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Written by Damien Scully on 2025-01-22 at 21:57

Excellent piece by Cory Doctorow explaining why #Labour handing the CMA to a Bezos's man is an important moral and economic failure by this increasingly disappointing Government.

https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/22/autocrats-of-trade/#dingo-babysitter

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Written by Damien Scully on 2025-01-22 at 12:40

Because a guy from, checks notes; Amazon is going to Corporate power in check!

Clowns!

Chair of competition watchdog steps down after Labour intervention https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/21/chair-of-competition-watchdog-steps-down-after-labour-intervention?CMP=share_btn_url

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Written by Damien Scully on 2025-01-19 at 22:45

Interesting approach.. the departing ambassador calls for Irish President not to attend Holocaust memorial event in Ireland.

Says fact people are now talking about him attending is a reason he should not attend. He is still going

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0jng2761z6o.amp

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Written by Damien Scully on 2025-01-17 at 20:55

Yes because what the UK housing market needs is more demand....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdryy33v13ko

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Written by Damien Scully on 2025-01-17 at 20:45

Is it just me who thinks this is not 750 jobs? There are 500 construction jobs, which disappear when finished and an alleged 250 roles once competed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2l0d0lgje7o.amp

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Written by Damien Scully on 2025-01-17 at 13:49

Be a shame if there was one less WankPanzer in the world...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0lldd30xlo.amp

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Written by Damien Scully on 2025-01-09 at 09:39

Interesting choice of headline by @theguardian.com given that she says the Oversight Board is very concerned about the changes!

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/08/meta-scrapped-factcheckers-because-systems-were-too-complex

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Written by Damien Scully on 2025-01-04 at 14:50

So I know this is not engineering or anything, but I am ridiculously proud of myself for managing to replace the broken indicator lens on my C70. Didn't even graze hand or break anything in the process!

[#]WeirdCarMastodon #CarBS #CarBluesky

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Written by Damien Scully on 2025-01-03 at 13:53

The value of Pieces of Silver has really gone up in recent years...

[#]Meta #NickClegg

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/03/nick-clegg-has-sold-almost-19m-in-meta-shares-since-joining-facebook-in-2018

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Written by Damien Scully on 2025-01-01 at 15:16

Well there haven't been any cyber riots, I am not sure the description of the Internet today as "mostly open" is accurate.

#TomorrowsWorld #BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdn10yk0k1o

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Written by Damien Scully on 2025-01-01 at 13:31

This is the way...

[#]Lego #StarWars #Mandalorian

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Written by Damien Scully on 2025-01-01 at 01:09

Happy New Year all, let's hope it a good one... 🎉.

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Written by Damien Scully on 2024-12-28 at 12:27

So it begins.

First time I have tried one of these Lego sets, wish me luck!

[#]Lego #StarWars

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Written by Damien Scully on 2024-12-24 at 20:41

Happy Christmas to all of you who observe.

Enjoy a break and a chance to recharge for all who have some time off.

As is my tradition here is the Night Before Christmas, apologies to those of you who already have arrived at Christmas Day.

[#]christmas

Listen to Twas The Night Before Christmas by Damien Scully on #SoundCloud

https://on.soundcloud.com/zJ3uJ4zneL1vuYeo6

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Written by Damien Scully on 2024-12-22 at 17:19

Something for #WeirdCarMastodon folks!

Enjoy the colours of (what I believe is) the VW factory parking lot in the mid to late seventies.

So what would you save from those lot?

[#]YoungTimer #ClassicCarsOfMastodon

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Written by Damien Scully on 2024-12-20 at 19:12

My first attempt at Sashiko; the Japanese approach to visible mending.

Not sure this works in that style. Concerned that the colour contrast is too low so'it just looks like a bad repair. Also my darning isn't great, it is my first time hopefully next time will be tidier!

[#]Repair #sewing #clothing #Sashiko #mending #ecological #cheap

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Written by Damien Scully on 2024-12-17 at 18:02

While this is quite an interesting article on differing visions of how #Autonomous vehicles might be marketed. It fails to consider if they can be made to work satisfactorily in complex environments.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/16/robotaxis-general-motors-self-driving

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Written by Damien Scully on 2024-12-16 at 13:50

I feel this is something that the good people of Mastodonie will appreciate.

Though I hope others will appreciate this look back to simpler times...

Have to admire the Guard's sang froid about the whole thing.

[#]BBCArchive #ireland

https://youtu.be/xI6u_nWZwAg?si=Prgs7Iv2RZ8dYw-l

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Written by Damien Scully on 2024-12-14 at 20:59

The countryside is full of noisy smelly things like slurry ponds and huge milking facilities but grid scale batteries are the problem...

Once construction is finished exactly how intrusive will these sites be?

[#]RenableEnergy #Green

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgznp16wkgo

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Written by Damien Scully on 2024-12-12 at 13:14

This is not true, Councils maybe be forced to doll out planning permission but they don't have the funds to build them so in the end it will depend on what construct companies do.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/dec/12/councils-forced-build-homes-fix-england-housing-crisis-starmer

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