Steven 🇨🇦🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈

Retired but volunteering web design work. Variety of interests: tech, cdrama, kdrama, comics, etc. Londoner (UK) and very happy Canadian citizen.
Married to Don ❤️

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2026-07-23 16:02:17 UTC

Wasn't too sure about this show at first but it turned out to be really watchable.
I wouldn't really categorize this as SciFi so much but it definitely was well planned for this moment in time.
We have two episodes left.
#cdrama
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/317594

2026-06-30 21:54:38 UTC

RE: https://mstdn.social/@kathimmel/116839436688113811
Some of the headlines I have read re performance of Royal Mail.
1. Ofcom issued ultimatum over Royal Mail's unacceptable performance
2. Royal Mail staff told to hide post to look like delivery targets were met
3. 1/4 of 1st Class post not delivered on time.
Civil Service Pension Scheme and Royal Mail being run by private companies really don't seem to work out.
#note1ak6…9q8y

2026-03-22 13:56:25 UTC

It’s World Water Day.
#WorldWaterDay
https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/global-water-crisis-aggravated-gender-inequalities-according-new-un-report

2026-02-03 23:11:15 UTC

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Is the UK doing something because they didn't know about Epstein connections before (which I would find it very hard to believe) or are they now removing these people because its politically embarrassing that the information has been made public (and previously knew about it but chose to ignore it)?
I've been through two vettings and they are rightfully tough, did Mandelson? Why would someone with a dodgy past actually become UK Ambassador to the US?

2026-01-22 22:14:28 UTC

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I understand that Ben Shapiro thinks that Ben Shapiro is hot when he stands in front of the mirror flexing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wUdjQYm5zQ

2026-01-18 21:42:56 UTC

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At least your are drinking coffee and not hard drugs like Mr Musk.

2026-01-17 19:05:03 UTC

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338 followers? Why?
They are probably desperate to recruit dimwits, abusers and NAZI's to work for them, and that requires expanding their social media reach.

2026-01-07 21:53:49 UTC

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I subscribe to a lot of RSS feeds via @npub199w…t8ha and News Blur.
None of the RSS feeds show any adverts from the newspapers or other publications I follow. Maybe this is why some don't market their feeds.

2026-01-06 21:13:45 UTC

Whatever Microsoft want to call their Office suite the AI copilot part of it is still:
#microsoft
https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/850/213/221/534/132/original/60a3abfdcf5751e0.webp

2025-12-23 05:49:03 UTC

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This sticker did not pass the Trump Board of Censors to rid the planet of anything suggesting he is corrupt and a pervert.

2025-12-22 23:05:13 UTC

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It would be interesting to see if someone inside CBS could leak the actual segment. Whether we see it or not the fact that the story was banned must mean its politically destructive to Trump & the GOP. Another day another scandal. I'm sure there is more the American people can do to stop this level of corruption.

2025-12-11 22:29:24 UTC

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What a marvellous crossover between Christmas and Halloween.

2025-12-06 22:29:39 UTC

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To EU countries: you are stronger together to stop the rise of fascism and the NAZI plague interfering with your peace, justice, equality, progress and success.

2025-11-08 15:20:39 UTC

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My friend worked in the control room of a large casino here in Vancouver and she said they got to decide who the winners are, if any. The bigger problem are the online casinos with apps, every commercial break on TV churning out ads for them, it’s very annoying. The government says 3.3% of people who gamble develop serious addiction issues, doesn’t seem that much but 3.3% too many.

2025-10-28 00:48:39 UTC

My husband donates to World Central Kitchen, fantastic organization. They are feeding federal workers impacted by the shutdown.
Please consider donating if you can.
#ChefForFeds #Shutdown
https://wck.org/relief/shutdown-25

2025-10-27 01:09:36 UTC

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One dances in a Ballroom. Trump doesn’t dance, he moves like shuffling buffalo.

2025-10-25 19:59:08 UTC

If you can vote in the UK, don't vote for the Reform party. You are a reflection of whom you align with.
Sarah Pochin MP said today: “It drives me mad seeing adverts full of black and Asian people.”
Her later apology included something that Trump would spew out: "adverts have gone DEI mad".
Awful awful vile person.
#racism #ukpol

2025-10-13 20:13:38 UTC

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If cats don't talk to cops what would they do? Oh, bite them?
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/cat-arrested-in-bangkok-for-biting-cops-during-rescue-mugshot-is-viral-8486665

2025-09-26 16:55:07 UTC

Upminster Station, near to where I used to live, won an award in the Transport for London gardening competition.
Hopefully this is inspiration to make more areas of stations look more green.
#Upminster #LondonUnderground #Gardening
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2023/09/winners-announced-for-transport-for-londons-annual-gardening-competition.html

2025-09-25 20:55:16 UTC

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I turned that off some time ago. Settings > Data Privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement, and toggle the setting to off.

2025-09-18 20:57:59 UTC

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Just looked it up "Dramatic expansion of spiritual presence and capacity across planetary or cosmic scales. Mastery of multidimensional influence.".
Good luck to him although it does sound like a load of bollocks.

2025-09-11 19:07:49 UTC

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The lesson learned from Mr Kirk is that he was everything no one should aim to emulate. If people were as shocked at every child that has been murdered in Gaza and Ukraine, as they are with Kirk’s demise, maybe we’d be in a better world today.

2025-08-19 15:21:50 UTC

Dear Google,
Bugger Off.
Thanks,
People of Essex (UK) and those who care about the environment.
#Google
https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/25384550.google-slammed-essex-data-centre-plans-former-raceway/

2025-08-15 13:18:08 UTC

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Smelt like wildfire smoke last night, before the rain hit. Maybe from Port Alberni?

