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Steve WoodsFor those with long memories, you might remember current Social Security Minister Stephen Timms (mathematics, <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cambridge</a>) is on record as believing that the IP in IP address stands for for intellectual property. 🤦‍♂️ <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/RedTories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RedTories</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ToryContinuity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToryContinuity</a>

jdmccafferty19 Mar 1570: Roger Goad becomes Provost of King's College <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cambridge</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#otd</a> He remained in post for 40 years until his death in 1610 (Lofty)

Marc HurwitzNews -- PopUp Bagels is planning to open in Harvard Square. <a href="https://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/03/popup-bagels-is-opening-in-cambridges.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/03/popup-bagels-is-opening-in-cambridges.html</a><a href="https://better.boston/tags/cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cambridge</a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/harvardsquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#harvardsquare</a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/bagels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bagels</a>

Steve WoodsDear Ms Kendall,We, the public pay via taxes and NI contributions for those benefits that you allege are 'holding the country back'.Then again, a thicko like me doesn't enjoy the benefit bestowed by a first in history from <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cambridge</a>.

Alley StoughtonThe playlist for today's (3/17/25) episode of Not Brahms and Liszt can be found at:<a href="https://alleystoughton.us/not-brahms-and-liszt/#show462" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://alleystoughton.us/not-brahms-and-liszt/#show462</a>And a Samply link (good for 2 weeks only, downloads not allowed) to the high-quality audio file for the show can be found at:<a href="https://samply.app/p/KomrXlctA27kCvcLDpK2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://samply.app/p/KomrXlctA27kCvcLDpK2</a>You can listen via this link in your web browser, without an account. There is also an iOS app.<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cambridge</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boston</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Radio</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ModernClassical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ModernClassical</a><a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/@wmbr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@wmbr</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/contemporarymusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@contemporarymusic</a>

DragofixCambridge, Massachusetts Bans Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/cambridge-massachusetts-gas-leaf-blower-ban.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ecowatch.com/cambridge-massachusetts-gas-leaf-blower-ban.html</a><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cambridge</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Massachusetts</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a>

Alley StoughtonNinety minutes of modern orchestral music this (3/17/25) afternoon beginning at 4pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM streaming on <a href="https://wmbr.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wmbr.org</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cambridge</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boston</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Radio</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ModernClassical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ModernClassical</a><a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/@wmbr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@wmbr</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/contemporarymusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@contemporarymusic</a>

Steve Woods<a href="https://tech.lgbt/@essjayjay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@essjayjay</a> Doing a history degree at <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cambridge</a> severely affected Streeting's mental health.It gave him delusions of adequacy.<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ToryContinuity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToryContinuity</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/RedTories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RedTories</a>

Steve Woods<a href="https://mstdn.social/@kibcol1049" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kibcol1049</a> Isn't it strange how a <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cambridge</a> history degree allows one to become a mental health expert?

crecklingHigh Up on Tug with Anne Rouillard and Friends. Me on the banjo. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/oldtime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oldtime</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiddle</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/banjo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#banjo</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cambridge</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boston</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/traditionalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#traditionalMusic</a><a href="https://youtu.be/nb1MDdDXNwg?si=facFavSE_hcBDbaF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/nb1MDdDXNwg?si=facFavSE_hcBDbaF</a>

Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEAny UK accountant recommendations for personal stuff (basically advice on various taxes) maybe in <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cambridge</a> but I guess anywhere might do? There's only a modest amount of money involved, and it's not my money, so of course I'll pay the going rate but I don't want to spend a fortune.

Robert SanscartierOil and arms protesters stage sit-in at Barclays Bank in centre of CambridgeMultiple Cambridge protest groups staged a sit-in at Barclays on St Andrew’s Street to demand an end to the bank’s investments in fossil fuels and financing of weapons used by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza<a href="https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/oil-and-arms-protesters-stage-sit-in-at-barclays-bank-in-cen-9408670/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/oil-and-arms-protesters-stage-sit-in-at-barclays-bank-in-cen-9408670/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cambridge</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GlobalWarming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IrreversibleOverheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IrreversibleOverheating</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GlobalBurning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateDestruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateDestruction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateSuicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateSuicide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MassExtinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MassExtinction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateStrike</a>

