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

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A set of screenshots from DEEP SPACE NINE. An old Klingon throws his arms around Dax and shouts "Curzon, my beloved old friend!" Dax returns the hug and says "I'm Jadzia now." The Klingon grabs her shoulders, smiles, and says "Jadzia, my beloved old friend!"

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

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.

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...

Oh no. That sounds awful. I hope you feel better soon

Real science

This is amazing.

www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

BROOKE GLADSTONE: The Inquiry brought up the case of Denholm Elliott's daughter - PAUL McMULLAN: Oh, yeah - BROOKE GLADSTONE: - which is one case that you truly do regret. PAUL McMULLAN: I do, yeah. After Denholm died, she hit rock bottom, was allegedly doing methadone. And although she had, you know, the half-million-pound flat that Denholm had bought her, she didn't have any money to get her ten-pound bag in the morning. So she'd get up and go begging at the tube station. Here was a young girl crying out to be helped, and she met a police officer who didn't help her but rang up the News of the World and asked for money because he couldn't believe that this is the same girl who'd walked down the red carpet behind Eddie Murphy with Denholm Elliott, you know.

BROOKE GLADSTONE: And you offered her 50 pounds - PAUL MCMULLAN: Yeah. BROOKE GLADSTONE: - if she would come to your place and have sex. So you led her into prostitution, which she wasn't in that space for. PAUL McMULLAN: No, indeed. But she was in such a bad place that someone offering her 50 pounds for sex. I mean, that's five bags.

BROOKE GLADSTONE: So how do you justify that? Yes, she was a drug addict, yes, she was begging. Why push her that extra step? Why take pictures of her topless? PAUL McMULLAN: I was keen. It was in my first year. I wanted to impress Piers Morgan, who was my boss at the time, and just wanted to say, not only have I caught this girl begging, but l've got pictures of her topless and I've got her offering me sex for 50 quid. How great am I? BROOKE GLADSTONE: This is a pretty dehumanizing enterprise, not just for Jennifer Elliott, but for you, yourself. PAUL McMULLAN: Yeah, that's why I feel terrible about it, not just 'cause she killed herself afterwards, but I, I actually liked her as a person.

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.

And this is marmalade. I have holes from when are are ‘playing’

Mary Oliver 🩷

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.

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.

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?

Alas

This series of books changed my life. No matter how bad it gets in this real world, it’ll never be as bad as being Thomas Covenant. Read them all (6) at least three times.

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

“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