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**madCam** @madcam@social.teamb.space · 8h

Bonus Photo of the Day 2 4th April 2025.

Jenny, singer with Mancunian Punk band Hilda Strange, with Tom (drums) and Carpet (bass) behind her, at a gig at Jabez Clegg, Manchester, 11th March 2004.

Low-down shot of a woman with brown hair cut in a bob and wearing a black and white flower-print top and black and white stripey skirt, holding a microphone in her right hand and looking off to her left.
She is slightly off-centre, on the left of the image.
Behind her and to her right is a man with long, curly dark hair and wearing an open-necked white shirt, sitting behind a drum kit.
On the right of the frame is a man with dark, chin-length brown hair and a brown beard, wearing a checked white shirt and black jeans, playing a green bass guitar.
The walls and ceiling behind them are almost entirely black, with a bright light shining in the top left corner.

#Manchester #JabezClegg #HildaStrange

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**Cory Doctorow** @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 18h

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr

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**JdeBP** @JdeBP@mastodonapp.uk · 22h

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JdeBP @JdeBP@mastodonapp.uk

@drnoble

If it were #Manchester, I would have strongly recommended checking whether your device had been hacked. (-:

#rain

**madCam** @madcam@social.teamb.space · 1d

madCam @madcam@social.teamb.space

Photo of the Day 3rd April 2025.

Rob Clougher, guitarist with the Pearl Jam cover band Pearl Jammer on stage at The Roadhouse in Manchester, 14th September 2013.
Normally I wouldn't be interested in a covers band, but Rob and Kev (Dixon, vocals) were old friends, so off I went to see them.

3 photos behind the link.
https://madcam.co.uk/blog/2025/04/03/photo-of-the-day-3rd-april-2025/

A man with short, close-cropped greying hair and beard, and wearing an open blue, red, and white checked shirt over a white t-shirt, playing an orange electric guitar.
A camera flash has frozen him in place, while a long exposure and a slow zoom in has combined with the stage lights to paint the area around him with red and yellow light.
In the background, a man wearing a blue cap and wearing a red and white basketball shirt and playing a bass guitar is singing into a microphone.
Black walls mark the edges of the room, with a bright light smeared into a streak in the top right corner.

#Manchester #TheRoadhouse #PearlJammer

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · 1d

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Bonus Photo of the Day 3rd April 2025.

C-8, Fokker F-27-300M Troopship, Royal Netherlands Air Force, parked on the flightlines at Woodford Air Show, 24th June 1995.

#Manchester #Woodford #EGCD #AirShow #Fokker #F27 #Troopship #RoyalNetherlandsAirForce
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a white, high-winged, twin propellor-engined military transport parked facing to the right.
There is a red and blue stripe running from under the nose to the tip of the rear fuselage, getting wider as it goes towards the rear.
The tail is blue at the front and black at the rear, with a white, winged horse standing on it's rear legs in the middle.
There are "Royal Netherlands Air Force" titles on the forward fuselage, just below "F27 Display 15" titles behind the cockpit windows.
The serial "C-8" is at the bottom of the tail in white, with black "334 Sqn" titles on a white fillet at the front of the tail.
Green grass fills the foreground, with more green grass in the background leading up to trees in the distance, under flat grey skies.

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · 1d

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Photo of the Day 3rd April 2025.

EI-DVL, Airbus A320-214, Aer Lingus, on final approach to Runway 23 Right at Manchester Airport, 6th march 2025, as seen from ShadowMoss Road.
Notice the different engine pods.

3 photos behind the link.
https://mancavgeek.co.uk/blog/photo-of-the-day-3rd-april-2025/

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Runway23Right #ShadowMossRoad #Airbus #A320 #AerLingus
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

**World Concert Hall** @WConcertHall@mastodon.world · 1d

World Concert Hall @WConcertHall@mastodon.world

Right now, #Rossini #Mascagni #Verdi #Puccini and #Stravinsky with Sicilia, Fisher and Atkinson from #Manchester https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/rossini_mascagni_verdi_puccini_and_stravinsky_with_sicilia_fisher_and_atkinson_from_manchester/86667/ #wch

www.worldconcerthall.comRossini, Mascagni, Verdi, Puccini and Stravinsky with Sicilia, Fisher and Atkinson from Manchester - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.comMariangela Sicilia, soprano, Alessandro Fisher, tenor, James Atkinson, baritone, and the BBC Philharmonicconducted by Nil Venditti perform: ROSSINI: Overture - The Thieving Magpie. MASCAGNI: Intermezzo - Cavalleria rusticana. VERDI: Willow Song and A...

