David Preston

He shut down a then-rampant Ryan Giggs in that game. Rob Jones was such a good player with a career ruined by injury.

European robin - Wikipedia

European robin to the rest of the world, but here in the UK, just a robin.

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A robin perched on a twig, singing

A nuthatch, roughly facing the viewer, on a steeply angled branch

A robin & a nuthatch

#photography #birds

Realistically, with the way things are right now, I'd be happy with 8, although I fear that might be on the optimistic side.

Slightly larger-than-life statues of The Beatles near the Pier Head in Liverpool with a small crowd of people taking photographs.

The Beatles statues by the Pier Head are always popular.

#photography #urban #street #Liverpool #Beatles

Gulls pulling mussels from the wall of Canning Half Tide Dock, Liverpool.

A juvenile gull trying to open a mussel.

A juvenile gull with a mussel in its nill.

Empty mussel shells after the gulls have finished with them.

While I was in Liverpool yesterday I was watching the gulls around the Pier Head / Albert Dock area feeding on mussels from the dock walls.

#photography #birds #birdbehaviour #Liverpool

Galeón Andalucía, a replica Spanish galleon, in Canning Dock, Liverpool

Galeón Andalucía, a replica Spanish galleon, in Canning Dock, Liverpool

Galeón Andalucía in Liverpool today.

Salangselva, Troms county, Norway. The river runs left to right. The water is very clear and the rocky river bed is clearly visible through the water. Across the river is a densely wooded hillside.

Salangselva, Troms county, Norway

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#photography #landscape #river #Norway

Dame Jane Goodall remembered as 'true hero for the planet' Leonardo DiCaprio and Barack Obama are among those paying tribute to the leading conservationist.

A 'true hero for the planet' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jane Goodall was a hero who used her life to make the world a better place. If the world uplifted and amplified people like her over fascists and billionaires, the world would be a very different place. #3E

There are umpteen LLMs (so called AI models) that pilfer real human-written code. If they were really intelligent, they'd RTFM and write their own.

That was a deeply unpleasant experience.

#LFC

It would be a massive flex to get, say, 4-0 up and _then_ bring Salah & Isak on.

One would like to think so. Like, if we need (let's hope not) a late goal, Isak and Mo off the bench...

A Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa), its long, straight bill prominent, takes flight from the surface of a pool.

Just realised I forgot the <alt> text, so here's another shot from the same sequence. The text for this one also applies to the first. (Two for the price of one!)

#photography #birds

Helluva bench!

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Black-tailed Godwit

#photography #birds

A greylag goose swims across the surface of water in a pool

Greylag goose

#photography #birds

A common darter dragonfly - two pairs of wings and a reddish-brown abdomen

Common darter

#photography #insects #dragonfly

A path leads into the distance, through tunnel of trees and bushes

Tunnel

#photography

I don't use it on my phone all that much, but I don't think it's ever crashed on me.

This is from my phone.

*Googles 'ironing'*

UK minister suggests government could ditch 'dangerous' Elon Musk's X Ed Miliband takes aim at social media overlord for promoting violence and disinformation The UK government should consider the possibility of leaving social media platform X, a high-profile minister has suggested.…

UK minister suggests government could ditch 'dangerous' Elon Musk's X

Norwegian fjord in the foreground, Skjombrua bridge midground and mountains with wispy clouds and patches of snow in the distance.

Ankenes, Norway. The bridge is Skjombrua.

Hard to comprehend, but it's already a month since I was there.

#photography #landscape #water #mountains #fjord #bridge

Trees reflected in water. The leaves of one are turning gold with the advent of autumn.

The seasons are changing.

#photography

Can't say I wasn't expecting something of the sort. ☺️

Elon Musk and Prince Andrew named in new Epstein files The documents by the estate of convicted paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein were released by Congressional Democrats.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Same for me in UK!