Alan @ Former Instants
@formerinstants.bsky.social
Pro/Am motorsport photographer (I shoot lots of other stuff too). I also like talking about movies, science, and...well a lot of things really. Also on Flickr. Check my website to see my latest work: https://www.formerinstants.com/
Coming soon from Bezier games: the Apartment Floorplans of Mad King Ludwig
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Coming soon from Bezier games: the Apartment Floorplans of Mad King Ludwig
We were talking about this at the pub. Kind of seems like half a dozen unsafe releases around 200 barely protected crew in the lane is maybe a bit less safe than a few potential flat tires.
Pirelli trying to skirt danger with limited tyre stints have invented all new danger with pitlane chaos
December 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
We were talking about this at the pub. Kind of seems like half a dozen unsafe releases around 200 barely protected crew in the lane is maybe a bit less safe than a few potential flat tires.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone's "permutations" spreadsheets this week.
So next week
Lap 54/58
1. VER (421 pts)
2. RUS +4.8s
3. PIA +7.2s (407 pts)
4. NOR +8.9s (420 pts)
What does McLaren do?
Lap 54/58
1. VER (421 pts)
2. RUS +4.8s
3. PIA +7.2s (407 pts)
4. NOR +8.9s (420 pts)
What does McLaren do?
December 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I am looking forward to seeing everyone's "permutations" spreadsheets this week.
Picked up BallisticNG (which I should have done ages ago), and it's good to know I still have it in me to pilot AG ships going 800 km/h at 2 in the morning. Makes me feel young!
November 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Picked up BallisticNG (which I should have done ages ago), and it's good to know I still have it in me to pilot AG ships going 800 km/h at 2 in the morning. Makes me feel young!
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This is the perfect weekend for a mega Piastri comeback just to make this championship as complicated as possible
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is the perfect weekend for a mega Piastri comeback just to make this championship as complicated as possible
If there's one thing I love about PC gaming it's spending 45 minutes doing network troubleshooting with ambiguous error descriptions to play with your friends!!! #pcmasterrace
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If there's one thing I love about PC gaming it's spending 45 minutes doing network troubleshooting with ambiguous error descriptions to play with your friends!!! #pcmasterrace
I'm also really frustrated that marketing trends have turned everything down to pretty simple algorithms into "AI", so you no longer know at a glance if someone is talking about just improved edge detection, or wholesale mass art theft. It's a deliberate effort to whitewash the whole thing.
If you're mad that it's difficult to have an objective and nuanced conversation about the pros and cons of AI your beef is with the developers and promoters of this tech who deliberately made that impossible because they benefited from the irrational hype!
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I'm also really frustrated that marketing trends have turned everything down to pretty simple algorithms into "AI", so you no longer know at a glance if someone is talking about just improved edge detection, or wholesale mass art theft. It's a deliberate effort to whitewash the whole thing.
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Rule of thumb: never gift anything that requires a subscription or an account of any kind
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
A tech critic’s guide to holiday gift-giving
Maybe your grandma doesn’t need that Alexa smart speaker
disconnect.blog
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Rule of thumb: never gift anything that requires a subscription or an account of any kind
I finished my queue of orders last week, but I still have like a week of work to do to feel like I'm caught up on everything...
16 orders processed tonight. Man I love 1-day track events.
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I finished my queue of orders last week, but I still have like a week of work to do to feel like I'm caught up on everything...
weeeee capitalism
This isn't just heart breaking, it's terrifying. Your financial situation shouldn't be a factor in receiving or responding to life-saving care. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Odds of surviving cancer drop drastically when credit score dips — Harvard Gazette
Study explores links between financial stress and mortality risk.
news.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
weeeee capitalism
BloodhoundSSC needed less money than this to do their 1000mph run.
Someone Just Dropped $20 Million On A Car No One Has Ever Driven And Isn’t Even Done Yet. What If It Sucks? www.theautopian.com/gordon-murra...
