Not sure about that one, which suggests I haven't.
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Not sure about that one, which suggests I haven't.
It is interesting how many other unpleasant things from science fiction are being driven into existence by tech bros.
World's oldest boat
Haven't read it. I reckoned half the fun was the idea, and the narration would irritate me.
I was brought up in Scotland, so that knowledge was innate. I was 17 before I realised you can take a kagoul off...
#quoteoftheday: Stephen Hawking did not hitchhike around Ireland with a fridge!
Lucky guess. Could barely see the ends of my arms after reading that...
When I posted that I was the "lesbian staffer" that quit Duffield's office, Linehan went for me and I had days and days of abuse (Duffield did nothing natch). It was probably the most online homophobia I've ever experienced, and he called me a disgrace to gay rights.
Are you suggesting that East Yorkshire is Mordor...?
Amend the constitution? Like they say they can't do with the Second Amendment...?
That's a proper 'No, you're crying' story...
Post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana or Pearl Jam.
I will now be referring to Toad of Toad Hall as 'that Putin-loving free speech impostor'
Chris Mason. Given the mess he made of Any Questions, it seems inevitable...
How to communicate some fairly complex engineering concepts simply: a lesson:
Stop telling me to make it make sense. I'm not a fucking wizard.
My cousin did our family tree. Every male firstborn is called Jock back as far as the mid 18th century. Combined with the numerous cousin marriages, it is more a bramble bush than a tree ...
@benefitstheband.bsky.social turn out to be political prophets. Who knew? Good to know Starmer can still get one up at home if there is a flag in the room...
More backpedalling than that ...
That headline is perfect.
This 'taking votes from Labour' line should be their undoing. Those are not 'Labour's votes' they are voters who have chosen to trust Labour to represent them. If they lose that trust, they lose those votes. If they want to keep them, they need to prove themselves trustworthy, not demand loyalty
It is pretty funny watching the media wet themselves about this.
A bit damp out today!
in retrospect, the episode where everyone thinks Father Ted is a nazi but there's a wacky and hilarious explanation for why his house is full of swastika banners seems pretty autobiographical on glinner's part aside from the bit where there's an explanation other than him just being a big nazi
Do you make students watch Excalibur, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, or both?
Not in practice (for development management). Identification of sites of potential is so nuanced. As a former planning archaeologist I have had so many arguments based on the subtlest of evidence. I can't see an LLM helping that in ANY way (unless I take up consultancy...)
Reminds me of all the 'constraint mapping' that HE are so fond of. Arguing in a public inquiry to get pre-application evaluation done is hard enough without handing the developer a computer readout saying there is nothing there (based on ???)...
I grew up in Perthshire. I used to go to the Co-op in a kilt (and still do, 40 years and a different country later)... My MP was Nicholas Fairbairn, who was renowned for his idiosyncratic dress. Maybe it is something in the water?
So we are all meant to shop on line. Yet if you buy a present for some one (online), every webpage is covered in adverts for the secret thing you just bought and it comes in a box marked with the store and contents in large letters. I hate capitalism.
#OTD in 1985, the wreck of RMS Titanic was located. It was actually a cover story for a secret mission funded by the U.S. Navy to survey the wrecks of two US submarines. After the primary mission was completed, the team had some remaining time that they used to locate the ocean liner lost in 1912.
Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement tomorrow at 2?
And now a #ScheduledMonument... historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
I love maths, me*, so that sounds like a total win! * Like loving French pre-Dreadnoughts and Fairey Gannets, this is bizarrely true. I managed to get degrees in archaeology by doing mostly maths as it was more interesting.
Does it work?
It's those precision bombs the US sells them (and the aircraft part manufactured in the UK to deliver them...)
Gorgeous!
Maybe he is already halfway down that road?
Not quite THE most embarrassing...
Ah no, you've forgotten (or blanked it out)... I will admit it is a little bit like choosing between a punch on the nose and a kick in the teeth, but I reckon there is a perceptible difference.
Exactly!
Exactly!
CfP for maritimebritain.org Maritime Britain Project c.1550-1750 (led by Prof Craig Lambert, University of Southampton) end of project conference is live. See poster below & register your interest on Eventbrite in attending and/or giving a paper: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maritime-b... #maritimehistory
Mind at school there was always some wee gadge hanging round with the bullies, laughing at their jokes in the hope they didn't target him?
Does his car have those wee flags that the newspapers give away on it? I think not. Is he even a patriot? Where is his bulldog neck tattoo?
Travels with my water bottle... @msdsmarine.bsky.social
Succinct...
Holiday anxiety? Worse than work anxiety... Have a good week off, anyway.
BMC totally saw them coming. They sold the film 6 Minis at trade price and that was that. The other 25 or so used in the film were bought second hand.
Watched objectively, The Italian Job is a dreadful film, saved only by the last two minutes.
You don't think they are gonna stop throwing people under the bus when they run out of trans people, do you?
I love seeing finger marks. One of those connections across time things. Bronze Age?
