Frogfall

I've noticed an insidious rise in trolls and shitposters, recently, on Bluesky. It's feeling a bit more like the Xitter world from which many of us were trying to escape. I'm not surprised if its stopping sensible people from bothering. Masto still feels slightly less threatening, though.

Of course it's on the App. And reported on the day. Shitposters like you are not helping anyone. Go back to X where you belong.

At least 153 dead after reported strike on school, Iran says Iran has blamed the US and Israel for the strike; the US is looking into reports of the incident, while the IDF says it is

Does the BBC count as "the media"?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The replies to this post look more like X/Twitter than early Bluesky. Unfortunately, it seems the shitposters, trolls, and attack dogs have now migrated.

God, and other 1980s album titles Friends of Hell and the Mona Lisa’s Sister – ALWYN TURNER’s favourite album titles of the 1980s.

From Let It Bee to Filth Hounds of Hades, the eighty best/worst British album titles of the 1980s.
thelionandunicorn.com/2026/02/28/g...

Colne Valley Railway Modifications consultation. If you missed the Slaithwaite session on Tuesday, there is another, tomorrow, in Marsden. Proposal documents here:
www.smart-rail.co.uk?p=2696
#Huddersfield #Pennines #WestYorkshire #Rail #Railway

I think I'd take this story a bit more seriously if Jeff Bezos didn't own the Washington Post. Yes, I can see that it would help some people, but it's also a way to encourage the sale of both formats to more customers.

Some sketchbook doodles leading up to the cartoon below. Sadly there was no space for Kate Bush in the final artwork. #wutheringheights

The original art is now here: www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale

Nice. Includes many reasons why I rarely listen to anybody's damned podcast.

Why I Hate Your Podcast Bill Wyman hates your podcast. Not for one thing it does. Nor for two. But for twenty three reasons.

Every podcaster should read this article regularly.

Looks good to me. Just a fusion variant of a filled Yorkshire pudding. Where can I try one?

Advertise your accent with a gif

The website is a bit OTT. What's wrong with a simple list of documents, and links to illustrations?

Picard management tip: Humility without confidence is sheepishness. Confidence without humility is arrogance.

Stairs by M. C. Escher...

(Satire) Front page of the Daily Planet. Headline: Trump Repeals Law of Gravity.

Nickel wire pieces, originally part of the cathode of a simple electrochemical cell, photographed in a cloud chamber, following electrolysis. #LENR

As the researchers note, getting evidence for this type of activity is usually difficult (or impossible), using most of the other “radiation detection methods” used in the lab.

But use the right method, and here it is - for all to see.

A simple and elegant experiment - well executed, and clearly written-up.

The evidence for nuclear effects, within metal lattices, following the absorption of hydrogen atoms, has long been argued about. (n.b. "Hydrogen embrittlement" is still not understood.)

Nice preprint. #LENR
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...

T-Shirt printed with Gary Larson's enigmatic "Cow Tools" cartoon.

It had to be done.
@cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social

A perverse inversion of the "Prisoner's Dilemma".

Nathan Gill pleading guilty and being sentenced to 10.5 yrs for accepting Russian bribes should have been enough to take down the party completely - but like Trump, they play by different rules.

If they were ever to reach govt they'd weaponise the rule of law against us, again just like Trump.

The Goodies - Invasion Of The Moon Creatures

All this talk of "Bad Bunny" reminds me of the original bad bunnies...
www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ewjb0

Boyling has arrived at the #spycops inquiry with a new look. Straight out of central casting for #slowhorses. Cross between Jackson Lamb & River Cartwright. Turtle neck sweater rather than shirt & tie going for academic or Mission Impossible vibes. #PaidToLie #chameleon

This is part of the oddly named "Mrs Sunderland Festival". Details here: www.mrssunderlandfestival.com

There is already a pedestrian underpass, beneath the ring road. It was closed for a few years, but is now fully open again.

Event details | Kirklees Council Delivering information for individuals, businesses and organisations about this area in the Yorkshire Pennines area of England.

If you are a "senior citizen", like me, why not re-live your youth at a Daytime Disco? Huddersfield town hall is running one on the afternoon of Friday 20th February, as part of the "Mrs.S Festival".
#Huddersfield #Kirklees #WestYorkshire #DaytimeDisco www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/town-ha...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4z_...

Phrases used by characters in plays are rarely original. The phrase has to to be recognisable (or will be misheard by the audience), and has to serve a semiotic purpose signposting class and personality. It suggests it was already in circulation, amongst a certain class, and has been lost.

If you want to following along with the Artemis II WDR, i've created this little tool that displays the WDR timeline and live-streams, try it out here x37b.nl/artemis/

Note: it is total crappy code, things may break and I might update it "live" so you have been warned :)

#ArtemisII