Steve Slatcher

Sometime software engineer, sometime fracture mechanics researcher, and anytime wine enthusiast

[Steve Slatcher @winenous]

@gocha_gogsadze If anyone cares, here's a press release from the OSCE, with a link to their full statement. It raises several concerns about malpractice in the election, and does not comment on the election's legitimacy.

https://t.co/IUS0Nnhybb

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@likesohushhush @SpotifyCares @SpotifyUK My experience with (the free version of) Spotify is the software equivalent of shopping centre Gruen transfer. It doesn't work with me - if at all possible now avoid both
https://t.co/nk9MuXZk9y

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@donalde @arwatson1978 Ah, I thought you were just on the water.

Mtsvane eh? Even better!

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@arwatson1978 @donalde An accompanying bottle of Rkatsiteli would help ease the hurt even more

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Volunteering (the Newspeak definition): mandatory work for no pay

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Recent news - compare and contrast:
The UK is now proudly air-dropping aid into Gaza, apparently several tons a day.
Meanwhile, the US has approved further support to Israel, including 1,925 US tons worth of bombs.

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Is Georgia truly the Cradle of Wine?
https://t.co/iu0cx6vqZl

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Back to Georgia, where 'a guest is a gift from God'. A nice well-written piece. Not touristy, but it gives a good feel for the country
https://t.co/OuYSES1wij

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@virginmedia Now done I see - thank you

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@virginmedia infrastructure at the end of our street in South Manchester. Been like this for at least 2 months, and has been reported twice. Guess we'll just have to wait until it's vandalised, and the street loses Virgin broadband, to get something done about it

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@virginmedia Will it lead to action this time? It has been reported by phone twice in over two months already. The last time on 4th December, when was going to be fixed "within 72 hrs"

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@virginmedia Yes - an open cabinet. Door currently lying on the floor

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@virginmedia Sorry, meant to post the picture initially. M20 3JN - it's near No 4.

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@likesohushhush Depends what Dropbox features you want. I sometimes just put files where they can be accessed using FTP or HTTP

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@JolyonMaugham A PM publicly giving their "full confidence" to a minister, is effectively saying they are about to be sacked

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Various artisanal wines from Georgia https://t.co/cP7NP5KX1n

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A Tvishi wine, from Chateau Tvishi https://t.co/PXMRfWBlfA

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@trashingdays @DaLordsykes @vizcomic And it is Kay's delivery that makes his routines stand out. The actual material is often mundane. Put it in someone else's hands, and it would fall flat

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@madisonian_the @aljwhite Do Americans really remember that number? In the UK I learned a mile was 1,760 yards, but not the number of feet in a mile.

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I've certainly had similar experiences. You get no feeling that you are being looked after at an organisational level. What worries me most is how non-pushy vulnerable people manage to access NHS care
https://t.co/GxLWokJGX8