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gavin57@toot.wales

<p>A generic Welshman — one of those guys you get in an RPG game if you don’t fiddle with the sliders.
<br />A music lover (metal and jazz mostly), nostalgic for the 90s internet, a Mac and Linux user. CisHet, woke and a bit of a lefty.<br />
Talk to me about <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>jazz</span></a>, <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/progressivemetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>progressivemetal</span></a>, <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/techdeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>techdeath</span></a>, <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/doommetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>doommetal</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/physicalmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>physicalmedia</span>

Posts

  • Post #4469604

    HAAST —a Welsh doom band. https://musiccloud.io/QnyGWikV Really quite good. #music #welsh

  • Post #4430390

    Much of my #bandcampFriday shenanigans has been thwarted by sky-high shipping costs. In most cases the shipping costs more than the CD. Sgaile pre-ordered digitally though. The Hanging Garden t-shirt will have to wait.

  • Post #4060345

    RE: https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/116958443000291855 Y’all need to buy physical books, ones written by humans, obviously.

  • Post #4043754

    Why low powered PC hardware matters: https://reedandpickup.com/2026/07/23/why-low-powered-pc-hardware.html #steammachine #steamdeck #gaming

  • Post #3936176

    @alexisbushnell@toot.wales That’s weird. It could be that they compromised the account and are waiting for a reason to use it. I’d also check there’s nobody else signed into your password manager, just in case it wasn’t that they compromised. There has been a few breaches lately.

  • Post #3694660

    Do you reckon with the tennis, Wimbledon in particular, if the TV people replaced the video feed with Pong and kept the usual commentators that anyone would notice?

  • Post #2544090

    Reform loses control of county council https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgpyxw7l5no Didn&amp;#39;t take long. #ReformLtd #WorcestershireCountyCouncil

  • Post #2486277

    Life without US tech - Financial Times https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/07fb30e8-ce62-474b-8f7e-39df74e351f8 #UnplugTrump #FinancialTimes

  • Post #2191994

    &amp;quot;Your principles can&amp;#39;t be extinguished unless you snuff out the thoughts that feed them, for it&amp;#39;s continually in your power to reignite new ones... It&amp;#39;s possible to start living again! See things anew as you once did - that is how to restart life!&amp;quot; - Marcus Aurelius I need to remind myself of this quote more often. #Stoicism

  • Post #2112467

    Finally, Big Tech is Being Put on Trial https://subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/85/finally-big-tech-is-being-put-on-trial/

  • Post #2112465

    Has anyone tried #ProtonMeet yet? How is it?

  • Post #2112464

    Insomnium - Valediction https://musiccloud.io/FdyWV Have been re-discovering #Insomnium today. Great band, wish they&amp;#39;d stop touring long enough to release an album. 🤣 #music #melodeath

  • Post #2112462

    RE: https://mastodon.online/@9to5Mac/116528514567456735 Yawn, stick to the cartoons, guys... Not every app needs to do &amp;#39;everything&amp;#39;.

  • Post #2112461

    Whittling down my unwatched Plex library. Tonight, #Spaceballs I know most of the script off by heart, but still amusing. 34 to go. #movies

  • Post #1958339

    RE: https://cupoftea.social/@DoubleTreble/116516056418183066 This is a new low, even for #ReformLtd Effin hell. #UKPolitics

  • Post #1518662

    This looks like a pretty cool way to share links to songs... #music #musiccloud https://musiccloud.io An example share: https://musiccloud.io/dTOzk

  • Post #1466891

    The insider trading suspicions looming over #Trump ‘s presidency #insidertrading https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cge0grppe3po

  • Post #1466889

    I’m guessing we’re in for another week of international diplomacy pantomime again. Mango: ‘We’re making a deal’ Iran: ‘Oh no we’re not’ Someone’s betting on the swings in oil and equities, aren’t they…

  • Post #1466888

    Earthquake off Japanese coast - mag 7.4 Yikes. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c07jpy3vxxvt

  • Post #1466887

    RE: https://toot.wales/@gavin57/116416044066866539 Y’all need to try this. Getting an email back that isn’t marketing or work related is delightful. It shouldn’t feel like magic in 2026, but it just does.

  • Post #1112485

    That ringing endorsement from the sofa guy must have worked wonders. 🤣https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2d8zw2d3rkt

  • Post #1088491

    #ukpolitics folks need to watch Dirty Business on #Channel4 It&amp;#39;s a very well-made dramatisation of the #ThamesWater sewage scandal. https://www.channel4.com/programmes/dirty-business

  • Post #696190

    I am tooting now from the new Tŵt app. It’s very fancy. I think @teamtoot knocked it out ot the park. Any chance of adding an iPad mode? (hint hint)