Dreadnought Holiday
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Snarky history. Hideous French battleships. Nautical nonsense. Always check the alt text.
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This here is one of the great U-boat hunters of the Second World War.
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
Starting a temporary thread of threads so I can find stuff again, starting with a subject close to my heart...
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Whatever your feelings are on artificial intelligence, A.I. has nothing to do with the purpose of the alt attribute or alt text. To suggest that people deliberately write misleading alt text in order to "stick it to A.I." is going to hurt the humans who rely on it to access the web.
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Whatever your feelings are on artificial intelligence, A.I. has nothing to do with the purpose of the alt attribute or alt text. To suggest that people deliberately write misleading alt text in order to "stick it to A.I." is going to hurt the humans who rely on it to access the web.
Prove you are a genuine Russian armed auxiliary ship with this simple Kamcaptcha...
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Prove you are a genuine Russian armed auxiliary ship with this simple Kamcaptcha...
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Apparently I’m on Wrecks that Changed the World (Episode 4) on PBS this evening, talking about HMS Prince of Wales, Pearl Harbor etc. I wasn’t even sure they’d ever made the programme (I did a day of interviews at FAAM between lockdowns and never heard any more from them)
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Apparently I’m on Wrecks that Changed the World (Episode 4) on PBS this evening, talking about HMS Prince of Wales, Pearl Harbor etc. I wasn’t even sure they’d ever made the programme (I did a day of interviews at FAAM between lockdowns and never heard any more from them)
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Did anyone else read EKRANOPLAN and then sing this immediately aftewrwards?
two pink stuffed animals are standing next to each other .
ALT: two pink stuffed animals are standing next to each other .
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November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Did anyone else read EKRANOPLAN and then sing this immediately aftewrwards?
The superior monorail
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November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The superior monorail
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Regret to announce the tech bros have accidentally reinvented the Listowel and Ballybunion Railway.
By investing in Monocab Owl, the EU is revolutionising sustainable commuting.
A gyro-stabilised monorail offers autonomous, on-demand transport, boosting rural connectivity. 🚆
Do you know any other innovative transport solutions?
📸© Monocab Owl
#WorldSustainableTransportDay
A gyro-stabilised monorail offers autonomous, on-demand transport, boosting rural connectivity. 🚆
Do you know any other innovative transport solutions?
📸© Monocab Owl
#WorldSustainableTransportDay
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Regret to announce the tech bros have accidentally reinvented the Listowel and Ballybunion Railway.
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Would have been the best naval shitposter in history
Admiral of the Fleet John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, GCM, OM, GCVO.
Oversaw the development of the first all modern battleship HMS Dreadnought.
Oversaw the development of the first battlecruiser HMS Invincible.
And the first known human to use "OMG" as shorthand for "Oh my God" in a letter.
Oversaw the development of the first all modern battleship HMS Dreadnought.
Oversaw the development of the first battlecruiser HMS Invincible.
And the first known human to use "OMG" as shorthand for "Oh my God" in a letter.
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Would have been the best naval shitposter in history
"We've sorted out all the problems" might have been a bit premature then?
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"We've sorted out all the problems" might have been a bit premature then?
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Regret to announce the tech bros have accidentally reinvented the Listowel and Ballybunion Railway.
By investing in Monocab Owl, the EU is revolutionising sustainable commuting.
A gyro-stabilised monorail offers autonomous, on-demand transport, boosting rural connectivity. 🚆
Do you know any other innovative transport solutions?
📸© Monocab Owl
#WorldSustainableTransportDay
A gyro-stabilised monorail offers autonomous, on-demand transport, boosting rural connectivity. 🚆
Do you know any other innovative transport solutions?
📸© Monocab Owl
#WorldSustainableTransportDay
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Regret to announce the tech bros have accidentally reinvented the Listowel and Ballybunion Railway.
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Just seen a reel of an American eating a Chocolate Orange by just…..biting into it. Like an apple.
I need a lie down.
I need a lie down.
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Just seen a reel of an American eating a Chocolate Orange by just…..biting into it. Like an apple.
I need a lie down.
I need a lie down.
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This is a hell of a thing. A terrifyingly low level attack on a power station near Paris in 1943 by Free French crew flying RAF Bostons (the British A-20 Havoc bomber variant). The A-20 was not the most agile aircraft ever, so this kind of flying under radar is a real feat.
youtu.be/1LyqGo6dz2I
youtu.be/1LyqGo6dz2I
Dramatic low level flying bomber footage (1943)
YouTube video by British Pathé
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This is a hell of a thing. A terrifyingly low level attack on a power station near Paris in 1943 by Free French crew flying RAF Bostons (the British A-20 Havoc bomber variant). The A-20 was not the most agile aircraft ever, so this kind of flying under radar is a real feat.
youtu.be/1LyqGo6dz2I
youtu.be/1LyqGo6dz2I
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So apparently the correct response to shopping centre Santa ringing his bell is not to shout "bring out your dead!"
