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Snarky history. Hideous French battleships. Nautical nonsense. Always check the alt text.

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@timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 5h ago

Possibly the single best defence for the UCI in this is: "We simply do women the courtesy of assuming they will cheat as readily and inventively as male cyclists will."

Dreadnought Holiday@dreadships.bsky.social · 5h ago

The reason football doesn't bother with a proper drugs testing regime is that once you've got rid of all the drugs you end up needing to have scandals like these just to fill the gap in your life www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cyclin...

Tour de France Femmes 2026: Officials check riders' clothing amid concerns about bra padding

Officials at the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift will check the clothing worn by riders to prevent attempts to make "aerodynamic gains".

bbc.co.uk

Victoria Rose Richards@aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 23h ago

'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn landscape from above. It shows a forest on the right, a line of fire and charred ground with smoke on the left. The smoke is felted wool.
Kathleen E. Kennedy@themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 23h ago

Extremely niche--anyone know if in ancient regime France the day of a nun's profession might be termed her 'journee?' (Script is clear, abbreviations not an issue, inscription grammar is often...condensed.. so I'm brainstorming)

Sebas@ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · last yr.

During WWII, the Dutch national library was forced by the Nazis to change its name from Royal Library to National Library, but there was a paper shortage, so instead of printing new paperwork, they just crossed it out and scribbled it in

A letter from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek with Koninklijke crossed out and Nationale written above it.
Alison Stenning@alisonstenning.bsky.social · last wk.

The plan is for a big volunteer nurdle effort tomorrow and Tuesday, after both high tides. So from 6 in the morning to start on Tynemouth Longsands. Details/info/context in the pic (attached twice with half of alt text in each). WhatsApp for organising here: chat.whatsapp.com/KXTZ6zO69si0...

There is a major volunteer effort kicking early in off from 6am Monday morning Longsands at the High Tide Line starting from Crusoe's to clear nurdle plastic pollution from our beaches and everyone in Tynemouth has a part of play. More teams being assembled and will branch off to other beaches so watch out for information including Monday Afternoon after the second High Tide. Based on expert advice the organisers have come to the conclusion that: • The insurers contractors are equipped and staffed only to handle the Fish Quay and nearly all of the equipment needed in the North East unlikely to be here for days. We can leave the Fish Quay to them but Tynemouth needs to step up, nobody else will. • The Tides this week, in particular Monday and Tuesday, are such that there is a golden opportunity to put a dent in this which otherwise we will regret. Residents here would never forgive ourselves if we let that happen. • With each High Tide this week more and more pellets will refloat and form the nice neat lines along the High Tide mark, easy for volunteers to sweep up. • It's been possible to locally manufacture enough filtering bags this weekend to support a big effort. Enough people who have already been volunteering have developed experience using them. • There's scope for others less experienced to sweep up material with just a couple of minutes training (without touching a single pellet). You brush/scrape it, they will filter out the pellets. So, if you have some time to spare before work, please come down. Don't expect perfection but do come and help. A few do's and don'ts: [Rest of alt-text attached to second identical pic]So, if you have some time to spare before work, please come down. Don't expect perfection but do come and help. A few do's and don'ts: 1. Don't step on the nurdles, this is the one thing which can make the situation worse. With the beaches in heavy use this has happened to much. 2. Do wear gloves (there will be plenty available or bring your own) it's not essential but helps the organisers minimise the work they need to do supervising less experienced folk. 3. Do wash your hands when finished. 4. Do leave the more experienced volunteers running the operation handle the filtering, this is more complicated 5. If possible bring a dustpan (and brush), you'll learn why..... This is not a small problem, the effects are long term and will be reduced by prompt action. The insurers have not bought enough resources to bear early enough and there's nothing we can do about that. Nurdles that embed into the beaches will break down into micro plastics over decades. We will likely experience a sustained period of this material coming ashore. There is still a substantial amount in the Tyne and sea which will come out in waves as the tides move. Even after the first stage of this ends, storms will bring it back several times over coming years. We are still in the short window where volunteers will make a difference, please consider helping.
Alison Stenning@alisonstenning.bsky.social · last wk.

25 tonnes of nurdles, more than 1 billion nurdles, were spilled into the Tyne last week and are washing up on our beaches, north and south of the Tyne. Likely one of the largest ever plastic pollution events in the UK. There is remarkably little mention of this on here.

Guardian headline from Weds 22nd July reading: “One billion plastic pellets spilled into River Tyne after two ships collide Up to 25 tonnes of nurdles, the raw material for plastic manutacturing, have spread further than initially feared” With an image of a beach covered in nurdles.
Dreadnought Holiday@dreadships.bsky.social · 2d ago

Blocking today's main character because I don't think I can resist the urge to reply to her every post with "what does this have to do with [unlikely British placename]?" and then demand she starts every post stating it's about the USA and not, say, Cleckheaton.

Ben Newmark@bennewmark.bsky.social · 2d ago

If I wanted to protect the most prestigious and highly paid jobs for the social groups who usually hold them I'd probably design an education system that discouraged poorer children from studying the entry qualifications for these jobs as early as possible..

Martin Glew@mdglew.bsky.social · 5d ago

reminds me of a Peter Ustinov story about his schooldays, when he was asked to name a Russian composer, answered Mussorgsky and was marked wrong because the answer was Rimsky-Korsakov