Steve Woods<a href="https://beige.party/@HarriettMB" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@HarriettMB</a> Apparently a history degree from Selwyn College, <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cambridge</a> comes complete with hidden psychology and psychiatry qualifications.<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Streeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Streeting</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NHS</a>

Jonathan EmmesediI look forward to reading Simon Goldhill's "Queer Cambridge".‘A very camp environment’: why Alan Turing fatefully told police he was gay | Alan Turing | The Guardian<a href="https://c.im/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AlanTuring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AlanTuring</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cambridge</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gay</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/KingsCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KingsCollege</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Queer</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SimonGoldhill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SimonGoldhill</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/08/a-very-camp-environment-why-alan-turing-fatefully-told-police-he-was-gay" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/08/a-very-camp-environment-why-alan-turing-fatefully-told-police-he-was-gay</a>

Alley StoughtonOrchestral music by Liova Bueno, Wynton Marsalis & Scott Brickman - featuring Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Filharmonie Brno & London Symphony Orchestra / Davide Alogna - on Not Brahms and Liszt Monday (3/17/25) 4-5:30pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM streaming on <a href="https://wmbr.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wmbr.org</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cambridge</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boston</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Radio</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ModernClassical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ModernClassical</a><a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/@wmbr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@wmbr</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/contemporarymusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@contemporarymusic</a>

Cornovia PostcardsGirton College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, c.1950s - Walter Scott RP Postcard<a href="https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/girton-college-cambridge-cambridgeshire-c-1950s-walter-scott-rp-postcard-221489431.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/girton-college-cambridge-cambridgeshire-c-1950s-walter-scott-rp-postcard-221489431.htm</a><a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/GirtonCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GirtonCollege</a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cambridge</a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Postcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Postcards</a>

Alley StoughtonThe playlist for today's (3/10/25) episode of Not Brahms and Liszt can be found at:<a href="https://alleystoughton.us/not-brahms-and-liszt/#show461" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://alleystoughton.us/not-brahms-and-liszt/#show461</a>And a Samply link (good for 2 weeks only, downloads not allowed) to the high-quality audio file for the show can be found at:<a href="https://samply.app/p/LhTCQeCLPx8ktcc0Inmg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://samply.app/p/LhTCQeCLPx8ktcc0Inmg</a>You can listen via this link in your web browser, without an account. There is also an iOS app.<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cambridge</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boston</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Radio</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ModernClassical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ModernClassical</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ContemporaryClassical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ContemporaryClassical</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Electroacoustic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Electroacoustic</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Electronic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Electronic</a><a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/@wmbr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@wmbr</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/contemporarymusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@contemporarymusic</a> <a href="https://musician.social/@NeumaRecords" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@NeumaRecords</a>

ScottBoo! <a href="https://better.boston/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cambridge</a> crossing REI is closing effective April 3rd 😞

Alley StoughtonNinety minutes of electroacoustic music this (3/10/25) afternoon beginning at 4pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM streaming on <a href="https://wmbr.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wmbr.org</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cambridge</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boston</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Radio</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ModernClassical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ModernClassical</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ContemporaryClassical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ContemporaryClassical</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Electroacoustic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Electroacoustic</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Electronic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Electronic</a><a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/@wmbr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@wmbr</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/contemporarymusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@contemporarymusic</a> <a href="https://musician.social/@NeumaRecords" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@NeumaRecords</a>

Mix Mistress Alice💄"Police officers and employees misusing access to police database now account for over half of all cybercrime pros-ecutions in the UK. The harms this can cause are considerable. Yet police continue to call for encryption to be weakened to allow for greater access to communication data."—Alice Hutchings [Cambridge Cybercrime Centre] Police Behaving Badly ><a href="https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~ah793/papers/2025police.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~ah793/papers/2025police.pdf</a><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PDF</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cybercrime</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#police</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sexism</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#policing</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/UnauthorisedAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnauthorisedAccess</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#women</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abuse</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#encryption</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/database" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#database</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/misuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#misuse</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/stalking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stalking</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/spying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spying</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/coercion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coercion</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SexualAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SexualAbuse</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/IrreversibleHarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IrreversibleHarm</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/impunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#impunity</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#misogyny</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ToxicMasculinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToxicMasculinity</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/CCCD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CCCD</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cambridge</a>

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