"Sergeant, what inspires you?"
Walking Tank from @westfaliaminis.bsky.social for @trenchcrusade.bsky.social
Never start a project hungry.
#miniaturepainting #trenchcrusade #beans #nerdlings #minipainting
Have I missed something? Because this is not being said by someone trying to _sell_ society AI. It's being said by a random CEO - one who (presumably) wants investors to believe his company will be able to cut costs by getting rid of staff.
"PM, the role need someone who speaks fluent scumbag."
"I have just the man..."
A blue sky with clouds. In the foreground is a green Primary Route exit sign for the A140. The destinations given are Ipswich Diss Norwich. It’s a image I took from google Maps as I wasn’t quick enough on the draw with my camera.
In East Anglia they even put their civic/ football beefs on road signs
I had DV clearance throughout my time in HMG (98-14) and fear of the vetters was a real thing: you lose your clearance, you basically lose ability to work in almost any FCDO job.
But…
As I wrote here, I don’t think system was rigorous or remotely professional.
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It is truly extraordinary that so many people have gone in feet first without understanding the detailed process and legal background. The attached Spectator article (I know) by an anonymous civil servant may help.
archive.is/JOkhA
I've not done age verification so can't read my DMs. But, right now, I can see them all (and have caught up).
That's diagnostic. But I'm not quite sure what architecture allows it.
I had a queen we allowed to litter, many years ago. I suspect the most important thing will be trust between you and the queen.
One of my cartoons in Monday's Metro
My friend who runs an award-winning bookshop has probed the question: readers prefer paperback novels. So why are there so many goddamn hardback releases?
Reminder, the OFFICIAL #ThursdayQuiz is up:
It sounds like you've got some good leads. But if you really can't find anybody, let me know and I'll see what I can do.
If it works for civets, why not "Yorkshire civets" as well...?
I didn't know they grew tea in Yorkshire.
I’ve lost count of how many times Trump’s won this war.
🤔
Investors placed an approximately $950 million bet on oil prices falling just hours before the U.S. and Iran announced a ceasefire, the latest large wager on the direction of the world's most traded commodity ahead of a major policy announcement by Trump.-Reuters
The one in the garden yesterday wasn't quite brave enough to work around my hands, or even let me look at it.
Doesn't stop him claiming they have negotiated a deal. (So I find myself wanting him to lie.)
As a child, I always wondered how a nation could succumb to Nazism. America has shown me how something very-much like that could come to pass.
I can see the feed already:
Rate Our Alleluias.
Point us at your church's streaming page and we will rate your Alleluias for style, control, damage and aggression... (And, trust me, I utter it with all four axes in mind. 🤣)
Just watched a mouse run into the bathroom. Must have been urgent
Inspector Morse: drink a pint in a pub with the Magic Flute on the jukebox and receive a flash of inspiration as to the location of the egg from a clue in a cryptic crossword.
Season 6 of Slow Horses: a new recruit at Slough House is revealed to have been drummed off mayor's protection squad due to putting bag down to reply to a text and wandering off while scrolling
Investment platforms seems to be advertising in every programme, no matter the demographic. "Lose money like a pro."
My heights? Wuthering
I'm setting aside an hour or two this afternoon to do a Q&A with readers on my Guardian Politics Live blog. If you want to take part, post a question BTL (below the line) here - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
The Arabian plate is colliding with the Eurasian plate at a rate of about 15-20 millimeters per year, so if the Strait of Hormuz is doing anything naturally it’s closing up. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian...
And right on schedule, Starlink satellite 34343 suffered an "anomaly on-orbit" from "an internal energetic source" leading to a "a fragment creation event".
The remains of this exploded sat should burn up over the next few weeks without doing much damage to anything else. 🤞
