These Daleks have renounced their evil ways and have declared their support for the LGBT community!
“DIVER-SIFI-CATE!”


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These Daleks have renounced their evil ways and have declared their support for the LGBT community!
“DIVER-SIFI-CATE!”
Twitter has been going downhill ever since Elon bought it. But things like unbanning Nazis and removing actual verification didn’t directly affect me so, shamefully, I still kept reading Twitter every day.
You see, although there’s a lot of talk about leaving that hellsite, there are lots of people holding on, perhaps worried about losing the vast number of followers they have collected, or thinking things would go back to how they were eventually.
I am a Twitter completionist. This means that for as long as I can remember, probably since not long after I joined in 2007, I have read every single tweet on my timeline. This was helped enormously by third-party Twitter apps, especially since they started keeping your place in the timeline (shoutout to Manton Reece for inventing Tweet Marker).
Twitter was where I would get most of my news, either current affairs or just news about cool new tech. Using a third party app (mostly TweetBot, though I flirted with Twitterific for a while), meant that there was no algorithm and no ads – just a chronological list of tweets from my curated list of accounts that I followed.
That all changed about a day ago when Twitter removed access to third-party apps. They still haven’t explained it or confirmed it is new policy, but their silence on the matter speaks volumes. Elon obviously decided that people using third party apps and not giving him as revenue were fair game to ‘sacrifice’.
Spending just a few minutes on the official Twitter app was enough to convince me I won’t be using it daily. It disrespects your choices by forcing you back into the algorithmic timeline on every launch, and the chronological timeline is chock full of ads. Even if there are still people there that I want to hear from, I don’t want to do it like this. I’ll probably jump in every now and then just out of morbid curiosity, but it’s no longer a big part of my life.
So long, and thanks for all the tweets.
You can find me on Mastodon.
I was obsessed by the music during the gameshow The Traitors, which aired on the BBC. It’s all spooky, ethereal, creepy music around the theme of traitors, liars, evil deeds… I love it!
The soundtrack is available on Spotify but I use Apple Music, so I duplicated it there too. See below for both embeds!
This is a test to see if I can get it all automated!
Please “favourite” or reply to the Mastodon post here as a test, thanks!
November was a bad month in fitness for me – in my defence we did spend a week of this away with no access to a gym, and early morning starts. On top of this, it was a very wet and cold month – waking up in the morning feeling cold is not a motivator for me!
In an attempt to make December better, I will be using the treadmill a lot more now. I did do a 6km run on the treadmill a couple of days ago.
I worked out 10 days, a total of just 4 hours of workouts.
October was an average month for me in fitness – I blame the colder weather, it really demotivates me! Although once I’m out there running, the cold weather actually helps me go further and faster – I broke my distance record this month.
I worked out 14 days. That’s 11 hours of workouts! Mostly walking, I went 41.8km, and did my longest run of 8km without stopping or slowing down 🔥
Just a little post to say that if you can spare it, please support Mastodon on Patreon, as they don’t have any advertising and need to pay to keep the servers up! I just pledged – I hope lots more people can too!
I’ve been a strict vegan for just over a year now! According to thevegancalculator.com I have saved:
• 3,322kg of CO2
• 1,519,823 ltrs water
• 1,022 sq m forest
• 365 animals lives
#EarthDay #EarthDay2022
Didn’t quite make the 25 min run on Friday. Maybe because it was later than usual, or I ate too much the night before (Andrew’s birthday!). Going to try it again Monday ?
What do you want? ‘Cause you’ve been keeping me awake
Are you here to distract me so I make a big mistake?
Or are you someone out there who’s a little bit like me?
Who knows deep down I’m not where I’m meant to be?
Every day’s a little harder as I feel your power grow
Don’t you know there’s part of me that longs to go…
INTO THE UNKNOWN!
I’ve booked to go and see the immersive adventure Time Fracture next year!
I’ve just watched The Timeless Children (latest episode of Doctor Who) and there seem to be many plot holes. I’ve not yet seen all of Classic Who so forgive me if I miss any…
Spoilers!
I have many questions!