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@gizmotron

Dad, artist, he/him (see, it's not difficult), reformed I.T. engineer, science nerd, EUphile, Earth history/palaeontology (Ediacaran), pianist learning Rach 3, guitarist learning Mach 4, lover, fighter, berk.

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off to the shops for some semi-skimmed and a wispa

12.03.2026 01:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

losing is just decaffeinated winning

12.03.2026 01:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

your pooch truly won the owner lottery

12.03.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The F1 we want vs The F1 we get #f1
The F1 we want vs The F1 we get #f1 YouTube video by SnakezF1

The video makes this very clear:

www.youtube.com/shorts/frNdH...

11.03.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The reason the new F1 racing is less exciting is because every lap the overtakes are provisional, and therefore so is excitement.

11.03.2026 11:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

21:30 FILM - STAR WARS: THE COLOGNE WARS

Animated prequel of the conflict between the Separatist Confederacy and the overpoweringly noxious Galactic Republic

11.03.2026 10:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
three men in military uniforms salute each other ALT: three men in military uniforms salute each other

Apple: Siri
Microsoft: Cortana
Samsung: Bixby
Amazon: Alexa

***ARGOS***: Trevor

11.03.2026 10:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Darth Morb! Love it!

11.03.2026 09:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The troubles

11.03.2026 08:16 πŸ‘ 3827 πŸ” 774 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 16

how?

10.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Got my local voice automation playing music from my NAS on command, but it will only play a single Radiohead song.

10.03.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

America's path from 'The Shining City On A Hill' to 'No Stupid Rules of Engagement, No Politically-Correct Wars' is a surprisingly straight line of unearned exceptionalism.

09.03.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
ai slop woman with massively improbably huge curly hair

ai slop woman with massively improbably huge curly hair

it's all gone heat tong

09.03.2026 22:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know why everyone is so scared of AI taking over the world. I used to work in IT and I beat the shit out of an old blade web server once. It's not going to be any different with AI on the server. It's not going to wrap fucking wires around your head like fucking Superman 3

09.03.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Llindsay Graham moaning about why Saudi Arabia won't join the fight against Iran.

Llindsay Graham moaning about why Saudi Arabia won't join the fight against Iran.

Because they don't want to make themselves targets with countries across their own region, easier to placate a faraway land full of useful idiots.

09.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was just putting my 5yo daughter to bed.
I told her I'd take her to school in the morning.
She said 'Great!'
I said 'Get a good nights' sleep'
She said 'I will, Daddy'.
I said 'Night night then. I love you'.
She bunched her face up, looked confused/annoyed and said 'Uh, I know. You have to.'

09.03.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder what that husk of a man Dominic Cummings is up to these days. Probably fudding himself into a coma from all the global turmoil and death.

09.03.2026 14:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Had a dream I bought a huge UK-style house in India and fell in love with an Indian girl.

We moved into the house but the contract stated we could only live in the loft. It also had a clause that we had to co-habitat with Keith Chegwin cosplaying as a postman who would occasionally turn violent.

09.03.2026 11:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I remember seeing this as a kid and genuinely thinking as soon as the Russians saw it they'd fire nukes at the UK for making such an offensive video

Fast forward 42 years and this is scenario is now a genuine possibility from the American side

Astonishingly good video (and song!)

09.03.2026 05:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Medium-sized trilolobite sitting on top of a shard of mudstone.

Medium-sized trilolobite sitting on top of a shard of mudstone.

Elrathia kingii from the famous Wheeler Formatting in Utah. There are millions of these trilobites preserved there, brought into the deep water by undersea mudslides.

Some species of trilobite are so well preserved, their calcite eye lenses still focus images perfectly after 500 million years! Mad!

09.03.2026 05:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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me paying $30 in gas to buy imported things that have been hit with tariffs bc joe rogan is learning about politics at age 58

08.03.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 39345 πŸ” 6949 πŸ’¬ 449 πŸ“Œ 167

I'm learning this piece and have been for a few years.

It is fiendishly difficult. It takes me months to just get a few bars right. I cannot process how people play it like this. Amazing.

09.03.2026 00:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

3/3
Don't like it. It's not racing. More like gaming.

08.03.2026 22:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

2/3
Safety looks to be an issue, several crashes have occured due to the battery power suddenly deploying.

It also looks dangerous as previously cars overtake at predictable and estimatable speeds, now overtaking/taken cars can suddenly be in unpredictable locations. Closing speeds now differ a lot

08.03.2026 22:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thoughts on the new F1 car tech:

1/3
Racing is unpredictable. Overtakes seem arbitrary, the overtaken car can boost back past the overtaker a few corners later. It feels much more like Mariokart where you've picked up a speed boost pack.

Racing is different. Tension needs to build over many laps.

08.03.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Dropping small things on the floor:

*bounce*
near
*bounce*
near-ish
*bounce*
still in earshot
*bounce*
TELEPORT TO THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD

08.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On International Women’s Day a reminder that my Alice had a mother and a sister and grannies, aunts, girl friends and girl cousins.

They all loved her as a woman.

When the transphobes say they speak for all women and are protecting women and girls, they are wrong.

08.03.2026 11:32 πŸ‘ 488 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Isreal.

08.03.2026 12:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But of course! I'll take some pics in a bit. :-)

08.03.2026 12:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0