Alan Litchfield
@alanl.bsky.social
Retired engineer. Interests: science, history, engineering, archaeology...and most forms of motor sport
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Quick and dirty, but it was fun doing it
August 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Quick and dirty, but it was fun doing it
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Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate theonion.com/left-wi...
August 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate theonion.com/left-wi...
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Imagine our shock when we saw it was a BMW…😏
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
July 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Imagine our shock when we saw it was a BMW…😏
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
"First ancient Egyptian genome sheds light on life in Old Kingdom"
www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/firs...
www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/firs...
First ancient Egyptian genome sheds light on life in Old Kingdom - Türkiye Today
Researchers have sequenced the genome of a 4,800-year-old Egyptian buried in a sealed jar tomb, revealing North African and Mesopotamian ancestry
www.turkiyetoday.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"First ancient Egyptian genome sheds light on life in Old Kingdom"
www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/firs...
www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/firs...
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This is the point where it turns out that, thanks to EU packaging regulations, a cardboard Tesla is less flammable than a real one.
Protesters in Paris, France set an American flag and a cardboard Tesla on fire.
April 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is the point where it turns out that, thanks to EU packaging regulations, a cardboard Tesla is less flammable than a real one.
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"Don't Be a Sucker" by the US War Department (1947)
The film follows a young American, drawn in by a speaker promising an end to jobs for minorities and removing foreigners. He encounters a Hungarian professor who explains this is how Nazis grab power for themselves.
archive.org/details/Dont...
The film follows a young American, drawn in by a speaker promising an end to jobs for minorities and removing foreigners. He encounters a Hungarian professor who explains this is how Nazis grab power for themselves.
archive.org/details/Dont...
March 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Number of Reform MPs in attendance for today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls = 0
Number of Reform MPs with criminal convictions for violence against women or girls = 1
Number of Reform MPs with criminal convictions for violence against women or girls = 1
January 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Number of Reform MPs in attendance for today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls = 0
Number of Reform MPs with criminal convictions for violence against women or girls = 1
Number of Reform MPs with criminal convictions for violence against women or girls = 1
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Right (German) BlueSky. You up for a quest.
While at my dad's at Xmas, i found a picture and postcard from my godfather, who i have never met.
He was a German student. Manfred Maywyrm (?) from Bad Homburg studying in the UK in 1980. Good friend to my parents. They lost touch.
Help me find him?
While at my dad's at Xmas, i found a picture and postcard from my godfather, who i have never met.
He was a German student. Manfred Maywyrm (?) from Bad Homburg studying in the UK in 1980. Good friend to my parents. They lost touch.
Help me find him?
December 27, 2024 at 9:33 AM
Right (German) BlueSky. You up for a quest.
While at my dad's at Xmas, i found a picture and postcard from my godfather, who i have never met.
He was a German student. Manfred Maywyrm (?) from Bad Homburg studying in the UK in 1980. Good friend to my parents. They lost touch.
Help me find him?
While at my dad's at Xmas, i found a picture and postcard from my godfather, who i have never met.
He was a German student. Manfred Maywyrm (?) from Bad Homburg studying in the UK in 1980. Good friend to my parents. They lost touch.
Help me find him?
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Future historians identify this as the spark that ignited the debilitating Museums War of 2025-2040. Displays would be ruined, collections broken up, gift shops ravaged. This conflict of course evolved from the 2024 Library Emergency, although little is known about this earlier, largely silent, war.
December 23, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Future historians identify this as the spark that ignited the debilitating Museums War of 2025-2040. Displays would be ruined, collections broken up, gift shops ravaged. This conflict of course evolved from the 2024 Library Emergency, although little is known about this earlier, largely silent, war.
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I don't see many long threads on here, but I'll try one - it's about Holbein's Ambassadors, his 1533 masterpiece in the National Gallery. It's often presented as a great mystery, but I think once we understand the circumstances in which it was made, its meaning becomes clearer.
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December 17, 2024 at 11:15 PM
I don't see many long threads on here, but I'll try one - it's about Holbein's Ambassadors, his 1533 masterpiece in the National Gallery. It's often presented as a great mystery, but I think once we understand the circumstances in which it was made, its meaning becomes clearer.
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So apparently the correct response to shopping centre Santa ringing his bell is not to shout "bring out your dead!"
No sense of humour, some people...
No sense of humour, some people...
December 16, 2024 at 1:09 PM
So apparently the correct response to shopping centre Santa ringing his bell is not to shout "bring out your dead!"
No sense of humour, some people...
No sense of humour, some people...
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Yesterday was the 65th anniversary of the loss of RNLB Mona and her crew. Overnight in gale force winds the North Carr lightship dragged anchor off the tip of Fife. A distress call was sent but due to the sea conditions only the Broughty Ferry lifeboat, sheltered in the Tay, was able to launch. 🧵
Luke Kelly The Lifeboat Mona
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December 9, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Yesterday was the 65th anniversary of the loss of RNLB Mona and her crew. Overnight in gale force winds the North Carr lightship dragged anchor off the tip of Fife. A distress call was sent but due to the sea conditions only the Broughty Ferry lifeboat, sheltered in the Tay, was able to launch. 🧵
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It's been a while, so I thought I'd share this again. It makes me happy.
December 8, 2024 at 5:24 PM
It's been a while, so I thought I'd share this again. It makes me happy.
