2026-10-22T00:20:55Z https://nostr.now KB https://nostr.now/npub13lwd99462zrd96kmltlvjusc89aa9me7t6vecvx389mjn0sll60qe2vqrz https://media.mastodon.scot/accounts/avatars/109/371/436/920/683/554/original/6a05d3ce30661357.png https://media.mastodon.scot/accounts/avatars/109/371/436/920/683/554/original/6a05d3ce30661357.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvmdn8qvv8m9xjcd6zu3733kqwz7s3q2awkegwvqzqvcefytzlz9szyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfus60q84 Nice graphics contrasting the Equal Earth and Mercator projections.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/ng-interactive/2026/sep/18/map-cartographers-western-bias-mercator-equal-earth">https://www.theguardian.com/science/ng-interactive/2026/sep/18/map-cartographers-western-bias-mercator-equal-earth</a><br/><br/>#Map #Cartography #EqualEarth #Mercator #World 2026-09-18T12:13:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgn7nhaa4eup9gd6rdfjlfmee03emvuaddm9vgr0ash0ys37xs0fszyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfue9nv6t Stupid people in insignificant Englandshire village with silly name vote to leave the UK.<br/> <br/>&#34;The Principality of Piddington&#34;<br/><br/>Who, prey, is their prince? Prince Niggle of Fartage?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckz7zyn1lwypo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckz7zyn1lwypo</a><br/><br/>#Piddington 2026-09-16T17:37:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswyv6anwng5lhkq4n652pc33ywsmazx7dx94989s867v7tt94mjrczyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfuxl6fl5 RE: <a href="https://blob.coffee/@miramarco/117161561080356883">https://blob.coffee/@miramarco/117161561080356883</a><br/><br/>Musky and the other tech bros really don&#39;t like it up &#39;em.<br/><br/>Usual bullyboy response: send the lawyers in.<br/><br/>#X #Twitter #Nitter #ElonMusk #CryBabyWanker<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1d9yx0zynx7qyrlqmff4sgjkv0eur5wpqdzc558teey9d42lrfd5qm6zem2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1d9y…zem2</a></span><br/> </div> In case you missed it: Nitter, the alternative frontend for Twitter/X used by XCancel and other similar instances, has received a cease and desist letter from X. Nitter instances have gone offline, and the Github repository is now in read-only mode.<br/><br/><a href="https://nitter.net">https://nitter.net</a> </blockquote> 2026-08-26T16:11:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszz747mmaaaj7y7l8j75rft93gd5tdyzll4zrqphnjs46r7ddm72gzyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfu8ysl2z Ah, Stewart Lee:<br/><br/>“The real worry for Farage will be if those discrediting stories [about Binface] don’t appear. Because then it will mean that his paymasters have decided, not unreasonably, that he’s a lame duck who has backed himself into a corner, discrediting their project as a whole, by putting himself in a position, entirely of his own making, where, in the words of Rachel Reeves, he has to spend his summer arguing with a bin.”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-lee-column-count-binface-clacton-nigel-farage-reform-election">https://www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-lee-column-count-binface-clacton-nigel-farage-reform-election</a><br/><br/>#NigelFarage #CountBinface #Clacton 2026-07-12T14:49:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswdau0aj3htn3f9p5a0jkx5awqs3pxutaj6hjvt988zf65yvx3shgzyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfudkusx0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8585q4wg7lyr77fe9k48zf47ve5267ylpuzuxswk66x6ccyy7vescmdqvk'>nevent1q…dqvk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is telling.<br/><br/>#ElonMusk #UKPol<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/691/689/402/242/376/original/731da075f84809bb.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-06-04T11:52:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvxzcydwlcd2wscg3kpzgyjkjjuqv64e7jy8jahr9k6klp6udwzdszyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfudnuvj8 &#34;The post-war rules-based international order did not deter the US from imposing its will on weaker neighbours.&#34;<br/><br/>Never did, never will.<br/><br/>&#34;So could it be that President Trump&#39;s re-interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine is simply part of a continuum in US foreign policy?&#34;<br/><br/>Oh, ya think?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99kkerr93ko">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99kkerr93ko</a><br/><br/>#USA #DonaldTrump #MonroeDoctrine 2026-01-25T13:30:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstg39vs8dxl3y5nrwn9zu7pezm948ed903ls0l29302pn644vtgygzyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfu3cjq3n #Humour<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/401/852/065/281/334/original/4116b6d32d91213b.jpg"> <br/> 2025-10-19T16:51:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs00gk620d67rpj7zuvfv4aagmvrf6aua8fwewvty87k0jggu3yhsgzyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfugyush2 How many times does this South African American, far-right, interfering fuckwit say &#34;the left&#34; in his little diatribe, and equate it with &#34;bad&#34;?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/13/uk-politics-latest-news-unite-the-kingdom-march-far-right-rally-london-labour-keir-starmer?page=with%3Ablock-68c599ab8f0880bae9c5302f#block-68c599ab8f0880bae9c5302f">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/13/uk-politics-latest-news-unite-the-kingdom-march-far-right-rally-london-labour-keir-starmer?page=with%3Ablock-68c599ab8f0880bae9c5302f#block-68c599ab8f0880bae9c5302f</a><br/><br/>#ElonMusk #TommyRobinson #UniteTheKingdom 2025-09-13T16:48:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2hv659dl48c85zw74t5kc8vlwuzj8uk3wt40em6sgwacu0q8lmxczyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfug99e22 Why, indeed.