Mastodawn

If you use Apple Pay or Google Pay on your phone, please take a moment to read about the digital wallet fraud con trick. This explains how to recognise the con and what to do.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/jan/04/digital-wallet-fraud-bank-card-stolen-fraud-apple-pay-google-pay

Digital wallet fraud: how your bank card can be stolen without it leaving your wallet

Fraudsters use phishing to steal card details, which fund a spending spree using Apple Pay or Google Pay

The Guardian

Peter Shaw Jan 6

Snigdha Jan 5

If you know anyone taking the Bar Course, I have updated my guide on how to prepare for the drafting assessment for 2026.
https://snigsclassroom.blogspot.com/2021/01/how-to-prepare-for-drafting-assessment.html

How to prepare for the drafting assessment

This blog post is primarily intended for students on the BVS (Bar Vocational Studies), BTC (Bar Training Course), the ICCA Bar Course, and B...

Peter Shaw Jan 4

Snigdha Dec 31

Happy New Year! May 2026 bring joy, success, happiness and health. Stay awesome, my Masto mates!

Peter Shaw Sep 23

Daria_QT Sep 19, 2025

🗳️ You don’t need to be registered to vote to sign this petition, an MP doesn’t need to be registered to vote to stand in an election or represent their constituency.

✍🏽 Make it make sense by demanding change & signing here.

➰This loophole has been around for decades - let’s be the generation that closes it.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/717298

Peter Shaw Sep 23

Brian Bilston Sep 15, 2025

Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.

Peter Shaw Aug 21, 2025

Snigdha Aug 15, 2025

10-year-old British girl Bodhana Sivanandan, from north west London, has made chess history by becoming the youngest female player to ever beat a grandmaster. Sivanandan defeated 60-year-old grandmaster Pete Wells in the final round of the 2025 British Chess Championships in Liverpool on Sunday. https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/15/sport/chess-bodhana-sivanandan-youngest-player-beat-grandmaster-intl

10-year-old chess prodigy becomes youngest female player to defeat grandmaster

A 10-year-old British girl has made chess history by becoming the youngest female player to ever beat a grandmaster.

CNN

Peter Shaw Aug 21, 2025

Brian Bilston Aug 20, 2025

Today’s poem is called ‘How Much I Dislike the Daily Mail’.

Peter Shaw Aug 21, 2025

Brian Bilston Aug 21, 2025

I left today’s poem on the train so this will have to do instead.

Peter Shaw Aug 7, 2025

Brian Bilston Aug 4, 2025

The mathematician John Venn was born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn diagram.

Peter Shaw Aug 6, 2025

follerflausen Aug 6, 2025

Wir haben neue Nachbarn!

Mussten die kleine Familie leider etwas stören und umsiedeln, weil sie sich ihr erstes Nest unter unserer Bio-Tonne eingerichtet hatte. Unpraktisch, als da plötzlich das Dach über dem Kopf weg war. Das neue Zuhause direkt daneben scheint aber auch zu behagen.

#igel #garten #sommer #outdoors