PermaConfused
@permaconfused.bsky.social
Journo/analyst covering transnational security, cyber, research. Lives with wife, chickens and ducks.
I can’t think of many rural terms I like more than “witches’ knickers” - to describe black polythene snagged in fences, hedgerows and trees.
Slightly surprised the rocket actually managed to hit the moon.
Happy International Owl Awareness Day! Please enjoy this photograph of ornithologist Herbert Brown (r) with an elf owl, the world’s smallest owl
This is some excellent rain. Moderate, apparently. But I'll take it.
Second thunderstorm of the day is rolling around outside. The first was a poor effort. Barely enough to wet the ground. This one's giving us a bit of rain at last and it's cooler again. Thankfully. Now to wander out and lock up the chickens...
Playschool’s Hamble is dying to take you away. Dying to take you away, take you today.
Son of Bengt@sonofbengt.bsky.social · 3d agoApropos of nothing...let's just assume Paddington takes people to the escalator that goes up Who takes them to the one that goes the other direction? Edd the Duck?
Russian-flagged Rosatom container ship "Yanina" is sinking in the Black Sea 🔥👀
For the first time in several years, I have beaten the wasps to some of the grapes outside.
I don't know much about football but I'm beginning to wonder if a certain country is going to create a special Ambassador to Soccer position for someone in the near future.
Illicit Iranian gambling network helped pull off a $4 billion sanctions dodge reut.rs/3U5dzml
Illicit Iranian gambling network helped pull off a $4 billion sanctions dodge
One of the world’s largest illegal gambling networks sends millions of dollars worth of crypto through an office in Dubai, part of a $4 billion Iranian sanctions evasion operation.
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People allowed back home in southwestern France as fire weakens reut.rs/4fKuLEW
People allowed back home in southwestern France as fire weakens
Thousands of people evacuated in southwestern France due to a major wildfire were gradually allowed back home on Friday after authrities said the fire, which has burned for more than a week, was contained.
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Downplay a book or movie: "Okayest of the Okayest"
Jake_Vig@jakevig.bsky.social · 6d agoDownplay a book or movie: "Reasonable Expectations"
A tour group over at Ymerbukta have stumbled across a mummified polar bear while out in their kayaks. Current working theory is that it has melted out of the glacier. Fascinating potential for scientific discovery or horrifying portent of the end of days, TBD.
Two 18-year-old hikers found themselves lost while hiking in the Pyrenees, trying to reach lac d’Estom. Turns out, ChatGPT had taken them to the wrong valley
ChatGPT : deux randonneuses se perdent dans les Pyrénées après avoir suivi une carte générée par l’IA
Alors qu’elles souhaitent rejoindre le lac d’Estom, deux jeunes randonneuses se sont perdues en montagne à cause d’une carte générée par ChatGPT.
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London insurers widen Red Sea high-risk zone after Houthi attacks reut.rs/3TM4ZZD
London insurers widen Red Sea high-risk zone after Houthi attacks
London's marine insurance market has widened the area in the Red Sea it deems as high risk after attacks on ships by Yemen's Houthi movement but Egyptian waters were excluded, according to a July 29 advisory.
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