Dermot Tynan
@dtynan.bsky.social
Sailor, film-maker, engineer, procrastinator. Not necessarily in that order?
Sailing blog: https://intothemystic.eu
Sailing blog: https://intothemystic.eu
Under the heading of “sorely needed good news”, I bought a boat. Am I wrong to want to escape the madness?
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A Bit of News...
All at sea - a blog about boat repair, sailing and cruising the high seas. Into The Mystic is yet another blog about sailing. Cluttering up the Internet with tall tales of the high seas, and leaving l...
intothemystic.eu
March 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Under the heading of “sorely needed good news”, I bought a boat. Am I wrong to want to escape the madness?
intothemystic.eu/2025/03/23/a...
intothemystic.eu/2025/03/23/a...
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Not sure if this has been shared here yet, but this is video of Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest posted by WCVB. It's terrifying.
March 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Not sure if this has been shared here yet, but this is video of Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest posted by WCVB. It's terrifying.
And now for something totally different... I learnt today that insurance companies are withholding fire insurance on boats with lithium batteries (including LFPs) unless installed and certified by a “qualified professional.” Installing batteries isn’t hard.
March 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
And now for something totally different... I learnt today that insurance companies are withholding fire insurance on boats with lithium batteries (including LFPs) unless installed and certified by a “qualified professional.” Installing batteries isn’t hard.
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The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where
March 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where
The sun is shining. I’m on the Dart listening to Neil Young. It’s a train-bubble!
March 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The sun is shining. I’m on the Dart listening to Neil Young. It’s a train-bubble!
I think next year, Ireland should send the Junior Minister for Community Affairs to the White House for St. Patrick’s Day. Forget the crystal bowl of shamrock, we can give a small plastic bag of clover or something.
March 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I think next year, Ireland should send the Junior Minister for Community Affairs to the White House for St. Patrick’s Day. Forget the crystal bowl of shamrock, we can give a small plastic bag of clover or something.
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We’re delighted to swap an @rosie.com Rosie O’Donnell❤️ for a ConorMcGregor🤮 any day of the year. Happy St Patrick’s Day ☘️🇮🇪✌️🕊️☘️
March 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We’re delighted to swap an @rosie.com Rosie O’Donnell❤️ for a ConorMcGregor🤮 any day of the year. Happy St Patrick’s Day ☘️🇮🇪✌️🕊️☘️
It’s Friday afternoon. It’s raining. It is times like this, that I miss John Hughes.
February 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It’s Friday afternoon. It’s raining. It is times like this, that I miss John Hughes.
I am not being rhetorical when I ask “when did it become OK to wage war against civilians?” It used to be the guys in the red uniforms lined up against the guys in blue and shot at each other. Now drones and missiles destroy apartment buildings full of grannies. How is this OK?
February 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I am not being rhetorical when I ask “when did it become OK to wage war against civilians?” It used to be the guys in the red uniforms lined up against the guys in blue and shot at each other. Now drones and missiles destroy apartment buildings full of grannies. How is this OK?
The word for today is “Koyaanisqatsi”. You can thank me later.
February 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The word for today is “Koyaanisqatsi”. You can thank me later.
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The more I think about Mark Zuckerberg’s excuses for complying with Biden administration pressure to remove content, the angrier I get. (It was the media’s fault! Or maybe it was the woke Californians way down the reporting chain. Or was it “feminine energy”?) 1/
January 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The more I think about Mark Zuckerberg’s excuses for complying with Biden administration pressure to remove content, the angrier I get. (It was the media’s fault! Or maybe it was the woke Californians way down the reporting chain. Or was it “feminine energy”?) 1/
Part one of a two parter about boat batteries. Be warned - this is pretty long (and hopefully sufficiently detailed)!
A word about batteries
All at sea - a blog about boat repair, sailing and cruising the high seas. Into The Mystic is yet another blog about sailing. Cluttering up the Internet with tall tales of the high seas, and leaving l...
intothemystic.eu
January 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Part one of a two parter about boat batteries. Be warned - this is pretty long (and hopefully sufficiently detailed)!
I have resisted saying this since the solstice, but “there’s a great stretch in the evenings, don’t you find?
December 31, 2024 at 10:56 PM
I have resisted saying this since the solstice, but “there’s a great stretch in the evenings, don’t you find?
I’ve been thinking of sailing, of late. Yes, yes, of course it’s a reaction to world events. But it is better than the alternatives. Probably a great time to quote “Sea Fever”, but I’ll let you have the pleasure of Googling for it and enjoying the entire work. Again.
December 16, 2024 at 6:28 PM
I’ve been thinking of sailing, of late. Yes, yes, of course it’s a reaction to world events. But it is better than the alternatives. Probably a great time to quote “Sea Fever”, but I’ll let you have the pleasure of Googling for it and enjoying the entire work. Again.
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An essay? An essay?
Mitch McConnell thinks he still lives in a world where MAGAs are reading essays at all—let alone reading them with an eye toward being persuaded to a position the Dear Leader doesn't share?
How mad has the world gotten? It seems very few admit the pass we have actually come to.
Mitch McConnell thinks he still lives in a world where MAGAs are reading essays at all—let alone reading them with an eye toward being persuaded to a position the Dear Leader doesn't share?
How mad has the world gotten? It seems very few admit the pass we have actually come to.
Mitch McConnell made a forceful case for US military support for Ukraine in a new essay that urged Trump to reject the “myopic” views of some of his allies.
McConnell warns Trump against isolationism in new essay | Semafor
The outgoing Senate Republican leader makes a forceful case for US military support for Ukraine, urging Trump to reject the “myopic” views of some of his allies.
www.semafor.com
December 16, 2024 at 6:19 PM
An essay? An essay?
Mitch McConnell thinks he still lives in a world where MAGAs are reading essays at all—let alone reading them with an eye toward being persuaded to a position the Dear Leader doesn't share?
How mad has the world gotten? It seems very few admit the pass we have actually come to.
Mitch McConnell thinks he still lives in a world where MAGAs are reading essays at all—let alone reading them with an eye toward being persuaded to a position the Dear Leader doesn't share?
How mad has the world gotten? It seems very few admit the pass we have actually come to.
What on earth is going on with British Rail? I was researching (for the craic) the cost of a train from Pwllheli in Wales to London. Came in at around £80 one way. £120 or so return. To South Wales was £64. To rent a car, you’d have to go a little distance to Bangor. Train fare? £60!
November 25, 2024 at 11:50 PM
What on earth is going on with British Rail? I was researching (for the craic) the cost of a train from Pwllheli in Wales to London. Came in at around £80 one way. £120 or so return. To South Wales was £64. To rent a car, you’d have to go a little distance to Bangor. Train fare? £60!
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I wish I could balance my ability to purchase books with my ability to read them. Ideally Amazon would have a system. “Have you finished that other book, yet? Well, have you? No, I didn’t think so…”
November 15, 2024 at 12:26 PM
I wish I could balance my ability to purchase books with my ability to read them. Ideally Amazon would have a system. “Have you finished that other book, yet? Well, have you? No, I didn’t think so…”
Well now, that was unexpected… “Interesting times,” you say? Why yes, it’s going to be interesting.
November 8, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Well now, that was unexpected… “Interesting times,” you say? Why yes, it’s going to be interesting.