Alastair MacIntosh
@alastairmac.bsky.social
Archaeologist after a fashion.
In the water by 2028? Whatever they're dosing their shibuilders with can we have some to slip in the tea at BAE systems?
December 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
In the water by 2028? Whatever they're dosing their shibuilders with can we have some to slip in the tea at BAE systems?
But Duncan, on the one hand it can't defend our offshore energy and telecommunications infrastructure like even the most basic corvette, but on the other you don't have to feed or pay its crew, or cover their pensions, so who's to say which is the better investment?
December 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
But Duncan, on the one hand it can't defend our offshore energy and telecommunications infrastructure like even the most basic corvette, but on the other you don't have to feed or pay its crew, or cover their pensions, so who's to say which is the better investment?
Fantastic and frightening. Our two main forces for regenerating high streets are targeted public investment and basic market forces, and it looks like Google Maps is spoofing them both. As the author says, how can you plan on that basis?
December 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Fantastic and frightening. Our two main forces for regenerating high streets are targeted public investment and basic market forces, and it looks like Google Maps is spoofing them both. As the author says, how can you plan on that basis?
Quite jarring that while they're throwing money around like water on any old pet project, local government would get a measly £5bn.
December 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Quite jarring that while they're throwing money around like water on any old pet project, local government would get a measly £5bn.
He was also an old boy of my former school. Hated the place apparently.
December 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
He was also an old boy of my former school. Hated the place apparently.
Thats very plausible. You certainly see the management housing effect in Victorian industrial settings (Lincoln's West End down to Carholme Road for example), but I hadn't thought of it as persisting into the later 20th century! There's a PhD in that for someone...
December 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Thats very plausible. You certainly see the management housing effect in Victorian industrial settings (Lincoln's West End down to Carholme Road for example), but I hadn't thought of it as persisting into the later 20th century! There's a PhD in that for someone...
Oh. Oh no.
I think I'd blanked it out over the last 35 years but now the floodgates of memory are opened.
I think I'd blanked it out over the last 35 years but now the floodgates of memory are opened.
December 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Oh. Oh no.
I think I'd blanked it out over the last 35 years but now the floodgates of memory are opened.
I think I'd blanked it out over the last 35 years but now the floodgates of memory are opened.
This was a banging episode, but I have one complaint. You told us that the ending was the "dambusters dog" moment, and that it was quite problematic, but you never said how, or even told us what happened! Don't make me watch the film to find out, I beg you!
December 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
This was a banging episode, but I have one complaint. You told us that the ending was the "dambusters dog" moment, and that it was quite problematic, but you never said how, or even told us what happened! Don't make me watch the film to find out, I beg you!
It's certainly a statement! It seems like it's quite 70s/80s though. I dont know if the distinction would be quite so deliberate these days.
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It's certainly a statement! It seems like it's quite 70s/80s though. I dont know if the distinction would be quite so deliberate these days.
The distinction between Lakeside Crescent and Enderby Road in Scunthorpe is quite striking.
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The distinction between Lakeside Crescent and Enderby Road in Scunthorpe is quite striking.
Jesus. I hope this isn't unwelcome from a stranger, but I'm really sorry to hear that and I hope things pick up for you. Take care.
November 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Jesus. I hope this isn't unwelcome from a stranger, but I'm really sorry to hear that and I hope things pick up for you. Take care.
OK, hear me out. Before you go to Brisbane make sure you watch every episode of Bluey. But especially Ice Cream.
November 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
OK, hear me out. Before you go to Brisbane make sure you watch every episode of Bluey. But especially Ice Cream.
"Dear Mr. Corbyn..."
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"Dear Mr. Corbyn..."
Bloody punk rockers!
an elderly man in a pink shirt is standing in a room talking to two men .
ALT: an elderly man in a pink shirt is standing in a room talking to two men .
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November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Bloody punk rockers!
Lost in Translation. Looks good, sounds nice, nothing happens.
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Lost in Translation. Looks good, sounds nice, nothing happens.
The thing is, this stupid tool may even be right occasionally, but it will rarely have the desired effect of leading to a refusal. No planning approval is ever perfectly policy compliant, because planning decisions are made according to a balance of factors. Positive factors can outweigh negatives.
November 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The thing is, this stupid tool may even be right occasionally, but it will rarely have the desired effect of leading to a refusal. No planning approval is ever perfectly policy compliant, because planning decisions are made according to a balance of factors. Positive factors can outweigh negatives.
I remember it being scary as hell in places - when the mum and daughter got turned to stone, or the vicar got monkeyed. And I always wanted that breakfast Ace got.
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I remember it being scary as hell in places - when the mum and daughter got turned to stone, or the vicar got monkeyed. And I always wanted that breakfast Ace got.
I daren't rewatch most of those 24-26 stories. I've seen Remembrance and Fenric again recently and enjoyed them very much, but I doubt ones like Battlefield, Delta and the Bannermen or Ghost Light would stand up well compared to my memory of them.
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I daren't rewatch most of those 24-26 stories. I've seen Remembrance and Fenric again recently and enjoyed them very much, but I doubt ones like Battlefield, Delta and the Bannermen or Ghost Light would stand up well compared to my memory of them.
In fairness I was 12 at the time, and living in a state of constant nuclear terror thanks to the likes of When the Wind Blows, Robot Jox, Dreamscape etc. And tbh I'd still absolutely buy that sort of thing from Mccoy, where I'd absolutely turn off in disgust/cringe if it came out of Tennant.
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In fairness I was 12 at the time, and living in a state of constant nuclear terror thanks to the likes of When the Wind Blows, Robot Jox, Dreamscape etc. And tbh I'd still absolutely buy that sort of thing from Mccoy, where I'd absolutely turn off in disgust/cringe if it came out of Tennant.
I thought there was quite a bit to like in Battlefield. Admittedly, it's been a few decades, but the Brigadier proper bad boy wasting the Destroyer was one hell of a moment. And the Doctor's speech when he's talking Morgaine down from using the nuke really stuck with me.
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I thought there was quite a bit to like in Battlefield. Admittedly, it's been a few decades, but the Brigadier proper bad boy wasting the Destroyer was one hell of a moment. And the Doctor's speech when he's talking Morgaine down from using the nuke really stuck with me.
Given Jean-Luc's hairstyle, it's not wholly inappropriate.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Given Jean-Luc's hairstyle, it's not wholly inappropriate.