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@mdonkin@mastodon.me.uk

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He/him. 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿🚴‍♂️ Optimistic chap from East #London. Tooting in a personal capacity. For official #GreenParty toots, see my other profile: @greenmartin@toot.community

Interests: #UKPolitics #environment #transport #horror #SciFi #bees #beekeeping #maker #BikeTooter #bicycle #LGBTQ #gay #UKImmigration #Jujitsu #coffee #TowerHamlets #ActiveTravel #UKCyclingTweeps #apiculture #UCU #USS #GreenParty #GPEW #Humanist #UTAW #NotMyKing

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Joined November 05, 2022

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martin @mdonkin@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

So the AI bubble is going to burst, and there will be an almighty financial meltdown. Sensible governments will be well on their way to working out how to insulate the rest of their economies from contagion, but like all the fibre that was laid during the dot-com bubble, will there be infrastructure that can be repurposed for more sane and human uses? Will the reduction in power usage mean we can shut more of the dirtiest power plants sooner? Answer on a SAE, please!

martin @mdonkin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

There will be so many queer people in Hungary who will be breathing a sigh of relief with Magyar specifically mentioning those who love differently (BBC translation) in his victory speech tonight. #hungarianElection

martin @mdonkin@mastodon.me.uk

· 4mo ago

Monday gym done 💪

martin @mdonkin@mastodon.me.uk

· 4mo ago

He’s on a train again. 🚂

martin @mdonkin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@graffekta/116466276231475931 This is peak male fashion and I refuse to be told otherwise.

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Mike 🏳️‍🌈 (@graffekta@mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 image This is peak male fashion and I refuse to be told otherwise.

martin @mdonkin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

So I sadly wasn’t elected as a local councillor this weekend, but I did win a couple of matches in a jujitsu competition and completed my first 15km Tough Mudder.

martin @mdonkin@mastodon.me.uk

· 4mo ago

RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/116567730336906833

Europe is getting on with it. Where is the UK on this?

European Commission on Mastodon

European Commission (@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu)

Attached: 1 image Over one million citizens signed the petition to ban conversion practices. We hear you. And our reply is firm: ✋🏼These interventions must end. Being LGBTIQ+ doesn’t need to be cured. Yet, conversion practices, relying on the false idea that LGBTIQ+ people are sick, still exist and are causing long-lasting psychological and physical damage. Your rights are an inseparable part of a true Union of Equality. We won’t let you down.🏳️‍🌈 ➡️ https://link.europa.eu/PmbyM4

martin @mdonkin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@BrianJopek@mastodon.world take my money!

martin @mdonkin@mastodon.me.uk

· 4mo ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/116692731365193814 At what point do we declare that the internet is dead?

martin @mdonkin@mastodon.me.uk

· 4mo ago

RE: https://flipboard.com/@theipaper/the-latest-o8v1mkrdz/-/a-SGHJSPPoRe6BtacZt5GqmQ%3Aa%3A2703622235-%2F0

I guess this is good news, as one of the key reasons to use trains is that you can work while travelling.

I do hope that they will not be relying (at least not entirely) on US satellite providers. Does the UK Government still part own OneWeb (Eutelsat)?

Flipboard

The routes set to benefit from train Wi-Fi boost – mapped | Flipboard

inews.co.uk - The Wi-Fi on Britain’s trains is set to be upgraded under Government plans to overhaul the system across the rail network. More than 1,400 trains …

martin @mdonkin@mastodon.me.uk

· 4mo ago

Oh wow. Only 26 signatures needed to trigger a debate in parliament: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/749128

Petitions - UK Parliament and UK Government

Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK

We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin the EU, reverse the damage, boost growth, increase tax revenues and restore opportunities in the UK