Mark Embling

Likes #nature, #photography, and being in the forest. Head of Software Development. Dealing with #longcovid from Feb '20 and Feb '23. All views mine.

[Mark Embling @markembling]

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[Mark Embling @markembling]

@Naomi_D_Harvey I initially misread this as "chlorine". Firstly, definitely not something you want to take. Secondly, makes it even weirder of a song.

[Mark Embling @markembling]

@clcisme Sadly yes, eventually they may do so literally. I tend to be quieter unless asked nowadays as the insanity is too annoying.

[Mark Embling @markembling]

A massive backward step here I'm afraid. Erosion of user privacy, even if done based on good intentions, is something I would very much struggle to get behind.

[Tom Warren @tomwarren]

Apple is pulling its iCloud Advanced Data Protection encryption feature in the UK after government spying demands. You can no longer enable ADP in the UK, and existing users will have to disable it at some point to keep using their iCloud accounts https://t.co/v12EDgskcv

[Dame Sa 🐝 3.5% @LongCovidHell]

The level of mental gymnastics required to simultaneously believe that Covid is:

1. a deadly bioweapon made in a lab.

2. but also just a cold and safe for kids to catch repeatedly.

How do people make their brain work that way?! 😵‍💫

[Mark Embling @markembling]

@CovidSolidarit1 Yup. I feel this today too.

[Mark Embling @markembling]

@HarryBoby4 You're so right. In fact sometimes I forget this isn't the norm.

[Chris Heilmann codepo8.bsky.social @codepo8]

If "Lice" is the plural of "Louse" and "Mice" is the plural of "Mouse" shouldn't a single grain of rice be a "rouse"?

[Mark Embling @markembling]

@codepo8 And because "goose"/"geese", shouldn't more than one "moose" be a herd of "meese"?

[Mark Embling @markembling]

@HarryBoby4 Definitely agree with trying not to live at maximum speed all the time. Easier said than done though sometimes - I've discovered there's definitely a reason it's called the "rat race".

[Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan]

Under Trump's executive order, every single person in America is now legally classified as female.

All embryos begin by developing female sex organs, with male sex organs only replacing them at around 6 weeks of gestation.

[Mark Embling @markembling]

@CovidSolidarit1 I mean if the 'cleaning' includes the air, then yeah I guess. Bet it's just a bit more spraying and wiping though.

[Laurie vdB @LaurievdBurg]

A full collapse of the Amoc would be a “massive, planetary-scale disaster” [...] " - @rahmstorf.

https://t.co/mKoXjtLB9C by @henrymance.

[Mark Embling @markembling]

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[Mark Embling @markembling]

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[Mark Embling @markembling]

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[Mark Embling @markembling]

@1goodtern "Well we can't live in fear can we" type attitudes and apathy, unfortunately.

[Mark Embling @markembling]

@DiaryofaSickGrl Yeah I remember saying something similar a few times over the last few years. It's nothing like TV or action movies is it.

[Mark Embling @markembling]

Not sure I'm necessarily going to be leaving X/Twitter (although it is getting more and more ridiculous at times) but if you're interested in finding me over on Bluesky, I'm there too... https://t.co/pfm856OPwq

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

People have had enough of Elon Musk interfering with our country’s democracy when he clearly knows nothing about Britain.

It’s time to summon the US ambassador to ask why an incoming US official is suggesting the UK government should be overthrown.

[Mark Embling @markembling]

@PlanetEarth_HD This is just horrible. Sorry you're having to go through this. That's a crazy number of infections to have had to endure. Really hope you manage to rest and recuperate, and feel better again soon.

[The Green Party @TheGreenParty]

Thames Water is drowning in debt while sewage floods our rivers. It’s clear: private ownership has failed. Put water back in public hands.