Bear TK
@bear-xiong.bsky.social
Just a bear. LGBTQ+ being. Cars, music, retrotech, alternative. Makes stories, poems, and questionable life choices. Help me learn Mandarin!
Today's #VolvoC70 tinkering - it was giving about 29mpg on local drives, not awesome. Had a suspicion the swirl flaps might be to blame, but not sure how. Link rod only on servo, I think clipped on backwards so it hadn't gripped. In the process, found the elusive ATF dipstick/fixed windscreen seal.
Andy Burnham explicitly stating Russian interference influenced the 2016 Brexit referendum breaks years of deliberate political silence. Downing Street ignoring state-backed democratic subversion to protect political narratives is disgraceful. Why hide state interference? (1/2) 🤔 #FBPE
Andy Burnham says it is clear Russia interfered in Brexit referendum
PM says he asked question upon entering No 10 but does not reveal who gave him ‘clear answer’ that Russia meddled
theguardian.com
You call him a Minotaur, I call him Half Man, Half Brisket x
Meanwhile... I think the #£500cars luxury Volvo four-seat convertible is looking rather smart after getting a chance to clean the windows (and wipe the engine cover while cleaning inside the bonnet shut and fixing a trapped windscreen rubber scuttle trim). It might cost £500 again to make /nice/.
You know, the more I see it maybe the Type 01 does make sense.
Because misinformation and disinformation are bankrolled by weirdo billionaires and malicious foreign actors.
Force Ghost™@fieldmontgomery.bsky.social · 3d agoTrevor Noah recently made an excellent point. Truth sits behind a pay wall. You want honest reporting and analysis? Pull out your wallet. But misinformation and disinformation and downright lies? That's free. No pay wall. Any media expert wants to explain why that is?
This is a terrible loss to media. You and Yours works on multiple platforms.
Michael Savage@michaelsavage.bsky.social · 4d agoNEW: BBC cuts latest... OUT - Long-running consumer affairs show You and Yours. IN - tech and discussion podcasts. The order has gone out from Matt Brittin - don't make content that only works on one platform. Another grim day at the beeb. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...
Ah, LinkedIn masking and the Jaguar Type 1. So many aspirational 'founder' types claiming to get it and yes, even "you'll never afford one" type comments (that's clearly someone who doesn't see 50 years of old Jags smoking around). I study, as much as I do anything, semiotics in car design...
Just remembered I've got my People Who Think They're Furniture Club committee meeting tonight. I've got to go because I'm the chair.
Went to the petrol station to fill up with whatever I could afford. My tyre pressures have never looked better.
Most car makers: Our bumpers can withstand a 5mph impact. The Best Car In The World: A little tap will kill your gearbox. (average age of RR buyer/average age of "little taps" becoming more frequent may no longer be a circle venn diagram, but...)
World Bollard Association™️@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 2w agoListen to that CRUNCH. Absolutely delicious. #WorldBollardAssociation
LBC's Matthew Wright confessed to being 'a bit wobbly' on the case for public ownership of water. So we told him. 1/3 of your water bill is dribbling out to service debts and line shareholder pockets. That's money that could be reinvested in improving the service. Public ownership's a no-brainer.
A £1K Volvo on a forum. A for sale thread with a sudden, dramatic drop in price because of a load of warning lights. "Could it be a module? Wiring issue? Either way, I'm done!" price. So I said "let me have a look" - and as no-one else jumped on it, I took it away ready to diagnose, disassemble...
I think I finally figured out Trump. In the @puscifermusic.bsky.social track Simultaneous, there is a line. We will never know world peace until three people can simultaneously look each other in the eye. My cat raised her tail and stared right at me. Now I get where Trump fits in that triangle.
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🔴NEW: Reform’s £645,000 ‘Ghost’ Pollster Payments to a business with no public footprint, no VAT number and a string of missing invoices are raising fresh questions about Reform UK’s campaign spending. @josiahmortimer.bsky.social and me for @bylinetimes.bsky.social: bylinetimes.com/2026/08/28/r...
Reform's £645,000 'Ghost' Pollster
Exclusive: Payments to a business with no public footprint, no VAT number and a string of missing invoices are raising fresh questions about Reform UK's campaign spending
bylinetimes.com
"If you don't finish your tea and get to bed, Giant Ronnie will get you"
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.Artist defends Ronnie O’Sullivan mural in Sheffield saying it isn’t finished
This story is a grim reminder of how science news is often badly reported. Most people who read it will believe there's a study linking Xylitol and stroke. There is not. Here's why. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Sweetener used in chewing gum and jam linked to strokes and heart attacks
High blood levels of xylitol associated with higher risk of major cardiovascular events, in largest study of its kind
theguardian.com
Owl of Athena! 🦉❤️ The goddess’s sacred bird with helmet and weapons transformed into a tiny armed warrior! Red-figure ceramic vessel made in Athens around 2,400 years ago! 📷 Louvre Museum, Paris collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335... #Archaeology
Not only is NF saying “buy gold”, he’s promoting divisive policies that will encourage people to use gold as a safe haven. Extremely irresponsible and disturbing.
Byline Times@bylinetimes.bsky.social · 2mo ago📌 ICYMI — Gold Firm That Employs Nigel Farage Predicts Unrest and Violence Under a Reform Government — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Exclusive: Promo material for Direct Bullion tells savers a Farage-led government could spark riots not seen since the poll tax – while paying the Reform leader…
Britons taking “Plan 2” student loan need to earn £63,600 a year to reduce debt. Plan 2 graduates with an average loan of £52,100, and earning £39,039 would see loan balance actually increase by £1,692 a year. England student debt £294.6bn, UK £324bn Median UK employee wage is £31,500. Madness.
Release home - Student loan forecasts - earnings
Ad hoc experimental statistics publication presenting analysis of earnings and lifetime repayments forecasts for England
explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk
Dolly Parton gave over 318 million books away to kids, to support childhood literacy. Look at the billionaire dudebros and the choices they're making.
I love the effortlessness with which they fall into harmony with one another. Palpable talent.
🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃@angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 2mo agoDolly Parton and Patti LaBelle playing their acrylics. Two icons.
Working 46-26, what a way to make a living. We have lost one of the good ones today :(
Behringer's "AI product registration assistant" repeatedly told me the serial number of a drum machine wasn't a valid Behringer product even when the form it popped up had accepted it. Then told me I'd bought a Behringer Wave in 2023. Or "before the synth was released".
Mia Sato@miasato.bsky.social · 2mo agoI maintain that consumer AI products would have been received very differently if they were launched with promises like, "You can query this to sort through your inbox of 50,000 emails" rather than "What if artists starved in the streets? :)"
Yesterday my messed up foot and ankle made a click sound so loud that the cat abandoned her hard-won place on a blanket covered lap and fled the scene. I was /relaxing/ and hadn't even flexed it. It's not a joint anymore. It's tectonic plates shifting.
Keeping an eye out for restoration/repair projects - this week, a Roland RS-5. This is a simplified, lightweight rompler with minimal editing, but claims to have the sounds of a Roland XV or SR-JV expansion card. I think it's probably an SC88 SoundCanvas with keys. But it has an arpeggiator...
