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Ålün

@alunbweird.bsky.social

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He/him. Elder millenial. Cameras, cartoons, heavy metal, books, nerdy stuff. Liberty, human rights. British, European. Health professional. No Tories/TERFs/AI/Crypto chuds/other bastards. https://www.tideoptics.com/?ref=aevIv3XN discount code: ALUNB

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Ålün @alunbweird.bsky.social · 7h

They'll be able to loot my corpse when they raid the hospital for medical supplies. My trauma shears are quite nice.

Ålün @alunbweird.bsky.social · 2d

Dave. ❤️

Jett @jettstrange.bsky.social · 2d

Dave is straight chillin

Photo of Dave the tuxedo cat laying back against a desk that features a computer monitor, and a multicolor gaming keyboard and mouse.
Dave has one paw stretched out over the desk, while the other is folded towards his chest. He is looking at the camera with a blank expression, but seems happy and comfortable.

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Olli-Wer-Wolf 🐺 @owolf.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t know who needs it today but here’s a Raccoon-Hug for you.
I made it with the rubber stamp I bought a few weeks ago.
It makes me smile when I see it. I hope it works for you too.

Blue Raccoon stamped on a white paper. It looks like it wants to hug you.

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Ålün @alunbweird.bsky.social · 2d

Love a flying boat! There's a Sandringham (maybe the only one left?) at the Solent Sky museum in Southampton. It dominates the place! Need to go back as this photo is from over a decade ago now. Great little museum.

The Sandringham's wing (showing the built-in access platform), and below the Sea Vixen. At the back on the left is the Saro SR.A/1 flying boat fighter, and a Vampire nose and Gnat wingtip can be seen bottom left.

Ålün @alunbweird.bsky.social · 2d

It absolutely does! It was incredibly cheap too, so probably the best value bit of gear I have.

Ålün @alunbweird.bsky.social · 2d

Hobbyist. I work too much as is. Not about to turn fun into work as well.

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Ålün @alunbweird.bsky.social · 2d

This one is a JY610 II. Had it a few years now. It's not very exciting, but it has an optical trigger mode so I can just plonk it down somewhere in a scene and it will work. Nifty!

I have been eyeing up those tiny new Godox ones - might get one at some point as they're even smaller!

Tiny Viltrox JY610 II flash held in my hand.

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Bruka Jones @brukajones.com · 2d

There’s a free application, shutup10++, that lets you disable all the shitty windows stuff with a series of checkboxes.
It even tracks if windows rolls anything back between updates and lets you reverse the changes with a click.
I can personally recommend shutup10++ if you need to stick with windows

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 3d

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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Ålün @alunbweird.bsky.social · 2d

Bronica ETRSi, Nikon Z6 II, Lomo Diana Instant would be my favourite and most-used. . Lomo Petzval 55 on the Nikon is a favourite lens.

I have a load of flashes (various Godox) but one of the most useful is a tiny Viltrox speedlight. It makes an excellent practical light to put in shots.

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Jay 🦋 @jkap.gay · 3d

seriously cancel your fucking spotify subscription. use literally anything else. even piracy is better for both artists and the world than spotify

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Ålün @alunbweird.bsky.social · 3d

38d.gs/leqi

Ban politicians hosting shows on UK news channels

I just signed the campaign calling to save ban politicians hosting shows on UK news channels

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Ålün @alunbweird.bsky.social · 3d

I'm doing my part!

A black and white tuxedo cat curled up on a red fluffy blanket.

Ålün @alunbweird.bsky.social · 3d

Rachel Reeves could slash the Cash ISA limit to £4K — a win for hedge funds, a loss for the rest of us 💸 Even the banks are against it. Tell the govt to protect savers, not risky investments! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

Protect Cash ISAs

Rumours started swirling that Rachel Reeves might slash the tax-free cap on Cash ISAs from £20,000 to £4,000 after meeting with a group of bank executives back in February. [1] Now it looks like those...

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shazleen @shazleenmkhan.bsky.social · 6d

I am organising direct action against Reform UK to fight against their racist misinformation. Posted more about it over on my insta, but here's the main bits!

Find out more: www.instagram.com/sticker_up_f...
Grab a PDF of the zine: www.shazleenkhan.shop

too many people i love are being victimized by nigel farage and i am going to mobilise the entire uk comics industry to fucking defeat him and protect myself, immigrants and refugees

our target is the 2026 local council elections. through targetted sticker and flyer campaigns i aim to destroy reform UK's momentum in vulnerable constituencies throughout the UK

this is a link to resources. I am sorry people who use screen readers I am not able to transcribe everything. I am one guy and I am doing this on voluntary basis. if you use a screen reader and have mates who would be willing to help me convert my text posts into readable formats please link us up

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Hacked Off @hackedoff.bsky.social · 4d

Jacqui Hames, featured in #TheHack, is calling on the Prime Minister to put the public ahead of Murdoch, and act now to end corruption and abuse in the press.
Back her petition now:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 7d

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Ålün @alunbweird.bsky.social · 4d

I will never have an Alexa or whatever in my house. I will not talk to a machine.

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LynnHenni @lynnhenni.bsky.social · 4d

What a beautiful, still day in sublime Wester Ross. Such a balm when so much of the world is in turmoil.

Colour mobile phone snap of Beinn Alligin in the background, a promontory with trees and timber framed house in front, reflections of both in a still loch with a couple more trees in the foreground.

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Ålün @alunbweird.bsky.social · 4d

A positively Trumpian response. What a fucking lowlife.

Ålün @alunbweird.bsky.social · 4d

The ECHR was Britain’s response to WW2 fascist regimes. With authoritarianism on the rise again, we’d be mad to give up the protections it provides. Tell your MP we won’t let that happen! actionstorm.org/petitions/pr...

actionstorm.org

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Ewamore, Quoth the Raven @ewacat.bsky.social · 4d

nerds freely nerding in their nerd field is really lovely www.science.org/content/arti...

These ‘ghost flowers’ thrive without photosynthesis. One scientist is learning how

Japanese botanist Kenji Suetsugu studies plants that steal carbon and nutrients from soil fungi

www.science.org

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Lucas Nunes @lucasjn.bsky.social · 4d

Here's a T. Rex bored to death trying to bite their own tail. My partner asked me to animate it in stop motion, after she watched a video about the very important topic of "could T. Rex chew its own tail like a dog". The puppet is still a work in progress 🦖

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Ålün @alunbweird.bsky.social · 4d

Ugh, I HATE Katoki's shit boxy takes on cool suits.

Ooh, look - tiny torso and long skinny legs. What a shock!

Ålün @alunbweird.bsky.social · 4d

Perfect, in other words.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 5d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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