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@Cyclist@mastodon.scot

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Living car-free on a small island

Increasingly focusing on building resilience in my local community to help cope with whatever lies ahead of us. Avid regenerative gardener with lots to learn

My posts are set to auto delete after 2 months to help reduce the load on server storage

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1247 Following

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Joined November 09, 2022

Header image:

Two people holding hands as they walk along a beach with the sun setting behind them

Profile image:

A bicycle logo

Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 1mo ago

Replying to

@VE3RWJ@mastodon.radio Dyson must've read @pluralistic@mamot.fr's Enshittification, scratched their heads for a while, and come up with a wheeze for regular income from the humble toothbrush They've designed their new AI assisted toothbrush so you have to use their products with it. Regular ongoing rental fees to Dyson for as long as you use the toothbrush. Why are folk so easily seduced by this nonsense? #Enshittification

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 3mo ago

The sparrows are fed up of hanging out in the rain. The woodshed has been turned into a party house for this washout summer. Zoom in - there's hunners of them! #Scotland #IslandLife

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

Artemis, apparently sponsored by Tunnocks

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 2mo ago

There is now a world wildfire map: https://currentwildfires.com #ClimateChaos #ClimateDiary #SignOfTheTimes #Wildfires

currentwildfires.com

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 7mo ago

We went to Iona during the week. I've been several times before, but never walked to the south end of the island. We got to the old marble quarry. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it definitely wasn't this. Amazing to see the old rusting machinery that was abandoned. It was quite eerie!

#Iona
#Scotland
#IslandLife

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 2mo ago

It's only a matter of time before one of these wildfires has massive repercussions... https://www.msn.com/en-us/public-safety-and-emergencies/fire-and-rescue/all-europe-on-fire-pictures-show-extreme-threat-to-spain-france-and-greece/ar-AA294QrX #WildFires #ClimateChaos #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary

MSN

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 2mo ago

Andy Burnham says he wants to give back hope to the country...and is going to announce plans to extract more oil and gas from the north sea. That certainly doesn't fill me with hope Political power is too centralised, he says, and needs to be devolved away from Westminster (No, not you, Scotland). So, more of the same, then Scotland really needs to get out of this mess #ScottishIndependence #UKPolitics

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 3mo ago

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@BenjaminHCCarr@hachyderm.io The information on how the system was evaluated is disturbing. Is the article some sort of bizarre joke? #NoAI

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 7mo ago

#SilentSunday
#Scotland
#IslandLife

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@oldcoder @maxleibman @reiddragon It seems surreal to me that the people running the businesses that are jettisoning workers in favour of AI haven't fathomed that the AI companies are going to have a stranglehold over them if the AI becomes well embedded. What they save on wages today will be insignificant when the AI companies have control

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@IndyRichard @pvonhellermannn I'm the same. First I've heard of a third victim. Been busy over the last few days, so only heard a few news bulletins on the radio. Have heard plenty about all the folk criticising Polanski for his tweet, though 😠

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 4mo ago

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@alice@lgbtqia.space @acb@mastodon.social @webhat@infosec.exchange Same in so many businesses. I'm doing a bank tellers job when I do online banking. Folk are doing the pump attendant's job when they fill their cars. We're doing the waiter's job when we order online in restaurants....it's relentless It's no wonder so many folk are exhausted by daily life!

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 6mo ago

We knew a gale was heading our way yesterday, then the flood warning came out, but no one told us this was going to happen.

Hoping all the local ewes managed to hold off from lambing last night

#StormDave
#Snow
#IslandLife

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@peterbrown@mastodon.scot @petealexharris@mastodon.scot despite the BBC telling us before the count that Scotland was no different to the rest of the UK and would also see big support for reform Good to see we're heading in the opposite direction. I suspect a lot of left-leaning folk from down south are starting to drift over the border as the differences become apparent

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 6mo ago

RE: @GeofCox@climatejustice.social

Every cut that takes away our social spaces helps the far right.

One of the biggest acts of rebellion we can carry out is to do anything that helps connect folk within our local communities

climatejustice.social

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 6mo ago

Replying to

@hywan I never expected to be saying this, but I'm begining to wonder if it's possible to block Google from listing your website... #Enshittification

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 4mo ago

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@acb@mastodon.social @alice@lgbtqia.space @webhat@infosec.exchange It'll be different for everyone. I had a short walk to the bank. Queues were rare.Quick chat with the teller and transactions were done. Now I double check figures, remember passwords, add other people's bank details to my account, transfer codes from text messages etc. I struggle with getting numbers in the right order, so I do a lot more to bank online than I did when banking in person. And I'm stuck at my desk instead of getting some fresh air and some exercise

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 2mo ago

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@HelenLockhart@mastodon.scot Weird. I've noticed something similar with slugs this year. They seem to be decimating all of one plant before moving on to it's neighbour #Gardening

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@JackTheCat@mastodon.scot I'm wondering if there's a chance of NI, Wales and Scotland working together to bust up this useless 'union'? #IndependenceIsNormal

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@jztusk@mastodon.social @brnrd@bsd.network @That_One_Guy@mastodon.world ...and sometimes there's no ring/rash at all, or it can take a very long time to show up.

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@drahardja@sfba.social Building community is resistance!

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@utf_7@mastodon.social @VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Good point! 😂

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@VeroniqueB99 That boat would be going round in small circles....

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us Curious as to what's happened to Scotland in that map! And orchards in Shetland?... Or maybe that's meant to be Orkney, but either way.... And Wales... "built up" also seems odd. Or is there something I'm not understanding?

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@maggiechapman and goonto see they don't even mention the Tories

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@himbovoorhees@elekk.xyz That's superb!

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 4mo ago

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@jgg@qoto.org @picandocodigo@mastodon.online Once Scotland's left the UK, there will be no such thing as 'UK politics'. It will shake the Westminster system up big time, which just might give the folk who still want Westminster to be their parliament a chance to rethink how to make it properly serve the population it's supposed to represent

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Chitchat @Cyclist@mastodon.scot

· 4mo ago

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@jgg@qoto.org @picandocodigo@mastodon.online They have no reason now to restrain themselves to please Scottish voters! You may well be right, but I'm hopeful voters will become more aware of how they are being lied to and ripped off, when an independent Scotland, Wales, and reunited Ireland do stuff that is genuinely for the benefit of the population. Too many folk have no idea that the UK is no democracy...

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