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Actor/Comic/Writer/Hot Dad Tendency to show up for stuff. Put me in your thing. Doctor Who: http://bit.ly/3XeATtL Rep: @bccreativelondon.bsky.social Spotlight: https://app.spotlight.com/9111-5610-9256

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Angus Dunican@angusdunican.bsky.social · yesterday

It’s complained that media is too interdependent now and that you can’t engage with it without the ancillary lore. Conversely, I’m holding back ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ from my eldest mainly because I’m not ready for, “WTF is this ‘God’ guy and why is he so mad about them touching his nice box?”

Angus Dunican@angusdunican.bsky.social · 4d ago

I bought this (VERY self published) book full of off-grid survival projects and such. TBF, much of it is genuinely helpful with lots of things I’d like to have a go at. That said, I was NOT prepared for how Kevin McAllister it gets…

OTHER PROJECTS TO DO IN YOUR BACKYARD How To Hide From Thermal Vision Modern surveillance technology can be scarily effective and it's getting better all the time. The first night vision device I ever used was an old Individual Weapon Sight, a huge starlight scope that cost as much as a pretty good car and weighed more than the L1A1 battle rifle it was mounted on. Now, a few hundred dollars will buy you a much more effective night sight that weighs a few ounc-es, or a good set of night vision goggles - but night vision is old technology now. The state of the art in surveillance is thermal im-aging, and that's a lot harder to hide from. Night Vision vs Thermal Vision the different temperatures. It doesn't matter how expertly camouflaged something is - if it's warmer or cooler than its background, it will show up. The effective range of a thermal imager is from a few dozen yards for the smallest handheld units, up to thousands of yards for large military surveillance systems and weapon sights. And, while imagers were once heavy and incredibly expensive systems that needed to be cooled with refrigerated gas, they've become a lot smaller and more affordable. Less than $2,000 will buy you a rifle scope that let's you shoot out to more than 300 yards in complete darkness. For $600 you can get a hand-held imager with a range of over 100 yards. You can even get a $249 plug-in module for your smartphone that will pick up a hidden object a few yards away by its thermal emissions. These days, if someone's looking for you it's smart to assume they have a thermal imager to help them. Does this sound like bad news? It is. Unlike standard night vision devices, thermal imagers don't need any light at all to pick you up. They can see through mist and smoke. They penetrate rain and falling snow, although those can reduce their range by more than half. If a thermal imager is scanning for you it's a lot harder to hide. But it isn't impossible, and if you know what you're doing you have…Picture and descriptions of how to set trip wire alarms Detailed instructions of how to mount box cutter blades on the top of your fence Advice on where best to place a plank covered in nails to get the best use out of it as a deterrent to intruders
Angus Dunican@angusdunican.bsky.social · 4d ago

‘Maybe this time it’ll be different’, I think. ‘Maybe, this time, the operator from 111 knows what they’re talking about and I’ll just be able to get the medicine I sorely need without having to start all over again!!??’

Groucho Marx in Animal Crackers, mid ‘strange aside’. Caption reads "The Gods look down and laugh..."
Tim Clare@timclare.bsky.social · 4d ago

If you're going to quote an 'expert' or 'researcher' in your book or article, be it on neurodivergence, mental health, nutrition, immunology or whatever, you owe it to your readers to check if most of their peers think they're a crank. Some squares in my personal Bullshit Bingo now include:

Angus Dunican@angusdunican.bsky.social · 5d ago

Given where I am in life, it’s hard to watch films/TV with fellow diseased obsessives or even just by myself. My life is, by and large, a shared one. Therefore, I am begging the entirety of MARVEL entertainment to be just SLIGHTLY less exhausting to 40+ yr old women with, frankly, shit loads to do

Angus Dunican@angusdunican.bsky.social · 5d ago

I’m home from - generously - one of the least relaxing holidays of my life. Let’s see some photos of you holding it together while serving your time. I’ll start: Me, at Pendennis castle, with the most catastrophic diarrhoea of my adult life.

Me (pale, beardy, strawberry blonde) in green cap and green tshirt going the thumbs up in front of a Tudor castle in Falmouth. It is a lovely day
Angus Dunican@angusdunican.bsky.social · last wk.

Been having quite the Kellogg variety pack of maladies these last two weeks. - gout - oral thrush - sinus pain - numbness - bloating - cramps - constipation - the opposite of constipation and NOW, an ocular migraine aura so sudden and widespread that I was, temporarily, about 85% blind.