Sir Thinksalot

A nice refutation of the ahistorical larping of the Religious Fundamentalist / manosphere twerp.

Post your favourite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answer only...

Are you from Newfoundland or Labrador? Because they have a half-hour time zone

there's an advocacy group for the US on here @savestandard.bsky.social

Thanks, just followed you back... you'll be pleased to know that there are cocoa-based amenities nearby! maps.app.goo.gl/PVwFqfb7QG4w...

Too bad the Stegosaur has just rejoined the fight in an F22.

Kindly note I am not commenting on the wider situation - I'm expressing my opinion, based on my experience of resolving similar Human Shield situations, of the Iranian government's deliberate choice to create the conditions for that horrific tragedy.

Let me say this about that: Iran had no cause to allow a girls' school to exist near a military building.
It's an authoritarian regime; the government knew & approved of using children as Human Shields.
In Iraq I worked with a girls' school; I saw how both Saddam & Da'esh did this.
Shame on Iran.

Happy to share!

I just happened to be going through the livestream news and spotted a familiar view - looking at your boots while fastroping down to a deck. Knew at once where to post it here :)

Also, Estonia is splendid! And badass, I've attended presentations by your top general. Tailinn,Pärnu, and Tartu were well worth visiting! My sister went camping solo using the RMK sites for a fortnight and she was perfectly safe. We're trying to learn Eesti to visit Saaremaa next time 🇪🇪🫶

Anyone who posts on Xitter at this point - after all we know about Elno Skum's politics and trying to snag an invite to Epstein Island - is content to be associated with Neonazis

Therefore, their opinions may be safely ignored.

TVP World (Türkiye) is running a segment with Swedish video from the boarding team and using language favourable toward Sweden's decision - it's on their Youtube livestream occasionally between Iran war coverage.

Sunday is the last time most British Columbians will change their clocks — what you need to know | CBC News Most British Columbians will wake up Sunday having lost an hour of sleep — one that they'll never gain back come November, given the province will have shifted to permanent daylight time year-round. H...

BC is changing to permanent DST instead, but at least more provinces and states are opting to stop the mucking about with the clock:

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

If anyone wants to go shipwatching this Season, please do drop me a message - the more the merrier! Fishing and a nice pint are entirely possible bonus activities 😎⚓️

Straddling the ice shards melting into the canal, Bridge 21 is a lifting bridge made of steel trusses. The two asymmetrical vertical trusses have their mechanisms at their tops, while the horizontal truss is the usual 1920-1940 crescent-lile shape but with a small conductor's cabin in the centre, whence the workers control the mechanism. It is painted a light gray, almost matching the foggy weather. At left is a cluster of tall evergreen bushes - otherwise everything is late Winter monochrome, even the black reflections between the white melting ice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Street_Bridge

A slightly askew view of Bridge 21 (1930) an interesting example of a vettical-lifting bridge whereupon the operator "rides" the truss in their conductor's cabin (centre). The mechanism lofts 130ft / 37m in about 90 seconds.

Behind the tree were multiple work crews, rushing to beat the early melt!

The ALGOMA BUFFALO at her winter mooring in the Welland Canal, with bloody stupid "antiterrorism" fencing that we all hate. The land and water (and view) are Commons since 1829 so the Crown should not be allowing the Seaway's ill-conceived security rules to prevent the people from accessing our Commons! Probably an "aquapelago" thesis in there for an aspiring grad student. Anyways, the ship - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Buffalo

MV ALGOMA BUFFALO (1978) badly in need of rustbusting & paint, especially now that she spends most of her time shipping salt from Cargill mines!

Also proof that the 2014 "security fence" is a nonsense obstruction to our Commons - shore, waterway, and view!

www.niagarathisweek.com/news/fencing...

A very foggy view of the wrecker's drydock and maritime scrapyard on the eastern side, taken from the western side at 20x zoom using the canalside railing for a tripod. Not bad for a phone! Dismantling began in January and the fog may veil the final few pieces of the MV CUYAHOGA, the eldest ship consistently sailing the Great Lakes until her 2023 fire underway.