**World Concert Hall** @WConcertHall@mastodon.world · 1d

World Concert Hall @WConcertHall@mastodon.world

In 15 minutes, #Rossini #Mascagni #Verdi #Puccini and #Stravinsky with Sicilia, Fisher and Atkinson from #Manchester https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/rossini_mascagni_verdi_puccini_and_stravinsky_with_sicilia_fisher_and_atkinson_from_manchester/86667/ #wch

**Technology | The Guardian US** @theguardian_us_technology@halo.nu · 1d

Technology | The Guardian US @theguardian_us_technology@halo.nu

Floppy disks and vaccine cards: exhibition tells tale of privacy rights in UK https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/03/manchester-exhibition-information-commissioners-office-floppy-disks-vaccine-cards-privacy-rights-uk #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Informationcommissioner #Dataprotection #Socialmedia #Technology #Manchester #Privacy #England #UKnews

The Guardian · 1dFloppy disks and vaccine cards: exhibition tells tale of privacy rights in UKBy Hannah Al-Othman

**World Concert Hall** @WConcertHall@mastodon.world · 1d

World Concert Hall @WConcertHall@mastodon.world

Today, #Rossini #Mascagni #Verdi #Puccini and #Stravinsky with Sicilia, Fisher and Atkinson from #Manchester https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/rossini_mascagni_verdi_puccini_and_stravinsky_with_sicilia_fisher_and_atkinson_from_manchester/86667/ #wch

**husseinalalak** @husseinalalak@mastodon.social · 1d

husseinalalak @husseinalalak@mastodon.social

Willard Street once ran through what is now known as the home of the Indianapolis Colts. From 1890 to 1920, Willard Street was packed with people who immigrated to the United States from the eastern Mediterranean, now known as Syria and Lebanon.

https://iraq-solidarity.blogspot.com/2025/04/welcome-to-indianapolis-where-arab.html

Iraq Solidarity News Welcome to Indianapolis, where Arab American history is ‘hidden in plain sight’The Arab Indianapolis Heritage Trail is just one of several efforts Curtis has made to bring the contributions of Arab Americans to the city and state

#usa #indianapolis #history

**husseinalalak** @husseinalalak@mastodon.social · 1d

husseinalalak @husseinalalak@mastodon.social

Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Heart of a Woman, she wrote numerous volumes of poetry, among them Phenomenal Woman, And Still I Rise, On the Pulse of Morning, and Mother.

#history #poetry #news

**husseinalalak** @husseinalalak@mastodon.social · 1d

husseinalalak @husseinalalak@mastodon.social

Maya Angelou was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years.

https://peoples-books.blogspot.com/2025/04/do-you-know-why-caged-bird-sings.html

Peoples World Book ClubDo you know why the caged bird sings?Maya Angelou was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several...

#books #reading #literature

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · 2d

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Winglet Wednesday 2nd April 2025.

G-FDZS, Boeing 737-8K5, Thomson Airways, lining up on Runway 23 Left at Manchester Airport, as seen from the SouthSide mound, 9th April 2015.

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Runway23Left #SouthSide #Boeing #B737 #Thomson #WingletWednesday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

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**Cory Doctorow** @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 2d

Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr

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**PyCon UK** @PyConUK@fosstodon.org · 2d

PyCon UK @PyConUK@fosstodon.org

New blog post alert

Hey hey, Pythonistas! We've just added a lovely new blog post to our site: What are you most looking forward to about PyCon UK 2025?

One of our very own organisers, Gail Ollis, looks back on past conferences and shares what she’s most excited about for PyCon UK 2025!

Grab a and have a read: https://buff.ly/HkufcYM

What are you most excited about for #PyConUK2025? We'd love to hear from you!

buff.lyWhat are you most looking forward to about PyCon UK 2025? – PyCon UK 2025PyCon UK Friday 19th September to Monday 22nd September 2025, CONTACT Manchester

#Python #TechConference #Manchester

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · 3d

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Photo of the Day 1st April 2025.

UR-42544, Yakovlev Yak-42, Avia Express, parked across it's gate at Manchester Airport, some time in 1992 or 1993, as seen from the top of the |Terminal 1 car park.
The airport didn't have a towbar to fit this type, which explains the jaunty angle at which this is parked, to enable it to move away under it's own power once it completes the turn.

#Manchester #Man #EGCC #Terminal2 #L13 #Yakovlev #Yak42 #AviaExpress
#AvGeek #aviation #pplanespotting #photography

Side view of a white, 3 engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, parked facing to the right.
The plane has a grey belly, and a blue stripe running along the body under the cockpit windows.
There is blue text in a Cyrillic script on the upper fuselage, next to the flag of Ukraine (equal horizontal bars, blue on top, yellow below.)
There is a yellow circle on the tail, containing a stylised blue flying bird.
The registration "UR-42544" is on the centre engine intake, below and in front of the tail, in black.
Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with white airbridges hanging out into space filling most of the background, assorted baggage carts, trucks, and other pieces of airport furniture scattered around the place.

**madCam** @madcam@social.teamb.space · 3d

madCam @madcam@social.teamb.space

Photo of the Day 1st April 2025.

Lennie Butler, singer with Mancunian band Sandbox, at a gig at Jabez Clegg, Manchester, 16th March 2008, opening for Los Angeles-based Four Star Mary.