Jon POWER
@jonpower.bsky.social
Moving in. Like Japan and doujin games.
Those familiar with Kate Bush will know this bit...
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Those familiar with Kate Bush will know this bit...
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
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November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
Anarchy means without leaders. People frequently confuse anarchy with chaos, because leaders want you to think life will be chaos without their leadership. It won't, of course, and we have developed ways of progressing society collectively.
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Anarchy means without leaders. People frequently confuse anarchy with chaos, because leaders want you to think life will be chaos without their leadership. It won't, of course, and we have developed ways of progressing society collectively.
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Of course I would say this, but we need to talk about the moral & ideological case for play & leisure more than ever. So much political discourse - especially from the super-rich - assumes we ought to construct society around forcing citizens to spend most of their one, unrepeatable life working.
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Of course I would say this, but we need to talk about the moral & ideological case for play & leisure more than ever. So much political discourse - especially from the super-rich - assumes we ought to construct society around forcing citizens to spend most of their one, unrepeatable life working.
It is astonishing that one of the earliest sci-fi films showing an advanced underground civilisation was actually a singing cowboy series!!! In 1935 The Phantom Empire stars Gene Autry performing at his Radio Ranch, while the people of Murania live far below.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pha...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pha...
The Phantom Empire - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It is astonishing that one of the earliest sci-fi films showing an advanced underground civilisation was actually a singing cowboy series!!! In 1935 The Phantom Empire stars Gene Autry performing at his Radio Ranch, while the people of Murania live far below.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pha...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pha...
This is an enfilade, where the doorways align to show off successive rooms. Corridors are remarkably recent inventions. Previously buildings were just successions of whole rooms. Corridors really only became popular about 200 years ago. I like this enfilade effect though, but it blurs privacy.
Carl Stefan Bennet (Swedish 1800 - 1878), Interior of the Painter's Home in Stockholm, 1867, Oil on canvas, 62 x 43 cm.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This is an enfilade, where the doorways align to show off successive rooms. Corridors are remarkably recent inventions. Previously buildings were just successions of whole rooms. Corridors really only became popular about 200 years ago. I like this enfilade effect though, but it blurs privacy.
Ekranoplan.
November 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Ekranoplan.
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Here's a longish thread about what turned out to be one of my favourite foreshore finds of the year... It started when I spotted this bottle. Another mudlark had just walked over that patch - did they not see it, or were they just uninterested in bottles? Or was it simply meant for me? Contd...
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Here's a longish thread about what turned out to be one of my favourite foreshore finds of the year... It started when I spotted this bottle. Another mudlark had just walked over that patch - did they not see it, or were they just uninterested in bottles? Or was it simply meant for me? Contd...
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Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
These ads are poisoning trust in media
‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.
www.exxonknews.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
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'Face of the Moon.' (1797) John Russell was the finest British pastel artist of his time. One of his sitters, the astronomer William Herschel encouraged him to buy a telescope, and with this he produced a number of remarkable pastel drawings of the moon.
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
'Face of the Moon.' (1797) John Russell was the finest British pastel artist of his time. One of his sitters, the astronomer William Herschel encouraged him to buy a telescope, and with this he produced a number of remarkable pastel drawings of the moon.
@lessmarberry.bsky.social have you watched Miami Blues (1990) neo-noir, Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward ? Sad but entertaining. The novel is good too.
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
@lessmarberry.bsky.social have you watched Miami Blues (1990) neo-noir, Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward ? Sad but entertaining. The novel is good too.
Fascinating video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJEN...
Designing a model hydrofoil using electronics on the mast to adjust the height in real time. I like these videos, the bloke explains things quickly but clearly.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJEN...
Designing a model hydrofoil using electronics on the mast to adjust the height in real time. I like these videos, the bloke explains things quickly but clearly.
Worlds First Hydrofoil Made From Circuit Boards
YouTube video by rctestflight
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Fascinating video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJEN...
Designing a model hydrofoil using electronics on the mast to adjust the height in real time. I like these videos, the bloke explains things quickly but clearly.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJEN...
Designing a model hydrofoil using electronics on the mast to adjust the height in real time. I like these videos, the bloke explains things quickly but clearly.
The claim that solar panels take up valuable farm land is rubbish. Plenty of livestock prefer some shade during their day. Build the panels to get some sun, provide some shade, and let animals graze below.
Comforting shade provided by pasture trees.
#scape #landscape #cows #pasture #shade #trees #mountains #eastcoastkin
#scape #landscape #cows #pasture #shade #trees #mountains #eastcoastkin
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The claim that solar panels take up valuable farm land is rubbish. Plenty of livestock prefer some shade during their day. Build the panels to get some sun, provide some shade, and let animals graze below.
