2026-10-26T10:06:26Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz Jules she/her https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/npub13pt0ylxgs99kelt7zad95r3zq8wzkddsfsksmnewgf0wzvs05t2s3dfuyd https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/109/943/451/572/743/095/original/f88785d8808b9d4d.jpg https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/109/943/451/572/743/095/original/f88785d8808b9d4d.jpg https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs8y2hhuaa2kd60ea9j5qa88mc9v807tjr5gghmnqmkgqt7ju4452gzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d23pfd99 Well done Brazil and Serbia.<br/><br/>Makes a nice change to wake up to good news doesn&#39;t it. 2026-10-26T06:04:10Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsdqgjydqsed97v2lkyxjvssacwafuustt80kyj2l3e6k0p70ah7cgzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d26hsmp0 &#34;I have no concept of clock changes, am sure that it&#39;s dinner time, and demand that you stop reading and feed me THIS INSTANT!&#34;<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/502/423/655/635/157/original/aa975c23938e5ccd.jpg"> <br/> 2026-10-25T16:12:09Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs270vs6qzxggj3te7m5vk0yej9chys7vvktfq47ywxmt5y5e2d5zczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d230vf66 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqe4f8zmdtrf2wvdde0w5fhd730vxh94qdnl4ughny8vjftfr2qxs9xtk54'>nevent1q…tk54</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am also anti-British in that I prefer mayonnaise on my bread to butter or marge, which I blame on my filthy continental upbringing when asked but is actually because I have coeliac disease and got so fed up of people contaminating my margarine with crumbs in the shared fridge at university I switched and never went back 2026-10-25T14:38:46Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsfs9qg4ce3z97nk4wnqsdy383cnqsdhwdgzar7gehngjuh0cn8f3czyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2ez0pff In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs96rz94eyfjry65t7jycuz8mvpnag7jckl6v52r89wdlx873awwqgkmgwws'>nevent1q…gwws</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I kind of want to make a campervan duffel bag myself now, is spitecrafting a thing? Annoyingly the guaranteed 100% human bag pattern maker I know of doesn&#39;t have a duffel bag one (<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ParrotandParsnip">https://www.etsy.com/shop/ParrotandParsnip</a>) and at least half the patterns I&#39;m seeing through a cursory search on Etsy are either AI themselves or at least illustrated with a AI picture because the sloperators are busy trashing everything on every scale from planetary right down to my fucking craft hobbies. 2026-10-23T10:54:20Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs96rz94eyfjry65t7jycuz8mvpnag7jckl6v52r89wdlx873awwqgzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2pq6hyt I hate these AI garbage adverts in general, but I really hate this one in particular. The age of the character makes it designed to appeal to the most vulnerable generation to online scams and misinformation <a href="https://readwise.io/reader/shared/01m5jb1c419gw85gh0wgryh255">https://readwise.io/reader/shared/01m5jb1c419gw85gh0wgryh255</a> The nasty billionaire from abroad is a villain to rile up the left and the right alike. But what really pisses me off is making a duffel bag in the shape of a VW camper is actually a really clever, fun idea that neither the slop machines or the people behind these ads had the imagination to come up with. Someone out there somewhere clearly made one of these bags and will never get to credit for them or get to sell patterns for them because it&#39;s now impossible to find drowning in a sea of AI bullshit like this.<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/489/797/368/015/126/original/d3380e654c6888ec.jpg"> <br/> 2026-10-23T10:49:12Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs0tgqgvecjgce6qsnmz90u8m9hxsuc2wj0ahs5g0fewark4vrs2eszyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2ny2n9y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8swmrn222lpr5dqm25magjsgpux5njm7s5yw6talu0pexmx5k29clp5pvw'>nevent1q…5pvw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>burrowing sausages are a more southerly relative of the great Scottish wild haggis, their more streamlined shape is not only adaption to their subterranean lifestyle but a greater surface area to volume ratio allows greater heat dissipation in warmer southern climates 2026-10-22T08:08:18Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsxs957naaa8cd89ggmh4hc0ay52kcmkq05gwktxtcpthtk444vvwczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2aflgyf #SilentSunday<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/463/337/841/425/124/original/ee279178fbcc7969.jpg"> <br/> 2026-10-18T18:33:20Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsr42kl0nyxzmcejauurpv3k7sxj9m0sk77x24d0mzfln2tcuxag9czyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2jsdmyk There&#39;s a poll going round the Fedi at the moment about whether you would be able to use an AED/defibrillator on a woman having a heart attack and a lot of people are commenting they&#39;d let the trained person who brought it use it. In the UK at least you don&#39;t need to wait for ambulance staff to bring it, they&#39;re in lots of public locations like stations, shopping centres and churches. In an emergency if you&#39;re on the phone to the ambulance service they will tell you where the nearest one is, but if you want to familiarise yourself with the locations of nearby ones just to be prepared you can see them here: <a href="https://www.defibfinder.uk/">https://www.defibfinder.uk/</a> 2026-10-16T10:06:14Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqst50p2vwrkj55jxwrrk6ucjf7a39a0l027s4u60u0724aaf98nkcczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d256guvg Does anyone know how to delete your saved cards from Stripe as a customer, not a business account?<br/><br/>#AskFedi 2026-10-15T16:22:03Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsduu6cd498rzjk4z8rx5jcz66ddy6f6u64zq6uza22cpka5zugu3qzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2jyxxgz I&#39;m pretty sure you&#39;re a bit late to save her by this point folks<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/434/932/639/260/992/original/c1eaf79536c233d7.jpg"> <br/> 2026-10-13T18:08:56Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqstnl6pwdvw5ayme873s2pqrs2untgs3xsug4z69dqtr62sf7cmahczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2ssjk4g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrc4xqevw5m69jzl9yhfwnrz372w7gz5t2cvf0262vlwyl6vcxtdc3rzany'>nevent1q…zany</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My inner troll is telling me to add my own bit of tape saying &#34;stop wasting autoclave tape&#34; but I&#39;m resisting 2026-10-13T11:08:48Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsrc4xqevw5m69jzl9yhfwnrz372w7gz5t2cvf0262vlwyl6vcxtdczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d22jqf7z My lab seems to have invented analogue discussion boards through the medium of autoclave tape.<br/><br/>#Labstodon<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/433/259/629/097/756/original/ee1f531a5378e12e.jpg"> <br/> 2026-10-13T11:04:38Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqst4s749lyk2c4ay8yuwftupllkatumfdg2534a65k9aytretvfkzqzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d24r757c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrym3js68ydu60vj5cfawkzn4qldng49lk3yjxt6kg2xly8wltslg6yee49'>nevent1q…ee49</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that&#39;s a very good point! 2026-10-13T06:58:24Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs8hxefcl0l3lkzlxkwlqw88nhu9krazqj0hu67scrlc3cjklv93vqzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2njpc0j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswtaqu4kcfqujqwavew9rty7hksgqy49hh38s7969nd29kt3n7wyg6t06mv'>nevent1q…06mv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I understand the need for a public broadcaster to censor political slogans to avoid allegations of bias, I just get a bit worried when someone&#39;s decided &#34;protect trans people&#34; counts as a political statement, you know? Like would &#34;love is love&#34; or something be considered political? &#34;Racism is bad&#34;? 