Smelly Sam the French
@smellysam.bsky.social
ROV pilot and sci-fi fanboy.
Forgetting his pants to get deeper into the honeypot?
December 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Forgetting his pants to get deeper into the honeypot?
That picture is Patel in disguise, the eyes give it away.
December 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
That picture is Patel in disguise, the eyes give it away.
A children's playground, AKA as a Russian strategic target.
December 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A children's playground, AKA as a Russian strategic target.
Irish only do war against the English.
December 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Irish only do war against the English.
We’re going to need a bigger honeypot.
December 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
We’re going to need a bigger honeypot.
Next stop, a beach in India?
December 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Next stop, a beach in India?
Like street lights?
December 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Like street lights?
That’s a lot of “contamination”…
December 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
That’s a lot of “contamination”…
An Irish Navy Frigate guarding the airspace with no anti-air capability says all that we need to know about the Irish navy.
It’s not a dig at the individual service members, they are great, but at the organisation.
It’s not a dig at the individual service members, they are great, but at the organisation.
December 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
An Irish Navy Frigate guarding the airspace with no anti-air capability says all that we need to know about the Irish navy.
It’s not a dig at the individual service members, they are great, but at the organisation.
It’s not a dig at the individual service members, they are great, but at the organisation.
Just don’t use the Australian maintenance software & order spares in advance.
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Helicopters-There is nothing wrong with Tiger and Taipan – the problem is Defence logistics - APDR
This startling conclusion is the culmination of several years of effort to find out why Australia has had disproportionate problems keeping our 22 Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters (ARH) […]
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December 5, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Just don’t use the Australian maintenance software & order spares in advance.
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Ukraine doesn’t need a “deal”, Ukraine needs a binding treaty.
This is big boy work not selling overpriced steaks to idiots.
This is big boy work not selling overpriced steaks to idiots.
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Ukraine doesn’t need a “deal”, Ukraine needs a binding treaty.
This is big boy work not selling overpriced steaks to idiots.
This is big boy work not selling overpriced steaks to idiots.
It’s stats, NFL fans love stats.
November 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It’s stats, NFL fans love stats.
Usually into an area so heavily trawled that there’s hardly anything left…
It’s the same technique used for offshore oil/gas rigs. To my knowledge, the survey ships with their air hammer do far more damage over much longer durations.
It’s the same technique used for offshore oil/gas rigs. To my knowledge, the survey ships with their air hammer do far more damage over much longer durations.
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Usually into an area so heavily trawled that there’s hardly anything left…
It’s the same technique used for offshore oil/gas rigs. To my knowledge, the survey ships with their air hammer do far more damage over much longer durations.
It’s the same technique used for offshore oil/gas rigs. To my knowledge, the survey ships with their air hammer do far more damage over much longer durations.
Some fishing techniques, especially heavy trawling nets that use scraping chains should be banned, they destroy the seabed.
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Some fishing techniques, especially heavy trawling nets that use scraping chains should be banned, they destroy the seabed.
There’s MUCH more fish (and their prey) inside windfarms.
If I go to the bottom of the North Sea, normally I can inspect kms of cable and not see a crab or fish. Inside windfarms, we sometimes have to stop, switch off the lights and some sensors to get the fish away from the sonar.
If I go to the bottom of the North Sea, normally I can inspect kms of cable and not see a crab or fish. Inside windfarms, we sometimes have to stop, switch off the lights and some sensors to get the fish away from the sonar.
November 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
There’s MUCH more fish (and their prey) inside windfarms.
If I go to the bottom of the North Sea, normally I can inspect kms of cable and not see a crab or fish. Inside windfarms, we sometimes have to stop, switch off the lights and some sensors to get the fish away from the sonar.
If I go to the bottom of the North Sea, normally I can inspect kms of cable and not see a crab or fish. Inside windfarms, we sometimes have to stop, switch off the lights and some sensors to get the fish away from the sonar.
I work at sea, specifically maintaining communication cables & sometimes within wind farms - but not for the wind industry. Fishing and commercial vessels are banned and the foundations act as wildlife nurseries… So of course whales are going to hang out where it is calm and full of food!
November 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I work at sea, specifically maintaining communication cables & sometimes within wind farms - but not for the wind industry. Fishing and commercial vessels are banned and the foundations act as wildlife nurseries… So of course whales are going to hang out where it is calm and full of food!
It would do wonders for the local catering industry.
November 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It would do wonders for the local catering industry.
He meant « buffet ».
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
He meant « buffet ».
At sea, the footings of wind generators are literally oases of life, especially if they uses rocks/concrete mats around their footing.
But I am talking about modern, large, slow rpm, sound generator equipped generators. Not the 1st gen small, high rpm - those did kill birds.
But I am talking about modern, large, slow rpm, sound generator equipped generators. Not the 1st gen small, high rpm - those did kill birds.
November 29, 2025 at 4:53 AM
At sea, the footings of wind generators are literally oases of life, especially if they uses rocks/concrete mats around their footing.
But I am talking about modern, large, slow rpm, sound generator equipped generators. Not the 1st gen small, high rpm - those did kill birds.
But I am talking about modern, large, slow rpm, sound generator equipped generators. Not the 1st gen small, high rpm - those did kill birds.
When I am on land, every morning I pass near a few big windmills - never saw a dead bird. However, when I run at night with a head lamp I see many domestic cats hunting. Banning people letting their cats run feral would be my 1st stop in saving birds.
November 29, 2025 at 4:44 AM
When I am on land, every morning I pass near a few big windmills - never saw a dead bird. However, when I run at night with a head lamp I see many domestic cats hunting. Banning people letting their cats run feral would be my 1st stop in saving birds.
(And nearly all nuclear is state run and paid in full using public coffers - but that’s good: for a state, safety comes before quarterly earnings reports.)
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
(And nearly all nuclear is state run and paid in full using public coffers - but that’s good: for a state, safety comes before quarterly earnings reports.)
As a counter example, there’s a lot less offshore wind in France as most of the shore is unsuitable. But France has uranium, enrichment plants and enough space to install nuclear power plants (not forgetting a ton of hydro capacity).
“Wind bad, nuclear good” is way to simplistic.
“Wind bad, nuclear good” is way to simplistic.
November 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
As a counter example, there’s a lot less offshore wind in France as most of the shore is unsuitable. But France has uranium, enrichment plants and enough space to install nuclear power plants (not forgetting a ton of hydro capacity).
“Wind bad, nuclear good” is way to simplistic.
“Wind bad, nuclear good” is way to simplistic.
And another thing, I worked on on the bottom on the North Sea, repairing communication cables, and it is plowed barren! Except where there’s wind farms & industrial trawling is banned. Wind is not perfect everywhere, but it fits the North Sea.
November 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
And another thing, I worked on on the bottom on the North Sea, repairing communication cables, and it is plowed barren! Except where there’s wind farms & industrial trawling is banned. Wind is not perfect everywhere, but it fits the North Sea.