No sense of humour, some people...
No sense of humour, some people...
December 16, 2024 at 1:09 PM
So apparently the correct response to shopping centre Santa ringing his bell is not to shout "bring out your dead!"
No sense of humour, some people...
No sense of humour, some people...
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Bit of an interesting thing in the image here, which is from a copy of Peter of Langtoft's Chronicle held by the British library...
On this day in 1120, the White Ship sank en route from Barfleur to Southampton. William Ætheling, King Henry I’s only legitimate son and heir to the throne, drowned whilst trying to save his half-sister, Matilda of Perche, who also perished.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Bit of an interesting thing in the image here, which is from a copy of Peter of Langtoft's Chronicle held by the British library...
This is like watching Time Team back in the day
so I have finally started digging the trench in the garden for the French drain
would you all like to guess what I found
would you all like to guess what I found
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This is like watching Time Team back in the day
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Firefighters onboard MV ONE Henry Hudson have taken the term surround and drown to a new level with 80% flooding of cargo hold #3 in which the burning containers were contained.
Crews are piercing any containers with hot spots to cool. The scene has been turned over to the salvage company.
Crews are piercing any containers with hot spots to cool. The scene has been turned over to the salvage company.
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Firefighters onboard MV ONE Henry Hudson have taken the term surround and drown to a new level with 80% flooding of cargo hold #3 in which the burning containers were contained.
Crews are piercing any containers with hot spots to cool. The scene has been turned over to the salvage company.
Crews are piercing any containers with hot spots to cool. The scene has been turned over to the salvage company.
Bit of an interesting thing in the image here, which is from a copy of Peter of Langtoft's Chronicle held by the British library...
On this day in 1120, the White Ship sank en route from Barfleur to Southampton. William Ætheling, King Henry I’s only legitimate son and heir to the throne, drowned whilst trying to save his half-sister, Matilda of Perche, who also perished.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Bit of an interesting thing in the image here, which is from a copy of Peter of Langtoft's Chronicle held by the British library...
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On this day in 1120, the White Ship sank en route from Barfleur to Southampton. William Ætheling, King Henry I’s only legitimate son and heir to the throne, drowned whilst trying to save his half-sister, Matilda of Perche, who also perished.
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1/4
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
On this day in 1120, the White Ship sank en route from Barfleur to Southampton. William Ætheling, King Henry I’s only legitimate son and heir to the throne, drowned whilst trying to save his half-sister, Matilda of Perche, who also perished.
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Looking for a fully-funded three year PhD, starting in April 2026?
The University of Portsmouth and The Mary Rose Trust are looking for PHD students to undertake correlative multimodal materials analysis of the Mary Rose hull! #PHDOpportunities
Interested? - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
The University of Portsmouth and The Mary Rose Trust are looking for PHD students to undertake correlative multimodal materials analysis of the Mary Rose hull! #PHDOpportunities
Interested? - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
Jobs and volunteering - Mary Rose
Jobs, academic placements and volunteering opportunities at the Mary Rose Trust.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Looking for a fully-funded three year PhD, starting in April 2026?
The University of Portsmouth and The Mary Rose Trust are looking for PHD students to undertake correlative multimodal materials analysis of the Mary Rose hull! #PHDOpportunities
Interested? - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
The University of Portsmouth and The Mary Rose Trust are looking for PHD students to undertake correlative multimodal materials analysis of the Mary Rose hull! #PHDOpportunities
Interested? - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
All fair criticisms, but in my defence I've kept extraordinarily quiet about my money
I'm not saying that the world's first trillionaire is a miserable git but there's no love, beauty, joy, enthusiasm, silliness or fun in his social media feed.
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
All fair criticisms, but in my defence I've kept extraordinarily quiet about my money
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This clip was even better and more relaxing than I was expecting.
My cat arrived to see what was going on too.
My cat arrived to see what was going on too.
November 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This clip was even better and more relaxing than I was expecting.
My cat arrived to see what was going on too.
My cat arrived to see what was going on too.
Just chilling out with my bird friends...
November 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Just chilling out with my bird friends...
What career path?
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
What career path?
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A recent question in Parliament has inexplicably clarified the government’s position on whether the Royal Navy should return to the two power standard.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/minister-rul...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/minister-rul...
Minister rules out two power standard for Royal Navy
A recent question in Parliament has inexplicably clarified the government’s position on whether the Royal Navy should return to the two power standard.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
November 22, 2025 at 6:44 AM
A recent question in Parliament has inexplicably clarified the government’s position on whether the Royal Navy should return to the two power standard.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/minister-rul...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/minister-rul...