Not a bad intro to distillation www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Brian Probert
@brianhprobert.bsky.social
Retired British software developer. Yorkshire (near) Dales 68%, Connecticut 32%. Identify as biological male primate.
The future has arrived in the form of an ip phone handset and I’m hoping this will fix a problem we’ve had with our international calls randomly hanging up. It cost £20 compared to — as I recall — £45 I paid for the first phone I was able to own outright after BT was privatised back in about 1984
For comparison, British First Class stamps are now £1.80 or about $2.40 bsky.app/profile/wash...
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3w agoU.S. Postal Service stamp prices will increase on Sunday. Forever stamps will increase from 78 cents to 82 cents. Domestic and international postcards will cost 65 cents and $1.75, respectively.
@financialtimes.com I'm having trouble identifying these characters. Bill Sikes is ok and is it Cruella DeVille? But who are the others?
Cupcake binge -- but it's only once every 250 years
Keir Starmer is going one better than this and getting rid of juries altogether for inconvenient cases bsky.app/profile/walt...
Walter Olson@walterolson.bsky.social · 3mo agoRep. Julia Letlow (R-LA) has introduced a bill to strip federal funds from any group that promotes jury nullification -- or, as my colleague @foxmike90.bsky.social puts it, "dares to educate citizens on the historic conception of the criminal jury as an institution designed to prevent injustice."
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Copilot misidentifies an Eastern Pheobe. I think ... Problem seems to be in image recognition. Unlike Copilot, I see a long tail pointing downward and a bird perched on an exposed branch
Time have excelled themselves with this special edition on the history of Monopoly. Even includes period photos of the original locations in Atlantic City
Started using CoPilot instead of Siri to identify bird pics. It's far superior, giving reasons for its identification. Also you can supply multiple pics of the same bird if they are of poor quality. Apparently it makes more use of the location data too. Siri suggests birds never seen in Connecticut
Trying to photograph a marsh wren When an opossum walked onto a log right at my feet
Somalian Referee refused USA visa for undisclosed reasons bsky.app/profile/lemo...
Le Monde@lemonde.fr · 2mo agoCoupe du monde 2026 : un arbitre somalien écarté après s’être vu refuser l’entrée aux Etats-Unis
East Point Audubon, Maine is in a spectacular location
Snowy Egret Bookends at Hammonasset Beach State Park CT
King's speech presents the British attack on the jury system
Walter Olson@walterolson.bsky.social · 3mo agoRep. Julia Letlow (R-LA) has introduced a bill to strip federal funds from any group that promotes jury nullification -- or, as my colleague @foxmike90.bsky.social puts it, "dares to educate citizens on the historic conception of the criminal jury as an institution designed to prevent injustice."
Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA) has introduced a bill to strip federal funds from any group that promotes jury nullification -- or, as my colleague @foxmike90.bsky.social puts it, "dares to educate citizens on the historic conception of the criminal jury as an institution designed to prevent injustice."
Lawmaker Wants Jurors Kept in the Dark—and She’s Conditioning Federal Funds Upon It
For generations, the endurance of American liberty has depended on the silent, unwavering resolve of everyday citizens seated in the jury box.
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If there is one parking space there is usually another
Nouvel accord franco-britannique pour endiguer les traversées de migrants en Manche
Nouvel accord franco-britannique pour endiguer les traversées de migrants en Manche
Il prévoit d’augmenter de moitié les forces de l’ordre et une unité de CRS sera dédiée à la lutte contre l’immigration clandestine et dotée de moyens pour « mieux prévenir les tentatives de traversées ». Cet accord voit une partie de son financement conditionnée par l’efficacité des mesures mises en place pour retenir les candidats à l’exil.
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Two Northern Shovelers at Hammonasset State Park, CT
