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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Aug 06, 2026

So Zuckerblurb is saying that his AI has now fled its prison and attacked other companies too? It's just too stupid for words. You can smell the fear and panic in Alt(barely a)man, Zuck, and Musk. This constant stream of fevered, stupid, utterly unbelievable, ket/coke fuelled, press releases, from them is an insult to everyone. Every time I see a 'news' article, I think of the Simpsons Monorail episode. Pathetic sad men in a panic. Americans are fucking stupid. #AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDOI0cq6GZM

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Aug 01, 2026

Replying to @blotosmetek@circumstances.run

@blotosmetek@circumstances.run @sundogplanets@mastodon.social As someone who has never driven a car in his life, who walks, cycles, buses, and trains, and hasn't flown since 1998. I can, with absolute conviction, tell you that nobody, not even 'them', are forcing you to do anything. I agree that there are bigger problems. There always are. But effects are cumulative. The entire world got together over the ozone layer. And that cunt Musk is going to fuck it again.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Jul 31, 2026

Replying to @sundogplanets@mastodon.social

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social So have I got this correct? 8360 tons of whatever satellites are made of, spread through the atmosphere in the next five years as they deorbit? 440 tons over five years will hit the planet? These people should be in prison.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Jul 29, 2026

#Meshcore peeps, I have a question about antenna upgrades.

I'm waiting for delivery of a Solar repeater and a companion. The internet says I should upgrade to better antennas.

Dense urban area, city centre Manchester UK.

Closest repeaters are 3km and 4km away but there are more on hills further away.

I don't mind spending a bit of money on good antennas but need a bit of guidance for what will work best.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Jul 28, 2026

#knitting #men

A few years ago I bookmarked this #Ravelry bundle.

As a male knitter it was annoying me that the tags on Ravelry were being abused. (Don't even get me started on the #gloves tag.)

Search by gender is a not funny joke on Rav. So... I asked on Reddit for people's fave men's patterns.

Someone gave me this! :)

Rules are, must be availabe, Must have a man wearing it in the photo's, must be a cardi, jumper, vest, jacket.

Men's stuff! Actual men's stuff!

https://www.ravelry.com/bundles/sweaters-cardigans-vests-for-men

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Jul 28, 2026

Replying to @MikeFromLFE@cupoftea.social

@MikeFromLFE@cupoftea.social For me there's very little use case at the moment. I live in a city centre. I will be using it for fun and learning about radio. But.... Should the house of cards come crashing down, it could be the only way to communicate over distance. For areas with little or no cell coverage It has a use case. Also for disaster response? I can imagine a use case for large highland estates that need to stay in touch with folk working there maybe.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Jul 28, 2026

I went down the #meshcore rabbit hole..... I bought a solar powered outdoor unit for a repeater, and a little companion device. It has a teeny tiny JOSTICK! There was no other choice as far as I'm concerned. :)) They will arrive around the 10th Aug. I've never done anything like this before. I'm sure there will be some swearing. Mastodon certainly lets you know about some cool stuff.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Jul 23, 2026

Replying to @jripley@mastodon.social

@jripley@mastodon.social It's slightly worse than that. Those readings are taken at 4000m. At sea level there's more CO2. As someone who has never driven a car in their 60 years, it's angering.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · May 11, 2026

Replying to @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us A full apology and a gold embossed invitation to come back again wouldn't make me vote for that right wing, bunch of incompetent, paedophile employing, out of touch, middle class pricks.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · May 07, 2026

I treated myself. I've got a big blue grog clay pot for it ,and I've ordered a cheap obelisky thing off amazon.

Hopefully I will be able to fan it out across the wall when it gets going.

Apparently it has a very strong fragrance, myrrh with meadowsweet and vanilla. Can't wait.

It's a climber so it's going to get big.

#bloomscolling

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · May 03, 2026

Replying to @dar@mastoart.social

Lily beetles have only been in the uk since the 90s. They can turn a plant unto a stinking larvae shit goopy mess if you let them. My bet is, ironically, that they came with shipments of lilies. :)

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · May 02, 2026

This is Gunnera manicata. Ever since I first saw one as a kid I wanted one. It's stuuuuupid to grow it in a pot. They're HUGE in real life..... but I needed one.

