Heading from Lincoln to Boston on the river Witham. Been too exhausted for radio so far, but hope to do some POTA over the weekend
Star Trek figured this out thirty years ago. It's not hard. Even an old, drunk Klingon got it.
I have been making printed circuit boards again after a break of a few years. Kicad is great, I used to use EasyPC and Eagle. I’m using the black paint and laser etch method. It’s ok
With deep gratitude, Minnesota recognizes Master Sergeant Amor’s unwavering dedication and bravery in service to our state and nation. www.startribune.com/funeral-held...
Funeral held to honor Nicole Amor, Minnesota soldier killed in Kuwait
Amor, who was killed March 1, will be laid to rest at Fort Snelling.
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Sharing from a friend, a passage from the Leveson Inquiry regarding the British actor Denholm Elliott, who died of AIDS in 1992. Three years after her death, the News of the World journalist Paul McMullan did the following to his daughter—neither a celebrity nor even someone of public interest.
I really dislike plumbing. The old faulty central heating pump is being replaced by a new pump with more modes of operation and a Bluetooth interface for debugging. Unfortunately the system was designed for a downwards pointing pump, so it’s never going to be great
Farage has 0.6% of MPs and yet has appeared in 25% of BBC 10pm news items and programmes.
We have two very different worlds now. The world as seen by the internet, hateful but with a few islands of kindness. The other world where we have face to face contact with family, neighbours and work colleagues, kind and supportive with the odd pocket of hate. Real people have good hearts
America is leaking intelligence to Putin 😡 America is betraying allies. America can no longer be trusted.
Russia conducted a false-flag attack on Putin's residence and forgot the "flag" part. The CIA confirms that Putin is lying and Russia is full of sh*t.
For a change, I had takeaway pizza for Christmas dinner. Double cheese and double pineapple. Much nicer than a traditional roast and no threatening sprouts
The White House has been caught. The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims. In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
We are now at the stage where all those who knew him in the past have warned us that Nigel Farage is unfit to be PM. About the same stage as when those who knew him in the past warned us that Boris Johnson was unfit to be PM.
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
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NEW: Nathan Gill, Reform’s former leader in Wales, sentenced to 10.5 years in prison over pro-Russia bribes.
Democracy has recently been implemented in a way so that it promotes the worst person in that country to Prime Minister or President. How would we design a system that finds the best person?
1933-1939: Those Jews who managed to escape Germany before the Holocaust, had their worldly goods, including their jewellery taken off them. 2025: UK Labour
Carla Denyer@carladenyer.bsky.social · 11mo agoThis is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!” --Megyn R. Kelly “Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!” --Also Megyn R. Kelly
The data shows Brexit was a massive mistake and badly hurt the economy. We're all paying for it. It was Nigel Farage who sold the lies that it would make life better. How can anyone still listen to him about anything?
This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.
Duncan Hothersall@dhothersall.bsky.social · 12mo agoThere's an AWS outage this morning impacting lots of services; it started around 07.30 UK time. People who use services like Alexa as their alarm clocks have just had a helpful reminder that using a device reliant on connectivity to carry out a task that doesn't need connectivity is not a good idea.
Murder. Hacking. Threats. The hacking scandal takes some understanding. But this is one of the most important issues of our time. The press have a duty to report. The police - a duty to protect. When those two forces align in corruption…. no one is safe. #TheHack
Their combined evils will effect generations to come!
