Jon Rapley 🇪🇺🇬🇧
@jonrapley.bsky.social
B.1994, London | Interests include Motorsports, paddling (SUP, canoeing, kayaking), politics & the UK re-joining the European Union 🇪🇺🇬🇧 |
Centre-left SocDem, pro-EU Brejoiner, pro-Schengen for UK & IE, proportional representation, pro-HS2 |
#RejoinEU
Centre-left SocDem, pro-EU Brejoiner, pro-Schengen for UK & IE, proportional representation, pro-HS2 |
#RejoinEU
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Ok, THIS #RejoinEU placard design is my best so far. White text on dark blue is easier to read than the yellow text on blue for my main points. I've been through so many designs. Getting well prepared for the next
@marchforrejoin.bsky.social
#MarchForRejoin #RejoinEUMarch #JoinSchengen
@marchforrejoin.bsky.social
#MarchForRejoin #RejoinEUMarch #JoinSchengen
I'll be forever curious how Yuki Tsunoda's season would have gone had he stayed at Racing Bulls. I'm also curious how Liam Lawson would have done had he stayed at Red Bull. #F1 #AbuDhabiGP
December 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'll be forever curious how Yuki Tsunoda's season would have gone had he stayed at Racing Bulls. I'm also curious how Liam Lawson would have done had he stayed at Red Bull. #F1 #AbuDhabiGP
Goodbye to the Sauber name but hello to Audi and hopefully more competitiveness from Hinwil.
Goodbye to Renault power but thankfully Enstone and Alpine will still compete.
Goodbye to DRS - mixed feelings but created exciting moments.
Hello to Cadillac, Ford power and again - Audi.
#F1 #AbuDhabiGP
Goodbye to Renault power but thankfully Enstone and Alpine will still compete.
Goodbye to DRS - mixed feelings but created exciting moments.
Hello to Cadillac, Ford power and again - Audi.
#F1 #AbuDhabiGP
December 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Goodbye to the Sauber name but hello to Audi and hopefully more competitiveness from Hinwil.
Goodbye to Renault power but thankfully Enstone and Alpine will still compete.
Goodbye to DRS - mixed feelings but created exciting moments.
Hello to Cadillac, Ford power and again - Audi.
#F1 #AbuDhabiGP
Goodbye to Renault power but thankfully Enstone and Alpine will still compete.
Goodbye to DRS - mixed feelings but created exciting moments.
Hello to Cadillac, Ford power and again - Audi.
#F1 #AbuDhabiGP
In addition to the fights for the title, I've thoroughly enjoyed the midfield battle in the World Constructors' Championship. Congrats to Racing Bulls on a strong season from both Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson. I've enjoyed seeing them fight Aston Martin, Haas and a resurgent Sauber. #F1 #AbuDhabiGP
December 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
In addition to the fights for the title, I've thoroughly enjoyed the midfield battle in the World Constructors' Championship. Congrats to Racing Bulls on a strong season from both Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson. I've enjoyed seeing them fight Aston Martin, Haas and a resurgent Sauber. #F1 #AbuDhabiGP
Congratulations to Lando Norris - 2025 World Champion!
An incredible season - all three were worthy to become champion.
In the summer, I thought Piastri would dominate. He'll be a future champion if he gets another opportunity.
A sad farewell to Renault and also the Sauber name.
#F1 #AbuDhabiGP
An incredible season - all three were worthy to become champion.
In the summer, I thought Piastri would dominate. He'll be a future champion if he gets another opportunity.
A sad farewell to Renault and also the Sauber name.
#F1 #AbuDhabiGP
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Congratulations to Lando Norris - 2025 World Champion!
An incredible season - all three were worthy to become champion.
In the summer, I thought Piastri would dominate. He'll be a future champion if he gets another opportunity.
A sad farewell to Renault and also the Sauber name.
#F1 #AbuDhabiGP
An incredible season - all three were worthy to become champion.
In the summer, I thought Piastri would dominate. He'll be a future champion if he gets another opportunity.
A sad farewell to Renault and also the Sauber name.
#F1 #AbuDhabiGP
I'm not playing favourites but I would be annoyed of Norris got a penalty for that overtake - Tsunoda following some orders to be overly defensive and pushed him out. #F1 #AbuDhabiGP
December 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I'm not playing favourites but I would be annoyed of Norris got a penalty for that overtake - Tsunoda following some orders to be overly defensive and pushed him out. #F1 #AbuDhabiGP
Opening laps nice and clean for the title fight - good! #F1 #AbuDhabiGP
December 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Opening laps nice and clean for the title fight - good! #F1 #AbuDhabiGP
Last race for the DRS - I wonder who will be the last driver to push the DRS button? #F1 #AbuDhabiGP
December 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Last race for the DRS - I wonder who will be the last driver to push the DRS button? #F1 #AbuDhabiGP
All ready for the title fight finale!
