Steve Woods
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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@tess_machling@mastodonapp.uk I must pay a return visit when I'm next in town.
As I grew up in Market Drayton, the Potteries has always paid an important part in my life.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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"Plutonium-239 is a radioactive element used in nuclear weapons that remains dangerous for more than 24,000 years."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-15/cracks-appear-in-runit-dome-amid-sea-level-rise/106423684
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Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
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1d ago
Wildlife instead of dead white people on banknotes?
Bring it on!
Especially as it's annoying the hell out of the country's parasitic and incompetent political class.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy03zy1lr8go
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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2d ago
You made your bed, you lie in it laddie!
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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2d ago
@spytfyre@mastodon.scot @JackTheCat@mastodon.scot As if we haven't had enough stupid politicians with stupid ideas already. 🤦♂️
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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2d ago
Farage Fascist Fan Club plans to politicise the civil service.
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Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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2d ago
"Disloyalty to Trump, according to Trump, is treason to the country. Trump did not specify whether Massie is a traitor because of his dissent on the war or the Epstein files, or both."
#Iran #Epstein_Files #MakeAmericaGrateAgain
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/14/trump-iran-vietnam
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Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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3d ago
If I didn't know better, I'd think Ben Jennings is mocking the alleged 47th president...
#MakeAmericaGrateAgain
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/mar/12/ben-jennings-oscars-cartoon-los-angeles-middle-east-crisis
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Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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3d ago
#Bristol City Council's manual has the title 'How to alienate residents and anger people'. 🤦♂️
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/fury-bristol-council-destroys-thousands-10864072
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Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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4d ago
What is happening at 'RAF' Fairford is NOT defensive.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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6d ago
Don't mention the dead horses!
#CheltenhamFestival
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/mar/10/ladies-day-returns-cheltenham-festival-glamour-glory
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6d ago
I took a 5 minutes stroll to the local shops - and 5 mins. back - then spent a good 15-20 minutes reporting the fly-tipping I encountered.
#Bristol #TidyBS5
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@StingrayBadger@zirk.us Shame there's no local government elections in my bailiwick this year.
The Greens gained the most seats in last year's council elections in #Bristol.
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@alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space A lot easier than the imperial measures meme we were taught in primary school: a pint of pure water weighs a pound and a quarter.
PS: at secondary school we followed a modern curriculum using exclusively metric weights and measures.
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Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
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"Why aren’t renewables better protecting the UK from energy price shocks amid Trump’s war on Iran?" asks the Independent.
A: Because the main determinant of UK energy prices is the wholesale price of natural gas.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-renewable-energy-prices-iran-war-oil-gas-b2934899.html
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From our playing the victim correspondent.
"He said he is “not a criminal” and feels like he is being persecuted."
What do you expect if you fail to apply for planning permission?
As a pensioner, you *should* know better.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/dorset-council-walkway-stroke-b2935400.html
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Steve Woods
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Another rich man who believes his genitalia are organs of cognition.
"The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) fined Odey £1.8m and banned him from the financial services industry last year.
It found that he had displayed a “lack of integrity” by attempting to frustrate an investigation by his own hedge fund into allegations of sexual harassment, which he denies."
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/10/financier-crispin-odey-takes-fca-to-court-over-exclusion-from-city
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 09, 2026
Pete Hegseth says ‘there will be more casualties’ in US war with Iran.
But it's a sacrifice he's prepared to make.
#MakeAmericaGrateAgain
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/09/pete-hegseth-us-war-with-iran-casualties
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 09, 2026
"Amendments like those tabled this week are commonly referred to as Henry VIII clauses, which allow ministers to largely bypass Parliament. They are not entirely new: successive governments since the 1980s have increasingly relied on statutory instruments for lawmaking, according to the Institute for Government. "
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-eyes-sweeping-powers-to-regulate-tech-without-parliamentary-scrutiny/
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Steve Woods
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Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 09, 2026
RIP Joe McDonald.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/09/country-joe-mcdonald-woodstock-star-and-anti-war-singer-dies-aged-84
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Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 09, 2026
Large tortoiseshell butterfly confirmed no longer extinct in UK.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/09/large-tortoiseshell-butterfly-no-longer-extinct-uk
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Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 09, 2026
"Although Farage did not reach the islands, it generated attention for Reform as the party sought to set the political agenda on the Chagos Islands controversy.
While a precise equivalent cost for the trip is unavailable, private jets of the size of those used would typically cost upwards of £10,000 an hour between the two."
Still; no sign of his jolly on his registered financial interests on the parliamentary website (registration term = 28 days).
#ReformUK 🐸 #grift
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/08/private-jet-used-for-nigel-farage-chagos-stunt-linked-to-reform-mega-donor
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 09, 2026
Thank you, Ella Baron!
#MakeAmericGrateAgain
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/mar/08/ella-baron-presidents-new-clothes-donald-trump-us-israel-war-on-iran-cartoon
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 09, 2026
@Remittancegirl@mstdn.social The piece also fails to inform us to what '40 mins from Bristol' equates to in football pitches or double-decker buses. ;)
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 09, 2026
@alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space Something loosely associated with Ingrish...
There is also a superfluity of commas in the copy.
An old sub-editor mate of mine became a media studies lecturer at the local university. #BadEnglish was rampant amongst his students.
