Nature Punk

West Midlands based Neurodiverse Naturalist and Maker. Known as sparkes in some circles, and M7SPK in another. #ActuallyAutistic #AuHD #Maker #Hacker #Birder #Photographer #Folklore #PunkAsFuck #DIY #retrocomputing #XR #JSO #FreePalistine #ZXSpectrum #gamedev #FOSS #AmateurRadio

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2026-08-22 07:29:34 UTC

One of Thursdays photographs.
This example of brutalism is actually flood defences on the River Tame at Sandwell Valley.
Growing up Gen X in the midlands you get love pigeons and concrete :)
#photography #pigeon #brutalism #concrete #wildlife #uk
https://ecoevo-social.s3.de.io.cloud.ovh.net/media_attachments/files/117/137/964/101/543/885/original/b6d60fd1090d1a37.jpg

2026-08-02 08:50:42 UTC

RE: https://mastox.eu/@sahouraxo/117023354947634153
When the Taliban did this in Afghanistan and when ISIS did it in Syria and Iraq it was on the 6pm news and decried as a war crime and an assault on culture.
I await the media's condemnation.
#note1x5l…z30q

2026-06-16 09:23:05 UTC

This was posted in a LinkedIn group I'm apparently a member of.
Apparently you're not meant to think losing millionaires is a good thing?
These people aren't leaving the country their accountant is moving them abroad for several months a year to avoid tax because loopholes exist.
Hotblack Desiato spent a year dead for tax purposes.
https://ecoevo-social.s3.de.io.cloud.ovh.net/media_attachments/files/116/759/020/225/113/538/original/afe4621276a5dfe5.jpg

2026-05-18 09:48:17 UTC

The eldest has just had his insulin pump delivered.
No idea what it would end up costing under Reform but under the NHS he just had three and a half grand of medical tech dropped off at the door for nothing.
Oh and don't forget his insulin is free and he'll never, ever have to pay a prescription charge for any medication.
It looks like an expensive vape. A very expensive vape.
Fuck Reform.

2026-04-23 05:59:58 UTC

A poll for people with US accents.
This week it's jumped out at me several times when three different people from different parts of the US all said house's instead of houses. Do you? Do you even see the difference?
No shade, just interested in this subtle shift in language.
Boost for exposure please.

2026-04-08 16:07:25 UTC

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the way the nuclear lobby has won over the science literate US left of centre is amazing.
I got blocked on the bird site by somebody who I considered a friend for saying the waste problem hadn't been solved and the UK government was still burying used rubber gloves and the soil from rose gardens in a cave with the price for the actual proposed solution hitting the level of being the worlds biggest ever single project.

2026-04-05 13:43:41 UTC

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ah nice, I don't think I've ever seen a photograph of one on the ground before. They make a lot more sense now I've seen that including the neck stretching look that we see on Blackbirds and Starlings when they are on the ground over here.

2026-04-05 07:10:41 UTC

RE: https://sfba.social/@historyofpunkrock/116350161640284003
I tried to fit into a Bikini Kill t-shirt last week. I am almost twice the mass I was when I bought it in the mid 90s. It did not go well. But good news, I found an old t-shirt. :)
#note1dr2…48ea

2026-03-29 14:41:18 UTC

Last day for people in the UK to get free seeds for bee's pack from 38 degree's mailed to you.
I've actually got some from last year which didn't get planted so I'm not getting fresh seeds this year.
#bees #bee #saveTheBees #38degrees #gardening #uk #ukPol #nature
https://surveys.38degrees.org.uk/to/yWgbkzid#name=Stephen%20Parkes&[email protected]&postcode=WV12LA&is_regular_donor=false&contact_consent=true&age_consent=true&mailing_id=147405

2026-03-28 09:00:43 UTC

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My parents took my Granddad in after his stroke and he lived with them for about 15 years before it got too much and he moved into a nursing home for the last couple of years.
They made my sister and I promise not to take them in however much they beg and instead get them into professional care the moment they can't look after themselves :(
They moved to a bungalow about 10 years back and downsized to make the transition easier when it happens.

2026-03-27 15:18:26 UTC

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I read your posts. :)
I'm just pointing out if you want other people to adopt it then Meshtastic isn't the way to go. :)
The more nodes on the network it has the more messages it generates. A node only knows not to repeat a message by the hop count.
When somebody asks for their messages every node their message hits relays it, all the nodes that see that message and didn't see the first repeat it. Until the message count is hit.
It's a poor use of bandwidth for the use case.

2026-03-27 14:40:05 UTC

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which is great if you only want to use it in the US. I'm telling you Meshtastic is terrible in other places because it was designed and developed exclusively for the US allocation and devices.
We absolutely saturated the network and it's not designed to pick up dropped messages.
It's absolutely the wrong network layer to use for a BBS. Trust me ;) Look at the alternatives and you'll see how much more suited they are.
you do you though :)

2026-03-27 08:33:54 UTC

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sorry but Meshtastic is the wrong technology for this. It's not very good in congested regions (the 995mhz EU slot for instance) due to many circumstances and a BBS would saturate the bandwidth over Meshtastic.
Doing it with Lora is possible but it's probably better using Reticulum or even building on top of LoraWAN. I looked into doing something similar a few years ago when we saturated Meshtastic in the UK and started looking elsewhere.
https://reticulum.network/

2026-03-15 15:21:17 UTC

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oh yeah, posh twats. :)
I feel sorry for the people of Coventry, it's like it's hanging out there on the eastern edge of the West Midlands all on it's own almost being dragged back into the shires but being too tough to be allowed to play with the nice folks again.
It's an awesome place and obviously the place that revived Ska in the 70s and showed us white guys we could join in and play it as well.

