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Half of the Elan Valley International Dark Sky Park events team. Assistant school exams officer. Mender, tinkerer, maker. No anti-car zealots or authoritarians of any stripe.
We increasingly seem to be offered the authoritarian left or the authoritarian right. Both will make life miserable in different ways.
January 5, 2026 at 11:05 AM
We increasingly seem to be offered the authoritarian left or the authoritarian right. Both will make life miserable in different ways.
The station building from Monmouth Troy has survived. The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway dismantled, moved, and reconstructed it as a replacement for Winchcombe station.
January 5, 2026 at 8:34 AM
The station building from Monmouth Troy has survived. The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway dismantled, moved, and reconstructed it as a replacement for Winchcombe station.
Shades of the old Blackburn Buccaneer. Where the Royal Navy pilots used to joke about taking off and descending to operational altitude!
January 5, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Shades of the old Blackburn Buccaneer. Where the Royal Navy pilots used to joke about taking off and descending to operational altitude!
He's worse. I don't think George III actively set out to be cruel
January 5, 2026 at 12:04 AM
He's worse. I don't think George III actively set out to be cruel
This was the last time the two smaller children were seen alive. Carried off by the ravenous gulls of Blackpool!
January 4, 2026 at 2:18 PM
This was the last time the two smaller children were seen alive. Carried off by the ravenous gulls of Blackpool!
Distraction from the Epstein files, Krasnov, and the massive insider trading scam masquerading as the US government now.
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Distraction from the Epstein files, Krasnov, and the massive insider trading scam masquerading as the US government now.
I'm beginning to think this is a trademark of Russian bot accounts. They only attack the PM/President of parliamentary democracies - it's always "name" rather than "party they lead". Because they can't make sense of a system where the figurehead is part of government, rather than a dictator.
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 AM
I'm beginning to think this is a trademark of Russian bot accounts. They only attack the PM/President of parliamentary democracies - it's always "name" rather than "party they lead". Because they can't make sense of a system where the figurehead is part of government, rather than a dictator.
Cuffed in front and given a bottle of water. This is rather better treatment than their goon squads employ on people they grab off the street... Evidence of it all being a setup for the cameras, to distract from the orange one being in the Epstein files (and a Russian asset)?
January 4, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Cuffed in front and given a bottle of water. This is rather better treatment than their goon squads employ on people they grab off the street... Evidence of it all being a setup for the cameras, to distract from the orange one being in the Epstein files (and a Russian asset)?
I've been watching Patlabor recently, neat premise.
January 3, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I've been watching Patlabor recently, neat premise.
It already did. FIFA seem happiest when they're buttering up nasty little tinpot dictatorships.
January 3, 2026 at 10:49 AM
It already did. FIFA seem happiest when they're buttering up nasty little tinpot dictatorships.
Bring back starting handles. Think the 2CV was probably the last car you could buy new with one, or maybe the Lada Niva?
January 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Bring back starting handles. Think the 2CV was probably the last car you could buy new with one, or maybe the Lada Niva?
Yeah...might want to look up "Atlantic Conveyor".
January 2, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Yeah...might want to look up "Atlantic Conveyor".
One for the banners at the next round of "No Kings" protests. Expose the hypocrisy
January 2, 2026 at 1:34 PM
One for the banners at the next round of "No Kings" protests. Expose the hypocrisy
This is a rolling road/dynamometer for measuring the power output of locomotives. Caused a headache when the first diesels arrived as it transpired the dyno had been significantly under-recording, leading to diesels being ordered with underpowered engines.
January 2, 2026 at 1:32 PM
This is a rolling road/dynamometer for measuring the power output of locomotives. Caused a headache when the first diesels arrived as it transpired the dyno had been significantly under-recording, leading to diesels being ordered with underpowered engines.
They won't be much better off at home in those cases!
January 2, 2026 at 1:28 PM
They won't be much better off at home in those cases!
They've been at it since 2014. You could make a great start by coming down hard on the constant disinformation which benefits their far right political pets.
January 1, 2026 at 5:19 PM
They've been at it since 2014. You could make a great start by coming down hard on the constant disinformation which benefits their far right political pets.
Ah, a superb owl!
January 1, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Ah, a superb owl!
Apparently there's a noticeable spike in deaths around this time of year. Not necessarily because it's cold and flu season, more as if people are hanging on for one last Xmas, one more New Year's Day.
January 1, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Apparently there's a noticeable spike in deaths around this time of year. Not necessarily because it's cold and flu season, more as if people are hanging on for one last Xmas, one more New Year's Day.
80s and 90s BTCC really was the best era.
January 1, 2026 at 9:25 AM
80s and 90s BTCC really was the best era.
He does know the Russians have previously made the same handful of aircraft circle multiple times, in order to look like an entire squadron of the new type?
December 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
He does know the Russians have previously made the same handful of aircraft circle multiple times, in order to look like an entire squadron of the new type?
They eventually realised that enforced adverts like this had two outcomes. Suddenly everyone knew about downloading films, and rapidly learned that if you downloaded it you didn't have to sit through half an hour of trailers and aggressive shouty threats from the MAFIAA before watching the film.
December 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
They eventually realised that enforced adverts like this had two outcomes. Suddenly everyone knew about downloading films, and rapidly learned that if you downloaded it you didn't have to sit through half an hour of trailers and aggressive shouty threats from the MAFIAA before watching the film.
Signs of collapse? Coded message or hoping people will think it is?
This was one of those spooky radio stations which had the western world very intrigued before 1991, having it devolve to rather sad threats and playing random ballets is a bit of a let-down.
This was one of those spooky radio stations which had the western world very intrigued before 1991, having it devolve to rather sad threats and playing random ballets is a bit of a let-down.
December 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Signs of collapse? Coded message or hoping people will think it is?
This was one of those spooky radio stations which had the western world very intrigued before 1991, having it devolve to rather sad threats and playing random ballets is a bit of a let-down.
This was one of those spooky radio stations which had the western world very intrigued before 1991, having it devolve to rather sad threats and playing random ballets is a bit of a let-down.
Yep, all Russia has to do is call their troops back to their own borders instead of trying to annexe the neighbours. Would probably take a week or two to sort the logistics out.
December 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Yep, all Russia has to do is call their troops back to their own borders instead of trying to annexe the neighbours. Would probably take a week or two to sort the logistics out.
I think it's a deep rooted shame at their inability to excel in all skills, combined with the fact that creative people tend to lean left (or just "anti-authoritarian, regardless whether it's left or right"). Plus the old quote about works of imagination being seen as a threat by those who lack any.
December 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I think it's a deep rooted shame at their inability to excel in all skills, combined with the fact that creative people tend to lean left (or just "anti-authoritarian, regardless whether it's left or right"). Plus the old quote about works of imagination being seen as a threat by those who lack any.