Jon POWER
@jonpower.bsky.social
Moving in. Like Japan and doujin games.
Dodged a virtual bullet. Tried installing very old drivers onto this W10 PC. Buggered up the Registry. Took an hour but Windows fixed itself. Back in the game, after a very nervous spell. Well done Micro$oft, I never doubted you.
In other news, is there no way to recover Iomega Zip Discs now?
In other news, is there no way to recover Iomega Zip Discs now?
December 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Dodged a virtual bullet. Tried installing very old drivers onto this W10 PC. Buggered up the Registry. Took an hour but Windows fixed itself. Back in the game, after a very nervous spell. Well done Micro$oft, I never doubted you.
In other news, is there no way to recover Iomega Zip Discs now?
In other news, is there no way to recover Iomega Zip Discs now?
"What takes every holiday get-together to the next level? Amazing food, of course! "
That is the wrong answer! The correct answer is modern boardgames. And no crisps.
Also, stop pressuring people to make social time next level. We've got enough trouble keeping afloat. Screw the next level.
That is the wrong answer! The correct answer is modern boardgames. And no crisps.
Also, stop pressuring people to make social time next level. We've got enough trouble keeping afloat. Screw the next level.
What takes every holiday get-together to the next level? Amazing food, of course! And that's where Suzy Gazzellone of Suzy's Cake Angels comes in – and she's here to share her mouth-watering recipes for cakes, cookies and cupcakes. FULL INTERVIEW: www.chch.com/morning-live...
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"What takes every holiday get-together to the next level? Amazing food, of course! "
That is the wrong answer! The correct answer is modern boardgames. And no crisps.
Also, stop pressuring people to make social time next level. We've got enough trouble keeping afloat. Screw the next level.
That is the wrong answer! The correct answer is modern boardgames. And no crisps.
Also, stop pressuring people to make social time next level. We've got enough trouble keeping afloat. Screw the next level.
USians cannot pronounce pasties correctly, so instead of learning how to pronounce pasties correctly, they force everybody else in the world to call them hand pies.
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
USians cannot pronounce pasties correctly, so instead of learning how to pronounce pasties correctly, they force everybody else in the world to call them hand pies.
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Yet more EVs are now eligible for the Electric Car Grant scheme and they will still save most people money, even if the new per mile charge is introduced. www.businessgreen.com/news/4522710...
Electric Car Grant: New Renault and BMW models qualify for maximum £3,750 discount
New additions double the number of vehicles eligible for maximum discount, meaning drivers can now get £3,750 off eight models from some of the UK's most popular brands
www.businessgreen.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Yet more EVs are now eligible for the Electric Car Grant scheme and they will still save most people money, even if the new per mile charge is introduced. www.businessgreen.com/news/4522710...
The primary function of a motor car is to demonstrate wealth and status.
If getting around easily was primary, they'd be thinner.
If safety was primary, they'd painted white or yellow and not black or red.
If getting around easily was primary, they'd be thinner.
If safety was primary, they'd painted white or yellow and not black or red.
#autobesity serves only one purpose- corporate profit.
That’s why the makers spend a fortune on advertising #wankpanzers.
That’s why the makers spend a fortune on advertising #wankpanzers.
'Carspreading’ is on the rise - not everyone is happy
In the UK and across Europe, cars are becoming longer, wider and heavier.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The primary function of a motor car is to demonstrate wealth and status.
If getting around easily was primary, they'd be thinner.
If safety was primary, they'd painted white or yellow and not black or red.
If getting around easily was primary, they'd be thinner.
If safety was primary, they'd painted white or yellow and not black or red.
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It has taken me 13 years but I have finally acquired a coat that makes me feel like a busy career woman from a romantic comedy set in New York that came out c.1992
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It has taken me 13 years but I have finally acquired a coat that makes me feel like a busy career woman from a romantic comedy set in New York that came out c.1992
Too tiny for me to get in focus. This houseplant I don't know puts out teeny purple flowers right off the stem. And it has actually self seeded, which is amazing to me.
December 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Too tiny for me to get in focus. This houseplant I don't know puts out teeny purple flowers right off the stem. And it has actually self seeded, which is amazing to me.
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Is Farage still facing scrutiny over his partner’s £885k Frinton home.
Is it aggressive tax avoidance? Has he misled voters? Where’s the transparency? What’s happening?
Just asking questions.
#FrintonGate
Is it aggressive tax avoidance? Has he misled voters? Where’s the transparency? What’s happening?
Just asking questions.
#FrintonGate
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Is Farage still facing scrutiny over his partner’s £885k Frinton home.
Is it aggressive tax avoidance? Has he misled voters? Where’s the transparency? What’s happening?
Just asking questions.
#FrintonGate
Is it aggressive tax avoidance? Has he misled voters? Where’s the transparency? What’s happening?
Just asking questions.
#FrintonGate
A few years back, we got a bendy bus with a ticket machine only that did not take bank notes and rejected most coins. So people literally could not pay. They still convicted them for theft (fare evasion). Driver was in a cockpit. Literally no way to pay but they still prosecuted and convicted.
