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Patrick Middleton @leeharveyosmond.bsky.social · 4h

You think?

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Patrick Middleton @leeharveyosmond.bsky.social · 4h

Independence from whom? God?

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Patrick Middleton @leeharveyosmond.bsky.social · 4h

His farming-related TV series shows ehat he thinks.
Politics? Oldskool Tory, from before Brexit devoured from within.
If Farage appears on Clarkson’s Farm, it’ll be wheb the rozzers open a shallow grave

Patrick Middleton @leeharveyosmond.bsky.social · 4h

I’m English.
I don’t want to see the breakup of the United Kingdom.
But I understand, expect, respect that Scots must vote for what is best for Scotland.
Do what must be done.

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Patrick Middleton @leeharveyosmond.bsky.social · 4h

They haven’t stopped.

Is there intelligent life on Earth worth contacting?

We haven’t found the quarantine marker, because we haven’t developed the required technology

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 1d

Figured out what this picture reminded me of...

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Patrick Middleton @leeharveyosmond.bsky.social · 5h

#envy

Patrick Middleton @leeharveyosmond.bsky.social · 5h

“technically non-lethal”

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Patrick Middleton @leeharveyosmond.bsky.social · 5h

B.I ?
Lancaster continued in production with no changes deemed significant enough to designate a Mk II

B.I B.II B.III etc designated the engines

B.I: Rolls Royce Merlins (25 series IIRC)
B.II Bristol Hercules
B.III Packard Merlins

Patrick Middleton @leeharveyosmond.bsky.social · 17h

Something to do with psychology.
Those things burn at 800°C? Most folk don’t encounter anything that hot, ever, so your repeated warning means nothing

… if I leave my grill pan on the hob unattended, it’ll get way too hot to handle even with an oven glove. Still means nothing

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Patrick Middleton @leeharveyosmond.bsky.social · 18h

I recall Prof David Crich buying me a pint or two in there in Dec ‘86; I forget the occasion. I forget the beer too; I think it was sonething at the heavier sweeter end of the Young’s range of that era

Patrick Middleton @leeharveyosmond.bsky.social · 18h

Possibly looking for RFK Jr’s brain, in case he dumped it with the dead bear by mistake

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Patrick Middleton @leeharveyosmond.bsky.social · 18h

I remember the old days when you had time to spare to hold forth about Las Vegas’s hot tubs; way more dangerous than mere tear gas

Patrick Middleton @leeharveyosmond.bsky.social · 18h

Always use the gun if you can; 150-odd shells, as opposed to 20 or so torpedoes.
The most successful submarine commander of all time made a total of one (1) sinkings by torpedo, the rest were scuttlings by boarding party, or gunnery as shown

Patrick Middleton @leeharveyosmond.bsky.social · 18h

Vikings? The private equity managers of the Old Norse world? Tsk.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 23h

Cartoon by @edwexler.bsky.social.

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Patrick Middleton @leeharveyosmond.bsky.social · 18h

AI porn?

As opposed to conventional porn that teaches kids hugely unrealistic expectations, such as, how soon a plumber might turn up?

Mmmmm.

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Patrick Middleton @leeharveyosmond.bsky.social · 20h

You ratio’d them? Cool!

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21h

Chicago ‘Splatatouille’ was probably a squirrel, say researchers

Scientists from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, look at 37 species to identify cause of ‘rat hole’ in pavement With a front paw outstretched and its tail at an angle, the creature that fell on to wet concrete in Chicago left quite the memento mori. Now, researchers say they have unmasked the identity of the victim, revealing the famous “rat hole” was most probably made by a squirrel. Continue reading...

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Patrick Middleton @leeharveyosmond.bsky.social · 21h

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Patrick Middleton @leeharveyosmond.bsky.social · 23h

Coulda been worse.
Geezer could have kept stopping, allowing them time to try to catch up …

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Simon Verdegem @simonverdegem.bsky.social · 1d

In 1917, during 3rd Ypres, 11/Northumberland Fusiliers returned to the front lines after a brief rest and took over from the 13/Durham Light Infantry. C company, with 2/Lt. L.W. Ablett and 2/Lt. E.D. Bruty, went in support trenches near Reutel on 12 Oct.

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Patrick Middleton @leeharveyosmond.bsky.social · 1d

The BBC broadcast some of that speech.
It was toe-curling.
Behind his left shoulder, I believe it was the King of Saudi Arabia that could be seen to get his mobile phone out and start reading

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