mastodon 4.7.3Seabirder in north east England, working to improve the lot of our coastal birds. Manages a small but extremely important seabird island.
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#Northumberland
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#teamgull
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Google's reCAPTCHA now just confirms that you're a Google customer before allowing you to access sites
https://reclaimthenet.org/google-broke-recaptcha-for-de-googled-android-users
"Google didn’t demand iPhone users install Google software to pass the test. Only Android users who refuse Play Services get locked out."
Antifa National Trust Pin Badge by folk musician Johnny Campbell, a response to the continued efforts by Restore Trust to take over the NT. Brilliant, £6, not an official product (yet)
#NationalTrust
https://johnnycampbell.co.uk/merch/ols/products/antifa-national-trust-member-pin-padge
Went On Holiday, Walked A Bit
https://sarahdal.github.io/scotland/2026/04/20/WesterRoss.html
New Paypal Phishing Scam - the email genuinely comes from Paypal
The even decline of my electricity use since I got solar panels in December is very pleasing. Thinking about a battery now - my biggest energy use is heating the hot water every morning
do you like puffins? Here's our Puffin Burrow Cam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-lMZ1xzLLc
also these clowns hanging out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFhwK3pllvQ
RE: @sarahdalgulls@ecoevo.social
I sometimes find myself asking "is this sort of thing still necessary?"
I found out recently that my colleague giving a talk to a local primary school was told that while the boys will have been to the local beach, no-one let their daughters even play outside the house.
My friend's teenage daughter wanted to walk along the coastal path with their friends. The other parents were furious, because they might get lost or murdered or worse.
So at work, for grant applications and documents and reports, I often have to write something like "a 25 year vision for the reserve" or "what will be the increase in population for this species in 10 years time if we fund your habitat improvement?"
And I'm like.. honestly, in 10 years time, I'll just be happy if there's any birds still alive
Help, my mentions are just people telling me about what backpack they like, I don't even want a new backpack
A list of ethical chocolate companies that do not use child or slave labour
https://www.slavefreechocolate.org/ethical-chocolate-companies
in response to this post everyone is recommending Tom Binh, an American brand you can't get in the UK.
I did about 10 mins searching and then had a read of the /r/TomBinh subreddit:
They were bought out by a private equity company a few years ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/tombihn/comments/wypno3/thoughts_on_sale_of_tom_bihn_to_private_equity/
They've recently switched manufacturing to Vietnam
https://www.reddit.com/r/tombihn/comments/1oen0hy/my_thoughts_about_the_tom_bihn_move/
There's also plenty posts complaining about declines in quality of customer service. So... Proceeding as expected
The Farne Island puffin cam goes live today, which is annoying because it'll go viral, while we've had puffin cameras for years and no-one pays them any attention. Our hostingfor some reason restarts the feed every 12 hours, so you can't really link to our cameras - by the end of the day, the link won't work, it'll just be a recording. It drives me mad!! I'm hoping to change it next year.
Anyway, here's the Farnes https://www.youtube.com/live/zt3MCinVr5Q?si=-5uKRgDFfUn1ewXL
Here's ours, at least until 8pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37TeunLHi_c
I know "carbon footprint" was invented to shift blame from producers to individuals, but it sure might help people understand if there was a neat "every Copilot prompt you type uses X tonnes of carbon" value
oh missed this - "WebODM has officially decoupled from OpenDroneMap"
Inside North East Heritage Library's Routemapper
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nhgmln?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
I really like the North East Heritage Library, with listings of sports ground, mines and shipbuilding; regularly published articles; a book club (on the patreon); guided walks in the summer, and now a routemapper: plan a route across town and it'll highlight historic points of interest you'll pass by
@Pepijn@mastodon.online everyone's recommending Tom Binh, which I've never even heard of before
