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inactionman wrote: Mon Nov 11, 2024 12:00 pm This may be of interest to some - the Guardian have an article on the handcrafting of copper whisky stills. Even the true-blue engineer in me loves good craftsmanship.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... hoto-essay

I'm not quite sure the contrasting to 3D printers etc makes sense for something so low-volume that is formed and welded, but nice to see the old skills are retained.
That's nice work.

These days hand crafting tends to come at a significant price premium. It's generally a positive sign for an industry if there are enough people willing to pay it. See also London best guns, handmade bicycles, wooden boats etc.
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epwc wrote: Fri Nov 01, 2024 3:26 pm This has happened in most of our lifetimes

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/fo ... l-disaster
I happened to recently stumble across this Youtube video bout how the Colorado River no longer reaches the sea. Amongst the less surprising facts was that 2% of the extraction was for agriculture, and that was done in the manner that almost forced farmers to take too much water. Then use it ti grow water hungry crops. In the desert.

The profligacy with which US farmers in desert areas expend water is staggering. But it is cheap and plentiful for them and they have no incentive to economise, and every incentive to waste.

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The man makes some good solid points.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... dApp_Other
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Social media is 99.999% disgusting but occasionally still manages to renew ones faith in people.

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Oh dear, an iconic brand teetering on the brink!
Typhoo Tea is set to appoint administrators as the 120-year-old brand's sales slump, losses widen and debts rise.
The company has filed a notice at court "which affords the company some breathing space to explore solutions", Typhoo's chief executive Dave McNulty told the BBC.
The firm has been trying to turn itself around for some time.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yr22qq5q8o
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See, you can still get some great stuff on twitter.

Some of these are great(and yeah, some are maybe staged) but the thread will give you a lovely warm feeling.

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SaintK wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 12:27 pm Oh dear, an iconic brand teetering on the brink!
Typhoo Tea is set to appoint administrators as the 120-year-old brand's sales slump, losses widen and debts rise.
The company has filed a notice at court "which affords the company some breathing space to explore solutions", Typhoo's chief executive Dave McNulty told the BBC.
The firm has been trying to turn itself around for some time.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yr22qq5q8o
How do you get to the brink of bankruptcy selling Tea in the UK ?
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fishfoodie wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 8:24 pm
SaintK wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 12:27 pm Oh dear, an iconic brand teetering on the brink!
Typhoo Tea is set to appoint administrators as the 120-year-old brand's sales slump, losses widen and debts rise.
The company has filed a notice at court "which affords the company some breathing space to explore solutions", Typhoo's chief executive Dave McNulty told the BBC.
The firm has been trying to turn itself around for some time.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yr22qq5q8o
How do you get to the brink of bankruptcy selling Tea in the UK ?
It’s all these woke Gen Z-ers drinking green tea and chai oat milk lattes.
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Niegs wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 8:22 pm
Just a haka and ripped it up. I would have wiped my arse with it and thrown it at the Bill's author.
I drink and I forget things.
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Just stumbled across this - gripping viewing (tornados)

I drink and I forget things.
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SaintK wrote: Sat Feb 19, 2022 1:28 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:08 am Some people are absolutely shameless !
A foundation set up in the name of Captain Sir Tom Moore paid tens of thousands of pounds to companies run by the fundraiser’s daughter and her husband – one of which was registered only days before the charity was incorporated.

The Captain Tom Foundation, established in 2020 after the former army officer gained national attention with his pandemic fundraising efforts, received more than £1m in donations in its first year.

Accounts for the charity published in recent days reveal that £54,039 has been paid to two companies run by Captain Tom’s daughter, Hannah Ingram-Moore, and her husband, Colin. They also show that more money was spent on management costs than was given to charities.

The Independent can also reveal that the Charity Commission watchdog has a live regulatory compliance case – used to look into whether charities are acting in line with legal requirements – on the foundation.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/h ... 10904.html
...........and even worse!
Now The Independent has been told that part of the watchdog’s case related to a request from the foundation to appoint Hannah Ingram-Moore as its CEO on a salary worth about a tenth of its total first-year income.
It is understood that the charity – established in May 2020 after the former army officer raised £39m for NHS charities – wanted to pay her in the region of £150,000 for the role. The figure represents 13.68 per cent of the charity’s total first-year income.

