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I’d love an EV. Unfortunately not fortunate enough to have my own driveway for a charging point. Bicycle it is.

Reminds me…it was Randy Thom or somebody who said “a mix is finished when there’s nothing left to take out”

A lesson on "imperial blowback" and the historic hypocrisy inherent to the US attack on Iran courtesy of @georgemolnbiot.bsky.social

#bbcqt

The photo shows an Avid-brand audio mixing console with a computer on a desk behind. The photographer appears in a selfie at top right.

I’m teaching on the S6 later this week, and was just checking that the valves all work and the rubber bands have some zing. It’s a useful beast, albeit with a few quirks.

Indeed. This specific issue is one I encounter each day on my commute past a few of these bus stops! The advertising board itself is ok, but a gap at the bottom would really help, particularly when the bus stop is by a shared pathway or floating next to a cycle lane.

Can I please suggest advertising bulkheads that don’t go all the way to the ground? With those ‘island’ bus stops, an approaching, cautious cycle lane rider can’t see the feet of anyone standing waiting behind the sign inside the bus shelter who might be about to step out unawares.

A close-up photo of the main and standby LED lamp installation at the top of a lighthouse in Dorset, UK.

The lamp, Portland Bill lighthouse, Dorset. After viewing the previous, massive Fresnel lens on display in the lighthouse’s museum, this little 300W LED bulb setup (main and standby) looks a bit anti-climactic. Progress though, I guess.

‘Everybody wants a bestie like this guy!’ Rush on rock’s most anticipated reunion – and its greatest bromance After drummer Neil Peart died in 2020, many thought the Canadian prog legends would never reform. As they book a mammoth global tour, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson explain how their lifelong bond drew th...

Their music could be totally thrilling or leave me cold, but the group dynamic was always enthralling.

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I bet this will be great! @emorwee is, age aside, a true veteran of these wars!

Presumably in use by the Telegraph itself for some time now.

A picture of a book entitled Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton.

Good quote. Peruses bookshelf…not got any new contemplations.

All this "it's easy...just make the BBC less biased, less crap, etc." is all very well, but who's the arbiter of that, in the socio-political climate we're in?
If the answer is ultimately "the market" then we may as well just give up now.

Yes, if their manifesto combines high-interest cash loans with DIY on old houses. Might be some potential there.

I would have thought being a denier is a prerequisite for the job!

Small Prophets on #BBC is a very fine show, from the pen of the enormously talented McKenzie Crook. Hats off to all you clever production people here, too.

I wonder what aspects of today we’ll look back on with contrived nostalgia, decades from now? And if there is something, can we all agree now that actually that thing is a bit rubbish and won’t be worth invoking memory of in 2076?
Ah, curses…that’s not how ‘the good old days’ works.

I read this fact as a kid (many moons ago) and always keep it filed away in case of a pub quiz.

I think you’re allowed to test your eyesight while driving, though.

A close up of a broadcast sound desk, in which several video displays and a sound level meter are visible.

While others may reach for a mastering plug-in during post, my student today mixed a live TEDx broadcast event at #mediabmth and got his loudness into a nice groove, seemingly effortlessly. Small details. #audioproduction

I occasionally wear a hat, ride a bicycle, eat tofu, like a good LTN, and don’t feel compelled to disagree with all of George (particularly on Middle East stuff). But if he’s appearing on mainstream news telly then times must be especially grim.

This is one of my favorite optical illusions, because even when you know specifically HOW IT WORKS, it's still hard to make your brain believe it.

The image below is real-world video, but you're being tricked into believing it's an elaborate miniature by the DIORAMA EFFECT.

Let's talk about it.

Oooh look Gromit!!

‘It’s ridiculous’: publicans bemused by rise of single-file queues to get served Bar owners say they struggle to dissuade people from forming a line as behavioural experts point to post-pandemic ‘new norms’

Coming from a long line of queuers myself, I get this, and I’m an immigrant here. The reluctance to be seen as ‘barging in’ is a strong fear, I guess. And no-one wants to feel ignored while crowding up at the bar to order. Odd things, humans.
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Is the bit past Halfords and Trent’s to be done to a similar standard?

Seven Dials on Netflix. Felt a bit disappointed that it wasn't Uncle Quentin sitting in the front carriage.

Well said indeed.

Generations apart, but as someone who grew up in Tasmania, inspired by [then] Greens stalwart Bob Brown, this hits some good chords.

We interrupt the madness for a note from the rational world And an encouraging one, at that!

In case you for some reason need a bit of good news this week, India--largest country on earth--seems to be taking a decisive turn toward solar energy
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Story Teller Part 1: The Emperor's New Clothes (Magazine & Tape) YouTube video by Story Teller TV

When I was a kid we had a Storyteller tape with this story on it, and here it is:

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Well, there's a good bit of solar there, too.