Peter Down

@upbristol@ohai.social
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Retired Anglican priest. Likely to toot about rugby (Bristol), cricket (Gloucestershire), music (jazz, classical, prog and more), occasionally politics.
Twitter@upbristol
LivingIn Dobwalls, Cornwall
More good news! Another government is freeing itself from tech giants and vendor lock-in. The Danish Ministry of Digitalisation is dropping Microsoft Office/365 and moving to #LibreOffice, to get back control: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/08/danish-ministry-switching-from-microsoft-office-365-to-libreoffice/ #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware

Surrey: 820-9 dec (161.3)

Rob Key is an idiot.

#Cricket
https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/114772088849205858

#Hungary - This is what POWER OF THE PEOPLE & real #democracy looks like! >>> Pics from the Pride Parade happening today in #Budapest - after Orban banned this event. ❤️ 🇭🇺
#cricket #WIvAUS West Indies were dominant with the ball, dismissing Australia for 180. Jayden Seales took 5 wickets, Shamar Joseph 4. Justin Greaves took the other. Now they need to back it up with the bat.
@geedge Welcome to Mastodon. We have similar interests #jazz #classical #electronica and live in the same part of the UK (I hesitate to say England) #Cornwall #Kernow I hope you enjoy your time here.

What a fabulous test match, almost 6:30pm on Day 5 before finally there's a winner! 🏏

Well done to the Headingley ground staff for producing a cracking test pitch and the England and Indian teams for making it such a great contest!

#Cricket #ENGvIND

#cricket #ENGvIND I love test cricket. Just when you think England are cruising wickets tumble and now it's anyone's game again. The best form of cricket is Test Cricket. 🏏

St Germans Church, Cornwall

Two marvels in one: the Norman portal on the West front is unrivalled in the county, with seven orders of decoration, built of beautiful sage-green stone from Tarten Down at nearby Landrake. The wooden door was commissioned in 1903 by the Countess of St Germans, and sports a bronze door handle designd by Henry Wilson, featuring beautifully tactile fish. Also shown in my profile image.

#Cornwall #Architecture #Norman #HenryWilson #ArtsAndCrafts

Non disabled people can’t understand the unrelenting monotony of chronic illness.

The soul crushing defeat that comes from knowing you won’t feel “better” the next day.

The exhaustion that comes from fighting an oppressive system of ableism for the smallest amount of dignity & decency.

It really is a 24/7 (unpaid) job.

Former England fast bowler Lawrence dies aged 61 - https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/c07d973k0zzo

So sad. I remember watching Syd at Bristol on many occasions. A career cut short by injury and now a life cut short by the cruelest of illnesses. May he rest in peace.

David 'Syd' Lawrence: Former England and Gloucestershire bowler dies following MND diagnosis

Former England and Gloucestershire fast bowler David 'Syd' Lawrence dies at the age of 61 following a Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis last year.

BBC Sport