Ian Pattinson

Flowers of a Gladioli, recently opened.

The Gladioli are flowering finally, despite the damage from wind (and my half arsed efforts to protect it) earlier this week.
#garden

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New post for patrons.
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1 new photos on my Flickr!

Rode podcasting microphone. In the background is the screen I shall be reading from.

Finally recorded my first podcast. Only a decade and a bit behind the curve.
#podcasts

incompetech – Music and also Graph Paper The AI elephant in the room

Making Mini Gundam- 1:220 mecha for a Z Gauge model railway www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8ZC... I've been away from the modelling table for too long. The usual cure for that is a gundam kit. To make this time different, I made three smaller scale mechs, rather than …

Thieves Target Tennessee National Guard Facilities, Stealing Night Vision Googles and More A string of US armory break-ins, kept quiet by authorities for months, points to a growing security crisis—and signs of an inside job.

A string of US armory break-ins, kept quiet by authorities for months, points to a growing security crisis—and signs of an inside job. www.wired.com/story/myster...

Mercedes van, but the company name is Ferrari.

You're not fooling anyone, mate.

The Renold Building makes the Grade (II) The Renold Building on UMIST campus has been granted Grade II listed status. Back when I was studying and, briefly, working, on UMIST campus, I didn't appreciate the architecture around me*. But now,

The Renold Building makes the Grade (II) ift.tt/CALHI3z

The Renold Building on UMIST campus has been granted Grade II listed status. Back when I was studying and, briefly, working, on UMIST campus, I didn’t appreciate the architecture around me*. But now, I’d like to…

#浪漫派マシュマロ no title - かづいせのイラスト - pixiv

I've been listening to songs from Shine collections recently. Okay, they were FLACs, ripped from CDs, but it felt a bit like this.
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You are, far and away, my most imaginary friend.

1 new photos on my Flickr!

In the night between 3rd and 4th August 1974, crowded express train 1486 'Italicus' is travelling from Rome to Munich. At 0.45 it leaves Santa Maria Novella Station in Florence heading for its next scheduled stop in Bologna. It will never arrive [Thread] >> 1

A heron standing on an industrial wheeled bin that has been thrown into a canal.

As elegant as a heron on a bin.
#birdspotting

Voting in the Green Party internal elections.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social for leader is obvious. Now I'm reading statements and doing research on all the other posts.
Conveniently, the TERF minority has a website. Anyone they recommend is getting RON'd, anyone they hate moves up the list.

Front wheel and handlebars of a mountain bike seen through a doorway.

After years parked in corners, my mountain bike now has new brakes and is rideable. It's peeking round the door like an eager puppy, really, really hoping I'll take it out.
#bikes

Left-Wing Lassie is the hero we need.

New in the Spinneyworld shop are these original designs based on the stacking car storage used in many cities. Available in Z (1:220), N (1:150), and OO (1:7... New Products - Z, N, and OO Car Ramps

New Products - Z, N, and OO Car Ramps www.youtube.com/watch?v=m53e... New in the Spinneyworld shop are these original designs based on the stacking car storage used in many cities. Available in Z (1:220), N (1:150), and OO (1:76) gauges, and coming soon in 1:64.
You can buy original mo…

You need to ejaculate 21 times a month to help prevent prostate cancer

Great news: not only am I ahead of the curve with this, I’m also well on the way to being immortal.

A former Japanese idol, now with an office job.
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difficult decision meme button one: get some writing done button two: post memes about writing

Decisions, decisions...

Somebody with a posh enough accent should phone Trump, claim to be Prince Andrew, and start a conversation about their mutual bestie Jeff.
#Epstein

You know, if enough of us say on the internet that it's important to wash your cybertruck with saltwater and lemon juice to preserve the finish, eventually ChatGPT will start telling cybertruck owners that.

2 new photos on my Flickr!

Six magpies on and around her wires of a telephone pole.

Six for Gold.
Very noisy bunch, all very proud that they can fly now.

Fannie Damage

United States, Census, 1920

If Trump is in Scotland, I hope they're leaning in to the stereotype, and feeding him deep fried everything.

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The Smashwords Summer sale ends soon. Go grab some of my books!
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I've signed this, but I'm in the UK. Don't know if/how that might affect it.

If you keep telling people whose concerns aren't valid that they have valid concerns, then they will believe they have valid concerns.

You can't go through life - or politics - without sometimes just straight up telling people they're wrong.

You can be nice about it. But you still have to do it.

3d printed models of car racks, with cars on them, in two different scales.

Yesterday's 3D design project. Car storage racks. Shown here in Z (1:220) and N (1:150). Larger OO (1:76) versions on the printer.
Available from the shop soon.
#modelrailway #blender