The final few pieces of the SS CUYAHOGA (1938) in the scrapyard on the eastern side of the Welland Canal at Lake Erie.
For a lot of Great Lakes shipwatchers she was a fond sight, but her fire damage was too extensive to retire her as a museum ship. 2023 article:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Bow-on view of the tugs VAC with JOHN D moored behind. You can learn about them on Vesselfinder or Shipspotting

Aft-on view of the tugs JOHN D with VAC moored ahead. You can learn about them on Vesselfinder or Shipspotting

Did a spot of local shipspotting yesterday - the early melt has left the Bridge 21 repair crew scrambling to finish for an early open!

Here are VAC (1942, icebreaking tugboat) and JOHN D (1954, tug workboat) at Port Colborne on the Weooand Canal (Lock 8, Lake Erie approach) & some final ice shards

Did anyone see if that Izvestia religion reporter had found a medieval Saint with an incongruously modern prohibition that could be relevant?
I'm convinced that reporter is either trolling, or their column is some sort of coded communication to Russia's intelligence assets or black fleet captains!

Helen Haynes, with many UK flag-emojis, writes: Toblerone USED to be one of my favourites, but now you have succumbed to making it halal, I will never buy it again. (punctuation hers lol) Zara Fahris responds: It's always been halal, Helen. You've been eating halal all this time. Melty chocolatey slabs of halal going "Allahu Akbar!" as each piece snaps from one to the next. The sweetness of Shari'ah running through your veins. #delicious

Bashing bigots with sarcasm, iftar edition.

(yoinked from Reddit by my brother, who converted and dreams of snacks lol)

In the style of a World War 2 propaganda poster on a yellow background in khaki text it says, "practice safe secs!" Below that text is picture of a smiling UK Home Guardsman who has his left hand splayed out and is using his right hand to point to his left fingers, which are labeled "Opsec, commsec, infosec, persec". below the soldier in yellow letters on a khaki background it says, "keep it under wraps!"

Your friendly Friday reminder to practise Safe Secs!

Your cloud storage (incl your phone backup) is NOT legally private and doesn't uaually require a search warrant.

The cloud provider can give your data to police voluntarily for any reason.

Use this March Break time to de-cloud & de-google 😎

Bollards! A congestion charge just prevents poor taxpayers from using roads they may have a good reason to use - whereas preventing all cars for using the roads for the duration of the game is equitable, and makes good material for @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social

Her-storical documents: 2 Esther scrolls copied by female scribes celebrate Jewish resilience The only two known ancient megillahs written by women are part of a new exhibition at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, whose opening has been postponed due to the Iran war

"The Girl Who Writes" exhibition is postponed for the Duration, but seems like a visit-worthy boutique exhibit when it finally opens! #library #archive #Renaissance #EarlyModern #art #history #Italy #Israel #museum #Judaism #women #herstory

www.timesofisrael.com/her-storical...

YouTube video by What's Going on With Shipping? US Flagged Tanker Stena Imperative Hit in Bahrain | One Dead and Two Injured | Crew Evacuated

I really encourage everyone interested in the #Iran crisis to watch @mercoglianos.bsky.social 's timely updates with expert explanations!
Sal was a merchant mariner & has good #history to share in his videos too. #logistics

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g7l...

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whenever this happens, I find it helps to look here:

old.reddit.com/r/cathostage

You're a cat hostage, totally valid reason to remain in place 😽

Why are you helping to spread his bullshit message by posting a picture of it?

Boomers have always been the "me" generation and obsessed with never growing old. Grace is not among their virtues.
(Before a Boomer turns up to say "not all Boomers", I'm old enough to remember when they were annoying neocon yuppies pulling the ladders up behind them so sod your anecdotal excuses.)

He's a white man over 60, audacity is all they've ever done.

Which is just a lack of ethics and spine, really.