I don't mind who wins - just that they all have a clean and fair race with the cars maintaining mechanical reliability. #F1 #AbuDhabiGP
I don't mind who wins - just that they all have a clean and fair race with the cars maintaining mechanical reliability. #F1 #AbuDhabiGP
December 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
All ready for the title fight finale!
I don't mind who wins - just that they all have a clean and fair race with the cars maintaining mechanical reliability. #F1 #AbuDhabiGP
I don't mind who wins - just that they all have a clean and fair race with the cars maintaining mechanical reliability. #F1 #AbuDhabiGP
It's been 5 months since I last ate a sausage. I'd quite like a sausage.
Stop giggling.
Stop giggling.
December 6, 2025 at 5:29 AM
It's been 5 months since I last ate a sausage. I'd quite like a sausage.
Stop giggling.
Stop giggling.
DRAM prices and availability are hell right now for anyone who needs new tech, but I wonder if future desktop motherboards with the first CPUs that use DDR6 will use DIMMs or the new CAMM2 RAM form factor? I'm hoping DDR6 will see the adoption of CAMM2 in both desktops and laptops as standard.
December 6, 2025 at 5:17 AM
DRAM prices and availability are hell right now for anyone who needs new tech, but I wonder if future desktop motherboards with the first CPUs that use DDR6 will use DIMMs or the new CAMM2 RAM form factor? I'm hoping DDR6 will see the adoption of CAMM2 in both desktops and laptops as standard.
Tech things I would like for the European tech industry:
-New <2nm processor fabs for CPU and GPU manufacturing (taking clients including AMD, Intel and Nvidia) with a 60% consumer hardware quota.
-New DRAM fab with 60% consumer quota for DDR5, LPDDR5X, DDR6, LPDDR6, GDDR7 aswell as storage memory.
-New <2nm processor fabs for CPU and GPU manufacturing (taking clients including AMD, Intel and Nvidia) with a 60% consumer hardware quota.
-New DRAM fab with 60% consumer quota for DDR5, LPDDR5X, DDR6, LPDDR6, GDDR7 aswell as storage memory.
December 6, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Tech things I would like for the European tech industry:
-New <2nm processor fabs for CPU and GPU manufacturing (taking clients including AMD, Intel and Nvidia) with a 60% consumer hardware quota.
-New DRAM fab with 60% consumer quota for DDR5, LPDDR5X, DDR6, LPDDR6, GDDR7 aswell as storage memory.
-New <2nm processor fabs for CPU and GPU manufacturing (taking clients including AMD, Intel and Nvidia) with a 60% consumer hardware quota.
-New DRAM fab with 60% consumer quota for DDR5, LPDDR5X, DDR6, LPDDR6, GDDR7 aswell as storage memory.
As a Eurovision Song Contest fan against IL's participation, I wish they had been kicked out. Some countries are boycotting the contest and understandably so.
My worry is that if all Eurovision fans against IL's g3n0c1d3 on the people of Gaza boycott voting then IL might win the televote again.
My worry is that if all Eurovision fans against IL's g3n0c1d3 on the people of Gaza boycott voting then IL might win the televote again.
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
As a Eurovision Song Contest fan against IL's participation, I wish they had been kicked out. Some countries are boycotting the contest and understandably so.
My worry is that if all Eurovision fans against IL's g3n0c1d3 on the people of Gaza boycott voting then IL might win the televote again.
My worry is that if all Eurovision fans against IL's g3n0c1d3 on the people of Gaza boycott voting then IL might win the televote again.
This truly sucks for consumers - Crucial was a great brand with great RAM and SSD products and now they're ending it in favour of HBM and enterprise.
My RAM, my SSD (a few SSDs) are all Crucial. Now Micron is only chasing AI and enterprise. This sucks.
www.techpowerup.com/343633/micro...
My RAM, my SSD (a few SSDs) are all Crucial. Now Micron is only chasing AI and enterprise. This sucks.
www.techpowerup.com/343633/micro...
Micron to Exit Crucial Consumer Business, Ending Retail SSD and DRAM Sales
Micron announced today that it will exit its Crucial consumer business, bringing an end to retail sales of Crucial-branded SSDs and memory modules at major stores and online retailers. The company say...
www.techpowerup.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This truly sucks for consumers - Crucial was a great brand with great RAM and SSD products and now they're ending it in favour of HBM and enterprise.
My RAM, my SSD (a few SSDs) are all Crucial. Now Micron is only chasing AI and enterprise. This sucks.
www.techpowerup.com/343633/micro...
My RAM, my SSD (a few SSDs) are all Crucial. Now Micron is only chasing AI and enterprise. This sucks.
www.techpowerup.com/343633/micro...
Saw the 2025 Coca Cola Christmas ad for the first time. It's AI.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Saw the 2025 Coca Cola Christmas ad for the first time. It's AI.