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- Criminal plans crime, copper foils said crime
- WW2 propaganda piece for home audience with shocking violence
- quirky comedy played dead straight
- apocalyptic sci-fi
- French or Japanese
- Criminal plans crime, copper foils said crime
- WW2 propaganda piece for home audience with shocking violence
- quirky comedy played dead straight
- apocalyptic sci-fi
- French or Japanese
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
November 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- Criminal plans crime, copper foils said crime
- WW2 propaganda piece for home audience with shocking violence
- quirky comedy played dead straight
- apocalyptic sci-fi
- French or Japanese
- Criminal plans crime, copper foils said crime
- WW2 propaganda piece for home audience with shocking violence
- quirky comedy played dead straight
- apocalyptic sci-fi
- French or Japanese
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Nov. 16, 1925: General Motors makes its first acquisition of a foreign business, buying Vauxhall for $2.5 million. The British carmaker has been in business since 1857, originally making pumps. GM will retain Vauxhall management but steer it from luxury to midmarket offerings.
November 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Nov. 16, 1925: General Motors makes its first acquisition of a foreign business, buying Vauxhall for $2.5 million. The British carmaker has been in business since 1857, originally making pumps. GM will retain Vauxhall management but steer it from luxury to midmarket offerings.
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DYK, that sepia ink was originally made from squid ink?
DYK, that it is possible to recover the remains of ink from fossil Belemnites?
DYK, that Mary Anning discovered this?
DYK, that you can reconstitute that fossil squid ink and use it to draw?
DYK, this was en vogue in the 19th century?
DYK, that it is possible to recover the remains of ink from fossil Belemnites?
DYK, that Mary Anning discovered this?
DYK, that you can reconstitute that fossil squid ink and use it to draw?
DYK, this was en vogue in the 19th century?
The Geological Society
- Fossil sepia, described 1829
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November 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
DYK, that sepia ink was originally made from squid ink?
DYK, that it is possible to recover the remains of ink from fossil Belemnites?
DYK, that Mary Anning discovered this?
DYK, that you can reconstitute that fossil squid ink and use it to draw?
DYK, this was en vogue in the 19th century?
DYK, that it is possible to recover the remains of ink from fossil Belemnites?
DYK, that Mary Anning discovered this?
DYK, that you can reconstitute that fossil squid ink and use it to draw?
DYK, this was en vogue in the 19th century?
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Eunice Newton Foote discovered the Greenhouse Effect.Her first paper was in the "Annual Scientific Discovery", with the paper, "Circumstances Affecting the Heat of the Sun's rays".She was the first person to show that carbon dioxide is a heat-trapping gas in 1856.
rinconeducativo.org/en/recursos-...
rinconeducativo.org/en/recursos-...
Eunice Newton Foote, a pioneer in greenhouse research - Rincón educativo
Eunice Newton Foote, a pioneer in greenhouse research.
rinconeducativo.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Eunice Newton Foote discovered the Greenhouse Effect.Her first paper was in the "Annual Scientific Discovery", with the paper, "Circumstances Affecting the Heat of the Sun's rays".She was the first person to show that carbon dioxide is a heat-trapping gas in 1856.
rinconeducativo.org/en/recursos-...
rinconeducativo.org/en/recursos-...
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Last night, rereading The Two Towers, I came across the word HALE, and while I've encountered the (now rather archaic) term plenty of times before, this time it clicked that HALE is to HEALTH as WIDE is to WIDTH and LONG is to LENGTH, etc.
November 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Last night, rereading The Two Towers, I came across the word HALE, and while I've encountered the (now rather archaic) term plenty of times before, this time it clicked that HALE is to HEALTH as WIDE is to WIDTH and LONG is to LENGTH, etc.
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What are some great gift ideas for someone working in tech? Something that you either got someone and it was a success, you got and loved it, or want to get it this year?
Suggestions welcome!
Suggestions welcome!
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
What are some great gift ideas for someone working in tech? Something that you either got someone and it was a success, you got and loved it, or want to get it this year?
Suggestions welcome!
Suggestions welcome!
No fucking way!!!
November 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
No fucking way!!!
Holy Fuck!!
November 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Holy Fuck!!
Maybe worms here means maggots. That is, the canning process failed, or the cooked meat had flies eggs on it before being sealed. Today, canning is more regulated and controlled to high standards, but early on, people must have been opening cans with maggots more often.
@fakehistoryhunter.net
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First guy to open a can of worms: I did not enjoy this experience and will liken future inconveniences to it.
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Maybe worms here means maggots. That is, the canning process failed, or the cooked meat had flies eggs on it before being sealed. Today, canning is more regulated and controlled to high standards, but early on, people must have been opening cans with maggots more often.
@fakehistoryhunter.net
@fakehistoryhunter.net