Zandy
@iskandarv.bsky.social
software developer, science fiction fan, Quaker, somewhat distracted by family life, he/him
Perth, living on Whadjuk country, Australia
Mastodon @iskandarv@mastodon.star-one.org.uk
Perth, living on Whadjuk country, Australia
Mastodon @iskandarv@mastodon.star-one.org.uk
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Aaaaaand that's enough aviation internet for the day.
November 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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We're going to run away together tonight, after we steal some of Fanny's fruit cake and mug a big burly policeman with twinkling eyes.
November 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We're going to run away together tonight, after we steal some of Fanny's fruit cake and mug a big burly policeman with twinkling eyes.
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KNOW YOUR FRIDAYS:
Good Friday: the Messiah is dead
Black Friday: capitalism is alive
TGI Fridays: high chance of bowling or cinema nearby
Man Friday: there’s only two of us on this island and you’re a racist
Good Friday: the Messiah is dead
Black Friday: capitalism is alive
TGI Fridays: high chance of bowling or cinema nearby
Man Friday: there’s only two of us on this island and you’re a racist
November 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
KNOW YOUR FRIDAYS:
Good Friday: the Messiah is dead
Black Friday: capitalism is alive
TGI Fridays: high chance of bowling or cinema nearby
Man Friday: there’s only two of us on this island and you’re a racist
Good Friday: the Messiah is dead
Black Friday: capitalism is alive
TGI Fridays: high chance of bowling or cinema nearby
Man Friday: there’s only two of us on this island and you’re a racist
Quite peculiar beer - does taste like sour raspberry waffles in liquid form. Whether that is desirable is up for debate.
November 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Quite peculiar beer - does taste like sour raspberry waffles in liquid form. Whether that is desirable is up for debate.
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Lovely little (6-post) thread...
We thought my paternal grandmother's oatmeal cookie recipe was lost when she died. There was a recipe card in the card box but it didn't make the cookies we all remembered.
I’m sorry to be depressing but if there is a dish you ate today that someone you love made and you can’t imagine a world where you stop getting to have that every year
Get the fucking recipe 😭
Get the fucking recipe 😭
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Lovely little (6-post) thread...
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now shifting into Jólakötturinn (child-eating Icelandic Yule cat ) season
November 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
now shifting into Jólakötturinn (child-eating Icelandic Yule cat ) season
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Fun news for puzzle fans! The golden hare from the 1979 armchair treasure hunt book Masquerade by Kit Williams will be auctioned at Sotheby's, estimated at a value of £15,000 to £20,000 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... (Who wants to crowdfund with me? 👀)
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Fun news for puzzle fans! The golden hare from the 1979 armchair treasure hunt book Masquerade by Kit Williams will be auctioned at Sotheby's, estimated at a value of £15,000 to £20,000 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... (Who wants to crowdfund with me? 👀)
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We are in peak French heist season.
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
stzl.ink
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
We are in peak French heist season.
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There's an issue with the software I'm trying to upgrade and I've been back and forth with support to get it sorted. Today they say "developers report that this is a known issue with this upgrade, you need to install the service pack". Do they give me the service pack or a link? No they do not.
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM
There's an issue with the software I'm trying to upgrade and I've been back and forth with support to get it sorted. Today they say "developers report that this is a known issue with this upgrade, you need to install the service pack". Do they give me the service pack or a link? No they do not.
Fancy new oven has arrived! Not being fitted until Monday though. Helpfully they have provided a graphic on the top to suggest no-one climbs on top of it before then.
November 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Fancy new oven has arrived! Not being fitted until Monday though. Helpfully they have provided a graphic on the top to suggest no-one climbs on top of it before then.
