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Tim Mockford

@moth754

Science teacher and data geek at an AP in the South West. Dad, runner, race timer and radio technician too! Generally over shooting deadlines after taking things on as "it looks interesting"

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Recent weeks show our reliance on cars, but cycling can help. Most 2024 journeys were under 5 miles, ideal for cycling. Swapping short car trips saves Β£, pollution & fossil fuel use. Safer roads matter, which is why backing #MyRideOurRight helps everyone.

cyclinguk.org/my-ride-our-right

10.03.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hope everything goes well!

07.03.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oooo @londonmountainfestival.com online has begun!

07.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Two scientists walk through a cluttered old-fashioned science laboratory.

The female scientist says 
β€œAnalogue instruments! Paper records! Chalk boards! I thought you'd agreed to modernise the laboratory?”

The male scientist replies
β€œThat's what i'm so excited about: we have moved to cloud-based storage for our data!”

They step out onto a balcony. She says:
β€œPlease tell me you haven't built a library zeppelin” 

This is exactly what he has done. It floats across the sky and he adds
β€œIt's got a fax machine!”

Two scientists walk through a cluttered old-fashioned science laboratory. The female scientist says β€œAnalogue instruments! Paper records! Chalk boards! I thought you'd agreed to modernise the laboratory?” The male scientist replies β€œThat's what i'm so excited about: we have moved to cloud-based storage for our data!” They step out onto a balcony. She says: β€œPlease tell me you haven't built a library zeppelin” This is exactly what he has done. It floats across the sky and he adds β€œIt's got a fax machine!”

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

07.03.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 1338 πŸ” 444 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 40
Chickens

Chickens

Some hooliganism in the run... But relatively speaking this is an improvement, they have only emptied some of their bedding

#chickens

07.03.2026 14:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say β€œSend me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.

How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

07.03.2026 01:20 πŸ‘ 23303 πŸ” 5715 πŸ’¬ 631 πŸ“Œ 369
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Enjoying sorting out the mini-dinosaurs before sitting down at the computer to deal with some fairly significant MAT pain in the backsideness.

I'm sure there are benefits to being in some MATs, but that doesn't seem to apply to the one I've been in.

However, the chickens are great πŸ‘

07.03.2026 08:38 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Morning #teacher5oclockclub ! After a really good visit to another school yesterday, back at the data job today.

Start is a little earlier than planned as a) I forgot to shut the cat downstairs so b) she decided to walk up and down on me at 4am.

Going to be a day for tea β˜• !

06.03.2026 06:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here we go again! Short XC this morning at Grammarcombe with South West Mountain Biking. Kids categories have grown somewhat so should be some close racing.

And for the first time no cables between control and the finish line - new power bank.

#crossmgr
#opensource
#impinj

01.03.2026 09:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here we go again! Short XC this morning at Grammarcombe with South West Mountain Biking. Kids categories have grown somewhat so should be some close racing.

And for the first time no cables between control and the finish line - new power bank.

#crossmgr
#opensource
#impinj

01.03.2026 09:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Morning #teacher5oclockclub ! A data and meetings day today. Unfortunately it looks like a damp commute too.

Have a good day all β˜•

26.02.2026 06:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

FFT datalab might have something

23.02.2026 22:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It is now possible to get pretty complex with a bicycle!

Electronic gear shifting has certainly brought its own set of challenges.

23.02.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's slightly bonkers πŸ˜‚

21.02.2026 06:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We switched to a 5G router with a cheap SIM in it. It's faster and cheaper than what we had before, and considerably faster for the money than the fibre deals that are now available on my street.

Usually 70-150mbs (which is fine) at Β£18 a month. Unlimited data.

20.02.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Something the Government want you to forget...

19.02.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 1865 πŸ” 759 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 173
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This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera πŸ˜†

18.02.2026 11:46 πŸ‘ 10586 πŸ” 2685 πŸ’¬ 103 πŸ“Œ 261

Speed is not the solution to navigation problems - laz #BM100

15.02.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 366 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

Had a great evening at the Wild Night Run by Wild Running on #Dartmoor . Beautiful course with the middle section (open moor, broken terrain, discreet marking) really playing to my strengths.

Great fun!

#trailrunning
#fellrunning

14.02.2026 23:23 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Memories of trying to print race results on a portable printer on windows after forgetting to do battle with the drivers the day before....

I hand wrote out the results.

Good luck!

14.02.2026 10:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Educator's Guide to Olympic Sports. It's a hand-lettered graphic with small illustrations depicting each activity. Speed grading (pen, graded paper, stopwatch), competitive disinfecting (desk and sanitizer), meeting marathon (planner with meetings scheduled all day), cell phone shot put (phone with a dotted line as if thrown), one-trip-to-the-car bag carry (4 grocery bags).

The Educator's Guide to Olympic Sports. It's a hand-lettered graphic with small illustrations depicting each activity. Speed grading (pen, graded paper, stopwatch), competitive disinfecting (desk and sanitizer), meeting marathon (planner with meetings scheduled all day), cell phone shot put (phone with a dotted line as if thrown), one-trip-to-the-car bag carry (4 grocery bags).

Which event would you win gold in? πŸ…

13.02.2026 10:17 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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12.02.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Morning #teacher5oclockclub ! Day of reports and excel ahead.

Have a good day all β˜•

12.02.2026 06:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Morning #teacher5oclockclub ! Only slight rain on the ride in, a completely dry commute feels somewhat mythical at present.

Odd assortment of kit for today's lessons - a lot of cake, copper wire, a variety of tools and if my Blue Peter skills are up to it, a cardboard nuclear reactor #thisisAP

11.02.2026 07:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hope it goes well!

11.02.2026 07:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Morning #teacher5oclockclub ! It's a three site day so in early to get jobs done at site 1 before maybe teaching at site 2. Then onto exam entries issues at site 3.

Going to involve a fair bit of tea β˜•

Have a good day all!

09.02.2026 06:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Router optimisation for race timing number 521 done.... (Maybe a slight exaggeration but it definitely feels like it).

Should solve the problems from today.... I hope! Times were correct and everything was recorded, but couldn't get the information out to riders as fast as I would have liked.

08.02.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Kids start line

Kids start line

WiFi adapter

WiFi adapter

New WiFi adapter

New WiFi adapter

Soggy Bottom round 2, living up to it's name today. Kids races are much busy than normal, which is good! New WiFi is holding up too

#racetiming #impinj #crossmgr

08.02.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Spent the best part of an hour troubleshooting a network, getting quite annoyed with some hardware.

Turns out it wasn't the hardware, I had left a static IP on my laptop from a previous job πŸ™„

07.02.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

True πŸ˜‚ ! I have a long term plan to plumb in a couple of others, delayed because typically I want to create a complex system of valves to ensure they don't waste any water (probably over complicated and will go horribly wrong, but fun to build!)

07.02.2026 10:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0