2026-10-12T12:49:54Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsrmdl36tar7pcdp7hwg73s6tqw8gz0tlgsxl4j6s678yaggutr03qzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d24luyuc So I&#39;m only just catching up on the news about the BBC censoring a &#34;Protect the Dolls&#34; tshirt because I have a filter on here for the name of the dance show it happened on. If anything similar ever happens in any vehicle-related sport, American football or any of those games that generate a sequence of red and green squares someone&#39;s going to have to tell me about it directly.<br/><br/>#transphobia #UKtransphobia #ShitpostAboutASeriousTopic 2026-10-12T12:38:44Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsx2t7q4wakt2mug7p3kye00s7p80u508zzm8qv5kw79jlxwdgrd6gzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d23c8vja In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx5l7aj9sv0z30pjrdep2j5v3t2gpskd6dw0ef9rc4xsxk8cwag4quk22ws'>nevent1q…22ws</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For those who do have the means to donate to those in Gaza, there is a list here <a href="https://gaza-verified.org/donate/">https://gaza-verified.org/donate/</a> of all the Gazans with Fediverse accounts who have been verified as genuine by video call, in the order of who has received fewest donations to allow donations to be distributed fairly 2026-10-08T07:00:59Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsx5l7aj9sv0z30pjrdep2j5v3t2gpskd6dw0ef9rc4xsxk8cwag4qzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2k7gxzv Dear Gazans joining the Fediverse, I think there&#39;s some sort of list of accounts circulating out there that you&#39;re being encouraged to tag when you join and with your requests for mutual aid that I&#39;m on - it&#39;s always the same accounts in the same order. I know you have much more important things to deal with right now but could you possibly remove me from this list please? You&#39;re wasting your time by tagging me - I support you and I&#39;m so sorry about the atrocities you are enduring but I have very little money, am not a politician and am not a big influencer or anything. I&#39;m just a regular random person on the Fediverse to chat to people, not to be a big account influencing events. From the look of it most of the accounts on the list are also just random people, the only one you would be better off targeting your posts at is <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1sr8lwzh02gegcnyj4cag55x5wyt3w0fk07n0g0ult73cmpszx7ks8w7z33" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>fedipourgaza</span> (<span class="italic">npub1sr8…7z33</span>)</a></span> I can&#39;t boost all of your posts, there are literally hundreds of you and I&#39;d be boosting nothing else. I&#39;m so sorry<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/403/948/281/371/791/original/cb4de0a6b7aa4591.jpg"> <br/> 2026-10-08T06:55:13Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsxke4e7yc6d0kk7dcrddc33nacnh03l6unf4qtwpl03080qfst8jqzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2hm4gxc I&#39;m currently reading a fantasy book where a chimera, a magical creature created in some immoral magecraft experiment by a distant ancestor of the protagonist, lives in the walls and abandoned rooms of the castle. He&#39;s been there so long no one can remember a time when he wasn&#39;t there. He has an immense store of arcane knowledge but his concerns and goals are his own and inscrutable, so he appears and disappears according to his own whims and imparts knowledge only when it would be interesting to him to do so, or to stop the heroes doing something that will harm them. <br/><br/>Anyway I&#39;ve just realised this guy is basically a fantasy lab tech. 2026-10-06T09:08:32Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs8ydmtg90pzdupx6fcsz8xry4mn0zewulwpv9xhagceg9yuhafylqzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2acvwf7 RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fesshole/117372715318838996">https://mastodon.social/@fesshole/117372715318838996</a><br/><br/>I read the first sentence and thought it was some sort of horrifying fermentation accident where it filled his kitchen and smothered him or something, like those pictures you see of dough bursting out of bins 2026-10-03T12:11:14Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsyz5wf3yyru2nz6r8wu8v2x3s57nch0s6p2vt0wfn0vtpzthlczzqzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d22f24u5 Me: &#34;Hello new students! Welcome to our lab! Please don&#39;t pour molten agar down the sink!&#34;<br/><br/>New students: *nod, smile, immediately scurry off to pour molten agar down the sink*<br/><br/>Every. Sodding. September.<br/><br/>#Labstodon 2026-10-02T07:48:33Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsryg8sc367kwd5seng6pw0hcfx3q6u23yttkkwmlrmxguk8gw8kkszyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d204qlqv Looking for #Kent #campsite recommendations please. We&#39;ve been invited to a wedding in #HerneBay next summer and are going to make a little mini break of it, I&#39;ve found a couple of campsites in cycling distance but they look like there&#39;s no shade and if next summer&#39;s like this summer that might be a bit tough. Does anyone have any *personal recommendations* for campsites with shade nearby? Please just personal recommendations, not just searching which I can do myself or asking AI which I don&#39;t want anyone to do. TIA. 2026-09-27T14:24:23Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsfan0hyex8utnmj3ktxaauzpdxaz2h9eve9v0n9lftq4x8l2vww2gzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2uuesgw Do you ever stop and think about how we spend so much of our lives doing housework and life admin and email and trying to live up to our parents&#39; standards and impress our bosses and worrying about our weight and meanwhile we live on a planet where the sky just does this and we&#39;re not going to be here forever. And it&#39;s not doing this for us, sunsets are just as beautiful whether we&#39;re good people or bad people and whether we have good credit scores or clean kitchens.<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/338/666/848/725/527/original/bdbe881da71d352f.jpg"> <br/> 2026-09-26T18:11:24Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsp3yf4gf69dwf60pkvrks37mglsqrntkr0jhv4v3qhcny30d96wyczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2q8h92h Nothing makes me feel older than the start of a new term with a fresh batch of undergraduates. The kids now seem to be layering their socks, like ankle socks over knee socks over thigh socks, and I have so many questions. Aren&#39;t their ankles hot? How do they fit them in their shoes? Do they buy shoes specially in bigger sizes to fit them into? Do they only have to wash the innermost ones? When did I turn into my grandmother? 2026-09-25T10:07:36Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsxfdasqhqtzvpg7sp04kqpw5vpxwhdrp9yf5vm0x4v8qq8jfra2wgzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2wndw9e ‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ death bloom looms for Kew Gardens plant <br/><br/>&#34;The mountain agave, which was planted around 20 years ago, will open up into a massive cluster of thousands of individual flowers when it blooms.<br/><br/>After that, the parent plant will die. Botanists are looking to cross-pollinate the behemoth, calling it &#34;the UK&#39;s most eligible agave&#34;.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq2e0y90ej34o">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq2e0y90ej34o</a><br/><br/>#London #KewGardens 2026-09-24T10:06:34Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsrgrvgjygw9rlrr4tmt3gw299saaxweh5scy4can54t088nfths8gzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d28ufhgd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9g4grp3hm0aher70v78l8r8jlk8l3zhy7j62y8qh03zcthy4u8ucvz6mnf'>nevent1q…6mnf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;I think it is just terrible and disgusting how everyone has treated Lance Armstrong, especially after what he achieved winning seven Tour de France races while on drugs......When I was on drugs I couldn&#39;t even find my bike.&#34; - Willie Nelson 2026-09-22T15:00:01Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsdjzjf39y58p5cg7wpfcwf8syvqrau7k60k3n9xld42dd6zd9333qzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2gjasez New from the people who brought you &#34;sunscreen causes skin cancer&#34; and &#34;vegetables are toxic, actually&#34;: &#34;nicotine is good for your brain!