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Most common question working at Hampton Court Palace...what's your favourite bit?
Always tough to answer as I tend not to have favourite things, they change with the context. But if pushed, it would be time like this. 1/3
Always tough to answer as I tend not to have favourite things, they change with the context. But if pushed, it would be time like this. 1/3
December 4, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Most common question working at Hampton Court Palace...what's your favourite bit?
Always tough to answer as I tend not to have favourite things, they change with the context. But if pushed, it would be time like this. 1/3
Always tough to answer as I tend not to have favourite things, they change with the context. But if pushed, it would be time like this. 1/3
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NEW! Episode 247 - Natural white noise from the firs of Kielder Forest (47 minutes)
The willow warblers in the fir trees delight in the May sunshine in this peaceful place.
bit.ly/LenKldrB2
The willow warblers in the fir trees delight in the May sunshine in this peaceful place.
bit.ly/LenKldrB2
December 3, 2024 at 11:04 PM
NEW! Episode 247 - Natural white noise from the firs of Kielder Forest (47 minutes)
The willow warblers in the fir trees delight in the May sunshine in this peaceful place.
bit.ly/LenKldrB2
The willow warblers in the fir trees delight in the May sunshine in this peaceful place.
bit.ly/LenKldrB2
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I’ve been expecting a letter that was sent days ago. Luckily I remembered to check my junk folder and sure enough, there it was.
December 2, 2024 at 2:35 PM
I’ve been expecting a letter that was sent days ago. Luckily I remembered to check my junk folder and sure enough, there it was.
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My old man has Xiled and has joined the big party in the blue sky. Give him a follow!
Hi Everyone!!
November 30, 2024 at 6:00 PM
My old man has Xiled and has joined the big party in the blue sky. Give him a follow!
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Meet Louise of Prussia. Politician, diplomat and beloved queen and wife. Rode into battle while pregnant. One of my heroes.
Famously described by Napoleon famously as "the only real man in Prussia"
Gonna ask you to think a bit about that in a sec, but first you need to know about her life. /1 🧵
Famously described by Napoleon famously as "the only real man in Prussia"
Gonna ask you to think a bit about that in a sec, but first you need to know about her life. /1 🧵
November 27, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Meet Louise of Prussia. Politician, diplomat and beloved queen and wife. Rode into battle while pregnant. One of my heroes.
Famously described by Napoleon famously as "the only real man in Prussia"
Gonna ask you to think a bit about that in a sec, but first you need to know about her life. /1 🧵
Famously described by Napoleon famously as "the only real man in Prussia"
Gonna ask you to think a bit about that in a sec, but first you need to know about her life. /1 🧵
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The bliss of slipping into total irrelevance on a new platform is not to be underestimated.
November 23, 2024 at 10:48 PM
The bliss of slipping into total irrelevance on a new platform is not to be underestimated.
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Feel free to give me as many shout outs as you like!! I've a Rothbury galllery, and am online crownstudiogallery.myshopify.com
November 23, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Feel free to give me as many shout outs as you like!! I've a Rothbury galllery, and am online crownstudiogallery.myshopify.com
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Today, I made an error of judgement...again!
Yes this is a real thing, no it's not AI, but i think it may have been better if it was.
As mentioned earlier, thanks to @dranniegray.bsky.social I've had this tin for a couple of years and today was the day to try the contents
A thread. 1/9
Yes this is a real thing, no it's not AI, but i think it may have been better if it was.
As mentioned earlier, thanks to @dranniegray.bsky.social I've had this tin for a couple of years and today was the day to try the contents
A thread. 1/9
November 13, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Today, I made an error of judgement...again!
Yes this is a real thing, no it's not AI, but i think it may have been better if it was.
As mentioned earlier, thanks to @dranniegray.bsky.social I've had this tin for a couple of years and today was the day to try the contents
A thread. 1/9
Yes this is a real thing, no it's not AI, but i think it may have been better if it was.
As mentioned earlier, thanks to @dranniegray.bsky.social I've had this tin for a couple of years and today was the day to try the contents
A thread. 1/9
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This is the Wurst Käse Scenario we were warned about.
November 11, 2024 at 2:47 PM
This is the Wurst Käse Scenario we were warned about.
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#GöbekliTepe 's monumental T-pillars are actually giant #anthropomorphic sculptures. Got to admit, though, that in the beginning of my work there, meanwhile more than 17 years ago, I found it ... challenging to recognize this likeness.
Until we finally excavated the "hands & loincloth" part ...
Until we finally excavated the "hands & loincloth" part ...
November 12, 2024 at 4:41 PM
#GöbekliTepe 's monumental T-pillars are actually giant #anthropomorphic sculptures. Got to admit, though, that in the beginning of my work there, meanwhile more than 17 years ago, I found it ... challenging to recognize this likeness.
Until we finally excavated the "hands & loincloth" part ...
Until we finally excavated the "hands & loincloth" part ...
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No starter pack for Independent Kings Who Hate The Danes And Just Want To Make Mercia Great Again, more mainstream monkish bias against honest kings who've pulled themselves up by their father's bootstraps and hoard.
November 10, 2024 at 10:01 PM
No starter pack for Independent Kings Who Hate The Danes And Just Want To Make Mercia Great Again, more mainstream monkish bias against honest kings who've pulled themselves up by their father's bootstraps and hoard.