It is understood that the proposal to hand her the role was made by trustees without a recruitment campaign or competition.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u ... 320.html
What we knew all the time.
The family of the NHS charities fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore personally benefited from the charity set up in his name through a series of lucrative deals worth more than £1m, the charities watchdog has ruled in a highly critical report.

A Charity Commission inquiry concluded the late Captain Tom’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband, Colin Ingram-Moore, were culpable of “serious and repeated” instances of misconduct, mismanagement and failures of integrity.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/20 ... t-finds
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:grin: Someone's in trouble!

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this is all a bit unsavoury.

A dual-nationality Aussie cyclist has upped and left for the UK team, and not gone about it in a particularly upfront manner. Oz cycling understandably a bit miffed. Not helped by the fact he's one of the best in the business.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/ ... areer-mark
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The Groucho Club has been forced to close as police investigate whether the venue was the scene of a serious criminal offence.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... us-offence

No specifics of the nature of the offence, but likely to involve copious amounts of coke.
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inactionman wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2024 4:23 pm this is all a bit unsavoury.

A dual-nationality Aussie cyclist has upped and left for the UK team, and not gone about it in a particularly upfront manner. Oz cycling understandably a bit miffed. Not helped by the fact he's one of the best in the business.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/ ... areer-mark
Bit of a shit move, he even tried to make off with his bike and gear?

What a shit attitude. It won't end well next time he's in competition.
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That is very, very good !

I caught part of a discussion on radio this week with an expert on AI, & the general discussion was about it's impact on public discourse beyond just Elections & Politics.

We're already seeing how lies & disinformation are causing all manner of criminality, up to & including civil insurrection; now imagine it being directed my a malignant influence, using AI generated content & targeted at the public thru SM.
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fishfoodie wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 5:06 pm That is very, very good !

I caught part of a discussion on radio this week with an expert on AI, & the general discussion was about it's impact on public discourse beyond just Elections & Politics.

We're already seeing how lies & disinformation are causing all manner of criminality, up to & including civil insurrection; now imagine it being directed my a malignant influence, using AI generated content & targeted at the public thru SM.
Let me paint you a picture...

a US govt leaning heavily on the business interests of one of its key players to convey the messaging it wants using a range of augmented reality tech.

Someone who tried to clumsily mount an insurrection won't want to go through that humiliation again and the easy way to avoid the hassle would be to create a set of circumstances that justify executive control and marshall law. A civil war, say...
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Guy Smiley wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 5:17 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 5:06 pm That is very, very good !

I caught part of a discussion on radio this week with an expert on AI, & the general discussion was about it's impact on public discourse beyond just Elections & Politics.

We're already seeing how lies & disinformation are causing all manner of criminality, up to & including civil insurrection; now imagine it being directed my a malignant influence, using AI generated content & targeted at the public thru SM.
Let me paint you a picture...

a US govt leaning heavily on the business interests of one of its key players to convey the messaging it wants using a range of augmented reality tech.

Someone who tried to clumsily mount an insurrection won't want to go through that humiliation again and the easy way to avoid the hassle would be to create a set of circumstances that justify executive control and marshall law. A civil war, say...
What we really need to do is keep an eye out for those damned Dutch Communists! They've a history of burning down government buildings!
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Guy Smiley wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 5:17 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 5:06 pm That is very, very good !

I caught part of a discussion on radio this week with an expert on AI, & the general discussion was about it's impact on public discourse beyond just Elections & Politics.

We're already seeing how lies & disinformation are causing all manner of criminality, up to & including civil insurrection; now imagine it being directed my a malignant influence, using AI generated content & targeted at the public thru SM.
Let me paint you a picture...

a US govt leaning heavily on the business interests of one of its key players to convey the messaging it wants using a range of augmented reality tech.

Someone who tried to clumsily mount an insurrection won't want to go through that humiliation again and the easy way to avoid the hassle would be to create a set of circumstances that justify executive control and marshall law. A civil war, say...
The first step has already started; the Post-Truth re-imagining of the 22nd Amendment so that the Traitor isn't serving his 2nd & final term, & can't stand again, but instead the lie that there's some clause that if the terms aren't consecutive, then of course he can stand again, & with a cock sucking SCOTUS who will call this as a lie ?
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fishfoodie wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 10:39 pm
Guy Smiley wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 5:17 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 5:06 pm That is very, very good !

