Fred Buhl 🇺🇸🇬🇧 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
@buhlfred.bsky.social
Fiddler, brewer, narrowboater; court technologist; partisan; paleo, space, and electric car fanboy. PhD graduate @UFCISE
What a fully-laden fuel boat looks like:
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
What a fully-laden fuel boat looks like:
Schmoyoho still putting out bangers:
The Name Is Mamdani - Songify NYC
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November 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Schmoyoho still putting out bangers:
If he’d been in on the heist, they should have had 20-odd identically dressed “Fedora Men”, with identical bags, all leaving the Louvre area in different directions at the time of the event. (And what, no love for Lupin?)
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
If he’d been in on the heist, they should have had 20-odd identically dressed “Fedora Men”, with identical bags, all leaving the Louvre area in different directions at the time of the event. (And what, no love for Lupin?)
First sourdough bread I’ve made in a while:
November 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
First sourdough bread I’ve made in a while:
The centavo drops, part II:
Hispanics’ support of Trump plunges since he started second term
Notable majority feel the country is headed in the wrong direction, and only 27% approve of his job performance
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The centavo drops, part II:
In CUMBRIA to look at WIDE NECK UKULELES. (Note: not a madlib)
October 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
In CUMBRIA to look at WIDE NECK UKULELES. (Note: not a madlib)
A rainy day in Limehouse basin (with plenty of duckweed for the, well, ducks.)
October 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A rainy day in Limehouse basin (with plenty of duckweed for the, well, ducks.)
Heading to Paddington for a couple of days. Autumn is here:
October 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Heading to Paddington for a couple of days. Autumn is here:
Back on the canals!
October 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Back on the canals!
They mended it! Heading back towards Limehouse tomorrow!
October 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
They mended it! Heading back towards Limehouse tomorrow!
Waiting for the lock to be repaired so we can head back to Limehouse...
October 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Waiting for the lock to be repaired so we can head back to Limehouse...
Merryweather (right, googley eyed) is back in the water (amid some crowded surroundings at the moment).
October 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Merryweather (right, googley eyed) is back in the water (amid some crowded surroundings at the moment).
Ah, The Red Lion, pride of Stoke Green:
September 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Ah, The Red Lion, pride of Stoke Green:
Didn't expect this (no, we didn't break the lock, and yes, it's blocking our path back to Limehouse):
September 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Didn't expect this (no, we didn't break the lock, and yes, it's blocking our path back to Limehouse):
Never forget: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs06...
Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)
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September 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Never forget: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs06...
I didn’t have “canals running out of water” on my list of expectations for 2025, but it’s been an odd year: www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/2548139...
Stretches of canals close amid severe drought conditions
STRETCHES of the country's canal network have closed amid severe drought conditions
www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I didn’t have “canals running out of water” on my list of expectations for 2025, but it’s been an odd year: www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/2548139...
New shiny anodes!
September 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
New shiny anodes!
Finally the centavo drops: english.elpais.com/usa/2025-09-...
Florida’s Cubans are now divided on Trump: ‘He acts like Fidel’
The Cuban community, which voted massively for the president in the November elections, is confronting a longstanding tradition of supporting conservative policies
english.elpais.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Finally the centavo drops: english.elpais.com/usa/2025-09-...
Ah, the Red Lion, pride of Slough:
September 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Ah, the Red Lion, pride of Slough:
Ah, the Red Lion, pride of Iver:
September 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Ah, the Red Lion, pride of Iver:
Moving the supports (with a couple of 20T jacks) so they can take care of the bits that were covered by them:
September 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Moving the supports (with a couple of 20T jacks) so they can take care of the bits that were covered by them:
Applying a couple of coats of two-part epoxy:
September 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Applying a couple of coats of two-part epoxy:
Merryweather getting gritty:
September 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Merryweather getting gritty:
At Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, encountering Enigmas.
September 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
At Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, encountering Enigmas.
Wir sind hier...in Trier! A quick trip to visiting our friends Hanns & Bonnie. (Pictured: the Porta Nigra or "black gate" built by the Romans.)
August 31, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Wir sind hier...in Trier! A quick trip to visiting our friends Hanns & Bonnie. (Pictured: the Porta Nigra or "black gate" built by the Romans.)