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who actually likes electricity? raise your hand. haha, i see a joker back there. but ask yourself: how many times do you turn on the light in morning, just for fun? what about the afternoon. never, right? and why are you staying up so late? our forefathers tucked themselves in at 6pm like god inten—
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
who actually likes electricity? raise your hand. haha, i see a joker back there. but ask yourself: how many times do you turn on the light in morning, just for fun? what about the afternoon. never, right? and why are you staying up so late? our forefathers tucked themselves in at 6pm like god inten—
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In this era of American Retreat, Canada must return to working with Australia and Germany to make the weirdest science fiction shows on Earth.
Respectively: Farscape and Lexx, for anyone unaware.
Respectively: Farscape and Lexx, for anyone unaware.
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
In this era of American Retreat, Canada must return to working with Australia and Germany to make the weirdest science fiction shows on Earth.
Respectively: Farscape and Lexx, for anyone unaware.
Respectively: Farscape and Lexx, for anyone unaware.
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he believes what now
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
he believes what now
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Congress requires DOD to facilitate Scouts activities but the Secretary can ignore the law in cases where it is “detrimental to national security." Hegseth is preparing to do so because the scouts have become too inclusive of girls.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Congress requires DOD to facilitate Scouts activities but the Secretary can ignore the law in cases where it is “detrimental to national security." Hegseth is preparing to do so because the scouts have become too inclusive of girls.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
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“I got a text that says, 'Oh my God, he's done it again, and now he's really freaking out,' and he's allergic to tree nuts, so we've had some emergencies, but this was more intense than a tree nut emergency."
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
“I got a text that says, 'Oh my God, he's done it again, and now he's really freaking out,' and he's allergic to tree nuts, so we've had some emergencies, but this was more intense than a tree nut emergency."
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People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
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In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
For a yr, I've been working on a series for The New Atlantis about the vast systems that underlie our lives. Our ancestors built them up over decades to fend off hunger, thirst, darkness and disease. But too few of us know about them—and they're all at risk. The conclusion is now available online:
Why We Are Better Off Than a Century Ago
Our ancestors built grand public systems to conquer hunger, thirst, darkness, and squalor. That progress can be lost if we forget it.
www.thenewatlantis.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
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I'M 'SCIENTISTS', YOU GUYS, AND I'M SAYING "IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE IF IT *FEELS* REAL BUT IT'S NOT. ACTUALLY. REAL."
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I'M 'SCIENTISTS', YOU GUYS, AND I'M SAYING "IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE IF IT *FEELS* REAL BUT IT'S NOT. ACTUALLY. REAL."
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Rather taken with this. It's by Shaun Tan, an Australian artist, from a book called The Rabbits. (All my favourite artists seem to be childrens' book illustrators).
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Rather taken with this. It's by Shaun Tan, an Australian artist, from a book called The Rabbits. (All my favourite artists seem to be childrens' book illustrators).
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This is fascinating stuff!
The hidden chemical attack that forced the Northern line’s extraordinary repair
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
The hidden chemical attack that forced the Northern line’s extraordinary repair
Thirty years ago, an entire section of the Northern line had to be replaced because it was under attack from acid, and hardly anyone noticed that it was happening.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
This is fascinating stuff!
Oh dear, oven went pop yesterday, main element has gone. Grill still works. So we looked at the cost of fixing it and then decided we would instead get the nice oven we've been eyeing up since we bought this house. Paid today, oven arrives Friday, being fitted Monday. Time to review meal plans!
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Oh dear, oven went pop yesterday, main element has gone. Grill still works. So we looked at the cost of fixing it and then decided we would instead get the nice oven we've been eyeing up since we bought this house. Paid today, oven arrives Friday, being fitted Monday. Time to review meal plans!
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A fixer-upper
They really don't want to share any interior shots but when they do, you just know that unspeakable acts have been committed within... www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 3 bedroom end of terrace house for sale on Rightmove
3 bedroom end of terrace house for sale in 75 Camden Mews, Camden, London, NW1 9BY, NW1 for £925,000. Marketed by Auction House London, Hampstead
www.rightmove.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
A fixer-upper
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane