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Russell Garner

@rgarner.bsky.social

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Likes cats, Ruby, bicycles, drums, synths, flippancy, unions. Audi alteram partem. Leeds, UK Founder at @jointogether.online

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Russell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social · Apr 8

Have you noticed that these days when time travellers grab you by the shoulders and ask what year it is, when you reply "2024" they no longer say "Thank God. I'm not too late"?

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Russell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social · 38m

Met him once, he gave us a nice speech at GDS. Very affable sort. Can't remember a word of the speech mind.

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Russell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social · 2h

Another day, another data breach I'm in because I travelled on a train a bit

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Russell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social · 2h

In those circumstances I give 110%.

Not *mine*, obvs.

Russell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social · 6h

That's syphilis for you.

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Simon @intruth.bsky.social · 7h

Websites I’ve visited once: “do you consent to us storing cookies so we can know who you are for ever and ever and ever?”

Websites I visit every day: “I’m sorry, and you are?”

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Claire C @wotclaire.bsky.social · 11h

I’m wearing a Rotherham United jacket over a t-shirt featuring the portrait of Mrs Mangle by Helen Daniels, and if that’s not the sexiest outfit you’ve ever heard of, I don’t know what is

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Russell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social · 12h

Been awake since 5.30. I am not a morning person. This is just what my brain does. Neurological fash.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 20h

"the stubborn planning system"

Assigning human qualities to the planning system suggests a lack of understanding of it.

Richard Hebditch @richard.hebditch.org · 20h

Press release here: www.gov.uk/government/n...

Pro-growth package unshackling Britain to get building

Pro-growth changes to the government's landmark Planning and Infrastructure Bill to get Britain building faster.

www.gov.uk

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Russell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social · 13h

I listened to his speech from behind it and frankly the content of the speech is not out of place with the content on the stand.

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Kate Devlin 🎃👻🍂 @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 20h

My 15yo child, unexpectedly: “Yeah, I have at least 3 LinkedIn accounts. All fake. I use them to check on my teachers’ qualifications. I keep getting job offers because I ticked something that said I used to work in middle management for Asda.”

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Russell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social · 21h

It was like suddenly someone gave me, a massive music nerd, a music encyclopedia and the ability to listen to anything from anyone at any time and I just went hog-wild with it all. It felt like a web browser for music.

But only had the *appearance* of the open web.

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Russell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social · 22h

But I don't do it weekly like I used to. I ran out of space, for one thing.

Russell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social · 22h

I do that too.

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Russell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social · 22h

I apologise in advance

Family Guy | Mom, mom, mom...

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Russell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social · 22h

Many on-the-ground (Reddit, Spotify Community) posts now reporting that Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads.

You know, in case you needed the kick up the arse. Tidal is very nice.

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Russell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social · 23h

At least you didn't make the cardinal error I made of accepting that invitation from John Shatbadly

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Russell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social · 23h

I bought my Otley ticket on the back of you posting here, so while a tiny proportion of total sales, I must insist that I am statistically non-zero for the purposes of this reply

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Russell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social · 23h

I want my next* album to be called "Shove Your Deluxe Version Up Your Arse" just so that when a record company** wants to release the deluxe version using cobbled-together old demos their hypocrisy will be on full display

* => nil
** NoMethodError: undefined method 'deluxe?' for nil (NoMethodError)

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.