Dave
@davemck.bsky.social
Glaswegian nerdy type, former rocket surgeon, now doing controls & model based design. Massive fan of MATLAB, Simulink & test driven development (TDD).
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Dave
@davemck.bsky.social
· Jun 23
For some reason, I bought a 3D printer a few weeks ago. Goodness knows I've not got the spare time for it, but it's been quite nice to muck about with.
I've slowly been printing some Warhammer like bits because one of the kids has some Warhammer friends, who really have Warhammer Dads.
I've slowly been printing some Warhammer like bits because one of the kids has some Warhammer friends, who really have Warhammer Dads.
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Sometimes I search “TikToks with vine energy” on YouTube. You’re welcome
December 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Sometimes I search “TikToks with vine energy” on YouTube. You’re welcome
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The fuck it can...
Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things
December 8, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The fuck it can...
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The Museum of Food Anomalies
Museum of Food Anomalies • Hanttula
The Museum of Food Anomalies™ is an online exhibition of real food gone horribly wrong - exposing horrific aberrations of nature with incredible photos!
www.hanttula.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:36 AM
The Museum of Food Anomalies
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Glad to see people talking about Penn Jillette. The 2024 interview was done by me. I found him to be a refreshingly reflective, self-critical individual who has remained curious and willing to evolve.
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Glad to see people talking about Penn Jillette. The 2024 interview was done by me. I found him to be a refreshingly reflective, self-critical individual who has remained curious and willing to evolve.
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Shopping small is meaningful!
November 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Shopping small is meaningful!
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When the moonlight leaves the lake, she will be a swan once more. 🦢
December 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
When the moonlight leaves the lake, she will be a swan once more. 🦢
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It’s such a weird juxtaposition where I’ll spend the next few weeks listening to music telling me to be better and kinder to others when the folk who complain that there should be more of that kind of music ignore those messages.
Go figure
Go figure
December 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
It’s such a weird juxtaposition where I’ll spend the next few weeks listening to music telling me to be better and kinder to others when the folk who complain that there should be more of that kind of music ignore those messages.
Go figure
Go figure
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
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ADHD isn't just about being distractible, or chatting a lot. Deficits in executive function increase mood swings. It's harder not to ruminate on difficult or painful memories. It's harder to reason your way out of a spiral. Emotional pain cuts deeper. It fundamentally affects how you experience life
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ADHD isn't just about being distractible, or chatting a lot. Deficits in executive function increase mood swings. It's harder not to ruminate on difficult or painful memories. It's harder to reason your way out of a spiral. Emotional pain cuts deeper. It fundamentally affects how you experience life
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I started on ADHD meds for the first time in September. I took a day off today, &... the difference between my medicated & unmedicated brain is *substantial*. It is quite the shift to realise you've been asked to cope with life in a state akin to being bonked on the head by a coconut daily.
December 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I started on ADHD meds for the first time in September. I took a day off today, &... the difference between my medicated & unmedicated brain is *substantial*. It is quite the shift to realise you've been asked to cope with life in a state akin to being bonked on the head by a coconut daily.
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I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
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Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year
December 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year
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BREAKING: Nigel Farage has been reported to police by a former member of his campaign team over claims of falsified election expenses. Given the serious nature of the allegations the Met’s specialist crime group will assess the documents that have been submitted.
December 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
BREAKING: Nigel Farage has been reported to police by a former member of his campaign team over claims of falsified election expenses. Given the serious nature of the allegations the Met’s specialist crime group will assess the documents that have been submitted.
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All the major holidays covered!
Halloween 🎃
Christmas 🎄
Easter 🐣
Dinosaurs 🦖
Pirates 🏴☠️
Halloween 🎃
Christmas 🎄
Easter 🐣
Dinosaurs 🦖
Pirates 🏴☠️
December 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
All the major holidays covered!
