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side view of a British destroyer, with two funnels, at sea.

Meet the destroyer HMS Glowworm. In April 1940 she was forced to fight the German Heavy Cruiser Admiral Hipper, ten times her size, and Hipper's destroyer escorts.

Her extraordinary last stand earned her captain the first Victoria Cross of WW2. In part because THE GERMANS nominated him for one /1 🧵

Visiting Glencoe so had to recreate this Bond shot.

On a family trip up to Scotland and unintentionally used Storm Floris to test the waterproofness on the van. Couple of drips where the person before only siliconed the solar cables! The lakes are beautiful when you can see them through the rain.

Whoever the young lady grabbing the players hands out of the prince's hand is fantastic, so excited and enthusiastic. #lionesses

Does that make the #Lionesses the most successful England team? Honestly don't know how these things are done but a fantastic result.

Israeli tactics:

1. Stop aid entering Gaza
2. Deny famine is taking place
3. When famine becomes undeniable, stall as long as possible
4. When western pressure mounts, do the minimum possible
5. When western attention moves on, return to step 1.

🧵 It’s worryingly easy to state numbers with no context so ppl can weaponise them to fit their narrative. For example, Reform’s Sarah Pochin confidently claimed (yelled) on the BBC that it’s a ‘fact’ that Afghans and Eritreans are more likely to commit sexual assaults. She was corrected by the

Just finished watching The Gold on BBC. We now need a Nicki & Tony (Charlotte Spencer & Emun Elliot) spin off.

My partner swears they saw a news story earlier about 2 blokes breaking into a military base with codes and a letter from their solicitor. Can't find it anywhere now. I trust that she saw it, anyone else? Interested and not being all tin foil hat...

I have just found out that Dire Straits are not in fact from the US. I'm still not sure I believe it and think I may have to start a conspiracy theory to prove I've been right for the last 40 years.

Looks fantastic

Just found the Glastonbury set on iPlayer.

@nndroid.bsky.social thanks for the Goat recommendation. Just spent my commute starting to decide where to start, but I like it!

Finger food 3D pasta - Spectacular effect on the plate A line of 3D-printed dry pasta designed specifically to take finger food tasting to its highest level. It is very easy to prepare while having a spectacular effect on the plate.

3d printed pasta! Just need an overdraft to try it. artisia.com/en/collectio...

Various computer bits

Weekend project. Knocking together a TrueNAS out of bits and pieces...

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Battery is already full and the hot water is heated due to the recent amazing weather. We're trying to figure out what to charge/switch on/use at 14:00!

YouTube video by Will Teece BBC 6 Music Adamand Joe- Quantum Of Solace Theme

Still the best Bond theme ever youtu.be/H8hAMhLoQUc?...

And #homeassistant and #esphome experiment 2, a PIR, light meter and mmWave unit for my office. So easy in esphome. Custom PCB from JLC PCB.

Weekend #homeassistant and #esphome experiment 1. External temperature, garage door contact and lux meter for automating things when it's dark or overcast. Couple more bits to add in time.

Well that was a surprise, I was not expecting a Lancaster to be flying over this afternoon.

Playing with mmWave presence and PIRs with #ESPHome and #HomeAssistant. The LD2450 presence sensor is working nicely but the BS412 PIR is insanely sensitive, far too many false triggers... back to the drawing board.

What to expect next:

– Escalation framed as “restoring order”
– Mass arrests under vague pretexts
– Targeting of protest organisers and journalists
– Expansion of emergency powers
– Demonisation of dissent as “terrorism”

@netflix.com more Dept Q please! Great series...

The 31-month sentence for Lucy Connolly for a tweet has been the subject of fierce media coverage.

Here I set out a balanced explanation of this sentence and how, had she not followed good legal advice, the sentence could have been even heavier.

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Had a little while on the lathe and made a little apple wood pot, still green so I'm expecting it to twist and split a bit. The colours are fantastic. #woodturning

Close up of an oak burl offcut

An oak burl offcut

Apple wood ready to dry

Rowan wood ready to dry

Finally got round to processing some apple wood I collected earlier in the year, also next door had a rowan taken down and then over the weekend I was given an oak burl offcut. Lots to dry and then turn. #woodturning

A tiny woodturned practice pot

A small ash vase with fantastic patterning

After a long while I got some woodturning done this morning, lots of prep, a few little pots to practice and a nice ash bud vase.

He’s not who you think.

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Heaven 25%
Disneyland 10%
The Lost City of Atlantis 25%
Narnia 35%
Hogwarts 10%
Oz 15%
Enid Blyton’s Toytown 10%
Middle-Earth 30%
Jurassic Park 12%
Utopia 15%
Kanye West 25%
Kanye East 15%
Nipple 10%
Paris Hilton 30%
Rod Hull 10%.