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@jbenjamint@mastodon.scot
mastodon 4.7.2Abrach. Working in youth justice - #CashBackForCommunities at Inspiring Scotland. Used to sit at a Bloomberg terminal. Highland Councillor for a while. Quite keen on all things outdoors, #cycling , active travel, og det norske språket.
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Peak menswear was attained in the Scottish Highlands in the 1930s.
The traditional mandatory bike-outside-polling station photograph.
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@overholt@glammr.us I would tag endless scream in here but it doesn't sufficiently capture my response. Maybe an extra circle of hell might come close.
Not sure I've ever posted a Vogue link before but this is a great examination of the dog days of summer.
https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/school-holidays
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange After being caught by surprise a couple of times, we now always immediately boot the AI notetakers out from meetings. But by and large most people seemed to have stopped using them now. I hope it's dawned on them how rude it is.
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@davidallengreen@mastodon.green and then there's that version with the suitors as KKK white supremacists who get run out of town.
(I'm a very big fan of Oh Brother Where Art Thou)
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@ifixcoinops@retro.social got to say that 'top me' has quite different connotations in my part of normal island.
The snowgoose gully takes its summer form. Named for the shape, not because they ever land there!
On maps it's shown as leac an t-sneachda, the snow slab.
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@JoscelynTransient@chaosfem.tw @occult@vox.ominous.net
Partially eaten you say?
Presumably killed them.
https://mastodon.social/@samuelpepys/117139814218476839
The three main age demographics.
"No! Do not cross the beams!" they shout as he tags both #mosstodon and #SchiffSamstag in the same post.
My neighbour's boat: that can now only dream about rolling sea of the Minch and the deep waters of the Sound of Eigg.
Tory party must be really getting short of cash. They're reusing old election flyers from 2016.
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@brianbilston@mastodon.online Outstanding. Could we get this on every bus stop and sign board please. 🙏🏽
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@jalefkowit@hachyderm.io 1920s America is one of my favourite historical periods to read about but I didn't know about this!
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@markrprior@ohai.social#8nationsGiro
Ben O'Connor AUS
Jonas Vingegaard DEN
Filippo Ganna ITA
Jasper Stuyven BEL
Johannes Kulset NOR
Connor Swift GBR
Timo De Jong NED
Paul Magnier FRA
#CouchPeloton
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@pewterbaw@mastodon.scot @cathos@merveilles.town
You can cut curves in a tile by hand with a tile saw blade (tungsten carbide string blade fitted to a hacksaw). If you can find a similar tile, make a stencil of your area to fill and cut that shape, leaving space for grouting etc.
I've cut curved shapes like that when fitting tiles around shower fittings etc. It's a pain of a job but will be neater than a mosaic of broken tile!
Edit - mask up when cutting by hand since you'll be making a bit of dust...
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@uc@mastodon.scot Could well be - I'm not 100% sure about the Guardian since I have an account and subscription so don't see the pop up any more!
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@alexpalacefan@mastodonapp.uk Hutchinson Caracal Race - weren't available tan sided at the time and tbh I'm not that fussed!
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@PavelASamsonov brilliant. Working in a place straddling private sector and government, I feel totally seen.
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@Dorell@mastodon.scot @HelenLockhart@mastodon.scot glad it's not just me (and the long suffering council roads teams) who gets hacked off by verge destruction!
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@pete @DurableAce the replacement derailleur arrived today and was fitted at lunch. Had to go test it didn't I?
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@plock@mas.to the victims here are children, criminally exploited.
Tech companies will lose this political battle unless they come up with workable solutions.
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@scotlit@mastodon.scot ah, sorry, I meant just in interpretation. My reading of it is a bit more prosaic than theirs. I imagine the poor suffering boy is not feeling much of the "communal in the arts"...
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@revk@toot.me.uk it is a hundred miles or so, they must have walked - swimming rivers, climbing hills, just to deliver that one parcel.
#EvriDayHeroes
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@signalapp@mastodon.world I think many of your points have merit, but what actually is your counter proposal to prevent online child criminal / sexual exploitation?
I work in field where CSE is an issue and am keen to know how you'd address it.
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@scotlit@mastodon.scot I am wondering if Ali Smith was reading an entirely different poem to me...!
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@uc@mastodon.scot different i think? Have a look at Aftenposten.no and try to "tilpass cookies" (customise) - you're forced to pay if you want to reject certain options, otherwise you can't access the article at all.
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@dirkmjk@mastodon.nl ah no need to apologise, they were identical paint schemes. Just me being snobbish about my fancy bike!
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@plock@mas.to @signalapp@mastodon.world absolutely. The statement suggests the alternative solutions the government should consider are more money for education, more money for social services and increased regulation of AI. But none of these directly address CSE.
It basically says, "we appreciate you're robbing us because your kids are starving, but have you considered planting more crops instead?".
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@plock@mas.to exactly. I agree with your point. I don't want Signal to lose this argument either as they're right about creeping surveillance. But if they think they can successfully fight it on the govt's turf - "spend more money on education! More social workers!" - they are going to lose.
Also: many of the kids most at risk really detest youth social services. Signal seem to be saying, govt. shouldn't regulate us, it should regulate vulnerable kids instead. It's not a winning argument imho.