&#34;<br/><br/>How the pro-nicotine ‘wellness’ movement rebranded an addictive drug<br/><a href="https://theconversation.com/how-the-pro-nicotine-wellness-movement-rebranded-an-addictive-drug-290129">https://theconversation.com/how-the-pro-nicotine-wellness-movement-rebranded-an-addictive-drug-290129</a><br/><br/>#Drugs #MedicalMisinformation #MAHA 2026-09-22T14:37:55Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsru2xrcr73ceu7kdeepsj3tdpz58ka8vszjz864ny5gvzzwlne9aszyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d28lvpkd #Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to #feminism <br/><br/>The theatre was told that “any mention of civil rights, feminism or social reform [topics that are central to Woolf’s work] are usually classified as ‘social topics’ by our automatic system” and are filtered out.<br/><br/>To resolve the situation, Meta recommended removing “key words” so that the text doesn’t appear to encourage activism.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/21/meta-ban-virginia-woolf-a-room-of-ones-own-barcelona-teatre-raval">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/21/meta-ban-virginia-woolf-a-room-of-ones-own-barcelona-teatre-raval</a><br/><br/>#SocialMedia #Censorship 2026-09-21T18:36:13Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs8aekglckqp0u4dcgyxy8jww8ts2f5xpy6lhwxjr6djwacccdtljqzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d285j5zy I had a conversation with a friend of mine yesterday who lost their mother in their teens shortly before Ed Sheeran&#39;s Supermarket Flowers came out, about how much comfort they found in the song to know they weren&#39;t the only person who had been through that and felt that way. Anyway they said Ed Sheeran is now dead to them over Palestine and they won&#39;t listen to his music again.<br/><br/>So if they can do that over something so deeply emotional and personal, I think anyone can manage to let go of a childhood attachment to Harry Potter. 2026-09-18T07:54:12Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsv4nesyntndmwz9vvcda02zrlf3xgzw34amjz883d2nehtarn47mqzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2vxpsqy Okay which one of you lot wrote this? With that headline it has to be someone on here<br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2026/sep/13/how-to-start-your-own-tool-library">https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2026/sep/13/how-to-start-your-own-tool-library</a> 2026-09-16T17:50:22Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsqjyfepp937k4cllcjevev8mlfngrurt4etl3j5az3vhuwfuknruczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d29vjx7r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfv0nm73vnj26rp0mdgyy2g45uganjyq2fwqxsnfqtgaw80sgh9hcwhdpju'>nevent1q…dpju</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is why we should tax billionaires out of existence, not just for the revenue, to constrain the disproportionate political power they have relative to everyone else. 2026-09-15T07:04:57Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsfv0nm73vnj26rp0mdgyy2g45uganjyq2fwqxsnfqtgaw80sgh9hczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2q7qzvd Just imagine what £72M could do if the people donating it actually wanted to make life better for people in the UK instead of further their own interests. That could save a couple of libraries, be invested in renewal energy, retrofit some council houses or, you know, get donated to a party that wasn&#39;t stoking fear of &#34;mass migration&#34; and encouraging its followers to threaten lifeboat volunteers and council road workers and destroy traffic lights.<br/><br/>Graph from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/14/amendment-to-bill-in-lords-could-test-legality-of-72m-reform-donations">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/14/amendment-to-bill-in-lords-could-test-legality-of-72m-reform-donations</a><br/><br/>#UKpol #PoliticalDonations<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/273/745/852/176/068/original/8ba22a60f4256410.jpg"> <br/> 2026-09-15T07:03:54Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs2lhvj26u8uqzvxe3rkc5tek35qeljzwewkym8p035xw0j6pr2s4gzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2sw57ke In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxm74jvfth6ljg5h2859k7zedv0cq3ra6742fdl9wmxlndjzqmezgkyd5xc'>nevent1q…d5xc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>😜 I have a side hustle, and I really hate the phrase &#34;side hustle&#34; so I really need something else to call the fact people sometimes pay me to wave twigs around at them at weekends 2026-09-12T17:47:40Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsftw7etllpg5rwf7cxenns6yytc7ynvsus2ed009ywsen2h56exkszyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2ynfr9z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdtezzujg7vy4hdfdeqy6tenf5lxg5jn5apd47zc3yd5wl2agjxdsa7pmug'>nevent1q…pmug</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>see this is why I&#39;m so much better at hyping my friends&#39; businesses than my own 😂 2026-09-12T17:34:48Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqswz58e9saqr3fcl34cew87e6jrlg2ulq7nhmu3syh27mxry76wckszyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2hjea64 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv0457e7cjs2syp05kpx2ekfq97x0240q0k2dyed6vrslqn68hj0sz9rart'>nevent1q…rart</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>He&#39;s also got some more uranium glass in (background info in this thread <a href="https://social.coop/@afewbugs/116692962744917227">https://social.coop/@afewbugs/116692962744917227</a>) including this rather odd necklace that would suit a raver who didn&#39;t want to move much.<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/257/823/396/944/482/original/6fc1c8a3bef01cd9.jpg"> <br/> 2026-09-12T11:26:33Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsv0457e7cjs2syp05kpx2ekfq97x0240q0k2dyed6vrslqn68hj0szyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2ncp64t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9gydte38mh7xuglz6fs9a933yt33cvxpacex7ej0w2klps66qrzgqjghdm'>nevent1q…ghdm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>(I must admit I&#39;m less keen on the lesbian one having read the card and learned it was about political lesbianism, it doesn&#39;t really get more grim than a woman being with you as a political statement when she&#39;d really rather be with a man. I read it as lesbianism being framed as an aspirational state any woman could hope for, as a pushback against the idea that it was something to be ashamed of. But I guess it&#39;s my badge now and I can say that&#39;s what it means) 2026-09-12T11:18:41Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs9gydte38mh7xuglz6fs9a933yt33cvxpacex7ej0w2klps66qrzgzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d25lsdne In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2dc5jhm6zf2cgk237vt68varf8nmwskxjef99xu5umcptgfxle0gvkense'>nevent1q…ense</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So of course I scurried in and helped relieve him of a few which have now been added to my Nonviolent-Communication-As-An-Alternative-To-Battle Jacket.<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/257/759/476/546/723/original/e268dab58122e9d5.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/257/759/429/913/208/original/b3888b0bb21b9def.jpg"> <br/> 2026-09-12T11:15:40Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs2dc5jhm6zf2cgk237vt68varf8nmwskxjef99xu5umcptgfxle0gzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2pm7sd0 My friend&#39;s queer-owned antique shop got a bunch of protest badges from the 70s and 80s in, I reckon someone extremely cool just passed away.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.wandvintage.com/">https://www.wandvintage.com/</a><br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/257/693/600/835/204/original/3f9cbea0bc060853.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/257/693/581/443/297/original/307e80da3e9c841e.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/257/693/624/068/637/original/756bc28297fc9254.jpg"> <br/> 2026-09-12T11:07:08Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqszammprvgnmezl3hume3al059x2akne7nmuta3tuz5nqaqr523tqgzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2n4tf25 British pupils lost 15 million hours of teaching time during heatwave, study finds<br/><br/>&#34;“While some schools or parent organisations are able to pay to ensure that their environments are suitable for study, we know that state school leaders are already having to face difficult decisions when it comes to funding,” Ms O’Regan said.