The new integrated payments on Christchurch Metro lets you use a credit card, but you can only buy one ticket. Driver was having to give free rides to family members because there was no way to pay for them. Surprised nobody anticipated the rare scenario of buying two bus tickets.
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A few years back, we got a bendy bus with a ticket machine only that did not take bank notes and rejected most coins. So people literally could not pay. They still convicted them for theft (fare evasion). Driver was in a cockpit. Literally no way to pay but they still prosecuted and convicted.
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Nov. 30, 1925: Yoshiko Kawashima, a Chinese princess living in Japan, says, "I am sick of being a girl, so I have become a boy." The 18-year-old has gotten a crew cut and shed her kimonos and dresses for male attire, after being annoyed too many times by marriage proposals. 1/4
November 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Nov. 30, 1925: Yoshiko Kawashima, a Chinese princess living in Japan, says, "I am sick of being a girl, so I have become a boy." The 18-year-old has gotten a crew cut and shed her kimonos and dresses for male attire, after being annoyed too many times by marriage proposals. 1/4
@alfie.photography I have questions please.
Do you use a tech pouch at all?
How do you carry cables, memory cards, charger, when you are travelling?
If so, do you have any preferred brands or products?
Is there anything worth picking up when in Japan?
Do you use a tech pouch at all?
How do you carry cables, memory cards, charger, when you are travelling?
If so, do you have any preferred brands or products?
Is there anything worth picking up when in Japan?
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
@alfie.photography I have questions please.
Do you use a tech pouch at all?
How do you carry cables, memory cards, charger, when you are travelling?
If so, do you have any preferred brands or products?
Is there anything worth picking up when in Japan?
Do you use a tech pouch at all?
How do you carry cables, memory cards, charger, when you are travelling?
If so, do you have any preferred brands or products?
Is there anything worth picking up when in Japan?
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Another mini-moon? Maybe. Newly discovered 2025 US6 is officially listed as an asteroid.
Unlike our quasi-moon 2025 PN7, this one is actually bound to Earth, for now.
Its orbit is pure chaos. Enjoy it while it lasts. It’ll probably be demoted to space junk.
Unlike our quasi-moon 2025 PN7, this one is actually bound to Earth, for now.
Its orbit is pure chaos. Enjoy it while it lasts. It’ll probably be demoted to space junk.
October 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Another mini-moon? Maybe. Newly discovered 2025 US6 is officially listed as an asteroid.
Unlike our quasi-moon 2025 PN7, this one is actually bound to Earth, for now.
Its orbit is pure chaos. Enjoy it while it lasts. It’ll probably be demoted to space junk.
Unlike our quasi-moon 2025 PN7, this one is actually bound to Earth, for now.
Its orbit is pure chaos. Enjoy it while it lasts. It’ll probably be demoted to space junk.
Looking at getting some kind of bag to carry my phone and bits and wow is this a complex area! Tech pouch, sling pouch and now sacoche bags! So many video reviews hyping what they've been sent, hard to know what to get. Do I buy one now or wait till I am there? A sacoche seems my use case but...
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Looking at getting some kind of bag to carry my phone and bits and wow is this a complex area! Tech pouch, sling pouch and now sacoche bags! So many video reviews hyping what they've been sent, hard to know what to get. Do I buy one now or wait till I am there? A sacoche seems my use case but...
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I am already very much The Guy Who Just Got Back From Japan.
November 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I am already very much The Guy Who Just Got Back From Japan.
Could a strong magnet leading protect tyres? An electromagnet that gets stronger with acceleration, so there's enough time to lift the shrapnel. Maybe you only need to lift the object off the surface, not catch it, so it bounces off the tyre front instead of going under.
I should patent this.
I should patent this.
My car told me about losing tyre pressure. Checked it out. Seemed ok but pumped it up. Same error today. Found the offending screw in it
Brother helped fix it. All good again
I know I’m a bit of a loose screw lately…
Brother helped fix it. All good again
I know I’m a bit of a loose screw lately…
November 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Could a strong magnet leading protect tyres? An electromagnet that gets stronger with acceleration, so there's enough time to lift the shrapnel. Maybe you only need to lift the object off the surface, not catch it, so it bounces off the tyre front instead of going under.
I should patent this.
I should patent this.
RUSH touring again brings me joy. Even if I wont see them live, that they are starting up has let me listen to their music again. For years now, it has been too sad for me. Lifeson selling off his guitars was so final. That part of my pleasure was terminated. I was sad for them and for me. But now 😀
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
RUSH touring again brings me joy. Even if I wont see them live, that they are starting up has let me listen to their music again. For years now, it has been too sad for me. Lifeson selling off his guitars was so final. That part of my pleasure was terminated. I was sad for them and for me. But now 😀
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This terracotta die comes from the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro, one of the first urban centres in human history 🎲⠀
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This terracotta die comes from the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro, one of the first urban centres in human history 🎲⠀
⠀
Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
This channel is photos of minerals or brief videos of a hand wobbling a mineral around to catch the light.
Just my cup of tea!
Our planet has so much to offer. And, crystals are one place that straight lines occur in Nature. As straight as they can manage. I can't think of other natural straights.
Just my cup of tea!
