Bluskey Blimpvondel
@eightywires.bsky.social
Games, Japan, pushbikes, some other stuff. See how it goes.
The famous Dragon Festival of Hemel Hempstead
December 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The famous Dragon Festival of Hemel Hempstead
Click on a link? In an unsolicited email? Absolutely not.
December 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Click on a link? In an unsolicited email? Absolutely not.
They may have got a reading of 167 kph from their instrument and just converted that to one decimal place. 🤷♂️
December 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
They may have got a reading of 167 kph from their instrument and just converted that to one decimal place. 🤷♂️
This technology exists and is present in many cars. Not just odor but also eye monitoring, pulse sensing, posture detection and speech analysis. Like telematic speed control, it may not be 100% perfect but it's there and it could be made mandatory tomorrow.
December 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
This technology exists and is present in many cars. Not just odor but also eye monitoring, pulse sensing, posture detection and speech analysis. Like telematic speed control, it may not be 100% perfect but it's there and it could be made mandatory tomorrow.
Who are they arguing with? Who are these scornful Europeans denying that all the protests of the last decade happened?
December 28, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Who are they arguing with? Who are these scornful Europeans denying that all the protests of the last decade happened?
As a Yorkshireman, he would perhaps have been better advised to change his name to Ken Bingsley.
December 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
As a Yorkshireman, he would perhaps have been better advised to change his name to Ken Bingsley.
The world's first all-leather submarine.
Advantages: cheap, light, invisible to radar.
Disadvantages: water getting in through the lace holes.
Advantages: cheap, light, invisible to radar.
Disadvantages: water getting in through the lace holes.
December 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The world's first all-leather submarine.
Advantages: cheap, light, invisible to radar.
Disadvantages: water getting in through the lace holes.
Advantages: cheap, light, invisible to radar.
Disadvantages: water getting in through the lace holes.
Frankly, any media outlet that plays or prints Trump's drivel without explicitly saying that he's lying, up front and every single time, deserves to be ignored and go into the dustbin of history.
December 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Frankly, any media outlet that plays or prints Trump's drivel without explicitly saying that he's lying, up front and every single time, deserves to be ignored and go into the dustbin of history.
Broadly agree with this. People are quick to blame lies on social media but they wouldn't be nearly as effective if the professional media weren't enthusiastically repeating the lies and failing to meaningfully challenge them, including supposedly better orgs such as the BBC.
December 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Broadly agree with this. People are quick to blame lies on social media but they wouldn't be nearly as effective if the professional media weren't enthusiastically repeating the lies and failing to meaningfully challenge them, including supposedly better orgs such as the BBC.
Yeah, but it was the same a year ago. His entire electoral campaign was wild swings between grotesquery and tedium in front of mostly empty arenas. But somehow it was enough to beat the Democrats.
You won't get past this beast until he's dead or in prison.
You won't get past this beast until he's dead or in prison.
December 18, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Yeah, but it was the same a year ago. His entire electoral campaign was wild swings between grotesquery and tedium in front of mostly empty arenas. But somehow it was enough to beat the Democrats.
You won't get past this beast until he's dead or in prison.
You won't get past this beast until he's dead or in prison.
Both are better than giving space to cars. Let's have both.
December 18, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Both are better than giving space to cars. Let's have both.
Now do cost per foot of *building roads* just for them to be used for parking.
December 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Now do cost per foot of *building roads* just for them to be used for parking.
Fair play to Polanski for how he's doing but it would be more accurate to call it the 'Keir Starmer effect'.
December 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Fair play to Polanski for how he's doing but it would be more accurate to call it the 'Keir Starmer effect'.
So demand more from the roads budget. More money for active transport means more money to make things better for wheelchairs, tricycles, mobility scooters, etc.
Also, very many disabled people actually can cycle. It's a lot easier than driving.
Also, very many disabled people actually can cycle. It's a lot easier than driving.
December 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
So demand more from the roads budget. More money for active transport means more money to make things better for wheelchairs, tricycles, mobility scooters, etc.
Also, very many disabled people actually can cycle. It's a lot easier than driving.
Also, very many disabled people actually can cycle. It's a lot easier than driving.
600k deaths so far. Credible estimates suggest over 10 million deaths by the end of the decade. He'll go down as one of the great monsters of history.
December 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
600k deaths so far. Credible estimates suggest over 10 million deaths by the end of the decade. He'll go down as one of the great monsters of history.
If I had a moderate mobility disability, I'm sure I would see standing in queues for an hour or so and then walking half a mile to the gate with a suitcase as a challenge and an opportunity.
December 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
If I had a moderate mobility disability, I'm sure I would see standing in queues for an hour or so and then walking half a mile to the gate with a suitcase as a challenge and an opportunity.
Keep it up everybody. West Ham fans set a high standard with a 4,200 post thread on the subject of Mark Lawrenson's pudenderosity.
www.kumb.com/forum/viewto...
www.kumb.com/forum/viewto...
Lawro at it again ! - Knees up Mother Brown Forum:
www.kumb.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Keep it up everybody. West Ham fans set a high standard with a 4,200 post thread on the subject of Mark Lawrenson's pudenderosity.
www.kumb.com/forum/viewto...
www.kumb.com/forum/viewto...
No, not seriously.
December 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
No, not seriously.
Prime Minister rather than President but Israel is right there on the loser step too.
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Prime Minister rather than President but Israel is right there on the loser step too.
Good luck recruiting helpers in the occupation of Venezuela.
December 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good luck recruiting helpers in the occupation of Venezuela.