<br/><br/>“We saw a significant widening of the attainment gap during the pandemic, and we have to make sure that the weather doesn’t become yet another barrier holding back those worst off.”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/heatwave-uk-schools-children-teaching-education-b3048673.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/heatwave-uk-schools-children-teaching-education-b3048673.html</a><br/><br/>#UKHeatwave #Inequality #ClimateAdaption 2026-09-12T06:06:34Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqszhrdfklpw8yvmm4xg2rrmm4dchwp6rvklqdwdw2zj0nppghlfryszyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2reqfa4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs047ajvyg94u9qhgsh5vh7he94epskqqdsfw2cgm77hls7m4cpqpqaq3u0v'>nevent1q…3u0v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this is a penguin bar <a href="https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/322532892/?icid=ghsandapp_ghs_pdp_share">https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/322532892/?icid=ghsandapp_ghs_pdp_share</a><br/><br/>Club bars were an acceptable substitute <br/><a href="https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/311254840/?icid=ghsandapp_ghs_pdp_share">https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/311254840/?icid=ghsandapp_ghs_pdp_share</a><br/><br/>Of course my Mum was a hippie who didn&#39;t believe in sugar, additives or flavour so I could only look at the kids with chocolate bars in envy while I gnawed on my dried apricots 2026-09-11T18:34:55Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsrrwjn6w5tx6r9vuft0c93mngfnmke5kc2fj0azs9d22vlp9yxcpgzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2h03hh8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgp8axw3nuv099k5aamk28zm0xk6y3p82ptauzqn0sn392f6nxh7qhzj8dh'>nevent1q…j8dh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I spent my eighties school years in Belgium, where school dinners actually contained identifiable items and fresh vegetables, so UK schools dinners were a bit of a shock 2026-09-11T18:26:19Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsgp8axw3nuv099k5aamk28zm0xk6y3p82ptauzqn0sn392f6nxh7qzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2fjhs9y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv3v2z06u27heja8v9t989y0zyzrqx9rkjs6q8y0qyhsapjkufvkc4t7d4l'>nevent1q…7d4l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah this was the nineties so presumably your generation had eaten all the radioactive lamb and left us with bse cattle and horse meat 😂 2026-09-11T18:24:18Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsvyvdra7kvqx05u0dxr6tl4ctq4zu6zca9ajfvhwxyftursjfvnlszyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2e4mrxm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswsgzrr3wdq8un7lnsnymvekfhgpw7egpv8jsqeajy8nuvrafrdnqc6v93t'>nevent1q…v93t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>our school shepherds pie was topped with balls of instant mashed potato made with an ice cream scoop, presumably because the budget wouldn&#39;t stretch to full mash coverage, and there were a variety of theories of what sort of animal had contributed to the browny grey slop underneath but we were all pretty sure it hadn&#39;t been a sheep 2026-09-11T18:18:35Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsza68qdwypt28zr2qnxp2dwe55zpn9fl2qh99kfhhtwg5djhr0hngzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2480h9q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr6plz2z9j7a2q9amg7w38dh4hxau6yz0znz3stzvqgfklhttng6gtn84rr'>nevent1q…84rr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>so obviously heat is different throughout India so I&#39;m not sure if you can generalise anything from this, but I worked at Kew Gardens when they held a chilli festival with lots of different varieties of chillis growing. So some of my friends and colleagues decided to have a chilli eating competition eating progressively hotter and hotter chillis, and it kind of became a national honour thing between a girl of Punjabi heritage, a Mexican guy and a Vietnamese girl. And we English spectators who had always thought Indian food was the hottest in the world were very surprised that the Indian girl went out first (the Vietnamese girl won). Obviously sample size of one, and we were just a bunch of idiots in our early twenties goofing around, this wasn&#39;t in any way a scientific study. 2026-09-11T17:15:27Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsrf3n3ahpkryt5e69wh4nuv9q9m24vnzzmwqdxnczdk33x9yd44zszyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2awfhlp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspsutlegj9z2u96xphd82xgpjc59834h94nk0m3c8zpddaf8lgtjct26mqg'>nevent1q…6mqg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think it&#39;s one of various spellings of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phall">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phall</a> 2026-09-11T16:48:43Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsdhwgx92lmdw2pmzrtkw9gyl4vp3fs5dkff9707r4lrn73z8vctjqzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2na3m4p I really love how done with customers&#39; nonsense whoever wrote this menu clearly was.<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/253/401/109/694/991/original/568f913613d260b8.jpg"> <br/> 2026-09-11T16:43:10Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqswrmryrfz33lp7j90q7tvxw5rc5gyj5gkvcm728te4p3epd6skz3czyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2kp0apf A lifeboat museum says it has been forced to close after its volunteers were targeted by anti-migrant protesters.<br/><br/>Poole Old Lifeboat Museum said it made the decision after several incidents of &#34;protesters verbally assaulting our volunteers&#34;.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62mq66lrqjo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62mq66lrqjo</a><br/><br/>#RNLI #FarRight 2026-09-11T10:19:23Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsx6tkyjttkyqjza6l7yapnhnmevlrksw8e6vkxtfgwv9llwzfnmgqzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2agpaju Iceland’s government will submit a bill in February to ban whaling, a move that would leave Norway and Japan as the only two countries in the world to continue commercial whaling.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/iceland-propose-whaling-ban-leaving-norway-japan-isolated-rcna596976">https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/iceland-propose-whaling-ban-leaving-norway-japan-isolated-rcna596976</a><br/><br/>#ShareGoodNewsToo 2026-09-11T06:29:36Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsdh6820vkfmpawz02exf4euw6f48qkgug3znejtwyh3f74gvffu8czyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2v5ckxc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvpvaga4ymuzq7c540y88raud3lx9dgv8f0f56pth6zp0fwsrnz9sm0tm0j'>nevent1q…tm0j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I assume you work in an aquarium or something, but it&#39;s funnier to assume it&#39;s just some random logistics company and these two guys just sit in a cubicle somewhere running accountancy 2026-09-10T06:46:45Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsxy2fmf0a03vjpn0627xsctyp84f3t4t299m94xtgm7yl0gvl3dngzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d23vd2qs I&#39;m reading a novel set in Ancient Greece, from which I have learned that a chiton was an ancient Greek tunic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiton_(garment)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiton_(garment)</a>. Coming from a biological background my first association for the word was a marine mollusc <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiton">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiton</a>.