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Tim

@timsk@mastodon.social

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Esperanto speaker and teacher. Traveller. Dad. Cyclist. Linguist. Community activist. Born at 330ppm. UK-based.

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Joined August 27, 2018

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EN, EO, FR

Pronouns:

EN: he/him EO: li aŭ ri FR: il/lui

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Tim @timsk@mastodon.social · Jul 12, 2026

Replying to @kallekn@mastodonsweden.se

@kallekn@mastodonsweden.se makes sense, but after hunting around for my list of followed hashtags, there are only 4 and I can't see any of them in the offending post. Still confused.

Tim @timsk@mastodon.social · Jul 12, 2026

I've has several random toots appearing in my timeline today and I've no idea why. See attachment for one example – I don't speak Italian, and have no interest in crypto or any of the other hashtags shown. Does Mastodon have a "why the hell am I seeing this?" function? How can I go about finding out please?

Tim @timsk@mastodon.social · May 10, 2026

Replying to @timsk@mastodon.social

@aram@aoir.social I'm just gonna keep adding to this list. I just reserved a rental car with Enterprise, and I clicked the VIEW/MODIFY RESERVATION button in the confirmation email. I've been staring at this for 25 minutes, and it's made no difference turning off my VPN and trying it in Chrome.

Tim @timsk@mastodon.social · May 05, 2026

Replying to @timsk@mastodon.social

@aram I think the common factor here is "corporations that are way too big" where both customers and their staff are but troublesome cogs in a massive machine that doesn't really give a shit about either.

Tim @timsk@mastodon.social · May 05, 2026

Replying to @timsk@mastodon.social

@aram also, Accor hotels last month sent me a confirmation email clearly stating "total cost of your stay: €633" but when I arrived they insisted that was the per-room cost and they wouldn't budge.

Tim @timsk@mastodon.social · May 05, 2026

Replying to @timsk@mastodon.social

@aram also, Wizzair just bumped me off a flight they had oversold, so by law they now have to pay me €250. Their staff gave me a phone number and a web address to claim my money, but the call centre cut me off twice before I found a human being, and the web address gives 404 page not found.

Tim @timsk@mastodon.social · May 05, 2026

Replying to @aram@aoir.social

@aram fwiw Europcar charged me for 1400 extra km when I returned a car last month, despite me doing no more than 250km in total. I just got an email with a bill attached, and it was immediately charged to my bank card. When I phoned the branch to query it, they said basically "oops, our mistake" and refunded me, but that's only because I noticed, had time to call, and spoke the right language. I shouldn't have to.

Tim @timsk@mastodon.social · Apr 27, 2026

Replying to @cmconseils@mastodon.social

@cmconseils@mastodon.social there seem to be lots of people agreeing with you, but I don't dislike it, at least at the places I go. FWIW I _can_ browse the menu without starting an order, and I have the option of going to the bar and ordering instead of I want to. But they're not asking me to install Yet Another Goddam App, and I'm paying with the same bank card that I would use at the bar anyway so there's very little difference in terms of privacy. What's not to like?

Tim @timsk@mastodon.social · Mar 24, 2026

Replying to @anon_opin@mastodon.social

@anon_opin@mastodon.social tax return does it for me every year, yup

Tim @timsk@mastodon.social · Jun 08, 2025

Replying to @lokjo@mapstodon.space

@lokjo@mapstodon.space @Bahais_Mexicali@mastodon.social @organicmaps@fosstodon.org ok, thanks for the response. And are you feeding data back into OSM, or building your own layer on top of it? (Sorry to be asking but your website is only showing me "over quota" error messages so I can't attempt to see for myself).

Tim @timsk@mastodon.social · Jun 07, 2025

Replying to @lokjo@mapstodon.space

@lokjo@mapstodon.space certainly interesting. How does your offering compare to @organicmaps@fosstodon.org ? What sets you apart?

Tim @timsk@mastodon.social · Nov 24, 2024

Replying to @DamonHD@mastodon.social

@DamonHD@mastodon.social @not2b@sfba.social @jstepien@mastodon.social You remind me of a story my dad told about an American friend called R.B. (I forget the surname). In a desperate attempt to have a form accepted, he wrote what he thought were clearly explanatory notes, but his ID came back in the name of "Ronly Bonly", which still makes me giggle.

Tim @timsk@mastodon.social · Nov 24, 2024

Replying to @jstepien@mastodon.social

@jstepien@mastodon.social it's goddamn frustrating isn't it, not too mention insulting. I see the Co-operative Bank here in the UK have made zero progress on this since I stumbled on it ~10 years ago. 🙄 To save you the trouble, I just got two steps into the "open new account" process before this happened: "The name entered is invalid." https://www.co-operativebank.co.uk/products/bank-accounts/current-account/

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