Wen
@Wen@mastodon.scot
I am a climber, runner (with a Collie), cyclist and swimmer. I was running a small (but perfectly formed) analytics company now employee owned to mark my retirement. Commute between the Highlands and The Borders, campaign for Scottish independence, bake bread and occasionally dabble in bad art. I winge about a lot - the environment, bad governance and stupidity but do try to provide a wee bit of evidence and highlight good news. Languages : English, German, Gaelic, Pashtu, Spanish, Italian
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Wen
@Wen@mastodon.scot
I am a climber, runner (with a Collie), cyclist and swimmer. I was running a small (but perfectly formed) analytics company now employee owned to mark my retirement. Commute between the Highlands and The Borders, campaign for Scottish independence, bake bread and occasionally dabble in bad art. I winge about a lot - the environment, bad governance and stupidity but do try to provide a wee bit of evidence and highlight good news. Languages : English, German, Gaelic, Pashtu, Spanish, Italian
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@Wen@mastodon.scot
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Apr 09, 2026
I am@partial to a bit of pedantry as some have noticed in the past, but this is world class by Mr Brisbane. From Pedantry Corner, Private Eye
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#pedantry #PrivateEye #cartoon #rome #architecture
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Kentish Fran 🇪🇺
@kentishfran@mastodonapp.uk
The accidental inventor of cakeism. Sorry! Replaced adult children with rescue dogs - highly recommended! 🐾 Trees are beautiful. 🌳🌲🌴 Pro-EU
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Kentish Fran 🇪🇺
@kentishfran@mastodonapp.uk
The accidental inventor of cakeism. Sorry! Replaced adult children with rescue dogs - highly recommended! 🐾 Trees are beautiful. 🌳🌲🌴 Pro-EU
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@kentishfran@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 04, 2026
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Andi Chorley
@ratatosk@mastodonapp.uk
Reader. Gardener. Jazz, psychedelic music and more lover. Hiker. Photographer. Outdoor and indoor swimmer.
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Andi Chorley
@ratatosk@mastodonapp.uk
Reader. Gardener. Jazz, psychedelic music and more lover. Hiker. Photographer. Outdoor and indoor swimmer.
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@ratatosk@mastodonapp.uk
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Feb 28, 2026
Shaft is a 1970 detective novel by Ernest Tidyman. It is the first novel in the John Shaft novel series. The novel debuted the character John Shaft and inspired both the 1971 film Shaft and its sequels. - Wikipedia
It is strange to read a book and keep hearing the theme music of the film in my head, but that is what happens when you read a book after hearing the soundtrack all your life! I bought an original of the soundtrack by Issac Hayes for 50p in an Oxfam in the 80s before I saw the film. As for the novel, it is a pulpy, gripping crime tale set in early 70s New York. Shaft is most definitely misogynistic, homophobic, and antisemitic, and this seemed to be tacitly approved by white author Tidyman, but maybe just reflecting the world and the attitudes a character like Shaft would be likely to have.
#Shaft #ErnestTidyman #Novels #Reading #blaxploitation #privateeye #NewYork
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Philip C James
@PhilipCJames__dup_644@mas.to
English/German-speaking Brython living in Austenland; careless as carless, hard-science grasping, liberal-leaning, creativity-yearning, Bohemian-aspiring humanist. Allergy Warning: May Contain Fiction. And Nuts Banner: ISS over NZ (Getty) Avatar: Horsehead Nebula, Six Star System, Alien on an Asteroid (Own Work)
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Philip C James
@PhilipCJames__dup_644@mas.to
English/German-speaking Brython living in Austenland; careless as carless, hard-science grasping, liberal-leaning, creativity-yearning, Bohemian-aspiring humanist. Allergy Warning: May Contain Fiction. And Nuts Banner: ISS over NZ (Getty) Avatar: Horsehead Nebula, Six Star System, Alien on an Asteroid (Own Work)
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@PhilipCJames__dup_644@mas.to
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Jan 14, 2026
Yet another of the #Nastiz (formerly the Conservative & Unionist Party) defects to #ReformUK.
After 14 years of misrule by the #Tories, the British voters finally said 'Enough is enough' in 2024 and resoundingly threw the whole bunch of chancers out of power and out of Parliament.
Why does Nadhim Zahawi think he is any more acceptable to the British public as a Reform Party UK Ltd candidate than as a Tory MP?
#Farage #FascistFarage #TrumpLite
#PrivateEye #UKpol
https://youtu.be/V59br2CBgJ0?si=YYvLrDJnW7CPEfqq
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Ben M0SWV 🏳️🌈 🇪🇺 🇮🇪 🇵🇸
@TheSwiv@hear-me.social
Sentimental Leftie, Dad & Husband. Fighting bigotry and hate wherever I find it. Secular Humanist. Radio Amateur M0SWV Fibromyalgia, Depression\Anxiety & collector of Autoimmune Disorders. Cognitive issues make Alt text a problem for me. AltBot is not perfect and I do try to edit, but can't always. for which I apologise. #Climate #LoveisLove #equality #Ally #RejoinEU #Politics #Dogs #RescueDogs #NoPasaràn #wokeAF #Antifa
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Ben M0SWV 🏳️🌈 🇪🇺 🇮🇪 🇵🇸
@TheSwiv@hear-me.social
Sentimental Leftie, Dad & Husband. Fighting bigotry and hate wherever I find it. Secular Humanist. Radio Amateur M0SWV Fibromyalgia, Depression\Anxiety & collector of Autoimmune Disorders. Cognitive issues make Alt text a problem for me. AltBot is not perfect and I do try to edit, but can't always. for which I apologise. #Climate #LoveisLove #equality #Ally #RejoinEU #Politics #Dogs #RescueDogs #NoPasaràn #wokeAF #Antifa
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