It's an example of sharing your plants with the wildlife. Something totally shreds the first few leaves every year. Then it buggers off and the plant grows a new set of leaves. It's fine after that.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · May 02, 2026

Lilly beetle! Lilioceris lilii such a fab name for such a little shit!

I'm not one for killing things but I left them to it one year. Never again.

It's just soapy water. A few drops of washing up liquid in an old spray bottle.

It clogs up their breathing holes. Works on the larvae too.

Also it's a really good way to get rid of aphids for a bit.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · May 02, 2026

Wrote another scathing email to my MP last night.

I won't let Muslims intimidate Jews into fleeing my country, you know.... like they have been hounded out of every other country where Muslims predominate.

We have a long history of not putting up with religious extremism.

Just look at the Puritans. They didn't get what they want and neither will the Muslim extremists.

If this utter bollocks doesn't stop, I predict a big win for Reform, and that would be disastrous for everyone.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · May 01, 2026

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VGhcSupkNs8

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 30, 2026

Replying to @globalmuseum@mastodon.online

@globalmuseum@mastodon.online Exquisite!

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 30, 2026

I wrote a scathing email to my MP after the vile attack in Manchester.

Shortly afterwards there was a case in Bolton with a planned armed attack on the Jewish community.

Yesterday, again in London.

I'm listening to Mahmood saying all the usual platitudes and 'assurances'.

I'm not even Jewish and I am sick of this bullshit.

Our country used to be mostly (?) welcoming incredibly tolerant of differences.

As an atheist I have one thing to say.

Just look at yourselves! GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER!

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 29, 2026

Tiny leaved Sedums are my faves.

This one is Sedum album 'Black Pearl'. It turns the most beautiful almost black burgundy in full sun in summer. Looks a bit insipid at the mo.

Bottom right is Sedum hispanicum. It's super pretty it makes a mat of short upward floppy stalks.

Up in the top right.... I haven't got a clue what it is. I was about to throw the pot contents away and noticed it hiding in the weeds. That's literally all that was left.

It has it's chance now.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 29, 2026

Campanula. It's pretty. It's also everywhere! Thank the gods it's easy to pull out.

The nice thing is, in my sheltered back yard it flowers up to the end of November. April to December is a great flowering season.

It's just so rampant in its colonisation!

#bloomscrolling

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 27, 2026

Replying to @Spaceways@toot.community

@Spaceways@toot.community I've always wanted to get into natural dyes but there's not an inch of space left in my house for another hobby. :) If you want to watch some real magic. Search youtube for a video of someone dyeing with Woad plant. It's a bit special.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 27, 2026

Replying to @Spaceways@toot.community

@Spaceways@toot.community The Alkanet is an old dyers plant. It makes a red dye.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 24, 2026

I'm early Friday afternoon stoned, and two glasses of wine into the weekend. Bear that in mind world!

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 24, 2026

A few years ago I got into the family tree as an exercise in 'belonging'.

One of them got sent to Australia for thieving a bolt of cloth.

Every now and again I think about her.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 22, 2026

Replying to @transitionalaspect@fnordon.de

@transitionalaspect oddly I looked it up earlier. It's called 'forcing the rhubarb' and it's done in order to get an earlier crop in our short northern growing season.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 22, 2026

Replying to @transitionalaspect@fnordon.de

@transitionalaspect Do you guys put an upturned bucket or bin over it? I remember the old allotment men used to do that. Something about it being sweeter and less stringy. They used to do it for a short time once the shoots pop up. Obviously this is just a distant memory so maybe fact check me. :))

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 22, 2026

Replying to @futurebird@sauropods.win

@futurebird@sauropods.win it's mental illness, and it's passed down through generations like an heirloom. It's trying to teach a child how to control themselves by not being in control yourself. Crazy making. It's normal behaviour in those families and will be normal behaviour for their kids. Children are extremely literal. They WILL do whatever their parents do. It also promotes narcissism as a defence because kids are not big enough to defend themselves physically.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 21, 2026

#ukpol #epstein

Soooo.....

