Murphy's Lawyer

Without Mo Mowlam, Peter Mandelson would not have got the smooth ride he had as her replacement in Northern Ireland; and Tony Blair could not have claimed the credit for the Good Friday agreement.
It's more complicated than men shuffling a competent woman aside, but that's a substantial part of it.

I've been listening to an audiobook about airships (zeppelins, dirigibles, or blimps, depending on locale), and how they NEVER really worked, but governments had invested so much in them that they were determined to MAKE them work, wasting fortunes & years & lives

This post is not about airships

Inky space feathers 🌌🪽

#trigun #vashmeryl

My mother told me a tale, which may be true, that she once owned an Austin 7 which could only go up a 1 in 5 hill or steeper in reverse.

Snigger. Also 🫂

if no one EVER gets my refs I DON’T CARE

I am currently running two and a half islands in Animal Crossing and have no time… for…

Dang that’s cute!

Screenshot from X by Sian Berry: Continuing the blanket ban on puberty blockers is a worrying decision. The same medication continues to be used safely by young people for other reasons. By relying on the reason for prescription, is this simply discrimination against our #trans youth?

“A ludicrously irresponsible intervention from Green MP, Sian Berry, on the topic of puberty blockers… underlined to me that this was no longer a party of science and reason and evidence-based policy-making.”

What she said, which is correct and something the Terfs don’t want to discuss:

The 2026 Ghibli Cup semi finals have begun! Follow the links to take part in voting between now and Monday:

True, alas.

Executive summary: most of us will never have IHT imposed on what we leave behind.

If you think you’re worth more than £500k or a million if you’re married or in a civil partnership, well good on you and have a listen.

regulating tech is too hard, let's go shopping

Some Fallout 76 themed Pringles tubes. “Mystery flavour”.

Radroach or Deathclaw?
#Fallout #Fallout76

Shambling around groaning “Braiiiiiiins!” isn’t my idea of a good time.

It doesn’t have perfect controls, and the random encounters can be a bit grinding, but it’s a lovely game for its time.

The Wang 2200 computer, vintage 1973.

My Wang hasn’t experienced optimal performance efficiency for decades.

Biplanes! Zeppelins! And Iranian troops with snow on their boots, having marched the pretty way via Russia!

If the HOI4 nerds, rather than the Call of Duty nerds, were running the US right now, then at least the country might have some decent Close Air Support.

Instead it's a bunch of dweebs smashing the airstrike button and wondering why the 'Second Coming' cut-scene hasn't started yet.

I’ve been seeing articles like this for about a decade now.

It would be lovely if Apple fixed half of this, but their mantra still seems to me “The software works as designed”.

Your iPhone could soon demand age verification – and lock you out of important apps if you don't comply Additional protections could come to the iPhone in the near future – but only in the UK for now

Oh, for crying out loud, Apple.
Do. Not. Comply. In. Advance.

www.t3.com/tech/phones/...

“…transparent glass elements and a floating taskbar.”

I’m going to see how far back I can roll Windows in a VM to keep running the programs that won’t work on Linux. I still have a set of 7 Pro discs and the serial number.

That may still be Smith and not Jones. Smith hung onto their rail station shops.

Absolutely no surprise here. The week after TH Jones took over from WH Smith in Leeds they stopped accepting newspaper coupons. That told me they weren’t interested in keeping customers.

You are Lionel Fanthorpe and I claim my £5.

I’m very fond of the second fake curse in that series: “May you be brought to the attention of those set in authority over you.”

Safari can’t open the page because the server can’t be found.

Looks like Apple has decided to save me from myself. I’m getting this more and more often from social media links.

(And to forestall the inevitable helpful comments, ALL iOS web browsers are built on a Safari base.)

AI dude muted.

Person Of Interest is back on Netflix. If you don’t have the boxset, perhaps it’s time for a rewatch or maybe a first watch.

Fare dodgers targeted as train ticket refund rules are tightened In a bid to clamp down on ticket fraud that costs the railways millions each year, the government has quietly changed the rules on claiming refunds for unused train tickets.

DON'T BUY TRAIN TICKETS IN ADVANCE!
On 1 April, the government is quietly changing the rules.
Off-Peak & Anytime tickets become non-refundable after 23:59 the day BEFORE you travel.
If you wake up & find your event cancelled, NO REFUNDS, even on £100+ tickets.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/far...

seriously considering this. Felinds (Cat Girls) are legit Warhammer canon which all the super-serious people try to pretend never happened.

Who does good quality Sisters of Battle-sized cat girl heads? I've got an unmade Kill Team box I could make up.