Jim Clark
@jamineyc.bsky.social
The Lakes via London. Professional Yorkshireman. Likes being outdoors, but also indoors.
Economists say that an exceptional upsurge in buying eclipse-proof glasses has likely caused today’s solar eclipse.
Ooh yes thanks Emma, the wild plant survivor survey is still live here, I’m trying to get to 200 responses docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Which wild plants are coping with heat and drought?
Help identify which wild plants are thriving in your area or garden without watering during hot, dry weather. Check your garden and wild areas near you this month August 2026 and report how wild plant...
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Proposal: recall every car built since say, 1990, for excessively bright headlights.
Reuters@reuters.com · 2d agoTesla to recall over 20,000 US vehicles over excessively bright low-beam headlights reut.rs/4z8xQrg
The Odyssey (2026) IMAX Some thoughts. Good but not great. I don't think being on IMAX added anything to it, not like Interstellar which blew me away on IMAX. Suffered like Tenet did with a disconnect from the main character, needed more character building between Odysseus and his men. #theodyssey
“You see, my wife, Mrs Tripadvisor, she loves the Sunday roast platters there…”
How do you spend a week off? We do it so that we could do with a week off to recover. #staycation #lakedistrict
Superman (78) is on TV, and it just reminds me what a streak John Wiliams was on, of such iconic themes that are etched into my being, and popular culture. Jaws 75, Star Wars 77, CE3K 77, Superman 78, Raiders OTLA 81, E.T. 82. Also Reeves is the best Supes. #johnwilliams
214 wainwrights done and dusted. Took 9 years but we weren't in a rush. Fine pair to finish with, Pillar and (James T) Kirk fell. #wainwrights #lakedistrict #hiking #mountains
suggested slogans for annoyingly popular but inherently terrible bits of software, number #1 in what promises to be a very long series: "Adobe Acrobat: why don't YOU go fuck yourself?"
Riddle me this, if AI *isn’t* shit, why are all their logos bum-holes?
U.S. Mint Unveils Series Of Gold Coins Commemorating President’s Extramarital Affairs https://theonion.com/u-s-mint-unveils-series-of-gold-coins-commemorating-presidents-extramarital-affairs/
Looking forward to watching the hit new Elon Musk Grok Odyssey Movie in the middle of a Mars river in my fully aquatic and self-driving Cybertruck having paid for the ticket via my bank account on X, the Everything App, as I marvel at the post-DOGE balanced US federal budget.
Spain, now holders of the European, Olympic and World titles. Prodigious.
@maxrushden.bsky.social Question for pod. Did anyone feel like the red card changed anything? Given that Argentina were already playing like they were a man short. Ta. Jim.
Argentinian coach frantically opening google maps to try for the first time in 108 minutes to locate where the Spanish goals might be.
Eat up! There's another 2 halves of football, and you've barely touched your first two halves. #worldcup #spaarg #imnotveryhungry #lostmyappetite
I've been finding Shearer a bit much these days so I am choosing to watch ITV over BBC, which may be a first. #worldcup
It's a shame it will take this to make us try and attack again.