<br/><br/>And let me tell you, the sentence &#34;the damp chiton clung to the curve of her hip&#34; reads very differently if that&#39;s the understanding you have of the word. 2026-09-08T11:22:34Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsy6p0mqc237dj2tjy0jq26ly3ezs55hh3lwedljtgcvlfdyw5e3kczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2l4vt46 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxqjfaef5wwufk307pdp8fz8xhrpym4pcjrstaymejn7lsjmdm5ysgxr46y'>nevent1q…r46y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yup I ran into this this summer <a href="https://social.coop/@afewbugs/117007658742580150">https://social.coop/@afewbugs/117007658742580150</a> 2026-09-04T19:21:09Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs8yvr67nes6mm8thfqxz6jvd87y7nr8h4d2dj4dl55eckuz9gsh4qzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2hfczuh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs23y2etg9fr706pazx3t26kfpy5pvh3x6djkpu07m2qt000w0y82sqgx5f9'>nevent1q…x5f9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Strategic Biscuit Stockpile were a bit lacklustre at Glastonbury 1996, a shame after I bought their first album 2026-09-04T16:03:07Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsdz2afh2cd7kvcqhsy9wexe3qccpu8e9qgdat9lx7s4wgnc66609qzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2354nas In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsganhrh0xf20q2uleeghmux472mscd8hrtaxcnk4yd5l2c6vmkhwgl309c0'>nevent1q…09c0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Water storage.<br/><br/>You want to allow 2-4 litres of water per person per day for drinking. The variation is in terms of age, activity levels (are you cycling around and sweating or sitting at home?) and medical needs. If in doubt err on the higher end. Also remember to allow for pets. You want another litre of water per day per person for washing and cooking. I&#39;ll discuss hygiene in a low water scenario in a subsequent post.<br/><br/>If at all possible you want to be storing water in a dark container, not a white or clear one, to prevent algae growing. We use 20L ex army Jerry Cans for this like <a href="https://www.militarykit.com/products/nato-plastic-water-container-20l-black">https://www.militarykit.com/products/nato-plastic-water-container-20l-black</a> for camps. You used to be able to pick them up for about twenty quid but a quick look today shows the price seems to have jumped to about £40, presumably as a result of everyone panic buying because of the government announcement which is another reason they shouldn&#39;t really have gone &#34;lol, fend for yourselves&#34;. <br/><br/>3/🧵 2026-09-04T13:16:08Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsganhrh0xf20q2uleeghmux472mscd8hrtaxcnk4yd5l2c6vmkhwgzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2mfs9fu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx0n3rlerkx0pgcwuw4v370pw4ksqawpn026z8pjkr3rmaqa9rjccec0l5k'>nevent1q…0l5k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So I want to start out by saying this feels like a complete delegation of responsibility on the part of the UK government to basically tell households to fend for themselves if the basic necessities of life are interrupted, rather than accepting that it&#39;s the government&#39;s job to ensure that they&#39;re not. And also to say that I&#39;m going to talk about helpful things that require purchasing, which not everyone can afford to do. And there are a lot of households in this country who can&#39;t even afford the food they need today, let alone to stockpile in advance, and that is also a result of the government neglecting its role to look after the people of the country. <br/><br/>2/ 2026-09-04T12:58:37Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsx0n3rlerkx0pgcwuw4v370pw4ksqawpn026z8pjkr3rmaqa9rjcczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2rsv7cs In light of the UK government&#39;s recent advice to households to stock up on food and water in anticipation of potential interruption of supplies this winter, I thought I&#39;d do a little thread on #DisasterPrep for people who aren&#39;t gun-obsessed misanthropes as someone who has managed water and sanitation for a few ecological fieldwork and bushcraft camps.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/03/angela-eagle-uk-stock-up-supplies-el-nino-warning">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/03/angela-eagle-uk-stock-up-supplies-el-nino-warning</a><br/><br/>1/🧵<br/><br/>#ClimateBreakdown 2026-09-04T12:53:41Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs8mgudj82vmfc8rc0y4acefmdwuuwrekq688u3r34zws7q84vzd4szyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2c368gy Okay #Bookstodon I need your help with a birthday present for my 12 year old niece. She is currently really into the Twilight series and I&#39;d really like to lure her away to something that doesn&#39;t normalise controlling relationships. She also really likes the Hunger Games. <br/><br/>She seems to prefer long series and has reached the age where she prefers to think of herself as a young adult rather than a child so likes female main characters in their late teens and early twenties and won&#39;t read things with young children as main characters. A bit of dystopia or, apparently, vampires is fine, but she seems to prefer things mostly based in the real world and the modern era, not so much straight up fantasy, speculative fiction or historical. She also rather likes animals and nature but not obsessively, and wants to be an architect when she grows up.<br/><br/>I&#39;m considering the Noughts and Crosses series, but it&#39;s a bit bleak and ideally I&#39;d prefer something where not everyone dies.<br/><br/>Any suggestions? 2026-09-02T17:20:01Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqswae3lpq3n0sf4n9frawnmvep99lgu2rjsguc87cs3k5446tkwpdqzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d20h9tck In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdh0p2yrhruv9rmlqjwnj9at8dwd79vle2qrs5shzpf2puvdjfgrgz8rvpl'>nevent1q…rvpl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is not the original skeleton, which is preserved in London&#39;s natural history museum, but a replica which one of the guides told us was called Bob by the staff as when the cave floods his skull sometimes comes off and bobs about.<br/><br/>The guide incidentally was called Dan, was absolutely lovely, and really wants Cheddar Gorge to start running DnD games in the cave but the management isn&#39;t going for it. I think that would be an amazing idea and every nerd I know would be beating a path to their, uh, cavemouth. I&#39;d be surprised if anyone following me is part of Longleat Management, but I&#39;ve seen weirder things happen on here so if you are please make this happen 2026-09-01T08:17:26Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsdh0p2yrhruv9rmlqjwnj9at8dwd79vle2qrs5shzpf2puvdjfgrgzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2tue377 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspn7vkel2umzzrwu5dtxxq995evzyds843aq78aycpxg6783x905sh99krc'>nevent1q…9krc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Almost immediately on the left as you enter #GoughsCave is the site where #CheddarMan was discovered, not a cheese-powered superhero but the earliest known complete human skeleton found to date in the British Isles. He died around 10,000 years ago, possibly in situ or was possibly buried here. Many other bone fragments and stone tools have also been discovered in the cave.<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/194/775/448/407/751/original/5716883043346816.jpg"> <br/> 2026-09-01T08:13:17Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqspn7vkel2umzzrwu5dtxxq995evzyds843aq78aycpxg6783x905szyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2fq5k4l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ke3q8knacrs44skgepr7tgp2c3zktllxg9y42tnda5vdpuurc4qp2vmzr'>nevent1q…vmzr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The first cave we visited was Gough&#39;s Cave, which was first opened as a tourist concession in Victorian times by Richard Gough, the son in law and eventual competitor with the owner of Cox&#39;s cave further down the valley. He was only able to do so once the old woman who lived in the front of the cave died as she refused to sell it to him, as she made a good living there selling bottles of health giving mineral water from springs in the cave or, in dry years, from a nearby stream. Learning that &#34;obstructive cave crone scamming the gullible&#34; can be a viable career path has led me to reevaluate many of my major life decisions. 2026-09-01T08:08:20Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs2ke3q8knacrs44skgepr7tgp2c3zktllxg9y42tnda5vdpuurc4qzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2rympp9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstz73emf22lhejqe9pqad49hv8qv9xd9kdr9w047mshwe9eephawq8qzsfd'>nevent1q…zsfd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#ChaddarGorge is a very craggy and beautiful limestone gorge that was formed during the ice age 1.2 million years ago and now contains several dramatic caves open to tourists and a museum of prehistory, as well as assorted cafes, gift shops selling plush prehistoric fauna, ice cream concessions, crazy golf courses and a shop selling Christmas decorations all year round for no apparent reason. 