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@anneapplebaum.bsky.social Is it a Mercator projection issue?
January 5, 2026 at 7:59 AM
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social And Venezuela's oil is very heavy crude, which requires specialist refineries to handle and may be uneconomic if oil prices are too low.
January 4, 2026 at 11:46 AM
January 2, 2026 at 1:24 AM
@ai6yr @unlambda @bruce I've always fancied the Helix. They were a Kickstarter and were years late making their first deliveries, but managed to survive. https://helix.ca
Helix - The New Standard in Folding Bikes. Big Wheels. Titanium Frame. Rides Better and Folds Smaller. Made in Canada.
Helix is the new standard in folding bikes. Helix is more compact, lighter, safer and easier to use than any other folding bike in the world. Helix has an all titanium frame and is made in Canada with a state of the art manufacturing process.
helix.ca
January 1, 2026 at 5:36 PM
@ianRobinson I don't think anyone is using their new $400 million High NA EUV machine in production yet. They're still on the old $200 million machines.
January 1, 2026 at 1:10 PM
@ianRobinson I saw this yesterday. Watching it was a treat.
January 1, 2026 at 12:44 PM
The Brisons, aka Charles de Gaulle in the Bath
Calling all Francophiles and golfers! Did you know that you haven’t missed your chance to golf with General Charles de Gaulle? Not only that, you can play golf while watching him float on his back in his bathtub! That’s gotta be on someone’s bucket list, somewhere. No? Not appealing, you say? What if I said Charles de Gaulle was rock and the bathtub was the Atlantic Ocean? Much better, eh. Charles de Gaulle in the Bath is actually a natural phenomenon – it is a double peaked islet just over 1.5km from the shore of Cape Cornwall in England. The islet, properly known as The Brisons, is really two rocks, one 22m high and one 27m high. Someone, somewhere, noted that they look like the General and ever since then, that image has stuck. The Brisons form the last bit of a reef that remains underwater for most stages of the tide. With much of the reef continually hidden, this really gives Charles a chance to stand out. But it also means that throughout history, that reef has been the cause of numerous shipwrecks and deaths. Today, Cape Cornwall is a lovely place at which to take a ramble or play a round of golf. There are also several places to rent, including cute stone cottages, so you can make it your base from which to explore the surrounding area. If landscapes and rocky shorelines are your thing, I definitely recommend Cape Cornwall. If golfing is your thing, I have no idea if the golfing is good but how can it not be if Charles de Gaulle is your view? ### Share this: * Share * * Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X * Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * ### Like this: Like Loading...
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December 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
@ElenLeFoll @cstross Hilarious! The Monarch Recognition 2.0 code is still in beta.
December 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
@mattblaze Oh dear.
December 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
@mattblaze Haven you been doing photography wrong again?
December 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
@futurebird Don't go flapping your ears at me!
December 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
@futurebird I think it's terrifying that the number of flying insects may have dropped 75% since the 1950s.
December 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
@WarnerCrocker Yes, I've been reading and estate agents here apparently call them garden flats. Characteristic in Georgian houses, and the outdoor space is called the "area" or "airey". Basement was originally for servants and service rooms such as the laundry.
December 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
@WarnerCrocker There is a style of terraced townhouse common in parts of London where foundations were dug out half a storey deep, and the spoil put onto the road, raising its level. The basement is a separate dwelling, down a flight of steps, and there are a few steps up from the road to the […]
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December 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
@WarnerCrocker It's interesting how local house building differs around the world. Having a basement or cellar is unusual in the UK, but there are cities where it's more common. They would typically be unheated though, and have low ceilings.
December 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
@WarnerCrocker I guess they're larger than the rooms in the house above, where the space is subdivided?
December 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
@ianRobinson Oh, that does sound familiar. Can't remember ever watching it, but I guess I must have.
December 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
@skinnylatte It's not all bad. There is now more street food, sold from food trucks. Jack's Gelato here in Cambridge started selling from a bicycle rickshaw under an umbrella on Silver Street bridge, and now has two shops with people queuing outside in winter. Expensive, but all made by them […]
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December 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
@skinnylatte Last time I ate in an Indian restaurant I picked a dish which had curry leaves in, which I love. There were no curry leaves when it arrived and I complained. The waiter claimed they were blended into the sauce. Nonsense. Here are the ingredients […]

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December 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM