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NormanDunbar

@NormanDunbar@mastodon.scot

He/Him. Retired Oracle DBA, Toad MVP, developer, husband, geek, not a dad, open source contributor. McLaren & Mercedes F1 fan.

I own a Huawei P20 phone with the Leica camera. I try to take at least 1 half decent photo every day if I can.

In 2020, Apress published my first book, 'Arduino Software Internals'. My second, 'Arduino Interrupts' was published in Dec 2023. I'm writing another as well as a 2nd edition of 'Internals' to document recent changes.

No longer on Twitter as https://mastodon.scot/@NormanDunbar.

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randahl, to random
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Israeli official to prosecutor at The International Criminal Court:

"You don’t want to be getting into things that could compromise your security or that of your family."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/28/israeli-spy-chief-icc-prosecutor-war-crimes-inquiry?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

dgar, to random
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FYI: "Toe the line"

The idiom is toe the line, not tow the line.

The phrase derives from track-and-field events in which athletes are required to place a foot on a starting line and wait for the signal to go. Race officials used to shout “Toe the line!” where now they shout “On your marks!”

Since entering the language, the idiom has developed to mean do what is expected or act according to someone else’s rules or expectations.

dalehandyman,
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@NormanDunbar Don't forget, one tooth two teeth😉

BackFromTheDud,
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@NormanDunbar English is a bloody stupid language, but only because it's stolen so many other languages words and phrases. It's the MUGGER of communication mediums! @dgar

18+ yassie_j, to random
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So far, from the last 24 hours:

  • a Conservative candidate endorses her Reform UK rival, and then steps down immediately, forcing the Conservative party to replace her in a scramble
  • One Conservative MP declines to return back to the UK to start campaigning
  • a senior cabinet minister disowns the National Service plan and decides to go on holiday himself
  • Central Conservative HQ accidentally sends an email to all candidates to blame them all for the poor start to the election campaign
  • It was accidentally leaked from the SAME EMAIL that the Conservative party has not got enough cash to spend on it’s target seats
  • It turns out that at the beginning of last week, CCHQ told workers, staffers, and MPs that they can book time off, before being taken by surprise by Sunak’s calling the election, therefore there are multiple staffers who just aren’t in the country right now
  • The Conservatives have fielded no candidates in ~150 of the ~600 seats in England, Scotland, and Wales and have only until the end of the week to submit them to the Electoral Commission. This means that there is a risk that there will be entire portions of the country without a Conservative candidate because the party didn’t file the correct paperwork in time

And this is just the last 24 hours, alone.

AnarchoNinaWrites, to random
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Stolen and reposted because "no alt text" which is especially relevant when you're trying to get a message across to everyone with your posts. Inclusion isn't a buzzword my dude.

dgar, to random
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I borrowed and subsequently misplaced a cutting tool from Dwayne Johnson during craft class.

I lost the Rock’s Paper Scissors.

ChrisMayLA6, to random
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Revealing the direction of Tory policy, while (finally) Rishi Sunak has explicitly recognised the tax-raising impact of fiscal drag (the freezing of personal tax allowances, while prices & wages rise)... he only proposes unfreezing the personal allowance for pensioners.

Its a pity (if unsurprising) that he has not previously 'recognised' the impact of fiscal drag on the rest of the population... or more accurately its all too clear that until now he was happy to raise taxes on workers.

h/t FT

Miro_Collas, to Palestine
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Revealed: Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry | Israel | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/28/israeli-spy-chief-icc-prosecutor-war-crimes-inquiry

Somehow I am not surprised.


@palestine

fionaorkneynews, to random
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Can you help Cats Protection in Orkney with its vital feral cat neutering work?

Cats Protection’s Caithness branch needs to recruit a team of Trap-Neuter-Return Volunteers to oversee its vital work in controlling feral colonies of cats throughout Orkney. The branch, which is run entirely by volunteers, needs people who can spare a few hours a month to help prevent colonies of feral cats breeding out of control.

https://theorkneynews.scot/2024/05/28/can-you-help-cats-protection-in-orkney-with-its-vital-feral-cat-neutering-work/

Geri, to random
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#Labour will publish their antisemitism judgement about #DianeAbbott on 'July 3rd' - or whenever the cut-off date is

This means she will have insufficient time to announce her intention to run as an independent candidate.

Xx

ChrisMayLA6, to random
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Zoe Williams (Guardian) thinks Rishi Sunak might actually be trying to lose the election & that sort of makes sense;

The Tories have so wrecked the country that their best bet is to walk away, leave Labour the almost impossible task of clearing up the mess & then in five years time (with the collusion of a supine right wing press) claim Labour have had their chance & the Tories can now save us from the wreckage (without acknowledging its Tory policies that did it)!

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/27/is-rishi-sunak-actively-trying-to-lose-the-election

jonginn, to random
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Random, but anyone at planning to bring a Steam Deck OLED? I'm so close to pulling the trigger but I'd love to see one in person. Bonus if it's the matte screen...

Wicket_weir, to discworld
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“But, in truth, it had not exactly been gold, or even the promise of gold, but more like the fantasy of gold, the fairy dream that the gold is there, at the end of the rainbow, and will continue to be there forever - provided, naturally, that you don't go and look.”
Terry Pratchett; Going Postal

ChrisMayLA6, to random
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More shipping news:

Unsurprisingly, given the problems for merchant shipping at the southern end of the Suez Canal, more ships are passing round the Cape of Good Hope... leading to longer journeys & container transfers at the west of the Mediterranean for shipment going to Italy, Greece etc.

Both add costs to shipments & as noted in a post yesterday, this will be another external driver of continued inflation.

The BoE will, of course, blame workers (again)!

#inflation #supplychain #shipping.

TheSwiv, to UKpolitics
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The question has to be, "are the values held by Tories valuable for society? "

Government minister says some British Muslims do not support UK values

https://ground.news/article/government-minister-says-some-british-muslims-do-not-support-uk-values

SurrealSeal,
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@TheSwiv

Tories appear (once they gain a position in government) to value greed, dishonesty, corruption & cruelty.

Those are not the UK values I was brought up to value & respect.

We used to be, in the main, a tolerant and compassionate country. But the Tories have done their best to destroy that.
We are poorer in every sense for their 'contriibution' & I will be very glad to see them gone.

SurrealSeal, to random
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Good morning/afternoon/evening everyone. Hugs all round, & extras are available if you need/want them.
I hope the day will be good to you.

weezmgk, to random
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Bonnie May is 18 years old today!

And she still hates having photos of her taken. She'll look anywhere besides at the camera.

Bonnie is her own dog.

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therightarticle, to random
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'Israel has responded to the order from the world’s most powerful court to immediately halt its genocide with one of the most brutal massacres of our time. An act that will echo through the ages and stain the character of all who have supported this atrocity'

https://open.substack.com/pub/councilestatemedia/p/israel-responded-to-the-icjs-ruling?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=yzyk

stux, to google
@stux@mstdn.social avatar

Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill search for good

via @arstechnica

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-searchs-udm14-trick-lets-you-kill-ai-search-for-good/

nancycomics, to random
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller May 27,1956

LALegault, to random
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Everyone gets that Israel dropped leaflets, herded people into that tent city, and then dropped bombs on them, burning children alive and decapitating them? We’re all on the same page right?

LALegault, to random
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therightarticle, to random
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Israeli Airstrike Massacres Dozens in Rafah; Netanyahu Calls It “A Tragic Mistake”

I bet he does. Psychopath.

https://novaramedia.com/2024/05/27/israeli-airstrike-massacres-dozens-in-rafah-netanyahu-calls-it-a-tragic-mistake/

Indyposterboy,
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@therightarticle @Wen Uhuh. Sure. Sure.

skykiss, to random
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Peace through kicking Russia out of Ukraine.

w7voa, to random
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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu terms the civilian casualties caused in the targeted killing of senior Hamas figures in Rafah today a tragic mishap. https://www.ynetnews.com/category/3089#skgywqmna

w7voa,
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“The images from the camp are horrific and point to no apparent change in the methods and means of warfare used by Israel that have already led to so many civilian deaths,” says UN Human Rights chief Volker Türk. “Sunday’s strike underscores once again that there is literally no safe place in Gaza.”

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