“THE RISK POOL.” …i.e., “those too weak to be allowed to survive”. …And *these* are the people who’re supposedly so concerned about the “unborn Einsteins”? Doesn’t seem like they’re too concerned about the *already-* born ones. 😡
Kestrel hunting
Kestrel hunting
Kestrel hunting
Evening walk. Kestrel hunting in the evening sun. It was a fair way away so don't zoom in, it's grainy :)
#birds #photography
Is he expecting the sun to go out and the wind stop blowing real soon?
If anyone in Edinburgh fancies an 8 string ukulele (I think it's a concert size) for 60 quid please ask. Local to save on postage. We could meet somewhere and swap cash for a ukulele. Like some kind of twee drug deal.
you might be surprised by how often Tesla's data recording systems randomly break, fail to function properly, go missing, or are otherwise mysteriously unable to perform their functions precisely when they are needed most
then again, you might not be surprised at all
electrek.co/2026/04/13/t...
The whole web is built on a primary grace: that the people visiting you are trustworthy. It costs a little something for me to serve my webpage to everyone who goes there. When the number of scrapers outnumbers the number of humans by an order of magnitude, this grace is fragile.
Can't correct typo in post before this one without breaking the thread. Grr.
Playing, anyway.
See, this is why I like Bluesky. On another platform, most responses to this would be, “what do you mean? Lots of people died in conflict from communicable diseases,” at best, and “vacksines sre killing us u sheep” at best.
Cover of Boston & Maine Railroad 129th Annual Report 1961. Illustration by Herbert Matter of railroad couplers joining together, resembling linked hands
The head of the British Music Hall Society told me that they have warehouses full of bequeathed memorabilia and nothing to do with it, their average member is 80 y/o and their youngest is in their 50s
This is what I think about when I see flag-shaggers pretending to be "defending British culture."
He's not going to be showing off that scar down the pub is he?
Let's hope for complications.
[alt text: Matador gets bull horn up the rectum, with photo of the bloke being yeeted whilst impaled]
Mullet from above, seen in shallow water by river bank.
Mullet that's come four miles up river with the tide. Loads about today.
Pair of egrets in shallow eater
I think this is the two above having a mooch along the river bank together - taken in the same place thirty minutes later.
#birds #photography
Egret with the wind lifting the long feathers on top of it's head
Breezy day paining havoc with their quiff. Not the same Egret.
#birds #photography
Egret with a smallish flat fish in it's beak.
Trying to swallow the flat fish. Neck distended.
Back out for a dunk in the water (to lube it up?)
Lunchtime walk. Egret trying to get a flat fish down. There e were lots of partial swallows, dunking it in water, trying again. I left because we were both embarrassed.
#birds #photography
Niche Mobility has unveiled a prototype drive unit that uses a fully automatic digital system with regenerative braking and a reverse gear, with a launch targeted for 2027.
Bookend ;)
Recently started biking for real, and holy f-ck - the cars. I swear to absolute fucking God. The cars man. I've never in my 30+ year life seen so many stupid fucking idiots in traffic. Blind motherfuckers. They are making my blood boil. Today someone decided it was a great time to make a U-turn in the middle of the street. I kept distance but the car was jerking and was indecisive and just stopped forcing me to go right on the curb making me fall head over the handle bar and crash. Not a care in the world the driver just looked at me and drove off. Never in my life have I seen so many stupid people that can't drive. And I've had a drivers license for over 20 years soon.
A common thread among newer cyclists is realizing just how awful drivers are. There are things you simply don't notice — behavior that has been normalized — when you mostly drive. Biking, walking, or rolling through the world changes that.
A bloke driving towards me lifted his hand up and started a wave so I gave an enthusiastic wave back despite not having a clue who he was.
I got an odd look as he completed the motion of lowering his sun visor and putting his hand back on the steering wheel.
Now I can't drive on that road again.
I've ended up with one, year round reliable, route that I do. I do try and reverse it daily to add variety!
We get this. The temptation to photobomb is quite strong.
Not many wedding parties, though.
I'm glad someone got the reference :)
a phenomenon that is hard to write about – for fear of dehumanising people in crisis, and because it has no name.
“Disorder” or “antisocial behaviour” don’t capture the spectacle so common on British high streets of visibly chaotic lives and those in acute public distress.
thoughtful & helpful 👇🏽
It says an enormous amount about the Royal Navy in the late Victorian period that they could essentially build HMS "Fuck That One Ship In Particular" as and when required.
Creating a humanoid robot that can catch you no matter how fast you can run does not actually give the comfort the manufacturer intended.
I grew up in seventies Britain - bland was the watchword for food.
I was probably in my teens when I found out that lentils were edible and not just for sticking on bits of card when making collages :)
World of Lentils - nichest theme park since Badgerland.
