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Fokker Triplane pursued by Sopwith Triplane

Three German Albatross biplanes

Great thread. Here’s a cheat sheet:
Fokker on the left, Albatrosses on the right. Thanks Peter Jackson!

Three biplanes called Albatrosses fly in formation through a blue sky, with a Fokker biplane in the background

I was disappointed to hear about the nodding in the audience while I was shouting at my phone, but this thread is total redemption. If you like Albatrosses (and Camels) get yourself to Masterton, NZ

Tron gives an inaccurate impression of how many guys live in your computer. It makes it seem like thousands of guys are in there. In reality only about 10 guys live in your computer and less than half of them ride motorcycles

There’s a passage in Justin Marshall’s autobiography about how he was nearly strangled when senior players grabbed his ABs tie as he tried to sit too close to the back of the team bus. He concludes his near death experience was a sign of good team spirit.

Evelyn But The Girl.

This right here is an excellent use of social media

The original Far Side Cow Tools Cartoon by Gary Larson. A cow stands on its hind legs behind a table, staring blankly at the viewer from behind its heavy brow ridge. On the table are four crudely made tools: a lump, a lump with an offset crooked handle, a long stick with hooked prongs at the end, and a crude handsaw with irregular teeth. In the background a barn sits on a hill. Caption reads, "Cow tools."

43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.

Crowing about removing the concept that "Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories has been shaped by the use of power", I guess means Act subscribes to the 'no thoughts, head empty' theory of history as a series of random events that include 'Ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece' where no power was exercised.

buying a knife from TV and just using it to chop up shoes and pipes and stuff cause that's the only part of the ad you saw. you think it's a knife for chopping up sneakers for fun. and it is fun. you're thrilled with the purchase. but shoe costs add up fast. soon you're stealing your friends' shoes,

as a long time and well known Bobb Semple Supremacist, I endorse this message.

still hurting that this didn't feature in Girls und Panzer

A 3 by 5 grid of warning lights from a car dashboard. Sauron has broken your car You have trapped your arms in the seatbelt The genie has wet the bed Your steering wheel looks like a sloth You're being spied on by an owl The exhaust pipe is in your windscreen A Victorian submarine has landed on you You're not ripped enough to drive Your tyres are on fire You need to restring your lyre Your radio is too old-fashioned A dead Japanese girl will kill you in a week Your vision is obscured by bubble-gum There are marbles in your silencer You are not a number. You are a free man

Ever wondered what those engine management lights mean?

YouTube video by Classic Pop The Lemonheads - The Outdoor Type (Video)

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60th anniversary of Bowie’s “pet” stereo yours for just £28,500
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Give us Oktoberfest round you cowards #SYDvCCM

Am I so out of touch? no, it's the teachers, doctors and nurses who are wronflg

My friend @suburbanennui.bsky.social with his epic sign #nzpol #nzstrike

You’re skeeting my Cold War childhood. Semi-comforting. We survived that, right?

I'm at Gare Du Nord. Guy in front of me is way overdressed. Dripping with jewels, wearing three crowns, a diamond ring on every finger. He's sweating loads too. Looks kinda nervous. Pretty sure his moustache is fake too. Takes all sorts.

This could be fun. Also - Dave Save! That you @kiwiburgerer.bsky.social ?

BBC headline - Titan submersible inked sure to poor engineering, say US officials - above an image of the submersible in happier times, eg when it hadn't yet imploded and turned its occupants into a seawater-flavoured paste.

"Titan submersible imploded due to poor engineering, say US officials."

Also experts, amateurs, people consigned to asylums for congenital lunacy, people who've never heard of submersibles before, a tortoise called Alan and literally anyone else hearing the vaguest description of it.

Pretty sure I literally watched this on a rainy holiday weekend in Leigh, a beach town north of Auckland. I may recall some nice Hudson action, but not much else.

If you see this, quote post with a sword:
It’s 2007 and I’m off to a fancy dress party. If you killed my father, you’re in for a bad night.

Kudos to AvSpecs. Would’ve loved a KA 114 style victory tour after final assembly.

we should have paid attention to the dangers of cyberspace as predicted by Lawnmower Man (1992)

Sunday

@taikonaut.bsky.social what’s your Trebuchet Name? Would @nzadt.bsky.social be Snide Sibling?

QFT

Now it’s landed safely I can reveal this is just another pilot keen to draw a cock and balls on Flight Radar

Just for clarity, the unemployment numbers under this government may look terrible, but keep in mind, Luxon has driven tens of thousands of Kiwis overseas as well, so its actually far worse. These numbers are just the ones that couldnt leave.

Pouring one out for the original Kanganaut

@taikonaut.bsky.social I figured you should be notified of your new comrade/rival