I caught part of a discussion on radio this week with an expert on AI, & the general discussion was about it's impact on public discourse beyond just Elections & Politics.

We're already seeing how lies & disinformation are causing all manner of criminality, up to & including civil insurrection; now imagine it being directed my a malignant influence, using AI generated content & targeted at the public thru SM.
Let me paint you a picture...

a US govt leaning heavily on the business interests of one of its key players to convey the messaging it wants using a range of augmented reality tech.

Someone who tried to clumsily mount an insurrection won't want to go through that humiliation again and the easy way to avoid the hassle would be to create a set of circumstances that justify executive control and marshall law. A civil war, say...
The first step has already started; the Post-Truth re-imagining of the 22nd Amendment so that the Traitor isn't serving his 2nd & final term, & can't stand again, but instead the lie that there's some clause that if the terms aren't consecutive, then of course he can stand again, & with a cock sucking SCOTUS who will call this as a lie ?
Good chance he'll die during this term.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 54951.html
Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man and President-elect Donald Trump’s “first buddy,” took to his social media platform X to ominously accuse the key witness in Trump’s first impeachment of treason while calling for him to “pay the appropriate penalty.”

Musk, who has been tasked by Trump to lead an outside agency on government efficiency named after a meme, took issue on Wednesday with comments made by former National Security Council official Alexander Vindman during an appearance on MSNBC.

Vindman, who testified in 2019 that Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to launch an investigation into then-presidential candidate Joe Biden, cited reports that Musk had been engaged in secret conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin dating back to 2022. He then expressed concerns that Musk, who has federal contracts through his SpaceX, Tesla and Starlink companies, may have shared “state secrets” with Putin.

How long, do you reckon, before Trump critics start falling out of tall buildings?
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They essentially impeached a president over a blowjob. It will be no hassle to come up with trumped up charges to take down all their enemies.
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Always thought Greg Wallace was a cunt since I met him at a social do some years ago
And now I see he really is!!
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SaintK wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2024 10:42 am Always thought Greg Wallace was a cunt since I met him at a social do some years ago
And now I see he really is!!
Sir Rod Stewart putting the boot in as well

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ASMO needs to do another upgrade so we can see Bluesky ????, clouds ?, in the clear without having to follow the links.
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fishfoodie wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2024 4:59 pm ASMO needs to do another upgrade so we can see Bluesky ????, clouds ?, in the clear without having to follow the links.
Nah, one of my least favourite ELO songs.
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Sandstorm wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2024 11:47 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2024 4:59 pm ASMO needs to do another upgrade so we can see Bluesky ????, clouds ?, in the clear without having to follow the links.
Nah, one of my least favourite ELO songs.
C'mon man, it's a livin' thing
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inactionman wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 10:24 am
The Groucho Club has been forced to close as police investigate whether the venue was the scene of a serious criminal offence.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... us-offence

No specifics of the nature of the offence, but likely to involve copious amounts of coke.
Someone has been arrested on suspicion of rape.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... SApp_Other
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SaintK wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2024 10:42 am Always thought Greg Wallace was a cunt since I met him at a social do some years ago
And now I see he really is!!
Only decent thing he's ever done:

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Andrew Tate's car collection being taken away as proceeds of crime

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Held my dads' hand as he passed away yesterday, 3 months to the day after my mum.
96 yrs old, so he had a good innings. Nothing medically wrong. Old age and a broken heart..
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TB63 wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2024 6:44 am Held my dads' hand as he passed away yesterday, 3 months to the day after my mum.
96 yrs old, so he had a good innings. Nothing medically wrong. Old age and a broken heart..
Oh no. Really sorry to hear this mate
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TB63 wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2024 6:44 am Held my dads' hand as he passed away yesterday, 3 months to the day after my mum.
96 yrs old, so he had a good innings. Nothing medically wrong. Old age and a broken heart..
Sorry to hear
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TB63 wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2024 6:44 am Held my dads' hand as he passed away yesterday, 3 months to the day after my mum.
96 yrs old, so he had a good innings. Nothing medically wrong. Old age and a broken heart..
Sorry to hear that. Tough no matter what age they are.
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Best wishes to you and your family, TB.
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