2026-09-01T08:03:12Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqstz73emf22lhejqe9pqad49hv8qv9xd9kdr9w047mshwe9eephawqzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2zregjl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8fy8wm95vx8d99elmfhqj2z6ka3h0l88c5kfphv88t98gvxsjx7qzfcrp7'>nevent1q…crp7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m back now and trying to raise my blood caffeine levels to the minimum necessary for work to occur, so it&#39;s time for What I Did On My Holidays By Jules Age 44 And 7/12ths. We went to #CheddarGorge and stayed at Petruth Paddocks on the #StrawberryLine, a lovely campsite that seems to have actually been built by people who go camping. There are phone charging lockers! Ample hooks on the shower wall to hang up both your muddy clothes and your clean ones and a baffle to stop both from getting soaked by the shower! Washing machines! A shop that sells batteries and stove gas cannisters! Highly recommended <a href="https://www.petruthpaddocks.co.uk/">https://www.petruthpaddocks.co.uk/</a><br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/194/708/130/932/143/original/fb89d9ea137098c1.jpg"> <br/> 2026-09-01T07:57:05Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs8fy8wm95vx8d99elmfhqj2z6ka3h0l88c5kfphv88t98gvxsjx7qzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2l54d7g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0yqle8ch5yndq6k955y02sj5z0jj6mjw5xaa20n9cpwwtpp82cjsz0j0e3'>nevent1q…j0e3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I already knew I liked this campsite a lot, but this sign directing people to the washing up area has just cemented it<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/183/450/459/102/668/original/70b231937f163b99.jpg"> <br/> 2026-08-30T08:13:52Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs0yqle8ch5yndq6k955y02sj5z0jj6mjw5xaa20n9cpwwtpp82cjszyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2memhzz We are celebrating a brief interruption of the drought and the return of the rains in true British fashion by going camping in it, but I thought Mastodon might appreciate how someone else traveled to the campsite<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/180/578/344/576/480/original/ac772057834d639a.jpg"> <br/> 2026-08-29T20:02:07Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsw32s2lntssv0pl6fplxe0m5an70pzdgvz42vdqnur9xcw87psqrczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2tsaxnh I looked up #DollyParton&#39;s #ImaginationLibrary to make a donation in her memory and learned some things I didn&#39;t know before:<br/><br/>💖 It&#39;s not just in the US! It also operates in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Éire, Canada and Australia.<br/>💖 So you can donate in any of those currencies.<br/>💖 If it operates in your country you can sign up to be a local coordinator recruiting children in your community.<br/>💖 If you donate you get a copy of a lovely warm thank you letter from Dolly.<br/><br/><a href="https://imaginationlibrary.com/">https://imaginationlibrary.com/</a> 2026-08-27T09:21:37Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsgxa2dtu54qlpugdgesc23s2lgh24fjdd3awtunsphungytpyy6cqzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2zhurnj Is there a single documented instance of a car alarm actually preventing a crime? Rather than causing one because your neighbours murder you for keeping them up all night because a fox breathed near your car or something? 2026-08-25T11:10:31Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqstd3ffzmd3xjnvu5kfpqy3fmxt3thschqrwq4lzcu74hqnvq22zzgzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d23ucm70 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2kacjn4lphhg0hlhdz4asn5eywx4atst92jjpf9eq0szkgln5axcfg2rpt'>nevent1q…2rpt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>(But also how have we got to a point where it makes sense to someone to feed the excess plastic to people instead of just making less of it?) 2026-08-24T12:11:39Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs2kacjn4lphhg0hlhdz4asn5eywx4atst92jjpf9eq0szkgln5axczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d29uj4f9 Plastic bottles can be turned into edible, vanilla-flavour cookies<br/><br/>&#34;Those components are then fed to yeast that has been genetically altered using CRISPR gene-editing technology. This allows the yeast to convert the components into a variety of useful ingredients, including proteins, fats and acids, as well as vanilla flavouring and beta-carotene, which the body can convert into vitamin A.<br/><br/>Finally, fibre, starch and sweetener are added to the mix, and the paste is extruded through a 3D printer into any desired shape.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585463-plastic-bottles-can-be-turned-into-edible-vanilla-flavour-cookies/">https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585463-plastic-bottles-can-be-turned-into-edible-vanilla-flavour-cookies/</a><br/><br/><a href="https://archive.is/kOZSX">https://archive.is/kOZSX</a><br/><br/>Regardless of any theoretical benefits of this process, I feel like anyone who thinks anyone will actually accept this has never been on the internet and never seen how people respond to any novel foodstuff that isn&#39;t made from plastic or by GM microbes. If people think plant-based burgers are a plot by Bill Gates to bring about the new world order or whatever I can&#39;t see this idea taking off. 2026-08-24T12:10:06Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsxrdpja4p8nadwt0n5q8kmj87l9fxkn94xvrrzl468lnf2z9p20yqzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2pu7rf3 Today in &#34;horrors beyond mortal comprehension&#34; I learned that there is an abandoned Mr Blobby theme park in Somerset, and would like to propose it as the location of the 2027 UK Fedi meetup.<br/><br/><a href="https://archive.is/A4KtK">https://archive.is/A4KtK</a> 2026-08-24T11:15:02Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsdwhdgudwgun5zy9a2jfzyag2wl9fg0szdcfn8qnmtmgz9jsezpfszyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2qjsqt5 #Quakers reaffirm commitment to trans inclusion and refuse to make any changes to toilet provision in the wake of EHRC Code of Practice <br/><a href="https://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/news/quakers-reaffirm-commitment-to-trans-inclusion-in-the-wake-of-ehrc-code-of-practice">https://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/news/quakers-reaffirm-commitment-to-trans-inclusion-in-the-wake-of-ehrc-code-of-practice</a>? <br/><br/>&#34;The policy also states that Quakers will not require trans, non-binary or intersex people to disclose or prove their status in circumstances where such evidence is not demanded of others.<br/><br/>Under the arrangements confirmed by trustees, toilet facilities labelled with a &#39;female&#39; sign remain available to cisgender women, trans women, and others for whom those facilities best align with their lived experience.<br/><br/>Similarly, facilities labelled with a &#39;male&#39; sign remain available to cisgender men, trans men, and others for whom those facilities best align with their lived experience.&#34; 2026-08-21T12:50:07Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsza25kj4qmw789kcf3qqq4m4fze6lsrfsqnk8qk2exfk4803fsgqczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2jx3v4q That stupid contrarian channel 4 ADHD program is going to cause a lot of direct harm with people coming off their meds or taking their kids off, but it&#39;s also causing a lot of wider harm to peoples&#39; mental health by trying to take us back to the idea that if you struggle with something that many other people don&#39;t it must be because you&#39;re not trying hard enough. Certainly for me the greatest benefit from the wider acceptance and understanding of neurodiversity in recent years that this sort of program has been pushing back on hasn&#39;t been in terms of accommodations or coping strategies being offered, it&#39;s been the understanding that there are different kinds of people and if you struggle with something that most of the people around you seem to find easy it&#39;s not because you&#39;re being lazy or don&#39;t care about it enough, it&#39;s because it&#39;s harder for you than it is for them. You&#39;re just different, not a bad person. 