Someone Just Dropped $20 Million On A Car No One Has Ever Driven And Isn't Even Done Yet. What If It Sucks? - The Autopian
The last example of Gordon Murray's S1 LM supercar just sold for over $20 million at auction. But no one knows how it actually drives.
www.theautopian.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
BloodhoundSSC needed less money than this to do their 1000mph run.
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movie posters featuring the muppets: thread
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
movie posters featuring the muppets: thread
NORMALIZE DISLIKING HOLIDAYS
it's a little bit weird that Christmas is the only holiday with counter propaganda. there's no name for people who don't like Halloween or Birthdays, but we have two named characters we use as shorthand for "those people" who commit the social crime of not really being into it and wanting to stay in
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
NORMALIZE DISLIKING HOLIDAYS
Somehow lucked in to being the leading man of the biggest movies on Earth, and has not been bothered to try doing anything else since.
I find it very funny that Sam Worthington would have faded into irrelevance if he wasn't tied to the Avatar franchise by pure happenstance
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Somehow lucked in to being the leading man of the biggest movies on Earth, and has not been bothered to try doing anything else since.
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“The relevant measurements were even lower than those measured originally by the Technical Delegate”
If I was McLaren I’d be appealing for all the other cars to be measured again since apparently the TD’s tape measure is crap. #F1
If I was McLaren I’d be appealing for all the other cars to be measured again since apparently the TD’s tape measure is crap. #F1
November 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“The relevant measurements were even lower than those measured originally by the Technical Delegate”
If I was McLaren I’d be appealing for all the other cars to be measured again since apparently the TD’s tape measure is crap. #F1
If I was McLaren I’d be appealing for all the other cars to be measured again since apparently the TD’s tape measure is crap. #F1
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Unforgettable!
GT1s at Goodwood 80MM.
Not sure if I could ever choose between the F550 and Oreca Viper, luckily I don't have to.
Shot for @goodwoodrrc.bsky.social
GT1s at Goodwood 80MM.
Not sure if I could ever choose between the F550 and Oreca Viper, luckily I don't have to.
Shot for @goodwoodrrc.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Unforgettable!
GT1s at Goodwood 80MM.
Not sure if I could ever choose between the F550 and Oreca Viper, luckily I don't have to.
Shot for @goodwoodrrc.bsky.social
GT1s at Goodwood 80MM.
Not sure if I could ever choose between the F550 and Oreca Viper, luckily I don't have to.
Shot for @goodwoodrrc.bsky.social
I should probably go to a Weird Al show at least once in my life...
Tickets for the Bigger & Weirder 2026 tour are ON SALE NOW at
www.weirdal.com/tour
www.weirdal.com/tour
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I should probably go to a Weird Al show at least once in my life...
New album "Fuel Flow" from "T-Minus GO TIME" #photography
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
New album "Fuel Flow" from "T-Minus GO TIME" #photography
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What inspired this essay was talking about the concept of O'Neil Cylinders with my dad while watching BABYLON 5 and realizing just how *weird* it was to have these fully-formed technological concepts that had been around long enough to become cliches, while also never actually existing.
Warp drives. Orbital habitats. Space elevators. The golden age of 20th century science fiction produced dreams with some things in common — they're extensively designed, in no sense real, and possibly strangling the future.
@goldwagnathan.bsky.social on the weird platonism of sci-fi for Heat Death!
@goldwagnathan.bsky.social on the weird platonism of sci-fi for Heat Death!
The Fatal Allure of Yesterday's Tomorrows
On the dangers of seeing science fiction as a template for the future.
heat-death.ghost.io
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
What inspired this essay was talking about the concept of O'Neil Cylinders with my dad while watching BABYLON 5 and realizing just how *weird* it was to have these fully-formed technological concepts that had been around long enough to become cliches, while also never actually existing.
dammit Windows, you PROMISED you were done with updates! I just did one two days ago!!
November 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
dammit Windows, you PROMISED you were done with updates! I just did one two days ago!!
16 orders processed tonight. Man I love 1-day track events.
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 AM
16 orders processed tonight. Man I love 1-day track events.
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too much of the economy now is not built around solving a problem or meeting a need
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
too much of the economy now is not built around solving a problem or meeting a need