p...
November 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Good attempt but Fuzz Townsend did better. He deserves a medal.
www.nme.com/news/music/p...
www.nme.com/news/music/p...
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Good evening and welcome to week 26 of our 52 week Challenge. (Day early this week, bit busy tomorrow) Your favourite fictional villain? (Book, Film, TV, Comic etc) #Challenge52
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Good evening and welcome to week 26 of our 52 week Challenge. (Day early this week, bit busy tomorrow) Your favourite fictional villain? (Book, Film, TV, Comic etc) #Challenge52
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Remembrance Day is now dominated by performative nonsense. You don't need a house sized poppy and a model spitfire to show you care about the sacrifices made for the country. Where's the sense of dignity and the quiet respect gone?
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Remembrance Day is now dominated by performative nonsense. You don't need a house sized poppy and a model spitfire to show you care about the sacrifices made for the country. Where's the sense of dignity and the quiet respect gone?
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Have Reform UK Ltd’s county councils delivered on their promises?
A six-month review of Reform-led county councils explores how effectively they have delivered what they promised to their electors | Gary Gilligan
@garygilligan.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
A six-month review of Reform-led county councils explores how effectively they have delivered what they promised to their electors | Gary Gilligan
@garygilligan.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Have Reform UK Ltd’s county councils delivered on their promises?
A six-month review of Reform-led county councils explores how effectively they have delivered what they promised to their electors
centralbylines.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Have Reform UK Ltd’s county councils delivered on their promises?
A six-month review of Reform-led county councils explores how effectively they have delivered what they promised to their electors | Gary Gilligan
@garygilligan.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
A six-month review of Reform-led county councils explores how effectively they have delivered what they promised to their electors | Gary Gilligan
@garygilligan.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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How about Andrew Mountbatten Windsor as new DG?
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
How about Andrew Mountbatten Windsor as new DG?
*shudder*
New York, London, Paris, Munich, everyone talk about, poppy music.
Off key #Respectival entertainment 👌
Off key #Respectival entertainment 👌
And a little entertainment afterwards?
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
*shudder*
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And they say there are no new sitcom ideas
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
And they say there are no new sitcom ideas