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Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 13h

Beer open; fire blazing; #F1 on TV… Sunday evening done right.

Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 13h

Agreed. Keeping it simple made that so much more impactful. And he did brilliantly; great intonation in front of a huge crowd, with nowhere to hide if that goes wrong…!

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Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 13h

This kid has a fantastic vocal delivery. #F1

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Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 13h

I see we have graduated from ‘interviewing celebrities I’ve never heard of on the Sky Sports gridwalk instead of actual racing drivers’ to ‘celebrities I’ve never heard of presenting the Sky Sports gridwalk instead of actual racing drivers’. What a farce. #F1

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Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 14h

All that guff about ‘This is what champions do! They always find a way to win!’ in the first few weeks of the season, after the games against Bournemouth, Newcastle, etc.; that was always just flimsy cover for a couple of lucky wins. Liverpool were never going to keep getting away with it. #LFC

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Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 15h

Very true. Also, it tastes bad.

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Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 15h

Only just realised that the darker areas on the Manchester United away shirts are actually part of the design, and not — as I had assumed — massive sweat patches. #MUFC

Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 1d

Huge let-off for Verstappen and Red Bull. They screwed up their timing and couldn’t get another qualifying lap in… but the other teams couldn’t take advantage. #F1

Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 1d

I try to think roughly two years ahead with firewood. I recently picked these up off the side of a trunk road while driving back from a gig, so they will be logged up soon to season ready for winter 2027. Currently the first priority is to build a new (larger) woodshed, though.

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Alex P. 👹 @saddestrobots.bsky.social · 1d

also, like, "ask the chatbot when low tide is" is very close to what google is increasingly doing to every single one of your local informational queries automatically

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

Folks will be quick to ridicule people who do this, but it can’t be separated from the media hype and ai boosters telling us the tech is a magic answer wizard that knows all and sees all.

Two People Almost Drown After Asking ChatGPT When Low Tide Was

The owner of a restaurant in South Wales potentially saved the lives of two swimmers, who ventured out after asking ChatGPT for tide times.

futurism.com

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Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 1d

By the way, I have always — always — hated that quote about ‘a gap which exists’. Just because Senna said that doesn’t mean that isn’t stupid. #F1

Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 1d

In Singapore it was all ‘If you no longer go for a gap which exists you are no longer a racing driver!’ and in Austin it’s ’How could you expect to make that move with all the cars behind you, you should’ve waited for later in the race!’ Shameless. #F1

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Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 1d

All of which ignores the fact that if Norris hadn’t been slow off the line — for the hundredth time — Piastri wouldn’t have been able to get alongside him for turn one. #F1

Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 1d

In Singapore it was all ‘If you no longer go for a gap which exists you are no longer a racing driver!’ and in Austin it’s ’How could you expect to make that move with all the cars behind you, you should’ve waited for later in the race!’ Shameless. #F1

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Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 1d

(Cost me nothing except diesel for the van and petrol/oil for the chainsaw. Still a huge saving over using up our heating oil.)

Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 1d

Around this time last year I foraged a lot of wood from trees which had come down in a storm (one of the advantages of having a large van), and chopped that into logs myself at home. Now, I am heating my home with logs I chopped and split, and which cost me nothing. That is extremely satisfying.

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Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 1d

Which is going to be longer? The VAR check at Craven Cottage, or non-Safety Car laps in Austin? #F1 #FFC #AFC

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Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 1d

Crofty and Brundle laughing sardonically and going ‘Oh, we’d rather see Free Practice wouldn’t we? Nothing happens in the Sprints!’ How many actual racing laps have we seen here? I reckon half this race has been run behind the Safety Car. #F1

Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 1d

Just stick a tyre wall there. #F1

Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 1d

Piastri got a much better start than Norris — which has basically been the story of this entire season — but that ended up with him getting hit from behind because that first corner pinches so much. #F1

Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 1d

Now we’ll see how the Stewards handle front wing damage when that’s not on a ‘top’ car again… #F1

Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 1d

Believe me, I can’t think of anything worse. I wanted Dyche in last summer…

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Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 1d

And Russell Martin is currently unemployed too. The Scylla and Charybdis of results-averse ‘System’ managers. #NCFC

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Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 1d

In an absolutely chilling turn of events, if Norwich do sack Manning later, Big Ange is now available… #NCFC #NFFC

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Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 1d

Why should you have to ‘log in with a Microsoft account’? More strings attached…

Kit Marsden @manek43509.manek.org.uk · 1d

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