Leigh Silvester

leighms@mastodonapp.uk

Note, I don't follow accounts with no bio detail and no post history because bots and scammers.<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/scientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#scientist</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/allotmenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#allotmenter</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/fundraiser" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fundraiser</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/fedi22" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fedi22</a> Former forensic scientist with the Home Office. Living near Nottingham in the UK.Research profile: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leigh-Silvester" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invi

Posts

Post #908022
@cestfleuve@mastodon.nz Presumably you've come across the Earthsee books by Ursula K. Le Guin . The first one is mostly set in a wizard school.
Post #702501
#AISlop At dinner yesterday my son mentioned a job he was managing at a local reservoir. I was aware of the reservoir but also knew that few people in the area knew about it. Inaccessible and hidden away the covered drinking water facility isn&#39;t even particularly visible on satellite images. Part of the job would include draining it and as we lived nearby we were curious where it drained to. He was aware that the drainage arrangements of some of these older reservoirs could be a little r...
Post #679377
@EUCommission Interested to read about the #EU initiative to create an alternative #SocialNetwork platform to the US #BigTech offerings. Perhaps you should make people aware of #Mastodon and the plethora of interconnected systems that make up the #Fediverse The beauty of this is that it isn&#39;t under the ownership or control of any one entity/person. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_522
Post #658874
@allotments Sometimes you don&#39;t have to shake the present to get a good idea of what it is. Merry Christmas and bonus points for anyone eating their own Brussel sprouts today. Unfortunately mine weren&#39;t good enough this year. #allorments #AllotmentLife
Post #606765
@susankayequinn@wandering.shop When I was in the process of removing corporations such as Amazon from my life the last bit to go was the Kindle. Moved over to #Kobo ereader and have liked it. Have used bookshop.org occasionally. Charity shops can be great but they don't always have what you want. The online Oxfam shop is great for UK readers happy to buy secondhand books, as well as lots of other stuff https://onlineshop.oxfam.org.uk/category/books
Post #526878
@futurebird@sauropods.win Sounds yummy. Hopefully does contain any of those unhealthy imaginary numbers. They can lead to bloating.
Post #516350
@webhat@infosec.exchange Point them to loops.video
Post #500917
@sarahfinch.bsky.social
Post #471803
@txo_elurmaluta@mastodon.eus You just know that somebody put that cover back like that deliberately to annoy #OCD folk.
Post #467227
@ZackPolanski@mastox.eu Green Party By-election win not enough to get on to Question Time https://daily-twerk.com/entertainment/by-election-win-not-enough-to-get-on-to-question-time/
Post #466045
@fulelo@journa.host Any thoughts on whether there is a viable group of leaders to take over running the country? My limited understanding is that any opposition has been quashed over the past years. Is Iran facing a power vacuum along with the uncertainty that can bring?
Post #456147
@labr@ravenation.club @DivineEllison@ravenation.club Sounds like it could keep me going until #CraigCharles and his trunk of funk kicks off at 6pm. #CraigCharlesFunkandSoulShow
Post #454971
@davidaugust@mastodon.online My eyes were immediately drawn by the unusual spelling at the end of that paragraph. So chuse instead of choose is not a spelling mistake or typo. An accepted alternative spelling. Strange that the chap (Jacob Shallus) who committed it to paper used both spellings in different places.
Post #421488
@davemosk@mastodon.nz Disappointingly Steve Rose does not mention Mastodon in the social networking section. Would also add ditching the Amazon Kindle for a Kobo ereader is a good choice. Jolla phones with the #SailfishOS is a good iPhone/Android substitute.
Post #353829
@Meteor_Lake@c.im Will this have any impact on the citizens of Okulago?
Post #353556
@DarkSheepArts@mastoart.social Financial rule number 1 Earn more than £24k a month. Easy if you break it down into small manageable steps.
Post #344806
#totp one of his better hits.
Post #341500
@greenpartyni@mastodon.ie Might help if there is a hint in the petition about what an MLA is. I genuinely have no Idea. Top tip, the first use of an initial should be in brackets after the words the initials refer to are written in full unless it is absolutely obvious such as FYI
Post #339579
@MelissaBearTrix@gives.hugz.online I have installed sailfishOS onto a phone and am happy with it. Unfortunately the pixel phone is not listed as one that has been tried on the Jolla site. It *might* work if you feel like being a pioneer.
Post #335803
@todd@social.lol @petebrown@social.lol There are *some* worthwhile uses of AI such as analysing satellite images to rapidly identify areas of active deforestation. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2024/03/13/ai-and-satellites-fight-climate-change-and-restore-rainforests/ However, these useful applications of AI are insignificant compared with vast numbers of trivial uses of AI. If you are artistically challenged is it really important to you to create a picture of a unicorn wearin...
Post #273365
Strange being on a bus from #Nottingham during rush hour and seeing empty seats. Guess there aren't that many people working in the city centre now.
Post #272810
@waeiski@vis.social Among my many roles was IT rep and general trouble shooter and sorter out of disasters. I would always strongly advocate robust backup strategies for data which included NOT relying on external drives or systems like DropBox. This #AI enshitification is going to push people back to using unreliable systems. Recall a research group that nearly lost many years of data in a bizarre Dropbox client meltdown that wiped the data from the store and any computers that connected t...
Post #249602
@hischeekiness@mas.to Presumably there is a lag. Showing 4 for me as well now. Will delete that post and see if it rectifies.
Post #249167
#cheekyskitchenreplacement I'm going to delete this post to see what happens to hashtag total......
Post #216320
@corduroy@aus.social That is very cheap!
Post #207550
@DeliaChristina@sfba.social From the 90s definitely #BillyBragg and #TheLevellers and #SteveEarl
Post #193812
@jeridansky@sfba.social @eagleview@mastodon.social Welcome. FYI I tried to do a follow but it came up with the error 'this action is not allowed'. Enjoy
Post #189289
#totp Jonathan Ross referred to him as Charlie Drake and his second rate soul band. Bit harsh.
Post #189239
@pdcawley@mendeddrum.org Double keytar! Bonus points? #totp
Post #189223
#totp The 1980s apologizes for the contribution to global warming caused by all the dry ice