alastairrae.bsky.social
Irish returnee from London, retired software engineer, leftie, birder and general wildlife geek.
Killough, Co Down.
#spéirghorm
261 posts
88 followers
151 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter
comment in response to
post
Google AI unreliably says:
The "Pickle Sisters" were a one-hit vaudeville act that performed in the 1920s.
The act featured four women named Dill Delilah, Sweet Susan, Gherkin (formerly Ginny), and Kosher Katherine. 🥒🥒🥒🥒
comment in response to
post
Sorry, but this is just BBC balance gone wrong. It wibbles on about legal niceties, but it's not a war. It's an all-out attack on a defenceless people by a modern army. And exactly how is it going to haunt the west? He doesn't explain.
comment in response to
post
Ah, yes. It was keepass for me too. 🤦♂️
comment in response to
post
I had an issue once that á stopped working. I recall some app had stolen the key sequence. Unfortunately, I can't remember which app it was. Have you installed anything new recently? #techsupport
comment in response to
post
Plan your route with a road atlas. Write the turns on a sheet of paper. If needs be, pull over and consult the atlas. Not rocket science. 🚀
comment in response to
post
And sometimes you shoot but forget to look.
comment in response to
post
Nice. Is that a Virginia Tiger?
comment in response to
post
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
comment in response to
post
Maybe he should rename Reform as the English National Socialists to help connect with the working class?
comment in response to
post
www.irishwildflowers.ie/pages/225a.h...
comment in response to
post
Oh, jeez. I've just had a flashback to a rewording of Seasons in the Sun and suddenly realised what it meant. 😱
comment in response to
post
What's wrong with real trees? They might be a tad less effective than cyber-moss but cheaper to run. 🌳
comment in response to
post
I was using the Internet for years before the web came along. News groups, email, FTP etc.
comment in response to
post
The first time I installed Windows, it came on 13 x 3.5" disks.
comment in response to
post
I've read this several times. He is clearly blaming immigrants for Britain's problems.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
comment in response to
post
KS said: "if we do need to do more to release pressure on housing and our public services, then mark my words – we will"
He is blaming the immigrants, not austerity. He called them "the forces that are slowly pulling our country apart". Xenophobic dog whistle.
.
comment in response to
post
It's populist to say immigrants have caused incalculable damage to our society. Just plain evil to blame them for the decline in public services.
comment in response to
post
Schadenfreude when viewed from Ireland, watching England sink itself. Hope Scotland and NI can make it to the lifeboats.
comment in response to
post
Apparently it's a Digger Wasp that does the deed.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
comment in response to
post
Actually, I was born here.
Yes, but where are you really from?
comment in response to
post
I see no evidence that KS has any beliefs, good or bad. He just seems to be both deceitful and incompetent.
comment in response to
post
Love the video of Leo XIII
youtu.be/BdaWpDtgm18?...
comment in response to
post
My best one was at London. On vacation, I travel in walking boots. Put them through xray and tied them back up. Walked around a corner and they told me to take them off again. I quietly moaned and the operative said to her colleague: I hate this job.
comment in response to
post
Confused that in track and field women wear super skimpy gear while men wear just the usual vest and shorts.
comment in response to
post
But the EU is happy to buy gas from Israel which is committing genocide.
comment in response to
post
Reform are a racing certainty for power. They will defeat the Tories as you suggest. Labour's Tory tribute act will fare no better. England is lost and the UK is doomed.
comment in response to
post
The media is responsible in that Keir Stammer is terrified of doing anything that upsets the Mail or Express.
comment in response to
post
There are good people and bad. I used to carefully navigate the taxonomy around Israel. Now it's just good Jews who oppose genocide and evil Jews who support it.
comment in response to
post
Ok, more recent lobbying, this time for his African clients.
www.miningmx.com/news/energy/...
comment in response to
post
Is he still on big oils payroll?
www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/rev...
comment in response to
post
Of course, if you view league tables as a stochastic process, you might expect this sort of distribution. 📊🙈
comment in response to
post
I found this article helpful. The embedded video is also very informative.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
comment in response to
post
Well, I guess the ostriches didn't want to be steaks either but good not to waste their hides.
comment in response to
post
"... people tend to compensate for advanced safety features such as anti-lock braking systems, air bags, [and] electronic stability packages by driving more aggressively"
abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id...
comment in response to
post
Interesting that the BBC continues to use the cropped picture so you can't see his hand around her bare waist.
comment in response to
post
One factor is the space needed for side-impact bars and airbags. Old cars were less safe and even small cars have got broader. The big brutes are more dangerous for others.