2025-07-16 21:35:48 UTC

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I asked AI to give me a photo of Trump opening an AI factory. Doesn't look impressive to tell you the truth.
https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/865/054/761/176/178/original/cbf558d57e34b846.jpg

2025-07-03 18:56:21 UTC

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Not surprised. They are their own worst enemy. GOP kowtow to an orange buffoon, sexual predator, fraudster and convicted felon. This is who they are, this is who they’ve always been, and will be in the future.

2025-06-14 21:58:25 UTC

Family member went to a #NoKings event near her home town in California. They estimated 1,000 but got over 3,000+, which is marvellous.

2025-05-28 15:31:11 UTC

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Some companies are their own worst enemy.

2025-04-12 21:02:29 UTC

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Elon sucks up drugs into his brain which is why the butter has run off his noodles.

2025-04-09 20:26:45 UTC

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You mean a 2 year old boy having a tantrum?

2025-03-26 16:47:14 UTC

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Most governments work on a "need to know basis". So beyond this interaction becoming public those who are invited to cabinet meetings, like Musk, don't really need to know much of the stuff that is going on to do his job, albeit badly. Even during Trump's first administration there was questionable practices regarding classified information. Classified information leaks can risk peoples lives, its painful to see them behave like this.

2025-03-12 22:31:01 UTC

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When my Mother was alive she received a ton of these Microsoft scam calls. Every day. So, she went to the toy store and bought herself a whistle. Every time there was a scam caller she would blow the whistle down the phone, then hang up. My Mother played the trumpet, trained by James Last, so you can bet it would hurt the ears of the caller a lot.

2025-03-04 00:58:08 UTC

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Surprise surprise…NOT.

2025-02-28 19:54:04 UTC

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Having worked in the diplomatic service in the UK I have seen heated exchanges behind the scenes but in not in front of the media, at least not to this extent. It’s unforgivable.
The Trump administration has just shown themselves to be divisive bullies, again. Trump has lost the plot and those around him are mirroring his disgusting behaviour because they are weak pathetic humans. Tax payers and the world deserve better.

2025-02-23 23:22:41 UTC

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For some reason I just cannot make these without having a culinary disaster. They are very good though.

2025-02-20 19:56:09 UTC

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Someone had to acknowledge their existence because it certainly wasn’t going to be the GOP.

2025-02-20 19:44:01 UTC

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I lasted 11 months in DC until I couldn’t take it anymore.

2025-02-20 19:39:17 UTC

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I used to work round the corner from the White House.
The majority of homeless people on the lawns are actually veterans who have not been provided for. Charities would attend to them for their food and medical needs. I sat down and spoke with them on my way to work. On my bus to work, the 11Y, GOP staffers would call the homeless veterans “scum of the earth”. Trump is just mirroring what GOP staffers have been saying for many years.

2025-02-11 15:12:03 UTC

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Dictator, criminal and pervert Trump should also know: “If you are a bad person in this life you are not going to resurrect into the next life.”

2025-02-05 00:20:26 UTC

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Musk and Trump are doing what the GOP have dreamed about for many years. However, what they are both doing are in their names and they can be sacrificial kings if the whatsit hits the pan.

2025-02-02 23:54:15 UTC

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I'm sure after the past few days of BS from Trump and his small brain tactics of using tariffs many feel less guilty downloading from these platforms.

2025-01-28 06:27:00 UTC

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My health care colleagues in the US who work with seniors living with HIV/AIDS are likely to lose their funding from the government. Any HIV/AIDS programs sponsored by the government in part or full are under risk.

2025-01-24 23:30:35 UTC

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When I lived in the US I bought most stuff from Goulet and they recommended Noodlers Ink but yes, it does appear to have a mind of its own. Thanks for your recommendations on ink and paper, I appreciate it.
I have been to the Vancouver Pen Shop but not since 2008, I don't often get downtown and they don't have a website - only on Facebook which I'm no longer on.
Has your Vancouver friend heard of this store? Kerrisdale is a cute neighbourhood.
https://www.buchanst.com/

2025-01-24 22:45:09 UTC

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I appreciate your message.
I have a pad of Crown Mill but my fountain pen ink goes through it. So, I was looking for something else. I was given some recommendations but the stores here (Vancouver, BC, Canada) always appear to be out of stock.
I've not heard of G Lalo, I will check up on that, thanks for the recommendation.
Given the large Asian community here there are a lot of Japanese related paper products, except for what I am looking for it seems.

2025-01-24 17:25:35 UTC

@npub1jj8…ly4u Well, you could have just decided to ignore my message but you went down the route to slag me off. Who knew the #fountainpens community could be so vicious.
In context for others, high street stores here do not sell good letter writing paper for fountain pens, that would require something like Midori. While notebooks are widely available, good paper for letter writing is not.
Additional context, one of my neighbours died yesterday and it was a bad day, your message was not welcome.

2025-01-24 00:49:09 UTC

I have #fountainpens but no good paper to write letters on. People are still surprised when I send post cards. Their preference is social media or messenger apps. The digital world is full of issues now.
I miss the days of writing.
Via Debrett’s
https://debretts.com/the-joy-of-stationery/

2025-01-22 21:45:20 UTC

Listening to BBC's News Quiz from 21st February 1998:
"A woman is suing her former psychiatrist claiming she had 120 personalities and then charged her insurance company for group therapy".
Probably something that would happen in US health care system.
#Humor

2025-01-14 23:17:15 UTC

Re #Introduction as I moved Mastodon servers.
I was born near Heathrow Airport, lived all around London until 1997. Moved back and forth between UK and US until settling in Canada in 2008.
I've worked in a press office, government, hospitality, for a boyband, health care and more!
I am married to Don, his family are from China, he is 1st Gen US citizen and veteran of the US Air Force.