Nick Stevenson 🇺🇦🌊🐟
@nickstevenson63.bsky.social
X Twit refugee... Space Karen finally ended the remaining fun. Occasionally sweary. For avoidance of doubt, Brexit is pants. Feet on both sides of the Atlantic. So long USA, the land of my grandfather, it was nice knowing you. 249 years; so close.
So... Yesterday, Putin captured the United States of America without firing a bullet...
February 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
So... Yesterday, Putin captured the United States of America without firing a bullet...
So... This evening's #F1 Launch show from the O2... What a load of portentous, vaguely (and weirdly; think Apple 1984 commercial married to a Roger Waters show) dystopian bollocks.
Liberty have got a lot of things right since the bought FOM... but this is shite.
Liberty have got a lot of things right since the bought FOM... but this is shite.
February 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
So... This evening's #F1 Launch show from the O2... What a load of portentous, vaguely (and weirdly; think Apple 1984 commercial married to a Roger Waters show) dystopian bollocks.
Liberty have got a lot of things right since the bought FOM... but this is shite.
Liberty have got a lot of things right since the bought FOM... but this is shite.
Of course.
February 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Of course.
Dapper Dan the Con Man...
February 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Dapper Dan the Con Man...
The Brownshirts, aka the SA... which became the SS. So... nothing to see here, obviously.
February 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The Brownshirts, aka the SA... which became the SS. So... nothing to see here, obviously.
Weird little man...
February 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Weird little man...
I don't have a problem with elected senior MPs suggesting our government be prepared for anything, particularly for a potential course of action that's being signalled with emphatic klaxons and flashing lights almost daily. That is his (Ed's) job. Trump has already placed a warning in the UK press.
February 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I don't have a problem with elected senior MPs suggesting our government be prepared for anything, particularly for a potential course of action that's being signalled with emphatic klaxons and flashing lights almost daily. That is his (Ed's) job. Trump has already placed a warning in the UK press.
From there we headed back to Minnesota only stopping to refuel the car, to be back in Stillwater for the fireworks that evening.
February 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
From there we headed back to Minnesota only stopping to refuel the car, to be back in Stillwater for the fireworks that evening.
After tea, we headed to the B&B we'd booked for the next two nights in the wilderness near Soldier's Grove, WI. It was fabulously relaxing (even if the owners weren't expecting me to be a Brit). Wonderful people but, sadly, it's now closed.
And a #ShitBird photo for @wulfhelm.bsky.social
And a #ShitBird photo for @wulfhelm.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
After tea, we headed to the B&B we'd booked for the next two nights in the wilderness near Soldier's Grove, WI. It was fabulously relaxing (even if the owners weren't expecting me to be a Brit). Wonderful people but, sadly, it's now closed.
And a #ShitBird photo for @wulfhelm.bsky.social
And a #ShitBird photo for @wulfhelm.bsky.social
After a lunch overlooking the river, we thought it prudent to head to Madison for afternoon tea... These pictures aren't from this particular trip, as I've not got around to dealing with them yet. So here's something from a year, or so, prior.
February 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
After a lunch overlooking the river, we thought it prudent to head to Madison for afternoon tea... These pictures aren't from this particular trip, as I've not got around to dealing with them yet. So here's something from a year, or so, prior.
The Prairie du Chien stop was specifically to visit Villa Louis, a grand house that began as a fur trading post. At one time it had been redesigned in the British 'Arts & Crafts' style. It is William Morris on steroids.
February 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The Prairie du Chien stop was specifically to visit Villa Louis, a grand house that began as a fur trading post. At one time it had been redesigned in the British 'Arts & Crafts' style. It is William Morris on steroids.
Next morning, after breakfast at Emmy Lou's Café just outside Galena, we headed up to Wisconsin, for a morning and lunch in Prairie du Chien.
February 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Next morning, after breakfast at Emmy Lou's Café just outside Galena, we headed up to Wisconsin, for a morning and lunch in Prairie du Chien.
We booked into a B&B in Galena, having decided that the original plan to stay the night at my mother-in-law's in Madison, WI was pushing things a bit too far, given the unending heat. Then we ate at the Fried Green Tomato restaurant.
February 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
We booked into a B&B in Galena, having decided that the original plan to stay the night at my mother-in-law's in Madison, WI was pushing things a bit too far, given the unending heat. Then we ate at the Fried Green Tomato restaurant.
After lunch we crossed the river to Illinois and headed to Galena, the home of President Grant, and a location for the movie 'Field of Dreams'. Just what you'd expect of a, mostly, late 19th century, US town. Lovely.
But it was stiflingly hot and still. By now I was in my 5th t-shirt of the day.
But it was stiflingly hot and still. By now I was in my 5th t-shirt of the day.
February 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
After lunch we crossed the river to Illinois and headed to Galena, the home of President Grant, and a location for the movie 'Field of Dreams'. Just what you'd expect of a, mostly, late 19th century, US town. Lovely.
But it was stiflingly hot and still. By now I was in my 5th t-shirt of the day.
But it was stiflingly hot and still. By now I was in my 5th t-shirt of the day.
Still in Iowa, we stopped for lunch in Dubuque. An odd city to these British eyes. Maybe it was so quiet because citizens had left for Independence Day elsewhere. Or maybe it was just because it was so damned hot and humid - with no breeze at all.
February 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Still in Iowa, we stopped for lunch in Dubuque. An odd city to these British eyes. Maybe it was so quiet because citizens had left for Independence Day elsewhere. Or maybe it was just because it was so damned hot and humid - with no breeze at all.
More Iowa, and only a couple of miles south is Pikes Peak State Park overlooking the Mississippi to Wisconsin and the confluence with the Wisconsin River from the high cliffs (or bluffs...).
February 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
More Iowa, and only a couple of miles south is Pikes Peak State Park overlooking the Mississippi to Wisconsin and the confluence with the Wisconsin River from the high cliffs (or bluffs...).
Going into McGregor, Iowa.
February 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Going into McGregor, Iowa.
So... Part 2 of what has now become an occasional and irregular thread of photos... This time a road-trip we took down the Mississippi taking in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois. Independence Day week, 2013. Temps 80C+. Really sweaty... Really, really sweaty. Starting in MN.
February 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
So... Part 2 of what has now become an occasional and irregular thread of photos... This time a road-trip we took down the Mississippi taking in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois. Independence Day week, 2013. Temps 80C+. Really sweaty... Really, really sweaty. Starting in MN.
So... This is a really tragic story so why has BBC News (that still doesn't have a Bluesky account) decided this is a suitable headline?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
February 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
So... This is a really tragic story so why has BBC News (that still doesn't have a Bluesky account) decided this is a suitable headline?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
...or something.
February 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
...or something.
EU imports of LNG may have been at 'record levels' for the period Feb 2022 - Dec 2024, however they are actually 2/3rds down on pre-invasion imports. It's probably an anomaly as the EU member states build infrastructure for other sources.
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infograph...
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infograph...
February 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
EU imports of LNG may have been at 'record levels' for the period Feb 2022 - Dec 2024, however they are actually 2/3rds down on pre-invasion imports. It's probably an anomaly as the EU member states build infrastructure for other sources.
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infograph...
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infograph...