Halloween 🎃
Christmas 🎄
Easter 🐣
Dinosaurs 🦖
Pirates 🏴☠️
Halloween 🎃
Christmas 🎄
Easter 🐣
Dinosaurs 🦖
Pirates 🏴☠️
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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They've been remanded in custardy!
December 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
They've been remanded in custardy!
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I think we’ve found the most British crime:
Four people have been arrested after custard and apple crumble were flung at a display case containing part of the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.
Four people have been arrested after custard and apple crumble were flung at a display case containing part of the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.
Four arrested after Tower of London display case containing State Crown defaced
The group Take Back Power says its members poured custard and apple crumble on the Crown Jewels display.
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I think we’ve found the most British crime:
Four people have been arrested after custard and apple crumble were flung at a display case containing part of the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.
Four people have been arrested after custard and apple crumble were flung at a display case containing part of the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.
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Anyone noticed how UK media is a lot less obsessed with Farage’s alleged antisemitism than Corbyn’s alleged antisemitism?
Odd that.
Odd that.
December 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Anyone noticed how UK media is a lot less obsessed with Farage’s alleged antisemitism than Corbyn’s alleged antisemitism?
Odd that.
Odd that.
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Elf is a Die Hard movie.
December 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Elf is a Die Hard movie.
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![[Scene is a JOB INTERVIEW. The bosses taking the interview are FATHER and MOTHER CHRISTMAS. In the chair across the desk from is the interviewee: RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER, sitting legs crossed. Rudolph is effusive and expressive with his hands / hooves.]
RUDOLPH:
...and in addition to my sleigh-pulling experience, l just genuinely love working with other reindeer. I mean I'm a real 'reindeer reindeer' you know? Haha!
FATHER CHRISTMAS [Looking delighted]:
Wonderful! Well, I think we've found our candidate...
So, uh...
Rudolph with your nose so bright...
...won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
[A chilly pause. We focus on Rudolph, who folds his arms, looks away in silent fury, his nose casting light about the room as he does so. He drags his eyes back to Father Christmas, his expression now of pure, cold contempt.]
RUDOLPH:
So this is about my nose.
FATHER CHRISTMAS:
One of my bulbs has gone.
RUDOLPH:
Go to Halfords!
FATHER CHRISTMAS:
It's closed till Tuesday.
RUDOLPH:
No, right, OK... I get it... this is like a narrative thing for you, isn't it?
[Rolling his eyes, gesticulating, getting more angry as he begins to rant]:
Like...powerful white male saves the shunned outsider by making a gimmick of their difference?
[We see Father and Mother Christmas looking awkward, a bit scared, askance at each other]
RUDOLPH:
So in your head, what, like, the other reindeer who've bullied me my whole life will suddenly start respecting Mr Fog Lamp up front?
[Rudolph is waving his hooves now]
I mean, I notice you haven't interviewed my AUNTY for this job. Rita the Red-Arsed Reindeer? She applied!
Her nose is even brighter than mine, but because the disease has spread to her ARSE she's not the right KIND of diversity mascot...
[Finally Rudolph stands up, knocking his chair backwards. Father Christmas looks shocked, Mother Christmas looks terrified.]
RUDOLPH:
This is BULLSHIT!
FATHER CHRISTMAS:
SECURITY...!
[A little Elf enters to tackle Rudolph]
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreie3mb32pphq6abkfu4w62sikexg3dtwyw3qgcrfdcwhoi3o7gbleu@jpeg)
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Have a hard-to-shop-for relative? Take a page from the Blue Heron Farm playbook: Use a sharpie to turn them into a ninja in an old photo and then frame it. 🎁
December 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Have a hard-to-shop-for relative? Take a page from the Blue Heron Farm playbook: Use a sharpie to turn them into a ninja in an old photo and then frame it. 🎁
Something something team Bear.
“And what is the charge? Eating a seal? A succulent Chinese seal? GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY PENIS!”
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Something something team Bear.
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