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Arvid Lindblad's 2026 #F1 debut makes him the new youngest driver on the grid and the first F1 driver born after Lewis Hamilton had already made his debut - a 3-time Grand Prix winner before Lindbald's birth. Hamilton joins Alonso in active drivers racing against drivers born after their debuts.
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Arvid Lindblad's 2026 #F1 debut makes him the new youngest driver on the grid and the first F1 driver born after Lewis Hamilton had already made his debut - a 3-time Grand Prix winner before Lindbald's birth. Hamilton joins Alonso in active drivers racing against drivers born after their debuts.
Lando Norris needs to finish at least 3rd in Abu Dhabi to guarantee himself the 2025 World Drivers' Championship if Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri have good finishes at the finale. #F1 #QatarGP #AbuDhabiGP
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Lando Norris needs to finish at least 3rd in Abu Dhabi to guarantee himself the 2025 World Drivers' Championship if Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri have good finishes at the finale. #F1 #QatarGP #AbuDhabiGP
November 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Watching the recap of the last season of Stranger Things before starting the new one and realising I have forgotten almost everything about what happened. How long has it been?
November 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Watching the recap of the last season of Stranger Things before starting the new one and realising I have forgotten almost everything about what happened. How long has it been?
If AMD delay Zen 6's release it would probably be a blessing as I don't see DDR5 stock availability & prices returning to "normal" any time soon. Sure, those with existing AM5 systems could buy into Zen 6 but those who want to take advantage of faster RAM support or aren't on AM5 yet would struggle.
November 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
If AMD delay Zen 6's release it would probably be a blessing as I don't see DDR5 stock availability & prices returning to "normal" any time soon. Sure, those with existing AM5 systems could buy into Zen 6 but those who want to take advantage of faster RAM support or aren't on AM5 yet would struggle.
DRAM pricing madness thanks to this stupid AI boom.
I bought this 32 GB DDR5 6000 MT/s CL36 Crucial kit in August for £85.
Out of stock from Amazon now (after exceeding £205). Still in stock at Overlockers UK for £300!!! That's over 250% more expensive!
Please can the AI bubble burst.
I bought this 32 GB DDR5 6000 MT/s CL36 Crucial kit in August for £85.
Out of stock from Amazon now (after exceeding £205). Still in stock at Overlockers UK for £300!!! That's over 250% more expensive!
Please can the AI bubble burst.
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
DRAM pricing madness thanks to this stupid AI boom.
I bought this 32 GB DDR5 6000 MT/s CL36 Crucial kit in August for £85.
Out of stock from Amazon now (after exceeding £205). Still in stock at Overlockers UK for £300!!! That's over 250% more expensive!
Please can the AI bubble burst.
I bought this 32 GB DDR5 6000 MT/s CL36 Crucial kit in August for £85.
Out of stock from Amazon now (after exceeding £205). Still in stock at Overlockers UK for £300!!! That's over 250% more expensive!
Please can the AI bubble burst.
-Tesco savings vouchers: spend X amount for X amount off
-Spends extra to meet the threshold
-Tesco: new vouchers - spend X+£10 for money off
-I ask my dad if I can include his shopping in mine to reach threshold and spend extra.
-Tesco: new vouchers - spend X+£10+£20 for money off
-Me: I can't
-Spends extra to meet the threshold
-Tesco: new vouchers - spend X+£10 for money off
-I ask my dad if I can include his shopping in mine to reach threshold and spend extra.
-Tesco: new vouchers - spend X+£10+£20 for money off
-Me: I can't
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
-Tesco savings vouchers: spend X amount for X amount off
-Spends extra to meet the threshold
-Tesco: new vouchers - spend X+£10 for money off
-I ask my dad if I can include his shopping in mine to reach threshold and spend extra.
-Tesco: new vouchers - spend X+£10+£20 for money off
-Me: I can't
-Spends extra to meet the threshold
-Tesco: new vouchers - spend X+£10 for money off
-I ask my dad if I can include his shopping in mine to reach threshold and spend extra.
-Tesco: new vouchers - spend X+£10+£20 for money off
-Me: I can't
I've seen this "6, 7" thing referenced before but I don't understand what it is or what it means.
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I've seen this "6, 7" thing referenced before but I don't understand what it is or what it means.
AI industry is eating up all the DRAM leaving little to nothing left for consumers.
PCs with sufficient amounts of system memory and storage are getting more expensive.
Building your own PC is going to become economically unviable for most with RAM prices skyrocketing. Scarce availability.
PCs with sufficient amounts of system memory and storage are getting more expensive.
Building your own PC is going to become economically unviable for most with RAM prices skyrocketing. Scarce availability.
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
AI industry is eating up all the DRAM leaving little to nothing left for consumers.
PCs with sufficient amounts of system memory and storage are getting more expensive.
Building your own PC is going to become economically unviable for most with RAM prices skyrocketing. Scarce availability.
PCs with sufficient amounts of system memory and storage are getting more expensive.
Building your own PC is going to become economically unviable for most with RAM prices skyrocketing. Scarce availability.