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James Cronin

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Internet, charities, chocolate & dogs. Founder, chair, director or trustee of a truly marvelous list of organisations that this box is too narrow too contain πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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P O P H A M S on Instagram: "Our take on a Pan Bagnat - which literally translates to β€˜soaked bread’. This focaccia bun is first soaked with extra virgin olive oil infused with fresh Lautrec garlic be... 1,247 likes, 16 comments - pophamsbakery on March 1, 2022: "Our take on a Pan Bagnat - which literally translates to β€˜soaked bread’. This focaccia bun is first soaked with extra virgin olive oil infus...

Aha. I've found evidence. But Focaccia... that's weird, it's a while since I've been in Islington www.instagram.com/p/Cajsm2tIMZ...

05.08.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So you’re telling me the Wizard of Oz presented itself as a towering force of overwhelming technology, only to be unmasked as just some guy, off-screen?

05.08.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 11009    πŸ” 4007    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 35
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in the bin

05.08.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 506    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6
BAKERIES β€” P O P H A M S

Try Pophams. They used to. www.pophamsbakery.com/bakeries

05.08.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of ICO staff wearing their raid jackets so you know they mean business

Photo of ICO staff wearing their raid jackets so you know they mean business

Iran asks Taliban for 'kill list' so it can hunt down MI6 spies www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

#dataprotection #datasharing #databreaches

This is clearly contrary to DPA 2018 s.170; Iran should expect a visit from the ICO very shortly

05.08.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
47% of people think immigration is primarily illegal. There were 4% irregular arrivals in March

47% of people think immigration is primarily illegal. There were 4% irregular arrivals in March

New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation

05.08.2025 06:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4810    πŸ” 1955    πŸ’¬ 284    πŸ“Œ 245

"Wrong, try again"

05.08.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I mostly agree. The only ones left in the US or Europe that are worth going to are Virgin's. In Asia and the Gulf however, some are really next level.

04.08.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bigly

04.08.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow! WTAF ❀️

03.08.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean well done! (Should have started with that, sorry) But what a complete waste of both your, and central Government's time.

03.08.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely bonkers that decisions like this are so centralised. You should have been able to make this happen locally. There's no valid argument at all to the contrary.

03.08.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I regret nearly everything.

03.08.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I went to London Trans+ Pride two days after abdominal surgery. I felt it was too important to miss. I'm an idiot. No regrets. Take care of yourself. Xx 🩡β™₯️🩷

03.08.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oooo. I like you. Can you pop it on GitHub?

03.08.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Israel’s new measures do nothing to stop the starvation crisis in Gaza, say aid workers Humanitarian workers say airdrops and corridors to allow trucks into region have done little to stop the rising death toll

Aid groups report that Israel is refusing to allow any olives or other β€œfruits or vegetables with pits or seeds that could be planted” into Gaza. They will only allow in pitted olives.

30.07.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1352    πŸ” 873    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 143

The Ethicist | We've worked out an arrangement with our gardnerer where we don't pay him and in return, we don't report him to ICE. Our adult daughter, who in full disclosure has been woke since her first term at Loomis Chaffee, says this is "textbook extortion." Can I cut her weekly allowance?

03.08.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 780    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3
2 panel comic

Panel 1: very angry red guy says β€œwe asked 100 extremely online straight men what makes a man attractive”
He gestures to a white board showing a very muscular man. Around him are the labels:
No feelings 
Serial killer coded
That Scrappy Doo Physique 
AI
Crypto 
Vascularity 
Protein 

Panel 2: Yellow Person sticks their head into shot: β€œHow many w-β€œ
Red guy shouts β€œZERO. We asked ZERO women.

2 panel comic Panel 1: very angry red guy says β€œwe asked 100 extremely online straight men what makes a man attractive” He gestures to a white board showing a very muscular man. Around him are the labels: No feelings Serial killer coded That Scrappy Doo Physique AI Crypto Vascularity Protein Panel 2: Yellow Person sticks their head into shot: β€œHow many w-β€œ Red guy shouts β€œZERO. We asked ZERO women.

if only men had another demographic to talk to πŸ˜”

02.08.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4560    πŸ” 1216    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 35
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#bluesky needs more baby goats... ☺️

02.08.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 19348    πŸ” 2556    πŸ’¬ 433    πŸ“Œ 246

This is insane. Why is a Government supposedly committed to growth also committed to massively increasing the regulatory reporting burden on micro businesses? 🀯
I guess none of them have run their own businesses. 😒

02.08.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Labour’s school guidance is Section 28 all over again for LGBTQ+ people It’s not just a red flag – it’s a blaring siren.

Labour’s school guidance is Section 28 all over again for LGBTQ+ people

02.08.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4
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The Urgent Need to Revise the RSHE 2026 Guidance and Centre Trans, Non-Binary, Intersex, Asexual and Gender Non-Conforming Voices

Have you signed our open letter yet?

We're calling on the Department for Education to revice harmful guidance on RSHE.

Over 700 people have signed, but we still need your voice:

openletter.earth/the-urgent-n...

31.07.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6
Tom Morris (@tommorris@mastodon.social) digital transformation - the replacement of a government process that doesn't work with a web application that also doesn't work.

But faster
From: @tommorris
https://mastodon.social/@tommorris/114960935746299216

02.08.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The image is a piece of fan art titled "Klimt Eastwood," created by Carl TΓ©treault in 2016. 

It depicts actor and director Clint Eastwood in a style inspired by the Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt, specifically referencing Klimt's "The Kiss".

The image is a piece of fan art titled "Klimt Eastwood," created by Carl TΓ©treault in 2016. It depicts actor and director Clint Eastwood in a style inspired by the Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt, specifically referencing Klimt's "The Kiss".

Please enjoy this Klimt Eastwood

01.08.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 7679    πŸ” 1164    πŸ’¬ 190    πŸ“Œ 73

Possibly a culture of clearly giving credit, acknowledging contributions?

Years ago when the Society for Technical Communication was still a vibrant organization, I instituted an β€œhonor roll” page for people who contributed to the Body of Knowledge. It did help.

01.08.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

my brother if you are struggling to get laid in 2025 and you think you'd do better in a world where women are even more aggressively shamed for expressing their sexuality and also don't have access to birth control i don't know what to tell you.

01.08.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2158    πŸ” 243    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 12

Clever. I hadn't thought of that!

01.08.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Uh oh

31.07.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“£ We’d like to hear from you!

Bluesky is rolling out age verification as part of the Online Safety Act, which aims to reduce the risk of children seeing harmful content.

We’ve heard that blind and partially sighted folks are unable to verify their age because it’s inaccessible. Have you tried?

30.07.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

It's totally bizarre. The mental gymnastics you have to go through to make someone's rights dependent on someone else's behaviour are just perverse. Clearly the emergency Cabinet meeting was a shit show to output this nonsense as a compromise.

29.07.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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