John Crisp
@reetspetit.bsky.social
Owner of many old shirts & videos. Ex everything. Master of nothing.
GSoC mentor. RNLI helm.
Know a bit about a lot. "Utter bastard" according to my best mates. I'll take that as a win.
Estoy en España 🇪🇸
> I do not automatically follow back!
GSoC mentor. RNLI helm.
Know a bit about a lot. "Utter bastard" according to my best mates. I'll take that as a win.
Estoy en España 🇪🇸
> I do not automatically follow back!
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John Crisp
@reetspetit.bsky.social
· Nov 16
I haven't got cat.
So this is still one of my proudest possessions.
I'm not a hero. Just an ordinary bloke with a bit of talent on boats.
I always enjoyed the anonymity of just being No 2.
Small things can change lives.
So this is still one of my proudest possessions.
I'm not a hero. Just an ordinary bloke with a bit of talent on boats.
I always enjoyed the anonymity of just being No 2.
Small things can change lives.
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![Comic. Doing a task using a company or organization’s website: [flowchart] Go to website, try to log in → Did it work? → Yes → Try to do your task. → Did it work? Yes → Nice! Done! If logging in did not work → Spend hours troubleshooting account / login. If that works, go to Try to do your task. If no → Give up and call customer service. If spending hours troubleshooting doesn’t work, also give up and call customer service. After calling customer service: Hold message: “Did you know you could do all this more quickly and easily on our website? Just go to w-w-w dot…” → Throw phone and laptop into the sea.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiewqnkcrrc4tgla7j5skyz2djf3mrrvre3577c4xcgzurvq33bw4y@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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As those who follow these things know. other than the steel tariffs which are covered separately, my own view is that Trump's tariffs have no basis in law at all, and that this is so obvious that it is a test of whether SCOTUS is a court in meaningful sense.
/1
/1
Hassett on tariffs: "Even if the Supreme Court disagrees with us, we have a backup plan that'll get these things in place right away. So we're gonna win either way."
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
As those who follow these things know. other than the steel tariffs which are covered separately, my own view is that Trump's tariffs have no basis in law at all, and that this is so obvious that it is a test of whether SCOTUS is a court in meaningful sense.
/1
/1
Missed the last cup. First one I've not seen since my first in 1970.
A matter of principle.
Same will apply to next years proceedings in the Land of the Orange Baboon.
Sycophantic arseholes at FIFA. Peace?
Yeah. Peace off.
#WorldCup
#Trump
A matter of principle.
Same will apply to next years proceedings in the Land of the Orange Baboon.
Sycophantic arseholes at FIFA. Peace?
Yeah. Peace off.
#WorldCup
#Trump
I didn't think a US World Cup would be able to top Diana Ross's "penalty" for embarrassment, but here we are.
December 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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now everyone can listen to Part One of the unfjordgettable tale of the battleship Tirpitz
available wherever you get your pjordcasts
available wherever you get your pjordcasts
December 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
now everyone can listen to Part One of the unfjordgettable tale of the battleship Tirpitz
available wherever you get your pjordcasts
available wherever you get your pjordcasts
Oh lord he's going to win again isn't he?
🤯 🙉🙈🙊
🤯 🙉🙈🙊
December 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Oh lord he's going to win again isn't he?
🤯 🙉🙈🙊
🤯 🙉🙈🙊
It's the Alt text that kills.
Not many people know this, but Hawker Hurricanes sniff each other's droppings to assess fitness, dominance and breeding condition...
December 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It's the Alt text that kills.
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It's the Spitfire that gets all the love, but the Hurricane was often better suited to the small scale production methods of the day.
Here a team of carefully trained erks harvest caviar from a gravid female.
Here a team of carefully trained erks harvest caviar from a gravid female.
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It's the Spitfire that gets all the love, but the Hurricane was often better suited to the small scale production methods of the day.
Here a team of carefully trained erks harvest caviar from a gravid female.
Here a team of carefully trained erks harvest caviar from a gravid female.
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Hello police, I'd like to report a murder www.theguardian.com/football/liv...
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Hello police, I'd like to report a murder www.theguardian.com/football/liv...
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Let's go large.
So (see @klonick.bsky.social last night) today may be the day that the EU Commission fines X for breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA). Busy day for me, and I expect many questions if it happens, so here's an explanation thread in advance.
First of all, a reminder of the provisional decision
First of all, a reminder of the provisional decision
EU Commission preliminary findings that Twitter/X has breached the Digital Services Act (nb remedy is a fine, not a ban)
December 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Let's go large.
Almost comical seeing the orange baboon racing around trying to secure "peace" deals the way he did deals with real estate.
All because he wants a prize before he becomes irrelevant.
I sincerely hope the prizegiving committee give him what he deserves. 🖕
#Trump
#Peace
#Baboon
#Nobel
All because he wants a prize before he becomes irrelevant.
I sincerely hope the prizegiving committee give him what he deserves. 🖕
#Trump
#Peace
#Baboon
#Nobel
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance in September to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for seeking to place restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether.
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Well.
MRI on my flaky back. Check.
Results will be fugly for sure.
"Why don't you like birthdays?"
Because I'd celebrate getting younger healthier, but not older & shittier.
MRI on my flaky back. Check.
Results will be fugly for sure.
"Why don't you like birthdays?"
Because I'd celebrate getting younger healthier, but not older & shittier.
December 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Well.
MRI on my flaky back. Check.
Results will be fugly for sure.
"Why don't you like birthdays?"
Because I'd celebrate getting younger healthier, but not older & shittier.
MRI on my flaky back. Check.
Results will be fugly for sure.
"Why don't you like birthdays?"
Because I'd celebrate getting younger healthier, but not older & shittier.
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I’m blaming the Christmas elves for this one.
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I’m blaming the Christmas elves for this one.
Wall Street mixed as Microsoft drags tech, data in focus reut.rs/48vcpEh
Wall Street mixed as Microsoft drags tech, data in focus
Wall Street's main indexes were mixed in choppy trading on Wednesday, with Microsoft pulling the tech sector lower, while investors parsed a slew of economic indicators to gauge the Fed's policy outlook.
reut.rs
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Listen, if you tell me that “taxation is theft” I’m going to need you to quit driving on highways or walking on sidewalks or attending a public school or using police or fire services or city snow removal.
I would mention libraries, but…
I would mention libraries, but…
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Listen, if you tell me that “taxation is theft” I’m going to need you to quit driving on highways or walking on sidewalks or attending a public school or using police or fire services or city snow removal.
I would mention libraries, but…
I would mention libraries, but…
Chat-gpt offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, warn psychologists
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
Research finds OpenAI’s free chatbot fails to identify risky behaviour or challenge delusional beliefs
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Might have to cancel my @theobserveruk.bsky.social subscription if they're going down this path
December 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Might have to cancel my @theobserveruk.bsky.social subscription if they're going down this path
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![Comic. [Two people in front of projected satellite image. A small portion of the image is pixelated squares.] PERSON 1: Wait, when was this imagery taken? Is this censorship the work of the contractor? One of our people? *Foreign actors!?* PERSON 2 with ponytail: Do we know who’s operating a facility at that location? PERSON 1: We can’t find *anything*. [caption] My hobby: Setting up big colored panels in the middle of nowhere as a prank on remote sensing people](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib6md2yc7x32taznh2u4feo27rltazabjco4fer3c6mni3soe5tfa@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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That’s the Air Ambulance just back in. They save so many liv…oh ffs.
December 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
That’s the Air Ambulance just back in. They save so many liv…oh ffs.
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Anyone in Spain earning €50k is in the top 10% earners in the country.
In Andalucía, anyone on €45k is in the top 10% earners in the region.
open.substack.com/pub/brendybo...
In Andalucía, anyone on €45k is in the top 10% earners in the region.
open.substack.com/pub/brendybo...
December 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Anyone in Spain earning €50k is in the top 10% earners in the country.
In Andalucía, anyone on €45k is in the top 10% earners in the region.
open.substack.com/pub/brendybo...
In Andalucía, anyone on €45k is in the top 10% earners in the region.
open.substack.com/pub/brendybo...
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This will be like the time Sainsbury's sent me lemon bleach instead of lemons, only worse.
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This will be like the time Sainsbury's sent me lemon bleach instead of lemons, only worse.