Andrew Robinson (no, not Garak)

I'm sad to say that since leaving Twitter/X my sales for live shows have dropped quite a lot - it turns out that even though it's a dreadful place it was still useful for getting the word out about events. So any shares / RTs of my posts about live shows are hugely appreciated!

Lobstertarianism is actually a strong political system, I think the watchdog group needs to take a look at the Krill political structure for actual, comparable incompetence

Sopwith Schneider with upper wing mounted in place.

Success!

#HistScaleModels

Sopwith Schneider floatplane, now with propeller and sitting on floats. No upper wing mounted yet. That's the difficult part!

Sopwith Schneider starting to look a bit more like a floatplane. The float assembly isn't glued on yet, because I want to fit the upper wing first.
#HistScaleModels

You are the second person in my mentions to choose Stan and Ollie. Great choice 👍

One reason I like link and length tracks!

still got a few left. interested grad students & contingent folks, email me your mailing address and i’ll send you a free hard copy.

Writing in a jokey tone to your wife is in fact one of the main benefits of having a wife. Once again, why are you outsourcing the fun part of existence to the machine.

A P-51B of the USAAC painted in black and white dazzle camouflage.

I've been meaning to tackle a model of the dazzle P-51 for years!

This is a good thread, and widely applicable across academic disciplines. 👇

Or HMS Dazzler in suitable camouflage!

Could have had Defiant or Dasher...

It looks like they used the "D" class destroyers from the 1930s for the names, omitting HMS Dainty, HMS Delight, HMS Diana and HMS Decoy.

Could they please tell their counterparts in Ottawa?

Symmetrical arrangement with the centre of mass in the middle of box. ✔️
However, mass distribution towards the ends of the box will cause the box to flex more along the long axis.😃

Comedy geniuses

Stop scrolling and post two characters who always bring you joy.

A very good version too ✔️

a man in a white tuxedo singing into a microphone with a drum set in the background Alt: Bryan Ferry in a white tuxedo singing into a microphone with a drum set in the background

The Roxy Music version of "Jealous Guy" is much better than John Lennon's original.

Stop scrolling and post two characters who always bring you joy.

Play cricket instead 🏏

Stop scrolling and post two characters who always bring you joy.

“Pain is often an unintended consequence of my plans, Pinky.”

Stop scrolling and post two characters who always bring you joy.

Absolutely 💯

Stop scrolling and post two characters who always bring you joy.

As usual, there's *always* an appropriate Shakespeare quote!

Agreed. It's off theme.

Always liked how early the Royal Navy started down its path of giving its most lethal warships embarrassing names.

Nothing worse than discovering you've just had the crap kicked out of you, in naval terms, by the "Peter Pomegranate"

Admiral Adam Duncan, Napoleonic era offficer.

And then we saw Tungsten out with Oxygen, and it was WO, oxygen already has a SO.