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Richard Griffiths

@dectentoo

Lapsed dev, agile student, drummer, sci-fi fan. Tenor. Knowledge of 1970's, 80's, 90's kids TV. Proofreader and indexer. Typos my own. Also on mastodon.ie.

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Happy International Women's Day!

08.03.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 142 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Talyllyn Railway | Upcoming Events - Talyllyn Railway

Guys, I have found the ultimate expression of Anglican spirituality. Stations at Stations, on a steam-hauled service, led by a former bishop of Sodor and Man.

www.talyllyn.co.uk/events/stati...

βœοΈβš“οΈ

08.03.2026 10:17 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 2

Wrexham fought like hell for 120 minutes and gave the 5th place team in the Prem (& reigning world champs) absolute grief. It’s an understatement to say the Blues were fortunate to escape North Wales tonight with a win #WxmFc

07.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A performance to be proud of as we exit the FA Cup.

πŸ”΄βšͺ #WxmAFC

07.03.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 233 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 8

OMG #WrexhamAFC

07.03.2026 18:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My talk from the Computer Conservation Society last month is now online.

If you're interested in the history of the PC, and particularly how IBM lost the war to control its future, then this talk is for you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gIk...

07.03.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Dad...? "Where to, or how much?"

07.03.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The last time I watched from behind the sofa was Dr Who. What a game, Scotland #ScovFra #6Nations

07.03.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder when software companies will start to charge extra for AI-free code

05.03.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

Anyways.

05.03.2026 11:54 πŸ‘ 25686 πŸ” 10013 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 200

It's not the "ChatGPT hyphen". I’ve been using em-dashes forever. You can pry them from my cold, dead hands #Grammar #EmDash

04.03.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ¦‹πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @eurosky.social -or any alternative PDS. How? Why?

A short thread on what you need to know ⬇️

03.03.2026 10:10 πŸ‘ 147 πŸ” 83 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 23
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Excellent advice right here.

03.03.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 7080 πŸ” 1669 πŸ’¬ 172 πŸ“Œ 76
Who can reply: anyone, nobody, people who can be normal about it.

Who can reply: anyone, nobody, people who can be normal about it.

trying out a new feature, lmk if it works

03.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 14088 πŸ” 2445 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

I'd like a conversion for furlongs per fortnight for data download speeds, please.

03.03.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Final one .. There is a day in the life of every Welsh school child, usually around the age of seven, when your happy little childhood world is destroyed by the tale of Gelert the dog. Generational trauma right there.

03.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Newsom signed the law for mandatory age verification in Linux.

01.03.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 286 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 54

Also, the Mari Lwyd! She's basically a horse skull who raps at you to steal your beer. There's more to her than that, but I can't really do her justice. She has got a wikipedia page, though.

02.03.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Merlin revealed why: beneath the mountain, a red dragon (Britons) and a white dragon (Saxons) were fighting. Their battle shook the ground. Prophecy said the red dragon would win. That victory lives on in Wales’ flag.

02.03.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Given the weekend, the folklore of the Welsh dragon isn’t as widely known as it should be. One origin comes from Arthurian legend in Historia Brittonum. In the 5th century, King Vortigern tried to build a fortress at Dinas Emrys in Snowdonia, but it kept collapsing.

02.03.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If only the Founders had made an explicit statement about which branch of government gets to declare war

02.03.2026 13:10 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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10 COOKIES = (INT(RND(1) * 100 + .5))
20 PRINT "HOW MANY COOKIES I NEED"
30 PRINT "FOR SURVIVAL TODAY: "; COOKIES

The #C64 computer has spoken. Time to visit a grocery store.

01.03.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

For those in the UK that's around one and a half Aberfans.

01.03.2026 14:25 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus i bawb!
Happy St David's Day to everyone!
"Gwnewch y pethau bychain - Do the little things"
'Llanddewi Brefi' by #RSThomas (Uncollected Poems, Bloodaxe Books)

01.03.2026 08:23 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Dydd Gšyl Dewi Hapus! 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌼
Happy St David’s Day! 🌼🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
#Wales #Cymru

01.03.2026 08:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry, is the War Powers Resolution still a thing?

28.02.2026 09:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Allister heath headline generator: 
Allister Heath
The catastrophic reality of manchester losing another plumber is finally dawning on the British public

Allister heath headline generator: Allister Heath The catastrophic reality of manchester losing another plumber is finally dawning on the British public

27.02.2026 08:01 πŸ‘ 564 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 7

i’m tired of every paper (even critical ones) on societal impact of AI starting by both-siding the β€œbenefits” and risks/harms of AI

in academia, i would like us to arrive at a collective reckoning that we don’t need to play both sides. it's totally legit to clearly state just the harms. period

26.02.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 1347 πŸ” 349 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 26

Customers don’t care how many tickets you closed.
They care that their problem is gone.
Build for outcomes.
#Delivery #CustomerFocus

25.02.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0