Scott Mackie
@smackie.org
Lapsed Ginger. Scottish. Retired Internet Plumber. Old Macs. Splinter Maker. Photography. SF Giants. Snark. MDANT. Santa Cruz. Kendal.
https://glass.photo/smackie
https://optional-extras.org
https://glass.photo/smackie
https://optional-extras.org
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What it looks like when a Blue Tit flies straight at you! 😳😁😍🐦
Taken yesterday at RSPB Greylake in Somerset. 😊
#birds 🪶
Please browse my shop for great Christmas present ideas for nature lovers, including calendars, books, jigsaw puzzles, tea-towels and more.. here;
www.carlbovis.com/shop-3 🐦❤️
Taken yesterday at RSPB Greylake in Somerset. 😊
#birds 🪶
Please browse my shop for great Christmas present ideas for nature lovers, including calendars, books, jigsaw puzzles, tea-towels and more.. here;
www.carlbovis.com/shop-3 🐦❤️
November 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
What it looks like when a Blue Tit flies straight at you! 😳😁😍🐦
Taken yesterday at RSPB Greylake in Somerset. 😊
#birds 🪶
Please browse my shop for great Christmas present ideas for nature lovers, including calendars, books, jigsaw puzzles, tea-towels and more.. here;
www.carlbovis.com/shop-3 🐦❤️
Taken yesterday at RSPB Greylake in Somerset. 😊
#birds 🪶
Please browse my shop for great Christmas present ideas for nature lovers, including calendars, books, jigsaw puzzles, tea-towels and more.. here;
www.carlbovis.com/shop-3 🐦❤️
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It’s the seventh anniversary of the publication of ‘Everything is awesome: Don’t forget the Lego’ in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, which told how six “paediatric health-care professionals were recruited to swallow a Lego head” and measure how long it took to ~ahem~ pass through them
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It’s the seventh anniversary of the publication of ‘Everything is awesome: Don’t forget the Lego’ in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, which told how six “paediatric health-care professionals were recruited to swallow a Lego head” and measure how long it took to ~ahem~ pass through them
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Britain has set a new wind generation record.
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
Windpower sets new record for baseload - Energy Live News
Wind supplied 43% of all power last week setting a new record of 22.7 GW
www.energylivenews.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Britain has set a new wind generation record.
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
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Richard Tice, March 2025:
"I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"
"I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Richard Tice, March 2025:
"I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"
"I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"
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They're also responsible for one of the best emails I've ever received, when the college office sent out a plea for sightings of Professor Biscuit while conveniently forgetting to mention that he was a cat...(I won't comment on how often a similar email might have gone out about human Professors...)
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
They're also responsible for one of the best emails I've ever received, when the college office sent out a plea for sightings of Professor Biscuit while conveniently forgetting to mention that he was a cat...(I won't comment on how often a similar email might have gone out about human Professors...)
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Why yes, @microsoft.com, I will HAPPILY provide you feedback on how exactly I feel about Word right now.
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Why yes, @microsoft.com, I will HAPPILY provide you feedback on how exactly I feel about Word right now.
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Yorkshire, 1965, photo by John Bulmer (b.1938).
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Yorkshire, 1965, photo by John Bulmer (b.1938).
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Beautiful capture of snow cover over the Pennines and Lake District fells from #NASA Terra satellite. Oh to be up in the hills on a day like this!
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Beautiful capture of snow cover over the Pennines and Lake District fells from #NASA Terra satellite. Oh to be up in the hills on a day like this!
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Would you mind if I gave my zines a little push again? Hopefully the first batch(es) have reached owners now. Maybe a good Christmas gift for someone who likes photography 👀.
Here are four pics of the same house taken over several years. #Zine #Photography
www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
Here are four pics of the same house taken over several years. #Zine #Photography
www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Would you mind if I gave my zines a little push again? Hopefully the first batch(es) have reached owners now. Maybe a good Christmas gift for someone who likes photography 👀.
Here are four pics of the same house taken over several years. #Zine #Photography
www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
Here are four pics of the same house taken over several years. #Zine #Photography
www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
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It would make sense the next clusterfuck ended up in US insurance, tbh. They mostly dodged the post GFC reforms, have a super weird regulatory/supervisory structure, and the risk that was moved out of banking had to go somewhere
US life insurers are increasing their chances of suffering a run by borrowing more from short term markets and risking the kind of panic that would encourage policyholders to demand cash too. Great numbers in this @opinion.bloomberg.com editorial >> www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
November 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
It would make sense the next clusterfuck ended up in US insurance, tbh. They mostly dodged the post GFC reforms, have a super weird regulatory/supervisory structure, and the risk that was moved out of banking had to go somewhere
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Forton is my best selling design.
Theres a lot of love out there for the Pennine Tower.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
Theres a lot of love out there for the Pennine Tower.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
Stopped twice on motorway & had a look from this tower.
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Forton is my best selling design.
Theres a lot of love out there for the Pennine Tower.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
Theres a lot of love out there for the Pennine Tower.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
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Morning all.
Photographer Eric de Maré. St Edward's, Brotherton, with Ferrybridge B power station behind, 1960s.
Photographer Eric de Maré. St Edward's, Brotherton, with Ferrybridge B power station behind, 1960s.
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Morning all.
Photographer Eric de Maré. St Edward's, Brotherton, with Ferrybridge B power station behind, 1960s.
Photographer Eric de Maré. St Edward's, Brotherton, with Ferrybridge B power station behind, 1960s.
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It's official! #PicoIDE, the open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator I've been working on for the better part of this year, will be launching at Crowd Supply! Go there to sign up for updates and to be notified when the campaign is live: www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...
PicoIDE
An open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for vintage computers
www.crowdsupply.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
It's official! #PicoIDE, the open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator I've been working on for the better part of this year, will be launching at Crowd Supply! Go there to sign up for updates and to be notified when the campaign is live: www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...
Although the Cloudflare outage yesterday was a massive screwup, you have to give props to the Cloudflare team for being open about sharing the post-mortem info.
Lots of companies absolutely refuse to do this (or couch it in vague legalese terms).
Cloudflare do fess up, which is to be applauded.
Lots of companies absolutely refuse to do this (or couch it in vague legalese terms).
Cloudflare do fess up, which is to be applauded.
Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025
Cloudflare suffered a service outage on November 18, 2025. The outage was triggered by a bug in generation logic for a Bot Management feature file causing many Cloudflare services to be affected.
blog.cloudflare.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Although the Cloudflare outage yesterday was a massive screwup, you have to give props to the Cloudflare team for being open about sharing the post-mortem info.
Lots of companies absolutely refuse to do this (or couch it in vague legalese terms).
Cloudflare do fess up, which is to be applauded.
Lots of companies absolutely refuse to do this (or couch it in vague legalese terms).
Cloudflare do fess up, which is to be applauded.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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We lived in a pub when I was growing up and when I was 3 (50 years ago!) we had someone in to draw the pub for a business card. I sat next to him and watched him draw every line. I was transfixed and it was a huge inspiration for me. I’ve dreamt about owning that drawing for years…
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We lived in a pub when I was growing up and when I was 3 (50 years ago!) we had someone in to draw the pub for a business card. I sat next to him and watched him draw every line. I was transfixed and it was a huge inspiration for me. I’ve dreamt about owning that drawing for years…
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40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.