Daniel in Cornwall
@danielincornwall.bsky.social
Chilli growing, photography, cooking stuff, rugby watching, paddle boarding, occasional Land Rovers and general Cornwall things. Also tax. Mostly in Penzance, sometimes London. Not Cornish.
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Very noisy tawny owlet photo (in the camera's defence, it was pretty much dark and I was using a 300mm zoom at ISO 12800). There are a pair in the garden and at the moment they spend every night shrieking for food at 5 second intervals which is cute for at least an hour.
Storm clear up selfie
January 18, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Storm clear up selfie
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Still a lot of clean up going on from the storm, but good to see something in Cornwall looking peaceful after the last week.
January 14, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Still a lot of clean up going on from the storm, but good to see something in Cornwall looking peaceful after the last week.
Storm kitchen.
January 8, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Storm kitchen.
That escalated quickly. Still half an hour from forecast peak.
January 8, 2026 at 6:34 PM
That escalated quickly. Still half an hour from forecast peak.
Having electricity used to be nice.
January 8, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Having electricity used to be nice.
"Enjoying" the observations from Gwennap Head, with the 77mph gust a few minutes ago matching up with the experience of the house now moving quite a lot.
www.landsendweather.info
www.landsendweather.info
Lands End Weather homepage
www.landsendweather.info
January 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
"Enjoying" the observations from Gwennap Head, with the 77mph gust a few minutes ago matching up with the experience of the house now moving quite a lot.
www.landsendweather.info
www.landsendweather.info
This isn't really looking like an ideal evening.
January 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
This isn't really looking like an ideal evening.
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Critic Campaign: it's time to admit that it was a mistake to abolish the Department if Culture. Keir Starmer should bring it back.
thecritic.co.uk/brin...
thecritic.co.uk/brin...
January 7, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Critic Campaign: it's time to admit that it was a mistake to abolish the Department if Culture. Keir Starmer should bring it back.
thecritic.co.uk/brin...
thecritic.co.uk/brin...
Traitors “yourself” counter starts tonight (how many votes are “I’m voting for yourself, x, sorry”?)
January 2, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Traitors “yourself” counter starts tonight (how many votes are “I’m voting for yourself, x, sorry”?)
negroni sbagliato is a traditional post-rugby drink, right?
December 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
negroni sbagliato is a traditional post-rugby drink, right?
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Finishing off a tough run of December fixtures at the Mennaye against league leaders Ealing Trailfinders tomorrow. Here’s the Pirates 23 - expecting our biggest crowd for a home league match for years.
Saturday 27 December, 2.30pm.
Saturday 27 December, 2.30pm.
December 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Finishing off a tough run of December fixtures at the Mennaye against league leaders Ealing Trailfinders tomorrow. Here’s the Pirates 23 - expecting our biggest crowd for a home league match for years.
Saturday 27 December, 2.30pm.
Saturday 27 December, 2.30pm.
happy port(h)curno christmas.
December 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
happy port(h)curno christmas.
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Thinking lots about baking lately. Wittgenstein apparently once wrote that ‘Raisins may be the best part of a cake; but a bag of raisins is not better than a cake.’ @nigelwarburton.bsky.social calls this Wittgenstein's 'critique of pure raisin', which rather made my day. @wiglet1981.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Thinking lots about baking lately. Wittgenstein apparently once wrote that ‘Raisins may be the best part of a cake; but a bag of raisins is not better than a cake.’ @nigelwarburton.bsky.social calls this Wittgenstein's 'critique of pure raisin', which rather made my day. @wiglet1981.bsky.social
Last solstice light at Penberth
December 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Last solstice light at Penberth
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Italian cuisine has been awarded world heritage status by UNESCO. It is the first time that a national cuisine in its entirety has been added to the Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
Italy's greatest soft power weapon.
Italy's greatest soft power weapon.
Italian cuisine wins UNESCO World Heritage status - Food & Wine - Ansa.it
Italian cuisine was added to UNESCO's 'Intangible Cultural Heritage' lists at a meeting of the UN agency's Intergovernmental Committee in New Delhi on Wednesday. (ANSA)
www.ansa.it
December 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Italian cuisine has been awarded world heritage status by UNESCO. It is the first time that a national cuisine in its entirety has been added to the Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
Italy's greatest soft power weapon.
Italy's greatest soft power weapon.
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So, you cross the Po on the Ponte Vittorio Emanuele 1, do the short climb up the Monte dei Cappuccini, turn the final bend and suddenly you're staring across Turin at the Alps. It's an extraordinary moment.
December 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
So, you cross the Po on the Ponte Vittorio Emanuele 1, do the short climb up the Monte dei Cappuccini, turn the final bend and suddenly you're staring across Turin at the Alps. It's an extraordinary moment.
Tried a lomography film out for the first time a couple of weeks ago, and they are pretty nice aren’t they? Was perfect clear orange skies which always helps.
📷 Pentax ME Super
🔘 Pentax-M SMC 50mm f/1.4
🎞️ Lomochrome Turquoise
📷 Pentax ME Super
🔘 Pentax-M SMC 50mm f/1.4
🎞️ Lomochrome Turquoise
December 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Tried a lomography film out for the first time a couple of weeks ago, and they are pretty nice aren’t they? Was perfect clear orange skies which always helps.
📷 Pentax ME Super
🔘 Pentax-M SMC 50mm f/1.4
🎞️ Lomochrome Turquoise
📷 Pentax ME Super
🔘 Pentax-M SMC 50mm f/1.4
🎞️ Lomochrome Turquoise
Insert several movies into another movie:
The Wicker Man with the Golden Guns of Navarone
The Wicker Man with the Golden Guns of Navarone
Insert several movies into another movie:
Zulu Red Dawn of the Dead Calm
Zulu Red Dawn of the Dead Calm
Insert a movie into another movie:
DR. STRANGELOVE, ACTUALLY Or: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE KANSAS CITY BOMBER
DR. STRANGELOVE, ACTUALLY Or: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE KANSAS CITY BOMBER
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Insert several movies into another movie:
The Wicker Man with the Golden Guns of Navarone
The Wicker Man with the Golden Guns of Navarone
"Black cab or Uber?" is the response tax advisers get used to.
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Black cab or Uber?" is the response tax advisers get used to.
“I’m sorry Mr Betjeman, but I couldn’t find anything that would meet your requirements of friendliness and mass destruction. Which one would you like me to prioritise?”
"You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. "
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“I’m sorry Mr Betjeman, but I couldn’t find anything that would meet your requirements of friendliness and mass destruction. Which one would you like me to prioritise?”
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Lead scare with a Richmond 5 m line out to end the half, but it’s safely recovered by Pirates and cleared to touch for the whistle. Halftime at the Mennaye, and it stays
Cornish Pirates 21-12 Richmond
Cornish Pirates 21-12 Richmond
November 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Lead scare with a Richmond 5 m line out to end the half, but it’s safely recovered by Pirates and cleared to touch for the whistle. Halftime at the Mennaye, and it stays
Cornish Pirates 21-12 Richmond
Cornish Pirates 21-12 Richmond
Ajì lìmon and ghostly jalapeño srirachas this morning
November 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Ajì lìmon and ghostly jalapeño srirachas this morning
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Whoop! Exciting news – we are delighted to share that we have been awarded funding from The National Archives Research and Innovation programme for our Mapping the Past for the Future project, which will start next year.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Whoop! Exciting news – we are delighted to share that we have been awarded funding from The National Archives Research and Innovation programme for our Mapping the Past for the Future project, which will start next year.