Tom Pickering
@alephspace.bsky.social
Software engineer; biblio{phile,maniac}; Linux / RISC OS nut; drummer; ethical vegetarian; environmental vegan. One of those liberal woke lefties - so I'm basically the source of all your problems. Sorry about that.
UK; He/Him; E:D CMDR Incorrect Baboon
UK; He/Him; E:D CMDR Incorrect Baboon
Q for @dannyrobins.bsky.social re. the visuals in the TV episodes - do the witnesses have chance to sign these off to confirm that they are a fair representation of what they perceived, or are they more an artist's impression?
(Incredible episode last night btw - I feel so sorry for Julian!)
(Incredible episode last night btw - I feel so sorry for Julian!)
February 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Q for @dannyrobins.bsky.social re. the visuals in the TV episodes - do the witnesses have chance to sign these off to confirm that they are a fair representation of what they perceived, or are they more an artist's impression?
(Incredible episode last night btw - I feel so sorry for Julian!)
(Incredible episode last night btw - I feel so sorry for Julian!)
Kudos to #TheLastLeg for canning their Twitter account - despite being a pillar of their live audience interaction. Excellent decision!
Now just to get 'em over here :)
Now just to get 'em over here :)
February 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Kudos to #TheLastLeg for canning their Twitter account - despite being a pillar of their live audience interaction. Excellent decision!
Now just to get 'em over here :)
Now just to get 'em over here :)
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Slava Ukraini!
Fuck Putin and Fuck the Sitting Rapist of the USA too.
Fuck Putin and Fuck the Sitting Rapist of the USA too.
February 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Slava Ukraini!
Fuck Putin and Fuck the Sitting Rapist of the USA too.
Fuck Putin and Fuck the Sitting Rapist of the USA too.
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The Corporate Con.
With corporate greed out of control, it's time for Labour to start governing.
youtu.be/qj-gAUaUF-4?...
With corporate greed out of control, it's time for Labour to start governing.
youtu.be/qj-gAUaUF-4?...
The Corporate Con.
YouTube video by Jonathan Pie
youtu.be
February 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The Corporate Con.
With corporate greed out of control, it's time for Labour to start governing.
youtu.be/qj-gAUaUF-4?...
With corporate greed out of control, it's time for Labour to start governing.
youtu.be/qj-gAUaUF-4?...
In our house, @dannyrobins.bsky.social has now replaced 'Ghostbusters' as the go-to answer to the question 'Who ya gonna call?'
February 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In our house, @dannyrobins.bsky.social has now replaced 'Ghostbusters' as the go-to answer to the question 'Who ya gonna call?'
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A violent criminal? A threat to society? A danger to democracy? No, no and no. This is someone being punished again and again for giving a damn about humanity and the living world.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Just Stop Oil protester, 78, has jail term extended after no suitable tag found
Exclusive: Gaie Delap told she will have to serve 20 more days that correspond to period of time at home after recall
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
A violent criminal? A threat to society? A danger to democracy? No, no and no. This is someone being punished again and again for giving a damn about humanity and the living world.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Who was the first person to decide that virtues were a *bad* thing to signal?
January 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Who was the first person to decide that virtues were a *bad* thing to signal?
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Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
January 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
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Watching the Inauguration coverage…
January 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Watching the Inauguration coverage…
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To whom are you beholden?
January 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
To whom are you beholden?
Required viewing - as always.
Truth & Lies.
Mix Musk's interventions with Starmer's unpopularity, is it possible to separate the truth from the lies?
(Strong language and adult themes.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R19...
Mix Musk's interventions with Starmer's unpopularity, is it possible to separate the truth from the lies?
(Strong language and adult themes.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R19...
Truth & Lies
YouTube video by Jonathan Pie
www.youtube.com
January 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Required viewing - as always.
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1. No
2. No
3. No
4-7. N/A
That was easy.
2. No
3. No
4-7. N/A
That was easy.
January 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
1. No
2. No
3. No
4-7. N/A
That was easy.
2. No
3. No
4-7. N/A
That was easy.
Absolutely phenomenal!
Beyond imagination!
A zoom out from the sharpest view of the Andromeda Galaxy ever, showing more than 100 million stars!
(Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton, B. F. Williams, L. C. Johnson, the PHAT team, R. Gendler / video by Universal-Sci)
A zoom out from the sharpest view of the Andromeda Galaxy ever, showing more than 100 million stars!
(Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton, B. F. Williams, L. C. Johnson, the PHAT team, R. Gendler / video by Universal-Sci)
December 21, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Absolutely phenomenal!
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People are starting to call him Vice President Donald Trump. This will not sit well with him, and I therefore encourage everyone to do the same.
December 19, 2024 at 10:33 PM
People are starting to call him Vice President Donald Trump. This will not sit well with him, and I therefore encourage everyone to do the same.
We three kings of userspace are
Bearing gifts of rootkits in .tars
Priv'lege lifting
Forking, scripting
rm -rf /*
Ooooooooooo,
* of wonder
* of might
* of globular delight
Every inode
Wiped by my code
You should have backed up last night...
Bearing gifts of rootkits in .tars
Priv'lege lifting
Forking, scripting
rm -rf /*
Ooooooooooo,
* of wonder
* of might
* of globular delight
Every inode
Wiped by my code
You should have backed up last night...
December 18, 2024 at 10:30 AM
The gospel according to Donald?
December 14, 2024 at 2:41 PM
The gospel according to Donald?
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🎵 ooh baby do you know what that's worth
December 6, 2024 at 4:01 PM
🎵 ooh baby do you know what that's worth
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The Galaxy is full of streams of interstellar objects!
Explainer thread below from @astrokiwi.bsky.social
🔭 🧪
Explainer thread below from @astrokiwi.bsky.social
🔭 🧪
November 25, 2024 at 4:06 AM
The Galaxy is full of streams of interstellar objects!
Explainer thread below from @astrokiwi.bsky.social
🔭 🧪
Explainer thread below from @astrokiwi.bsky.social
🔭 🧪
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THE CLIMATE PROTESTS
"Arrest the rain.
Handcuff the wildfire.
Take the flood to court.
Give the clouds a suspended sentence.
Dress the heatwave in an orange jumpsuit.
Sentence the melting ice to 10 years in the cooler.
These forces of nature are just causing trouble - don't listen to them."
"Arrest the rain.
Handcuff the wildfire.
Take the flood to court.
Give the clouds a suspended sentence.
Dress the heatwave in an orange jumpsuit.
Sentence the melting ice to 10 years in the cooler.
These forces of nature are just causing trouble - don't listen to them."
December 7, 2024 at 9:08 PM
THE CLIMATE PROTESTS
"Arrest the rain.
Handcuff the wildfire.
Take the flood to court.
Give the clouds a suspended sentence.
Dress the heatwave in an orange jumpsuit.
Sentence the melting ice to 10 years in the cooler.
These forces of nature are just causing trouble - don't listen to them."
"Arrest the rain.
Handcuff the wildfire.
Take the flood to court.
Give the clouds a suspended sentence.
Dress the heatwave in an orange jumpsuit.
Sentence the melting ice to 10 years in the cooler.
These forces of nature are just causing trouble - don't listen to them."
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Good opsec rule of thumb
December 4, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Good opsec rule of thumb