Royster
@royster70.bsky.social
Ex-Londoner now in Australia, breaking his latest gadget
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Smooth move, Louvre abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Password to Louvre’s video surveillance system was 'Louvre', according to employee
According to an employee with knowledge of the system, the password to the Louvre's video surveillance system was simply "Louvre" at the time of the robbery last month.
abcnews.go.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Smooth move, Louvre abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
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Daniel Hannan was born in Peru.
November 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Daniel Hannan was born in Peru.
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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China omits electric vehicles from its list of strategic industries in its five-year development plan for 2026-2030, the first time the sector has been excluded in more than a decade
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
China excludes EVs in latest five-year plan as industry grapples with oversupply
China has omitted electric vehicles from its list of strategic industries in its five-year development plan for 2026-2030, marking their first exclusion in more than a decade, as the sector grapples with oversupply challenges.
www.reuters.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
China omits electric vehicles from its list of strategic industries in its five-year development plan for 2026-2030, the first time the sector has been excluded in more than a decade
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
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Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.
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The thing they never talk about is how much the UK as an economy & a functioning society is dependent on immigrants. Most of the press don’t care to share such facts either & just parrot anti-migrant rhetoric. It pains my brain to keep seeing such stupidity.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tory MP criticised after demanding legally settled families be deported
Katie Lam said move would make UK ‘culturally coherent’ and that a large number of people ‘need to go home’
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The thing they never talk about is how much the UK as an economy & a functioning society is dependent on immigrants. Most of the press don’t care to share such facts either & just parrot anti-migrant rhetoric. It pains my brain to keep seeing such stupidity.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
October 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
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13 years ago today, I snapped this while crossing London Bridge on my way into town.
Such a moment of optimism and pride in London and these islands.
So what this country needs right now.
Such a moment of optimism and pride in London and these islands.
So what this country needs right now.
July 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
13 years ago today, I snapped this while crossing London Bridge on my way into town.
Such a moment of optimism and pride in London and these islands.
So what this country needs right now.
Such a moment of optimism and pride in London and these islands.
So what this country needs right now.
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oh, we have some straightforward gutter racism. “the blacks and the browns are the reason white people can’t get ahead” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
July 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
oh, we have some straightforward gutter racism. “the blacks and the browns are the reason white people can’t get ahead” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Most in the West prefer denial, so it’s refreshing to hear Ford’s CEO eat humble pie 🥧 and admit China’s EV lead is “the most humbling thing” he’s seen. 70% of EVs, unbeatable tech, magical UX—Farley gets it. The future isn’t Detroit—it’s Shenzhen, dominating in scale, innovation & affordability.
‘The Most Humbling Thing I’ve Ever Seen’: Ford CEO On China’s Car Industry
Ford CEO Jim Farley said Chinese cars have
insideevs.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Most in the West prefer denial, so it’s refreshing to hear Ford’s CEO eat humble pie 🥧 and admit China’s EV lead is “the most humbling thing” he’s seen. 70% of EVs, unbeatable tech, magical UX—Farley gets it. The future isn’t Detroit—it’s Shenzhen, dominating in scale, innovation & affordability.
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Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin'
The violin is smaller than a human hair and has "laid the groundwork" for future research.
www.bbc.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Here it is, finally. The truth.
In a landmark #greenwashing legal case brought by @parentsforclimate.bsky.social, #EnergyAustralia has publicly acknowledged that offsets do not undo the harms of burning fossil fuels & apologised to more than 400,000 customers of its carbon #offsetting product
In a landmark #greenwashing legal case brought by @parentsforclimate.bsky.social, #EnergyAustralia has publicly acknowledged that offsets do not undo the harms of burning fossil fuels & apologised to more than 400,000 customers of its carbon #offsetting product
May 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Here it is, finally. The truth.
In a landmark #greenwashing legal case brought by @parentsforclimate.bsky.social, #EnergyAustralia has publicly acknowledged that offsets do not undo the harms of burning fossil fuels & apologised to more than 400,000 customers of its carbon #offsetting product
In a landmark #greenwashing legal case brought by @parentsforclimate.bsky.social, #EnergyAustralia has publicly acknowledged that offsets do not undo the harms of burning fossil fuels & apologised to more than 400,000 customers of its carbon #offsetting product
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Faith in humanity restored!
May 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Faith in humanity restored!
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OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
May 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
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1. While announcing he is donating his remaining fortune—over $100 billion—to his Foundation, along with news that the foundation will spend down all of its funds and close within the next 20 years, Bill Gates accused Elon Musk of “killing the world’s poorest children” through misguided USAID cuts.
Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of ‘killing’ children with USAID cuts
Billionaire reopens feud with Tesla chief as he unveils plan to spend $200bn on philanthropy and close foundation in 2045
bit.ly
May 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
1. While announcing he is donating his remaining fortune—over $100 billion—to his Foundation, along with news that the foundation will spend down all of its funds and close within the next 20 years, Bill Gates accused Elon Musk of “killing the world’s poorest children” through misguided USAID cuts.
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I'd like to think it's a small act of rebellion, by someone in the press office, that they gave him a red Sith lightsabre.
It's like that Mitchell and Webb sketch: "Have you noticed that our caps have got little pictures of skulls on them? ... Are we the baddies?"
It's like that Mitchell and Webb sketch: "Have you noticed that our caps have got little pictures of skulls on them? ... Are we the baddies?"
May 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I'd like to think it's a small act of rebellion, by someone in the press office, that they gave him a red Sith lightsabre.
It's like that Mitchell and Webb sketch: "Have you noticed that our caps have got little pictures of skulls on them? ... Are we the baddies?"
It's like that Mitchell and Webb sketch: "Have you noticed that our caps have got little pictures of skulls on them? ... Are we the baddies?"
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#auspol Concise and accurate as always, Laura Tingle puts the blame for the Liberal destruction exactly where it belongs: a negative campaign by the Libs. Labour and the Independents stuck to what they could do for Australia and the voters wanted that instead. Ding, dong, the wicked witch is dead.
May 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
#auspol Concise and accurate as always, Laura Tingle puts the blame for the Liberal destruction exactly where it belongs: a negative campaign by the Libs. Labour and the Independents stuck to what they could do for Australia and the voters wanted that instead. Ding, dong, the wicked witch is dead.
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Also, congratulations to the Aussies for taking some time away from the ceaseless struggle against their deadly wildlife to elect some (hopefully) decent politicians.
Good show, blokes!
Good show, blokes!
May 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Also, congratulations to the Aussies for taking some time away from the ceaseless struggle against their deadly wildlife to elect some (hopefully) decent politicians.
Good show, blokes!
Good show, blokes!
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The cantina band from Star Wars seems even weirder now we know from Andor that the bar could’ve just been playing normal techno
May 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The cantina band from Star Wars seems even weirder now we know from Andor that the bar could’ve just been playing normal techno
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The 5 Dimensional Chess Master Strategists currently running the UK Labour Party might want to take a look at Canada and Australia for a hint of what happens to Centre Left parties with the courage to fight Far Right populism
May 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The 5 Dimensional Chess Master Strategists currently running the UK Labour Party might want to take a look at Canada and Australia for a hint of what happens to Centre Left parties with the courage to fight Far Right populism
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What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
May 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
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“The quiet Australians are the young Australians.” Patricia Karvelas.
May 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“The quiet Australians are the young Australians.” Patricia Karvelas.