Starmer chose TWO people with known links to paedophiles for the top two jobs in America.

Buuuut..... there's nothing going on here. He's a good man.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 19, 2026

I think the people who use AI are the emotionally/intellectually lazy types. The kind of people who don't want to put any thought or effort into anything.

Forget the 'content'. It's AI.

That AI email's only real message is that you are too unimportant for the 'writer' to put anything of themselves into it.

That AI poster/flyer is telling you in clear unambiguous language that the organisers of the 'thing' don't really care about the 'thing,' or give a flying crap obout your attendance .

#ai

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 18, 2026

Britain Worst are having a stupid march through #Manchester.

There are counter demonstrations.

Be awesome and safe in the face of these morons.

Be loud, and make them understand that British people fucking loath them.

Mouth breathing, bottom dwellers, bussed in from elsewhere. Utter bellends.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/britain-first-march-manchester-police-33781630

#antifa #antifascist #antifascism #protest

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 18, 2026

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 17, 2026

Keir says it's staggering he wasn't told.

Yes Keir love, it's unbelievable.

#ukpol

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 16, 2026

Sharon (agree with her or get shit in the post) Osbourne.

Classy lass.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/uk-news/sharon-osbourne-to-join-tommy-33778696

Birmingham Live

Sharon Osbourne 'to join Tommy Robinson on anti-immigration march'

The widow of Ozzy Osbourne has reportedly confirmed she is set to attend Tommy Robinson's next march to 'unite the UK'

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 16, 2026

Does anyone else get randomly logged out of all proton apps?

It happened a few weeks ago and I just woke up completely logged off again.

It's effing well angering to manually input a long random password in five apps at 5am.

Does this fuckery happen at every update?

#Proton #irked

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 14, 2026

Replying to @dar@mastoart.social

@joshix @gsquirrel @pluralistic Also don't overlook Ghillaine Maxwell's father who was a 'known' Mossad agent. Who died in odd circumstances after theiving his workers pension fund. This goes back a long long way.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 14, 2026

Replying to @joshix@fosspri.de

@joshix @Unlocking_Freedom@mastodon.social @gsquirrel @pluralistic I don't know. I opened it, saw 'Jewish' after all the names and closed it again. Whatever point they were trying to make got ignored by me. Obviously I can't speak for the other folk you tagged. I will say that, to me at least, it does increasingly look like Epstein was collecting really foul dirt on rich/influential people for both Israel and Russia. The anti sematists seem to have leapt on this.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 13, 2026

Replying to @gsquirrel@cupoftea.social

@gsquirrel @pluralistic It's so obvious it's under our noses. Mandelson and Epstein circa 2008 George Osborn, Chancellor from 2010 onwards - photographed partying on Epstein's yacht. Both main parties captured by this group of paedo billionaires, all agreeing austerity is great.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 12, 2026

Replying to @fullfathomfive@aus.social

@fullfathomfive @nickofnz This was when he was still wearing the 'likeable' mask.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 12, 2026

Replying to @nickofnz@mastodon.nz

@nickofnz am I mixing up two different stories here? Is this the same Aus state that Elon Musk made the battery storage for after the government said it couldn't be done? It's a few years ago and my recollection is patchy at best.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 10, 2026

Going through old stuff I saved and tidying my desktop.

The file name is.... 'No you grow up'.

I've put it in my keeping folder. :))

It was a fortuitous #fensterFreitag find.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Apr 06, 2026

I love this time of year!

#bloomscrolling #ferns

I think it's one of the Dryopteris. It just showed up a couple of years ago.

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Dar @dar@mastoart.social · Feb 01, 2026

One of my favourite spinning/yarn facts.

Almost all of your ancestors could spin.

There was a tiny fragment of Neanderthal yarn/twine found in France. It's made from the bast from tree bark......

It's at least 40,000 years old....

It's bloody three ply lace weight yarn. I doubt ANY modern spinner could pull that off, even with all our gadgets and knowledge.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/neanderthals-made-the-worlds-oldest-thread/

#handspinning #yarn #knitting #crochet #weaving

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