2026-08-21T08:24:19Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsxzu6ye9jn4hhhgg3tqlu2kvylwy70nu0mm6hwp3eq5u78r8rkdqczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2naxzge In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqyfe54mp5g8z6jjwzzmn4rnjmuer99eydps53xlfl82nh65ucqcq5vzj0w'>nevent1q…zj0w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I like working out the words from context, but as someone reading from another culture with different mental images I also like to be able to look things up as a backup and so I can find out more information. For example in A Fledgling Abiba I really wanted to know what a kobi winnower looks like and I tried googling those terms but nothing came up. I&#39;m mentally picturing the sort of winnowing sieve historically used for wheat in the UK, and I imagine it being pretty much on those principles but I&#39;d like to be able to find a picture of the Ugandan one. So it would be good to have more descriptive terms I could use to search with. Does that make sense? 2026-08-20T08:18:42Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqstwymlrdrt4akz06033x74d3sp4y4re4m0fgca276g93vsa589vhszyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d290mkup &#34;While the UK generally produces enough grains, meat, milk and eggs to cover its needs, it has one of the lowest food self-sufficiency ratios among large western European countries.<br/><br/>About 40% of its food is imported – including 80% of its fruit and 47% of its vegetables – one of the highest rates of reliance on imported fruit in Europe, making the UK more dependent on imports than France, Germany or Spain.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/19/uk-heat-stressed-countries-fruit-veg-import">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/19/uk-heat-stressed-countries-fruit-veg-import</a> 2026-08-19T08:12:39Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs0pnyv8ufxt49k8zurpg95txjgczjffu78hgx62r6chpegwsce6lczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2u2dqhv Today I learned via my workplace manual handling training that all the gay in the body is stored in the spine<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/117/148/818/622/292/original/a7bdbf59459d0cf3.png"> <br/> 2026-08-18T15:14:06Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsd4av97mha0mlqk8f6vty0jtpkh5v0x6trhtwmmxa4vj3yl592kxczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d25v6zfd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv80juy0d9j07fq2vc3t86rhfuwcavd9mq9ha2qaux78dwzvr2ldq9d2du5'>nevent1q…2du5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m with you there. There&#39;s a certain size above which festivals become a logistical safety nightmare for organisers and frankly no longer fun for attendees, and the trend does seem to be for more and more of them to exceed this limit. There&#39;s been a lot of discussion about how the restriction on camp stoves affects the accessibility for people who can&#39;t afford to but every meal from stalls (ie most of us) and people with food allergies. I can completely understand the importance of banning stoves from a fire safety perspective, and have no desire to go back to the days when festivals involved subsisting on protein bars, canned tuna and something suspicious smuggled in under your friend&#39;s insole, but without some sort of hot water provision or communal cooking facilities the danger of banning stoves is it does benefit the organisers&#39; bottom line by forcing people to buy more food, then people get cynical and don&#39;t comply because they think the festival is 2026-08-18T13:05:13Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsr3qd3klsetlxt4vfddthnwmd78pu6pq6a8dp77vw295lkfzwtufszyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2hfqnfw More &#34;it&#39;s just Summer! We don&#39;t need maximum workplace temperatures!&#34; news from Perfectly Normal Island.<br/><br/>#ukheatwave<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/110/256/668/416/215/original/aa130158040765e5.jpg"> <br/> 2026-08-17T09:58:47Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsx6xms09f7pvjsplkz9yp0gks4tkqr043afzrurnjxmu553ce0pzszyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2k56ym8 Bloody hell there is extremely half-arsed barely perceptible drizzle out there this morning! 2026-08-17T07:12:40Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqszecvyy3ku2kaz2us3kf6zww2e9ls3uapwc37mc6nrskmnruc45uqzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2zazd82 PSA for #Vegan folk that I just learned today (via a post in the #VeganCampOut Facebook group that was almost immediately deleted 🤬) #RedefineMeat donates meals to the IDF <a href="https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/israel-hamas-palestine-war-food-tech-founders-feed-6000-vegan-meals-soldiers/">https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/israel-hamas-palestine-war-food-tech-founders-feed-6000-vegan-meals-soldiers/</a><br/><br/>(A couple of other vegan brands are also mentioned in the article but I&#39;ve never heard of them so they may not sell outside Israel)<br/><br/>#BoycottDivestmentSanctions #BDS 2026-08-15T17:39:04Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsqwu5fglcc6w6qvyp9yee5l7cxqlr3wc4evd7rguguymvt6g7ke9qzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2za37nn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdr3f5xrf4qsvydnfl6r34g0gvw2r2a5m9wf5z974xca7kuxp659qgscccz'>nevent1q…cccz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>At what point did ideas of the political alignment of personal hygiene switch? Like the stereotype used to be that the crusty hippies were the unwashed ones. Now it&#39;s the far right not wiping their arses and meanwhile tattoos and piercings need fastidious aftercare and personal hygiene. 2026-08-14T20:40:51Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsdr3f5xrf4qsvydnfl6r34g0gvw2r2a5m9wf5z974xca7kuxp659qzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2g2z5zg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswwtprjguzdakm4sp7scgn6kp6m24c8hgwx4whd66znsqln29qaacncn7m9'>nevent1q…n7m9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>TL:DR: woman stops using toilet paper, also doesn&#39;t believe in first aid, but for some reason shaves her vulva because conforming to patriarchal beauty standards still matters even if hygiene doesn&#39;t, got a cut, got an infection, now needs part of her labia amputated.<br/><br/><a href="https://imginn.com/reel/Dbo5Y17sOSM/">https://imginn.com/reel/Dbo5Y17sOSM/</a> 2026-08-14T17:15:04Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqswwtprjguzdakm4sp7scgn6kp6m24c8hgwx4whd66znsqln29qaaczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2y8xgvz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw4yjmdn4ppemf55kxcse4yuhefvsvah68ecn9xsy8d7qr8avy0xc83w7w2'>nevent1q…w7w2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Like at this point it almost seems like using toilet paper is as much a symbol of wokeness as blue hair is in some internet circles 2026-08-14T16:56:49Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsw4yjmdn4ppemf55kxcse4yuhefvsvah68ecn9xsy8d7qr8avy0xczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2juraxj I wear a mask, wash my hands, get my vaccines, brush my teeth with toothpaste not butter and wipe my arse. How on Earth have we got to the point where things are so polarised that you can infer my political leanings from the fact that I practice basic personal hygiene and take care of health??? 