Capt Pugwash
@smart-casual.bsky.social
Logistics and defence industry background, often found messing about in boats.
Picked an interesting time to do a masters in international relations. The Petri dish is flourishing; I just wish we didn't all have to live in it.
Picked an interesting time to do a masters in international relations. The Petri dish is flourishing; I just wish we didn't all have to live in it.
Fun LotR fact: that'll be problematic since most of the Riders of Rohan were women with excellent fake beards.
September 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Fun LotR fact: that'll be problematic since most of the Riders of Rohan were women with excellent fake beards.
Volley fire is the way to win battles and anything else is dangerously revolutionary.
September 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Volley fire is the way to win battles and anything else is dangerously revolutionary.
Also, just over 100 years since a British pilot in a British-designed aircraft made the first landing on Japan's first aircraft carrier. Funny old world...
August 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Also, just over 100 years since a British pilot in a British-designed aircraft made the first landing on Japan's first aircraft carrier. Funny old world...
About as canon as Sterlings...
August 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
About as canon as Sterlings...
The facts don't care about your feelings.
July 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The facts don't care about your feelings.
Stormé De Larverie, Marsha P. Johnson, Zazu Nova. Don't try to write them out of history.
July 16, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Stormé De Larverie, Marsha P. Johnson, Zazu Nova. Don't try to write them out of history.
The AC debate in a nutshell
July 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The AC debate in a nutshell
If this is the photo you mean, they're British soldiers in Kent and it was specifically a drag show. But I'm sure the same kind of thing happened all the time!
July 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
If this is the photo you mean, they're British soldiers in Kent and it was specifically a drag show. But I'm sure the same kind of thing happened all the time!
I agree, and can't help but think of the Roman woman reburied with ceremony and libations at the Gherkin in London. I'd like to think that archaeology is as much about respect for the lives and stories of our ancestors, as simple curiosity.
July 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I agree, and can't help but think of the Roman woman reburied with ceremony and libations at the Gherkin in London. I'd like to think that archaeology is as much about respect for the lives and stories of our ancestors, as simple curiosity.
Not a criticism, but it's interesting how one of the ship's company receives a military funeral while others become museum exhibits.
Where does one draw the line? Napoleonic soldiers are buried with full honours, Egyptian mummies are exhibited, and it seems Tudor remains are somewhere in-between...
Where does one draw the line? Napoleonic soldiers are buried with full honours, Egyptian mummies are exhibited, and it seems Tudor remains are somewhere in-between...
July 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Not a criticism, but it's interesting how one of the ship's company receives a military funeral while others become museum exhibits.
Where does one draw the line? Napoleonic soldiers are buried with full honours, Egyptian mummies are exhibited, and it seems Tudor remains are somewhere in-between...
Where does one draw the line? Napoleonic soldiers are buried with full honours, Egyptian mummies are exhibited, and it seems Tudor remains are somewhere in-between...
I am unclear whether this is bad web design or excellent hog design
June 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I am unclear whether this is bad web design or excellent hog design
It's called a biplane rig, and the first time I saw one out on the water, I genuinely thought my binoculars were broken.
But no, the binos were fine, it was just the entire observable universe that was faulty
But no, the binos were fine, it was just the entire observable universe that was faulty
June 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
It's called a biplane rig, and the first time I saw one out on the water, I genuinely thought my binoculars were broken.
But no, the binos were fine, it was just the entire observable universe that was faulty
But no, the binos were fine, it was just the entire observable universe that was faulty
This is an American car parked in a typical UK parking space, last week.
May 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This is an American car parked in a typical UK parking space, last week.
This crisis is stretching the meme-industrial complex to breaking point.
May 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This crisis is stretching the meme-industrial complex to breaking point.
Here's an excellent roundup from Reddit.
www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibl...
My personal fave is Chaos God Joe on a throne made of AR-15s
www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibl...
My personal fave is Chaos God Joe on a throne made of AR-15s
May 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Here's an excellent roundup from Reddit.
www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibl...
My personal fave is Chaos God Joe on a throne made of AR-15s
www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibl...
My personal fave is Chaos God Joe on a throne made of AR-15s
This crisis is stretching the meme-industrial complex to breaking point.
May 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This crisis is stretching the meme-industrial complex to breaking point.
Were they even operating close to the front line?
India has ample standoff capability - and if this report is to be believed, at least one jet was downed almost 100km inside Indian airspace by a PL-15.
India has ample standoff capability - and if this report is to be believed, at least one jet was downed almost 100km inside Indian airspace by a PL-15.
May 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Were they even operating close to the front line?
India has ample standoff capability - and if this report is to be believed, at least one jet was downed almost 100km inside Indian airspace by a PL-15.
India has ample standoff capability - and if this report is to be believed, at least one jet was downed almost 100km inside Indian airspace by a PL-15.
This is interesting. PL-15 debris reported (range around 150km) - how far inside Indian airspace were the IAF jets hit?
x.com/clashreport/...
x.com/clashreport/...
May 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is interesting. PL-15 debris reported (range around 150km) - how far inside Indian airspace were the IAF jets hit?
x.com/clashreport/...
x.com/clashreport/...