It is a bit like bands that are better on record than live - they do exist, but they are few and far between.
Apparently the UK government are doing an emergency alert test on the 7th of September so just in case anyone knows any current domestic abuse victims who would need to have their safety phones switched off so as not to be outed, please pass it in.
I can't read that article. The levels of rage incurred by the headline and banner photo are already close to tipping me over the edge...
#ThursdayTattoo #FunkAsPuck #PunkIsDead
In which case the phrase 'Dark Ages' is not useful, as it does not help people understand history, merely helps explain the existence of outdated ideas.
I put it on my phone while I wash dishes. It is little more than background noise, to be honest.
Just saying... #kilt allkilts.com/products/mod...
I lasted one episode of GoT. I've managed two of KaC so far ...
On the topic of television, this one really IS worth a watch, about one of my favourite bands: #ABandCalledDeath #Death #RoughFrancis youtu.be/A_WiJscW1ko?...
It is utter shite, to be honest. But it is mildly entertaining. Better than Game of Thrones. Not sure if there has been ANYTHING that resembles 11th century history yet, though!
I'm watching King and Conqueror. It is entertaining me for the moment, but mostly because I want to see how far from history it is going to get...
If you keep posting these, I'm going to have to go and dance there...
So if I've understood this 'Raise The Colours' thing correctly, it's about intimidating immigrants, causing criminal damage, shouting racist abuse, costing local authorities money and generally behaving like a brainless tit.
I'm at that age that when someone mentions The New Avengers, this is what comes to mind
She is particularly good as Mary Lairre/Eleanor Peck in the Pleasant Green/Lovecraft Investigations stuff by @juliansimpson.bsky.social www.cartoongravity.com
I have lost many kg (and had to punch new holes in my kilt straps), so it is probably for the best...
Damn my snack ban I love a wee salted/spiced cracker...
As a maritime archaeologist and heritage crime advisor I am really enjoying series 1, despite (or because) of the requirement to stow my working brain away. Or it could just be that Nicola Walker is fabulous in the lead role.
Sadly yes.
A pal broke their leg some weeks ago and is now at a conference. They have to keep sitting down because pain/swelling, which means that people ignore them. Do academic necks only pivot on the horizontal plane or something?
Ooh! Ooh! I know! I know!
I saw them in Libya many years ago, but not recently. Nice looking aircraft, though.
Move to the right to emulate him?
He stops crime? He couldn't stop a door closing...
Shooting with film and a fully manual camera is a good way to get a sharp reminder about how much work digital cameras do for us...
Perhaps more worrying (for the uninitiated) was the practice of turning one engine off whilst airborne, so one propeller would stop. SOP was to switch engines regularly so that the two engines would wear equally. Which would mean the other propeller would then be the stopped one.
I suspect the thinking was that it was the torpedoes/depth charges it carried that would be doing the plunging...
Aye, I can see that. A name less likely to strike terror into the heart of the CBMФ, though...
As Farage parades around the studios and airwaves today can reporters please ask him why there were no Channel crossings prior to the Brexit which he claimed would "take back control of our borders". Thanks
Who was I discussing the beauty of the #Fairey #Gannet with? Finally developed the photo I took that day, anyway. I have taken better photos - this one is filed under 'It is all part of the learning process'...
I don't have much current guilt - there isn't enough room with all the legacy childhood/adolescent/vintage guilt...
Don't apologise for your life priorities being higher than your work priorities. That's how it SHOULD be!
Bafflingly there are still people out there in the world who think being passionate about nature is “kind of weird”. or “a niche interest”. These people have it all wrong. Nature isn’t some quirky sideline to the main business. It IS the main business.
Was there last week, but I didn't have time to go in .
Much as I despise the game, sadly that isn't true. The name comes from an old Scots word meaning to hit. But that would ruin a good story (I heard it as gentlemen only, ladies forbidden)
Singles, collection thereof. The boy's choice. Close game, too.
Channelling @richardmortimer.bsky.social with booze, cribbage and the Mekons
Will you remember your password in time?
Plus in late 1980s Scotland we were limited to places we'd heard of, meaning there had to be a film set there or a band from there (and I couldn't find a team for Ann Arbor)
This was the 1980s... They were... just as mediocre then, to be fair. All my pals supported the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins because they were winning everything. I liked to be different. And Flash Gordon.
Seems fair. My other half is away this week so I may reciprocate with insomnia-fueled nonsense.
Someone get a message through to Captain Snort that he better start assembling the boys from the fort...
I see the service detection contractors have been out. When I did that job, there were very few of us and we could recognise each other's handwriting. But that was over 20 years ago...
I'd be very surprised if that hasn't already been done. Will be speaking to someone who will know if it has in a few weeks, so will ask.
I advise counter medicating with strong liquor ...
I used to work on HMS Unicorn, which sparked an interest. In addition to all the books about iron fittings and diagonal trusses, there is also at least one biography. Pretty sure David K Brown also discussed stern construction, but I'd have to check (again, book is in the office)