Barry Whenman
@mullbydrone.com
Drone pilot. Fantasy football enthusiast. Former mainframe dinosaur. Isle of Mull.
Paying respect to my namesake Barry from EastEnders, who fell to his death from this point in 2004. "If only he'd been wearing slip-on shoes." Thanks to @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social for the heads-up. 👍
I will say this again: Science isn’t just something that nerds do, it’s the foundation of the modern world. It’s why this app exists. It’s why child mortality rate isn’t 50% anymore. It’s how we’re able to launch people to the moon. It’s how we’re able to grow food that feeds half the world.
Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration
Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.
nature.com
It's the final weekend fixtures of the 24/25 #SKLW League campaign this weekend with still lots to play for! Oops, We Did It Again have won the Premier League, and Royal Crumble have won League Two, but many other teams still need wins to gain promotion or avoid relegation. Good luck to all clubs!
Just your regular respiratory virus season reminder that homeopathy is complete bunk & you should save your money because it’s useless. It’s basically “thoughts and prayers” in a box. Let me explain…
#SKLW Premier League Table Oops, We Did It Again are the Christmas No. 1 Play resumes again in GW20 (4th Jan 2025)
Not sure how good BSky is at formatting Wordles... Wordle 1,271 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Full Fibre Broadband Reaches Remote UK Island of Iona for the First Time - News By ISPreview.co.uk #FTTP #Openreach #Scotland www.ispreview.co.uk/?p=40130
Since my bio mentions "drone pilot" I ought to post a drone pic: (McCaig's Tower, Oban)
There seems to have been a huge influx of #FPL accounts over the last few days. This is good. 👍
Stupidly forgot to change my captain to Salah: -7 🤦 Made a last minute change to play Harwood-Bellis +6 😎 But guess who made way and sits on my bench: -15 😱
@wodieskodie.bsky.social *waves* 👋 This is an altogether better place...