2026-08-14T16:53:30Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqstq77yenzj5c9w4d4r5wxu69vf93dp79rmcyxg4px23d3fksa3ccczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d25js88y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspy2sp9d48kja3yqvmr89cvsmeqttruqeumsg5wmr2cghg36jzyrclmvjlw'>nevent1q…vjlw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>anyway Farage won and didn&#39;t even bother showing up on election night, the investigation into his finances picked right back up where it got paused for the election, Clacton has gone back to having an MP who spends most of his time somewhere else in the country ranting about immigration instead of doing anything to help anyone and the only person who&#39;s come out of this with any dignity is the man with the bin on his head 2026-08-14T15:31:31Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqspy2sp9d48kja3yqvmr89cvsmeqttruqeumsg5wmr2cghg36jzyrczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d26w52zt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsytw2c9mw4xd5uns3hqs3ugvm2spndf7fmacpm2s3xsth43yan3ngu6x2sk'>nevent1q…x2sk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>extremely condensed version: Nigel Farage is a far right &#34;politician&#34; whose acceptance of dodgy donations finally caught up with him and an investigation was launched into his finances. He decided to step down as an MP, triggering a new election in his constituency, and stand again, treating the whole thing as a public referendum on his fitness for office. No one has ever tried this before and it&#39;s a loophole that should probably be closed seeing as the resultant election cost public finances an estimated £350m to run. All the mainstream parties refused to run in the election saying it was a farce and shouldn&#39;t have been allowed to happen.<br/><br/>Count Binface is a comedian who wears a bin on his head and pretends to be an alien invader and catches a lot of people out by doing something very stupid while being an extremely smart man under the bin. He ran against Nigel Farage in this pointless election and took every opportunity to make him and proceedings look as stupid as possible 2026-08-14T15:29:24Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqspdsw7ckxmrc8dg4f2nwwhak2z2cegycrddflkru0uxztk5u4rmfqzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d266rgcg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx37hd9rj4ap42rg7dll6jk6rlaqwgk6uv0yyagf4dmsl4nl5cnrqthc9vx'>nevent1q…c9vx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Without wanting to make everything about me as a white British woman, I find it genuinely horrifying how the British history I learned in school was exclusively about things that happened within the British Isles and nothing about what the British Empire did in the rest of the world, I had to pick all that up myself as an adult. I&#39;d like to believe things are different in schools now but I&#39;m not sure they are. 2026-08-14T14:37:36Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsx37hd9rj4ap42rg7dll6jk6rlaqwgk6uv0yyagf4dmsl4nl5cnrqzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2s7f08e For people who like video explainers here&#39;s Dr Amir Khan talking about #Partition for Pakistani and Indian #IndependenceDay s<br/><br/><a href="https://imginn.com/reel/DcBQO6kIfzR/">https://imginn.com/reel/DcBQO6kIfzR/</a><br/><br/>#UKHistory #ColonialHistory #BritishAsianHistory 2026-08-14T14:34:17Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqstss4xyq52yqhx0pysyvy5e0aspcyyzyexs5kuhutcdcfts4wazeszyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d24l5p9c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdfktdxvn8u6gxhggq8fr96exmmtqrwhg7egu5gpe37hk6arpe7zsgm3ghv'>nevent1q…3ghv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>do you have any sort of debunking resources you can recommend please? To be clear I fully accept that there are people out there getting on the internet somehow, but I don&#39;t know enough about how to be able to explain it to others 2026-08-13T12:49:42Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs8a4pmlegjrkm84f08nr3gnfug6ujgdx5j5nhrfwtc799gfl8zu8gzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2ttar87 Does anyone have links to a good explainer of how internet access in the Gaza strip works? There&#39;s this idea going round that any information coming out of Gaza must be fake because all internet infrastructure has been destroyed, but I follow a number of people from Gaza who I at least am confident are where they say are. Can anyone recommend any reliable articles on how people are getting the internet working over there? 2026-08-13T10:23:25Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsv2q22w8zcdansk5fkr9aq569pv6tnkdy4u8fgpucd6jfftyvgzdczyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2022cak In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8akpkk0tdmn32mmm4ktre4zrdmajdrl5t7y8mr380jawvuw3tc0cy93hs8'>nevent1q…3hs8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the thing about Gaza though is it&#39;s really thin, and Israeli infrastructure is built up right beside it, so from my understanding it&#39;s very easy for people in Gaza to pick up Israeli data and even wifi connections 2026-08-13T09:35:30Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsw26mzwwj7hn07au5yndl0z5s4rf235ra5wa6yjufhccuayk3cv3gzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2ud0epf Inside London&#39;s policing effort to tackle illegal &#39;e-bikes&#39; <br/><br/>&#34;As Cycling Electric revealed earlier this week, achieving minimum wage may be a long shot for some delivery riders and we have found instances of gig economy workers returning less than half the London Living Wage even at peak times. This shortcoming in pay can be true even if riders use modified to be illegal &#39;e-bikes&#39; and there appears to be evidence that faster vehicles are preferred suppliers to the algorithms that many delivery companies use. This incentivises bad practice on road safety, as well as the sourcing of likely non road-compliant kit.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cyclingelectric.com/in-depth/london-illegal-ebikes-policing">https://www.cyclingelectric.com/in-depth/london-illegal-ebikes-policing</a> 2026-08-13T09:07:46Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs807npjlshrq72emauuekpcvazp0fk6c7j4uf78vmug57gv6kpdcqzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2dfjqzl Don’t use washing machines or dishwashers during solar eclipse, urges Ocotpus Energy <br/><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/solar-eclipse-electricity-octopus-energy-b3030376.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/solar-eclipse-electricity-octopus-energy-b3030376.html</a><br/><br/>Well this is unexpected but a fascinating demonstration of how much of the UK electricity supply is now solar 2026-08-10T19:36:11Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqspxxy9hpdlm0wpuzar3nhspv2mnq6c279pdykskglyhs83dnyk0eqzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2q5dqzn Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’ <br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/10/harry-potter-fans-force-relocation-of-430m-undersea-cable-to-avoid-dobbys-grave">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/10/harry-potter-fans-force-relocation-of-430m-undersea-cable-to-avoid-dobbys-grave</a><br/><br/>Normally I&#39;m all for a bit more whimsy in life, but it&#39;s incredibly sad when we can&#39;t seem to muster opposition to infrastructure disrupting ancient woodland or an actual sodding Bronze Age archaeological site, but can for the imaginary grave of a fictional character in a derivative series created by a terf.<br/><br/>#HarryPotter &lt;- hashtag for muting purposes 2026-08-10T08:30:53Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsxnvcnm3dfhqfvq9a6zm2szf0c943phqtx6pv2elcayqla29psh2qzyzy9dunuezq5km8a0ct45kswygqac2e4kpxz6rw09ep9acfjp73d2rpcf8p RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@anon_opin/117031207386245199">https://mastodon.social/@anon_opin/117031207386245199</a><br/><br/>There are very few privileges women (at least women who conform sufficiently to gendered standards of appearance set by society) have relative to men, but one I think we do have is being allowed to enjoy being round children without being assumed to be a creep. A couple of months ago my wife and I grabbed a coffee at the gym, and the table we happened to perch at overlooked the pool where some kids&#39; swimming activity was going on. And we ended up watching them because it was lovely seeing them enjoying themselves, it was only afterwards that I realised we probably wouldn&#39;t have been able to do that without anything being assumed about our intentions if we&#39;d been male. Watching children having fun is genuinely delightful, and it&#39;s sad the way men don&#39;t really get to do that.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1cuxrgfu9wwpkflkxp37krtlles797z9v97jmrtu7xaf8gjrs6qcq497725" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1cux…7725</a></span><br/> </div> As a single man in my 50s with no children I cannot say this in public, but the best sound in the world is young children playing outside. The squeals of delight as they are totally lost in a moment with no other cares is just amazing & something you never get from an adult. </blockquote> 2026-08-03T14:00:16Z