2026-03-15 14:52:42 UTC

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I'm in Wolverhampton about 15 miles away.
If you draw a triangle between Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Walsall you get the birth places of most of Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Napalm Death and Robert Plant. It was busy few miles :)

2026-03-15 14:32:27 UTC

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I'm from the same part of the world as Judas Priest (and heavy metal in general). Rob Halford would hang his clothes out (if they weren't made of leather) ;)

2026-03-15 14:28:41 UTC

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absolute madness.
They are absolutely standard here in the UK. We don't even own a dryer. The last one broke when our youngest was about three and we decided we didn't need it anymore. He's 16 now.

2026-03-15 08:40:58 UTC

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It's so weird to lots of Europeans that the US sort of forgot how to dry clothes in the post war period. Like it was a sign of poverty to not burn dinosaurs to dry something that was wet even in parts of the country with sun and light breezes for 10 months of the year :)
I can only imagine how dryer culture looks to people outside our wealthy northern hemisphere bubble.

2026-03-14 07:55:43 UTC

RE: https://troet.cafe/@ShutterRatata/116226337608494270
Robin on Moss and automatic double boost :)
That light is *chefs kiss*
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2026-03-12 09:05:47 UTC

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Desi pubs are public houses (pubs, US people think bar but better) that are run by members of the Indian diaspora that serve beer and often good Indian food. Mostly Sikh owned but some are Hindu and fully vegetarian.
Since I live in Wolverhampton with one of the largest Sikh communities outside of the Punjab and lots of Bangladeshi chefs we have our fair share.
They are very welcoming places compared to walking into a local you don't frequent normally.
https://www.creativeblackcountry.co.uk/desi-pubs

2026-03-12 09:00:39 UTC

It was our eldest sons 28th birthday yesterday and he went out for a curry and a few pints at a local desi pub (probably not a thing in the rest of the world I'll explain below) with a couple of his mates.
Half way through he texts his Mom and tells her he'd forgotten how large the portions are and she texts him...
"Do you want me to leave you a tummy tablet next to the jug of ice water I'm putting in the fridge for you?"
He's 28 and out with two mates who have wives and kids of their own :)

2026-03-09 15:03:00 UTC

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and we're back onto peeing on your compost heap for the second time in a week.
I love Mastodon sometimes.
https://www.thegardenofeating.org/2014/07/pee-on-your-compost.html

2026-03-06 07:29:30 UTC

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The Russian pirate stations started using SW broadcast bands a bit more often recently as well.
That SDR station in NL is great for watching Ukrainian pirates broadcast waterfall art over The Buzzer (UVB-76 on 4625 kHz).
When the garden dries up a bit I might throw up a end fed and listen in. I've got no HF antennas up at the moment.

2026-03-05 07:48:08 UTC

RE: https://sfba.social/@historyofpunkrock/116174618838180929
Time for us all to get Lost in Music with Mark E Smith.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2DOYb1p20s
#note177l…xq9f

2026-03-02 12:54:33 UTC

RE: https://sfba.social/@historyofpunkrock/116157485922006608
As much as I admire Lou Reed's work I must point out that if I wanted to take a Tele Deluxe and make it really heavy for no reason I'd buy a Les Paul ;)
#note157u…qhzj

2026-03-02 07:07:03 UTC

I made a thing and I'd quite like you to vote for it. It's a new Federated server that allows the public to share environmental data. All the details are on the page (plus my embarrassing video) and it's up for vote in the Hack for Humanity 2026.
Watch the video, read the gumph and if you've got the energy click the vote button.
Thanks all.
#federation #hackforhumanity #ecohacking #askMastodon #askFediverse #help #green #ecology #hack
https://devpost.com/software/biodiversity-federated

2026-02-14 08:27:14 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.world/@VickyOuten/116067928140502515
Gannets are beautiful and Nature Scot grants licences to slaughter their young each year because it's cultural.
Ban the Guga Hunt.
https://petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE2202
You can still sign the petition.
#note192g…3ncl

2026-02-11 11:02:37 UTC

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this one I can do. I only took it Monday and posted it today :)
Unlike most of my attempts at Dunnock photos this one is out in the open and doesn't have a crisp bag anywhere in shot.
https://ecoevo.social/system/media_attachments/files/116/051/653/584/398/969/original/ace62d6bfd247ba1.jpeg

2026-02-11 10:53:26 UTC

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you've just proved how unorganised I am. I took loads of nice coal tit shots a couple of months ago and can't find them. I'll get back to you (or find one in focus from Monday) ;)