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Rick Gaehl
@rickgaehl.bsky.social
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Retired bloke in Devon who identifies as European and is interested in politics, the environment, photography, the arts, history, cycling, and stuff. All photos are mine unless credited elsewhere. Also to be found here: https://mstdn.social/@RickGaehl
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Rick Gaehl @rickgaehl.bsky.social · Nov 14
Lots of new people joining BlueSky just now, which is a good thing.

I try to post a new photo every day, but also post stuff about politics, climate change, and other issues.

I welcome new followers, but I tend not to follow back if you have a scant bio or posting history, or unless I know you.
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Trevor Weehuizen @boffdogg.bsky.social · 4h
An MIT report found that 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing

But the sunk-cost fallacy means most will just keep trying
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Dr Simon Ubsdell @simonubsdell.bsky.social · 5h
AI-generated code contains 322% more security vulnerabilities.

45% of all AI-generated code has exploitable flaws.

Junior developers using AI cause damage 4x faster than without it.

70% of hiring managers trust AI output more than junior developer code.

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The Great Software Quality Collapse: How We Normalized Catastrophe
The Apple Calculator leaked 32GB of RAM.
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Rick Gaehl @rickgaehl.bsky.social · 1h
'Perspektivwechsel'
#FotoVorschlag
A stool casts a shadow across the carpet.
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Rick Gaehl @rickgaehl.bsky.social · 4h
On Monday, we held a second community pressing day for this year's bumper apple crop. We managed to produce over 100 litres of juice, and 60 litres of what will become cider. It's been a bounteous harvest from the orchard.

#Photography #Harvest #Apples
Two piles of apples, plus four boxes, sit on a tarpaulin on the grass.
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Rick Gaehl @rickgaehl.bsky.social · 12h
"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."

Great news!

#Cycling
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 21h
For Scientific American’s 180th birthday, we’ve updated a classic graphic comparing different forms of animal locomotion, first published in this magazine in 1973.
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 4h
Oh.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 5h
The British voted for Brexit because of immigration.

But now, they want to turn back the clock in favor of the pre-2021 border system.
Brits are pining for the pre-Brexit migration system
The idea was that leaving the bloc would give the U.K. back “control” of its borders and create a fairer system. But the widespread perception is it didn’t turn out that way.
www.politico.eu
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Rick Gaehl @rickgaehl.bsky.social · 12h
"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."

Great news!

#Cycling
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 21h
For Scientific American’s 180th birthday, we’ve updated a classic graphic comparing different forms of animal locomotion, first published in this magazine in 1973.
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
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Rick Gaehl @rickgaehl.bsky.social · 1d
A view out to sea for #MeerMittwoch.

#Photography #Sea #View #Landscape
View from the top of a mountain out to sea, There is a handrail in the foreground, and a large, brown island just off the coast.
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Rick Gaehl @rickgaehl.bsky.social · 1d
'Metall'
#FotoVorschlag

Quecksilberskulptur.
A sculpture in which mercury constantly runs from a pool, up to a chute, and back to the pool again.
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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 1d
Here are Putins' pet toad, Orban, and his pet frog Farage.

Farage says they are fighting for the nation state. Yes, they are... they are fighting for Russia.
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Rick Gaehl @rickgaehl.bsky.social · 1d
Does it involve any high windows? 😉
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Rick Gaehl @rickgaehl.bsky.social · 1d
'Metall'
#FotoVorschlag

Quecksilberskulptur.
A sculpture in which mercury constantly runs from a pool, up to a chute, and back to the pool again.
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Rick Gaehl @rickgaehl.bsky.social · 1d
A view out to sea for #MeerMittwoch.

#Photography #Sea #View #Landscape
View from the top of a mountain out to sea, There is a handrail in the foreground, and a large, brown island just off the coast.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1d
THREAD. When my parents' cat Bridget went missing, my dad, to try to ease his worry, painted her on a variety of historical adventures. These soon multiplied. Significantly.

After much nagging, he has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series:
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The Girl With The Cat Earring Bridget Hangs Out With The Hunters In The Snow Bridget Meets The Beatles On Abbey Road Bridget Does Edward Hopper
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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 1d
THIS 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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Stevie Bennett @steviebennett.bsky.social · 2d
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Rick Gaehl @rickgaehl.bsky.social · 2d
The acer in our garden is doing its usual autumn thing this week. Sometimes brash is beautiful.

#Photography #ThickTrunkTuesday #Autumn #Colour #Gardening
A Japanese acer in it's autumn colours of gold and orange.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 2d
Double kudos to @jonhenley.bsky.social and the @theguardian.com for:

a) taking the trouble to report on a set of continental European elections where the far-right didn't sweep all before it!

b) calling the far-right the far-right, not 🤮 'the hard-right'!
Portugal’s far-right Chega falls well short of expectations in local elections
Party hoped to take 30 municipalities but secured three after share of vote halved from parliamentary elections
www.theguardian.com
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 2d
Me too. What also worries me is how many people (and I’m talking about some of our kids here too) have NO idea what fascism is!!

Perhaps we should all be seeing our Labour MPs and voicing our concern - and terror tbh.
(Actually, I think this is a good idea)
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d
Chris Packham, "This country voted in a party with a massive majority and a mandate for change"

"All we see is Labour kowtowing to the far right. This causes me enormous concern"

"I'm frustrated, I'm angry, and I've frightened"

"And I get more scared every single day"
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d
Brexit is Farage and his fellow Brexiters' shitstorm to own. He/they can't be allowed to just pivot from heckle to heckle and bad idea to worse - while blaming everyone else - without consequences.

So the suggestion that Labour are going to amplify that truth is to be welcomed.
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Rick Gaehl @rickgaehl.bsky.social · 2d
The acer in our garden is doing its usual autumn thing this week. Sometimes brash is beautiful.

#Photography #ThickTrunkTuesday #Autumn #Colour #Gardening
A Japanese acer in it's autumn colours of gold and orange.
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Rick Gaehl @rickgaehl.bsky.social · 3d
'Im Museum'
#FotoVorschlag

Öffnungszeiten der Accademia in Venedig.
Foyer of an art gallery in an old building, with three windows and mist rising from the air conditioning units.
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Rick Gaehl @rickgaehl.bsky.social · 2d
Well, I'm glad to hear it. 😊
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 2d
Tommy Ten Names Robinson (a British national who travels on an Irish passport but rails against non-white UK migrants) is supported for his legal proceedings financially by Elon Musk (a South African born migrant to the USA), but that's all totally normal, right?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins
Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel
www.theguardian.com
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Rick Gaehl @rickgaehl.bsky.social · 3d
This is the Daymark Tower - built in the 1860s to help guide sea traffic into Dartmouth Harbour. I wonder whether it remains a useful aid to navigation...

#Photography #MonochromeMonday #Landscape #History
Black and white picture of an octagonal, stone tower in the middle of a field of stubble.
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Rick Gaehl @rickgaehl.bsky.social · 2d
No, it's on a clifftop, this one, but I guess you could sail past the river entrance if you weren't paying attention.
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Rick Gaehl @rickgaehl.bsky.social · 3d
Sehr klug – man braucht drei Tage, um das Innere zu sehen. 😂
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