David Preston
@dave1957.bsky.social
Retired, hobby photographer, wool, atheist, spectrum dweller, Lancastrian, Liverpudlophile
And then some!
November 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
And then some!
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I realise it's a few days after Remembrance Day, but this only just surfaced on my feed, and it's never too late to remember.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9e...
The Last Post by Dire Straits guitarist, Mark Knopfler | Commonwealth War Graves Commission | #CWGC
YouTube video by Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I realise it's a few days after Remembrance Day, but this only just surfaced on my feed, and it's never too late to remember.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9e...
Canada goose and a herring gull, from my little trip up to Windermere today.
#birds #photography #lakedistrict
#birds #photography #lakedistrict
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Canada goose and a herring gull, from my little trip up to Windermere today.
#birds #photography #lakedistrict
#birds #photography #lakedistrict
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Just needs a goal to get it going, this game.
November 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Just needs a goal to get it going, this game.
Poor decision, that.
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Poor decision, that.
Always liked Baccarat.
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Always liked Baccarat.
1978 World Cup,Archie Gemmill vs Holland
YouTube video by albaoilcommunity
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November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
'Cloudflare outage takes down X and ChatGPT'
Every cloud(flare outage) has a silver lining.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Every cloud(flare outage) has a silver lining.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cloudflare down: X and more apps hit by internet outage
The company says it is working to understand the full impact of a problem which potentially
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
'Cloudflare outage takes down X and ChatGPT'
Every cloud(flare outage) has a silver lining.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Every cloud(flare outage) has a silver lining.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Birdoftheday alternative is #Blurry? No problem. These two masterpieces were taken within two minutes of each other.
1. Turns out 1/640th of a second isn't quick enough, even if the great tit was all in frame.
2. 'Just' missed focus on a robin (Eurasian robin).
#CrapBirdPhotography
1. Turns out 1/640th of a second isn't quick enough, even if the great tit was all in frame.
2. 'Just' missed focus on a robin (Eurasian robin).
#CrapBirdPhotography
November 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
#Birdoftheday alternative is #Blurry? No problem. These two masterpieces were taken within two minutes of each other.
1. Turns out 1/640th of a second isn't quick enough, even if the great tit was all in frame.
2. 'Just' missed focus on a robin (Eurasian robin).
#CrapBirdPhotography
1. Turns out 1/640th of a second isn't quick enough, even if the great tit was all in frame.
2. 'Just' missed focus on a robin (Eurasian robin).
#CrapBirdPhotography
So let me get this straight. AI plunders people's creativity and ignores copyright, and now this gormless government is going to subsidise AI's profligate use of energy? They can fuck right off.
Brits to help foot power bill for datacenters under government AI plans
Brits to help foot power bill for datacenters under government AI plans
Cheaper electricity to lure bit barns north as planning fast-track kicks in
While UK households face some of the world's highest energy prices, datacenter operators are set to receive electricity discounts under government plans to accelerate AI infrastructure development.…
dlvr.it
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
So let me get this straight. AI plunders people's creativity and ignores copyright, and now this gormless government is going to subsidise AI's profligate use of energy? They can fuck right off.
Treat yourself - 4½ minutes of wonder.
(With bonus 'Onedin Line' music if you're as old as me.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANhA...
(With bonus 'Onedin Line' music if you're as old as me.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANhA...
Strandbeest evolution 2025
YouTube video by theo jansen
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Treat yourself - 4½ minutes of wonder.
(With bonus 'Onedin Line' music if you're as old as me.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANhA...
(With bonus 'Onedin Line' music if you're as old as me.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANhA...
November 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I could listen to this all day.
🪕 Voici le shamisen, le « banjo japonais ». Avec ses trois cordes en soie ou en nylon (shamisen signifie, littéralement, « trois cordes parfumées »), cet instrument qui remonte au XVIe siècle traverse l'histoire à toute allure sans prendre une ride.
🎥 Instagram : sayo.komada
🎥 Instagram : sayo.komada
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I could listen to this all day.