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The plasterers are here today repairing the lounge ceiling. My "I'll let you get on with it" really means that, every time they go out to their van, I dash into the lounge and take photos of what they
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@aroundthehills@mastodonapp.uk Why is B&Q using small cups (noggins) in a wall?
#BadEnglish
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@tompearce49@mastodon.scot @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us I think Arab women have finally stropped using Malik Ric (Richard the (alleged) Lionheart) as a bogey man to get their children to go to sleep.
cc @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us
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Mar 09, 2026
That policy of sacking sub-editors a few years ago is really paying dividends for the literacy of Reach plc titles...
#BadEnglish #BadJournalism
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Mar 09, 2026
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us And part of the 'West' that initiated the whole show was of course the Brits with their so-called Anglo-Persian oil company in the early 1900s.
#PerfidiousAlbion strikes again.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 09, 2026
"The idea famously appeared in Bleak House, where Charles Dickens kills off the rag-and-bottle merchant Mr Krook by spontaneous combustion."
https://www.bristol247.com/student/news-student/bristol-academic-to-lead-discussion-on-macabre-victorian-phenomenon/
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@alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
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Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 09, 2026
@alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space I also feel very anxious if someone is too close behind as I've been jumped and had a knife pulled on me.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 09, 2026
We are a literate bunch in #BS5.
#Bristol
https://www.bristol247.com/culture/books/book-club-shows-how-stories-can-bring-people-together/
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@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 09, 2026
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us Look out for the smears in the media if the Greens look like getting too popular.
Remember what they did to Corbyn with the help of the #RedTories.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 09, 2026
"Liberal Democrat councillor for Whitchurch Park Tim Kent said: “The way Wessex Water just pumps sewage and uses our rivers as a toilet is a disgrace.
“They’ve got away with this now for decades. They’ll happily take our money constantly when we pay our water rates, yet what do they do with our sewage? They just pour it into our rivers.”"
#Bristol
https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/denial-untreated-sewage-turning-brook-into-brown-sludge/
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Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 08, 2026
The only thing I want to hear from Blair is the answer to the question: "How do you plead to the charge of war crimes: guilty or not guilty?"
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@JohanDiederik@toot.community
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Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 08, 2026
@JohanDiederik@toot.community @Reddog@syzito.xyz Hegseth is definitely not answer the sphinx's riddle material.
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Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 08, 2026
Really enjoying all the female composers featured so far today on Radio 3 for #IWD2026.
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@ProjectFearlessness@mastodonapp.uk
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Just, whatever about the U.K. part. The part that fascinates me is the 'join Wars that we've already won' He's now saying it IS a war when he keeps saying it's not. And he's saying they've already won
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Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
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Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 08, 2026
@ProjectFearlessness@mastodonapp.uk I'd say invoke the 25th amendment, but JD Vance is waiting in the wings...
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Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 08, 2026
@Walrus@toot.wales If it wasn't for the nitrites, bacon would look grey, not pink.
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@tompearce49@mastodon.scot
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Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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mastodonapp.uk
Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 08, 2026
@tompearce49@mastodon.scot I fear you may be right, Tom.
The USA is going to need decades to recover from the damage done by tRump and his #MakeAmericaGrateAgain Christian fascist allies.
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mastodonapp.uk
Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 08, 2026
There is no special relationship, only a specious one.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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mastodonapp.uk
Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 08, 2026
"Even as this new unasked for, unneeded, illegal war unfolded, Trump has asserted that next he will seek to topple the government of Cuba. As if the job of presidents of the United States was to pick and choose who ruled the world and how."
#Iran #MakAmericaGrateAgain
https://davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/living-in-a-time-of-lunatics-and
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 08, 2026
How to spot a kakistocracy - latest.
"With machismo, Christian nationalism and callousness toward the lives of US troops, they say, Hegseth’s puerile displays on TV are aimed at sating Trump’s desire for a warmonger worthy of the manosphere. This was reinforced by a lurid social media video that intersperses clips from Hollywood blockbusters such as Braveheart, Gladiator, Superman and Top Gun with Hegseth and real kill-shot footage of the attacks in Iran."
#Iran #MakeAmericaGrateAgain
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/08/pete-hegseth-pentagon-trump-iran
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@spanghero@ioc.exchange @ProjectFearlessness@mastodonapp.uk A Flock of Sieg Heils? ;)
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk @spanghero@ioc.exchange Take That Medication.
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Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
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Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 08, 2026
@ProjectFearlessness@mastodonapp.uk @spanghero@ioc.exchange Hegseth wearing brown shoes with a black suit?
Oh dear!
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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mastodonapp.uk
Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 08, 2026
@spanghero@ioc.exchange @ProjectFearlessness@mastodonapp.uk A Flock of Sieg Heils? ;)
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 08, 2026
"While the total financial value of the art is relatively small, the historic and social value of the art, most of which depicts Kent, is far higher."
https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/reform-uk-under-fire-selling-10853129
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Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 08, 2026
Ignorance personified.
"The transfer is considered one of the most somber duties of any commander-in-chief. During Saturday’s event, the president wore a Trump-branded “USA” golf cap."
#MakeAmericaGrateAgain #Iran
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/07/trump-us-service-members-killed-kuwait
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Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
Steve Woods
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.
mastodonapp.uk
@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 08, 2026
Horseback officers?
Someone's never heard of mounted police.
#BadEnglish #BadJournalism #Bristol
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/six-arrests-made-protests-bristol-10853856
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