calmeilles

calmeilles, 12 days ago to random

Visible light pollution has long been a problem for optical astronomers now radio frequency pollution from the increasing number of satellite constellations is inhibiting radio astronomy.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-27/square-kilometre-array-wa-to-face-satellite-noise-interference/103830954

calmeilles, 18 days ago to random

Aid from the American floating pier not getting through.

https://apnews.com/article/us-pier-gaza-famine-israel-1feae14dac670bb4de0467988799c5c6?taid=664cee4ce1317b0001593d73

calmeilles, 19 days ago to random

calmeilles, 1 month ago to random

Absolutely effin mental.

Suella Braverman interviewed on BBC "Keir Starmer has the charisma of a peanut... Labour is a party of hard left maniacs, who would undo brexit, who would open our borders & who would indoctrinated our institutions & schools with PC madness.. "

calmeilles, 1 month ago to random

calmeilles, 1 month ago to random

Just an everyday story of lawyers conspiring to suppress evidence.

The recipient, Williams, is now a head of legal at the Post Office and responsible for deciding on compensation issues.

https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/post-office-lawyer-advised-withholding-documents-inquiry-hears/5119416.article

calmeilles, 1 month ago to random

You don't have to commit a physical genocide if you can kill a people's culture.

In China, new policies on education and "national language" are eroding the basis of Tibetan culture, according to some families and activists. Increasingly, children from Tibetan-speaking families are sent to boarding school, where all teaching is in Mandarin Chinese.

Also with Uyghurs and other minorities. Beijing's imperialism is insidious, powerful and deeply destructive.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-68492043

calmeilles, 1 month ago to random

½ whole wheat and ½ gram flour flatbreads spiced with coriander, allspice, pepper, cumin, cardamom, nutmeg, turmeric, ginger, cloves, cassia, chili and cayenne pepper.

calmeilles, 2 months ago to random

calmeilles, 2 months ago to random

« Chair of foreign affairs select committee Alicia Kearns said at a Tory fundraiser that legal advice would mean the UK has to cease all arms sales to Israel without delay »

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/30/uk-government-lawyers-say-israel-is-breaking-international-law-claims-top-tory-in-leaked-recording

calmeilles, 2 months ago to random

« With something as excessive and egregious as The Line, even if it ends up being powered by solar panels, so much carbon is spent on constructing those buildings that you’ve already lost the game. »

https://archive.is/HCybb

calmeilles, 2 months ago to eagles

Can eagles swallow fish whole in midair?

#bird #eagles #birds #eagle #ea...

https://youtube.com/shorts/e8y8ynWgzSg?si=olR8toC2yiHpcIi7

calmeilles, 2 months ago to random

What recourse do you have when the minister for equalities sets out to discriminate against people?

Twenty-five US states (plus Washington, DC), four Australian territories, and twenty-five countries have been cut out of the jurisdictions whose gender recognition processes the UK will honour.

https://rya.nc/activism/uk-slashes-foreign-gender-recognition.html

calmeilles, 2 months ago to random

Government PLUNDERING public assets.

This is outright theft of community property for the benefit of private owners.

https://archive.ph/h992x

calmeilles, 2 months ago to random

calmeilles, 2 months ago to random

Jackie Higginson organised mass North Sea skinny dip to raise money for Mind but the Department for Work and Pensions said she would be stripped of her benefits because the money raised counted as her income.

FFS This isn't "bad" it's actively evil.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001xf8s

calmeilles, 3 months ago to random

This applies to all current publicly available AI generators, not just those producing images.

calmeilles, 3 months ago to random

The Dreamies summoning spell is here somewhere, I'm sure of it!

calmeilles, 3 months ago to random

It is increasingly difficult to see this as anything other than a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice by concealing evidence conducted by Post Office senior management and perjury of some of that management in support of that.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68146054

calmeilles, 3 months ago to random

calmeilles, 3 months ago to random

Why an honours list in mid February?

Is the timing normal or is Sunak slipping them in before an election?

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/political-peerages-2024

calmeilles, 4 months ago to random

Bread happened again.

Dough tuned out onto a baking sheet ready for the oven
Dough starting final proof in a banneton
Dough risen after bulk fermentation in a bowl.

calmeilles, 4 months ago to random

calmeilles, 4 months ago to random

Great joke on the James O'Brien show from a listener.

"Of course Rishi Sunak didn't recall Parliament over Yemen. He never recalls anything".

h/t @garygilligan?twitter.com for bringing this to my attention.

calmeilles, 4 months ago to random

Public transport can be harsh.