Oliver T Lord

This is potentially a big deal. In one test, the truck hauled a 34-tonne load 628 km. If widely adopted, electric trucks could have a big impact on CO2 emissions for transport. PepsiCo is already operating 50 Tesla semi-trucks.

Oh, how I ache!! 9 muddy miles in the Mendips (again) at dusk, complete with ankle deep mega-puddles and extremely eerie fog. Glad I had @olivertlord.bsky.social nattering at me through the darkness (until he started talking about horror films... 😱) #trailrunning #trailrunningisthebest

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Another (very muddy) beautiful trail run in the Mendips this morning 🔆 Stanton Drew stone circles, all three of 'em ⭕⭕⭕ with @olivertlord.bsky.social and ably assisted my new super grippy @inov8.bsky.social croc ultras 🦸🏼‍♀️ zoooooom! #trailrunning

It seems a third tanker of Russia's shadow fleet has been sanctioned, presumably by #Ukraine, but unlike the two last week in the Black Sea (the Kairo and Virat), this one got into difficulties off the coast of #Senegal. All were empty.

This is at least the second catastrophic failure of Sarmat during testing: www.newsweek.com/satellite-im...

The purple cloud is caused by the hypergolic fuel (heptyl) and oxidiser (dinitrogen tetroxide) which are highly toxic.

#Russia claims this weapon is fully operational.

This averted crisis was caused by a cracked window in Shenzhou-20 due to space debris. Manned #spaceflight continues to be hard:

• Only active crew-rated launch pad in #Russia damaged: www.space.com/space-explor...

• Next #Boeing #Starliner launch will be cargo only: www.space.com/space-explor...

Israel's Netanyahu seeks pardon in years-long corruption trial Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the country's president on Sunday for a pardon in his years-long corruption trial, arguing that criminal proceedings were hindering his ability to gover...

Nothing quite says ‘I’m innocent!’ like asking for a pardon before you’ve even been convicted.

Per @reuters.com: Israel's Netanyahu seeks pardon in years-long corruption trial - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

It gives me goosebumps to think this happened in the month I was born. And if you are wondering like I did where the camera was, it was mounted on the unique SPAS-1 satellite, which was released from the payload bay, to perform microgravity and Earth observation experiments, and was then recaptured.

I’m intrigued. There are 12,000 A320’s operating, but only 6000 need to be fixed and of those only 1000 need a hardware upgrade. But the issue here is apparently *solar flares* causing corruption to flight data. What is the software fix for that? Some kind of error detection / correction algorithm?

#Ukraine has attacked and at least severely damaged two oil tankers in the Black Sea thought to be part of Russia’s shadow fleet that transports oil and circumvents international sanctions. Both were apparently heading to Novorossiysk which has itself been hit repeatedly.

As parents, we're supposed to remember the first time we did stuff with our kids, but the last time is equally as significant, if not more.

This poem is from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...

Just to be clear, oil is also made of atoms.

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If you don't like #Cricket, but you love it, then you need to click follow all on these Starter Packs before Friday...

...and if you don't know what's happening on Friday, then you probably shouldn't.

#Ashes

Waymo says its self-driving taxis will take customers on freeways for the first time Waymo, a spinoff from Google, is expanding its autonomous vehicles rapidly in the face of competition from Tesla’s planned robotaxi service.

@waymo.bsky.social will start allowing its autonomous, driverless robotaxis to use interstate highways in Los Angeles, Phoenix and the San Francisco Bay Area, the first company to do so.

www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovat...

An absolutely beautiful image of Saturn, with moons Dione and Enceladus along the rings, courtesy of the Cassini spacecraft and NASA's wonderful Astronomy Picture of the Day: @apod.shinyakato.dev

Also, strong week for the Northern Hemisphere!

Well done to #Ireland. Clearly, #Australia are struggling, and just in time for the Ashes!

Wait, what’s going on? #Italy beat #Australia?!

More here: www.autumn-internationals.co.uk/2025/

In the early hours of this morning, following 119.6mm of rainfall in 12hrs, the River Monnow burst its banks and flooded Monmouth. The usual river level is just under 2m, this morning it was 6.63m- even higher than the record-breaking level during the floods in 2020 (6.57m). Absolutely devastating.

What a win from #England! Dominant second half except for an inevitable, but thankfully brief attempt to panic and throw it all away.

England’s last ten matches:

33-19 NZL 
38-18 FIJ 
25-7 AUS
40-5 USA
22-17 ARG
35-12 ARG
68-14 WAL
47-24 ITA
16-15 SCO
26-25 FRA

#Rugby #AutumnInternationals

England storm back to topple All Blacks at Twickenham England rallied from 12-0 down with 25 unanswered points to beat a ragged New Zealand 33-19 at Twickenham.

England storm back to topple All Blacks at Twickenham (✍️@RTErugby) #Rugby #EnglandRugby #AllBlacks

England vs New Zealand LIVE: Rugby Autumn Internationals score, line-ups, radio & updates Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live commentary and follow build-up, team news, score and text updates as England host New Zealand at Allianz Stadium.

I really don’t want to jinx this but…I can’t help myself. England lead the All Blacks by 25-12 in the second half. If they win, that would be 10 matches in a row…

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

Some VERY excited commentary on the landing of the New Glen NG2 booster (stage 1) on the autonomous barge 'Jaclyn' in the Atlantic ocean yesterday, per @nasaspaceflight.com

LANDED IT! That was crazy! Looked like it was going to miss, but slid back into the target and pretty much hovered to the deck and nailed it!

The New Glenn heavy launcher (Blue Origin) became the third partially-reusable (unmanned) launch system in history by landing on a barge in the Atlantic after launching the two #NASA ESCAPADE #Mars orbiters, built by @rocketlabcorp.com.

• S1 = methalox

• S2 = hydrolox

• Specific Impulse = 445 sec

Does anyone out there have any sense as to what degree #AI is playing into this increase in the unemployment rate in the #UK?

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

BIG NEWS indeed!

European Service Module-4 is ready to sail In a few days, ESA’s fourth European Service Module will leave the integration halls of Airbus in Bremen, Germany, setting sail across the Atlantic Ocean in the next step of its journey. The module wi...

🌍➡️🌙 @esa.int’s fourth European Service Module is about to leave Airbus in Bremen 🇩🇪 for NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
Once there, it will be joined with Orion’s crew module and its European-built solar array wings to power Artemis IV on its journey to the Moon.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

As per BBC World Service on 9/11/25: astonishing suggestion that if no significant rain falls in Nov, #Tehran, a city of 10 million, could be evacuated and permanently moved. Local reservoir is at 8% of capacity. #ClimateChange and mismanagement are the major factors. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...