Gliding Tobster
@glidingtobster.bsky.social
Obsessive glider pilot & instructor. Border Collies' personal clown. EVs + house batteries and all that. Computer games, playing and developing. DIY, 3D printing, cobbling & concocting. Culturally a bit left, economically a bit right.
Missing summer already.
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Missing summer already.
Also most of the endangered ones are solitary, non- or barely- stingy ones. Apis mellifera is actually doing quite well, I had to put up with angry bee wars in August when a third colony moved in locally and then they all started fighting.
November 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Also most of the endangered ones are solitary, non- or barely- stingy ones. Apis mellifera is actually doing quite well, I had to put up with angry bee wars in August when a third colony moved in locally and then they all started fighting.
We should adopt Orthodox Christmas instead of continuing with the presumably unorthodox one. It finishes on 6th January, by which time the evenings have already drawn out by 17 minutes from the mid December earliest sunset (it's staggered against day length by the analemma). It's all in this graph.
November 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We should adopt Orthodox Christmas instead of continuing with the presumably unorthodox one. It finishes on 6th January, by which time the evenings have already drawn out by 17 minutes from the mid December earliest sunset (it's staggered against day length by the analemma). It's all in this graph.
Best thing I've done this year is this plasticol corrugated sheet under new bificial solar panels hack. Half a tonne lighter and 400 odd tiles cheaper.
November 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Best thing I've done this year is this plasticol corrugated sheet under new bificial solar panels hack. Half a tonne lighter and 400 odd tiles cheaper.
Also this is the OP.
October 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Also this is the OP.
The way things are going in more academic fields right now, I'm brushing up on plumbing and electrics!
My efforts are spookily Eldritch though.
My efforts are spookily Eldritch though.
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The way things are going in more academic fields right now, I'm brushing up on plumbing and electrics!
My efforts are spookily Eldritch though.
My efforts are spookily Eldritch though.
The tumble dryer fire pandemic is a combination of the dust filters being shite and falling apart too easily, and owners not caring that the heating element is now their new dust filter.
Also...
Also...
October 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The tumble dryer fire pandemic is a combination of the dust filters being shite and falling apart too easily, and owners not caring that the heating element is now their new dust filter.
Also...
Also...
I don't disagree that we need a left wing party, but I think we need a strongly environmentalist centre-right party.
October 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I don't disagree that we need a left wing party, but I think we need a strongly environmentalist centre-right party.
Also not sustainable is the fact that everyone is tabbing it nearly all the time.
October 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Also not sustainable is the fact that everyone is tabbing it nearly all the time.
I'm in a dark skies area. It's perpetual twilight from early May to August.
October 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I'm in a dark skies area. It's perpetual twilight from early May to August.
There's also this.
October 8, 2025 at 7:21 AM
There's also this.
Not even just art. Fire this meme at the average tinfoil hatted fuckwit on Facebook, and most of them think they're being accused of being vaccinated.
October 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Not even just art. Fire this meme at the average tinfoil hatted fuckwit on Facebook, and most of them think they're being accused of being vaccinated.
My Eufy robo vac has an app and maps the rooms individually.
October 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
My Eufy robo vac has an app and maps the rooms individually.
At least it's not telling you to close the door, THAT IT FUCKING OPENED.
October 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
At least it's not telling you to close the door, THAT IT FUCKING OPENED.
Tile batten drainage standoffs for my roof. They're going to be there for a long time (according to my gobby assistant; maybe even a whole six months).
September 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Tile batten drainage standoffs for my roof. They're going to be there for a long time (according to my gobby assistant; maybe even a whole six months).
ChatGPT - hole in one.
September 30, 2025 at 7:43 AM
ChatGPT - hole in one.
I didn't get a reply from the CAA to my much simpler proposal for drone rule setting and enforcement.
September 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I didn't get a reply from the CAA to my much simpler proposal for drone rule setting and enforcement.
21.5kWh from my new setup today 🌞💥 #solarpanels
September 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
21.5kWh from my new setup today 🌞💥 #solarpanels