Our planet has so much to offer. And, crystals are one place that straight lines occur in Nature. As straight as they can manage. I can't think of other natural straights.
A very interesting chalcedony with malachite ring inclusions From Congo, Africa
Credit: zouweiling
邹维玲
Credit: zouweiling
邹维玲
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This channel is photos of minerals or brief videos of a hand wobbling a mineral around to catch the light.
Just my cup of tea!
Our planet has so much to offer. And, crystals are one place that straight lines occur in Nature. As straight as they can manage. I can't think of other natural straights.
Just my cup of tea!
Our planet has so much to offer. And, crystals are one place that straight lines occur in Nature. As straight as they can manage. I can't think of other natural straights.
Reposted by Jon POWER
A very interesting chalcedony with malachite ring inclusions From Congo, Africa
Credit: zouweiling
邹维玲
Credit: zouweiling
邹维玲
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
A very interesting chalcedony with malachite ring inclusions From Congo, Africa
Credit: zouweiling
邹维玲
Credit: zouweiling
邹维玲
I always liked George Tuska's art. Very under-appreciated now and then. Tuska was clear, well structured, solid, strong lines, fairly plain, not flashy at all. He carried the story well with strong expression. But nobody rates his work today. It's all Kirby Ditka Buscema stans.
Iron Man Cover A Day:
Invincible Iron Man #11 (Release Date: December 5, 1968. Cover Date: March 1, 1969.)
Writer: Archie Goodwin
Penciller: George Tuska
Featuring: Mandarin, Robots of the Mandarin, Mei Ling (death), Janice Cord, Tony Stark L.M.D.
#IronMan
Invincible Iron Man #11 (Release Date: December 5, 1968. Cover Date: March 1, 1969.)
Writer: Archie Goodwin
Penciller: George Tuska
Featuring: Mandarin, Robots of the Mandarin, Mei Ling (death), Janice Cord, Tony Stark L.M.D.
#IronMan
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I always liked George Tuska's art. Very under-appreciated now and then. Tuska was clear, well structured, solid, strong lines, fairly plain, not flashy at all. He carried the story well with strong expression. But nobody rates his work today. It's all Kirby Ditka Buscema stans.
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I have a part time gig at a brewery and they have an over-under bet book on my being late to work
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I have a part time gig at a brewery and they have an over-under bet book on my being late to work
For his work on The Green Hornet, Lee was told to slow his moves down. He was too fast for the television cameras to pick up the action.
It’s Bruce Lee’s birthday.
Here’s the time he was asked to show some ‘kung-fu movements’ & an elderly assistant director was nominated to be the practice dummy.
Here’s the time he was asked to show some ‘kung-fu movements’ & an elderly assistant director was nominated to be the practice dummy.
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
For his work on The Green Hornet, Lee was told to slow his moves down. He was too fast for the television cameras to pick up the action.
Oh look. Somebody holding the plug in. Because that's what you do when you charge an EV. You stand there holding the plug in.
Actually, you bugger off and do something else, like sleep. But for the media you've got to stand there holding the plug in. That's the only way.
Actually, you bugger off and do something else, like sleep. But for the media you've got to stand there holding the plug in. That's the only way.
Electric vehicle owners face new pay-per-mile tax - what could be the environmental costs?
->The Conversation | #environmental cost #electric vehicle | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->The Conversation | #environmental cost #electric vehicle | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Electric vehicle owners face new pay-per-mile tax - what could be the environmental costs?
Modern electric vehicles are transforming the roads with low noise, rapid acceleration and zero exhaust emissions. However, drivers of electric vehicles in the UK will now face a new 3p per mile charge and drivers of hybrid vehicles a 1.5p...
theconversation.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Oh look. Somebody holding the plug in. Because that's what you do when you charge an EV. You stand there holding the plug in.
Actually, you bugger off and do something else, like sleep. But for the media you've got to stand there holding the plug in. That's the only way.
Actually, you bugger off and do something else, like sleep. But for the media you've got to stand there holding the plug in. That's the only way.
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Diese Geschichte ist unfassbar.
Weil der Trump-Regierung die Arbeit des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs nicht passt, wird ein französischer Richter digital de facto ausgelöscht und bekommt keine Kreditkarte und kein Bankkonto mehr:
Weil der Trump-Regierung die Arbeit des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs nicht passt, wird ein französischer Richter digital de facto ausgelöscht und bekommt keine Kreditkarte und kein Bankkonto mehr:
"Digitale Auslöschung": Wie US-Sanktionen einen europäischen Richter lahmlegen
Nicolas Guillou ist von beinahe allen digitalen Diensten dieser Welt gesperrt – von Amazon bis Paypal. Europa wirkt dagegen völlig machtlos
www.derstandard.at
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Diese Geschichte ist unfassbar.
Weil der Trump-Regierung die Arbeit des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs nicht passt, wird ein französischer Richter digital de facto ausgelöscht und bekommt keine Kreditkarte und kein Bankkonto mehr:
Weil der Trump-Regierung die Arbeit des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs nicht passt, wird ein französischer Richter digital de facto ausgelöscht und bekommt keine Kreditkarte und kein Bankkonto mehr: