Otto from Smiley's People, touches his nose after covertly passing the photo of the ginger pig in a compromising position.
Wind howling and heavy rain outside, to say nothing of the multiple shitshows happening in the world.
So I have retreated to my happy place: feet up, cup of tea and watching Smiley's People for the millionth time.
It briefly showed as Israel before switching.
Great spot! It does this religiously and it was driving me mad as it usually sails the Irish Sea route
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@cherylrofer.bsky.social was making the same point in real time.
Imagining a 1,000ft tall stack of ships wrapped in a trench coat, trying to stroll nonchalantly through the Strait of Hormuz.
DRONES OVER DENMARK? Backlash in Denmark as six opposition party leaders criticize the government’s decision to keep the "drone case" under wraps. Critics argue the lack of transparency is suspicious and demands public accountability.
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Every day of life under Trump is waking up to a headline like, “Wyoming is missing”
Ah, thank you!
Of note DEYNA doesn't appear to have pinged on AIS for 7 hours (although this could be an issue with satellite data to VesselFinder).
Irish maritime surveillance C295 (callsign Charlie 285) is currently up and heading west.
To January 2026, MV Matthew maintenance/fees had cost the state €13.7m.
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From @nialljournal.bsky.social
"Sources have said that there is no intention at present for Ireland to begin seizing ships as has happened elsewhere. It is understood the issue would be that the State has nowhere to store the ships long term. "
Stargazer has started its journey with "FOR ORDERS".
I shall miss the game it played repeatedly of setting off with a destination of Israel -> *nears UK & Ireland* -> switches destination to Turkey -> *nears eastern Med* -> Goes to Israel anyway.
And some fun in the White Sea, 12-14 March.
After all the AIS messing around/obfuscation - as expected, Sabetta has arrived at Conakry, Guinea.
Russian NOTAM area in the Barents Sea, active March 11-13. Corresponding PRIP (coastal warning) says "missile firings". The timing coincides with the start of the Cold Response exercise. Same area was used on February 24-26.
Given this insane timeline, the next logical evolution of this will be Trump threatening to *close* the Strait of Hormuz to any European or Arab nation that expels US and Israeli ambassadors.
A small stack of about 10 copies of a zine called 'Coin Flip', subtitled 'the story of our decimal currency'. The cover is made from brown kraft paper but the inside is white paper. The cover shows a blueprint / diagram / design of the original 1 penny coin.
Uncut, unfolded printed sheets of paper ready to be assembled into Coin Flip zine. Nearby is a wide-mouth stapler and a paper cutter.
Cut, but yet-to-be-folded pages from my Coin Flip zine. The inside of the zine shows some diagrams of coins, a newspaper cover of the Daily Mirror from 1971, and some text.
I made my first zine! It's called 'Coin Flip' and it's about that most vital of topics, the UK's mid-century switch to decimal currency. Making zines is fun
Cabinet hears of new laws to allow boarding of 'Shadow Fleet' vessels by Defence Forces jrnl.ie/6979665
Not sure what it's doing - but could be as simple as waiting for orders, it sat in the same general area between the 11th & 16th of January, before eventually going to Ust-Luga.
Irish Air Corps C295 (#284) taking a look at bulk carrier AMI (IMO: 9303833) traveling from Murmansk to China, not subject to sanctions. Possibly also took a look at EU & UK sanctioned crude oil tanker TYCHE 1 (IMO: 9308077) on its way back to Murmansk.
Interesting!
More deconfliction briefings with Kuwaiti air defences ahead.
"You do not love F-14 Tomcats. You love F-15Es and Rafales. You are their ally. What you are doing is wrong, wrong, wrong!"
Vessel AURUM (IMO: 9248552) has been sitting at anchor between Sweden and Denmark for a week now.
Not subject to any sanctions - visits to Morocco, Ireland & Netherlands in recent months, seems to load up from Ust-Luga/St. Petersburg.
In 1971 an RAF Canberra on a radar calibration flight "inadvertently" crossed the border and flew over a number of spots, such as Gormanstown, about 20 miles north of Dublin City Centre.
The radar must really have needed that calibration 🙃
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Going to get reported & banned by British posters, but I think the tandem arrangement on the B-57's made them nicer looking aircraft than the original Canberra.
Cable layer CS SOVEREIGN (IMO: 8918629) undertaking a cable repair off Norway, has been at work for ~8 days.
I know everything gets forgotten within five minutes these days, but remember that post that went viral about how Iran has "no reason" to attack Turkey or Cyprus, so it must be an Israeli false flag.
Trying to whack Incirlik and Akrotiri makes sense for Iran, no grand conspiracy required.
At times such as these, I am immensely grateful that The Harry Hill show exists.
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👀"Russian state hackers are engaged in a large-scale global cyber campaign to gain access to Signal and WhatsApp accounts belonging to dignitaries, military personnel and civil servants," per the Dutch intelligence and security services MIVD and AIVD. english.aivd.nl/latest/news/...