<br/><br/>“One party insider sighed and spoke of Lord Mandelson’s fascination with power and money. A longtime friend of the peer told me: ‘Peter has weaknesses. He likes the high life. A lifestyle he can’t afford.’”<br/><br/>“Many Labour MPs think their leader should have seen this scandal a mile off.”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd1egrlj0mo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd1egrlj0mo</a><br/><br/>#Starmer #PeterMandelson 2025-09-11T16:17:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdanm0ehgqwfcjdhye3em66a6zjjepddxs33hz2y3ssn0ke32euxszyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfu7kls8y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspax82ne5dwffhn63nx7weqznw069p54r327gv3tywfq3dghplkjs57e5u2'>nevent1q…e5u2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“I regret very, very deeply indeed carrying on that association with him for far longer than I should have done.”<br/><br/>But that’s the whole point, sunshine. You perhaps couldn’t help having been introduced to him, but you didn’t have to turn him into your “best pal”. And do best pals really not have an inkling as to what each other are up to?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yevwvvneyo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yevwvvneyo</a> 2025-09-10T11:26:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxfqrp7dpv44k2n0jr29ap7wu7l2raq62zehrphfzxuawpmfwcxpszyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfu7nt99t Theodore Roosevelt’s daughter, Alice, once said of her father that “he wants to be the bride at every wedding, the corpse at every funeral, and the baby at every christening.” But the line fits Trump even better. As long as there is attention to be had, you can bet he’ll find a way to make himself the center of it and make sport of self-aggrandizement, regardless of who, or what, he may trample over on his march.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep/08/trumps-strongman-image-got-boos-at-the-us-open-and-perhaps-that-was-the-point">https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep/08/trumps-strongman-image-got-boos-at-the-us-open-and-perhaps-that-was-the-point</a><br/><br/>#DonaldTrump #USOpen #Tennis 2025-09-08T16:08:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2f272ggrf4aalrkf9ur6xhwhzmr6l5sswm5qh7u8pxrpemh6rtaczyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfuq68dvg I’ve spent a significant part of my professional life in the satellite industry, and in recent years I’ve been increasingly troubled by the explosion in development and deployment of large constellations of small satellites in low earth orbit (LEO). This excellent (long read) article sets out all the reasons why, especially the effects on launch capacity, frequency spectrum regulation, and avoidance of physical and electronic interference.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.thespacereview.com/article/5044/1">https://www.thespacereview.com/article/5044/1</a><br/><br/>#Space #Satellite #LEO #SpaceX 2025-08-20T14:59:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv32gtrshmu7475uz66us3ak2s3yvsfwxqeegf993c904fet2w7nszyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfur2nu4e &#34;Rachel Reeves is hoping deregulation will save the economy. We know how that ends.&#34;<br/><br/>Yes, we do.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/16/rachel-reeves-economy-deregulation-chancellor-city-bosses-britain">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/16/rachel-reeves-economy-deregulation-chancellor-city-bosses-britain</a><br/><br/>#RachelReeves #Economy #TheNewMaggieThatcher 2025-07-16T15:23:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2uy0vu90sx548g5gfj7mz8rqw0gdq4ht76t3hdtckp0zk4q0l3hczyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfun0rshv “Palantir is now poised to combine data gleaned from the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service. Meanwhile, the administration wants access to citizens’ and others’ bank account numbers and medical claims.”<br/><br/>First the US, then the UK, where the government just loves Palantir...<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/30/peter-thiel-palantir-threat-to-americans">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/30/peter-thiel-palantir-threat-to-americans</a><br/><br/>#Privacy #Surveillance #Palantir 2025-06-30T14:38:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsglamr2fjfwkcsmnw7n42sytgajkw7a9p8x0zye0ulfmgnr4w7mygzyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfur9v2g9 “Internal messages seen by The Post suggest that US embassies and the State Department are encouraging countries to make way for US satellite internet services like Starlink. The messages don’t promise lower tariffs in exchange for adopting Starlink, but ‘they do indicate that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has increasingly instructed officials to push for regulatory approvals for Musk’s satellite firm.’”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/663839/us-government-starlink-tariff-talks-elon-musk">https://www.theverge.com/news/663839/us-government-starlink-tariff-talks-elon-musk</a><br/><br/>#Tariffs #ElonMusk #Starlink #Spacex<br/><br/>(Via <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1s9qv52v9zhmrvgfzd8nvm0hpw07gdvms3evwrw5elt5nxr3wcmvq4hkrkc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ian Betteridge</span> (<span class="italic">npub1s9q…krkc</span>)</a></span>) 2025-05-11T12:04:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx3kzp9zx9r0xtymqmscz7rzzdyjas743rsk30nej07ls6ucca0vczyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfu7g3f8z Apparently, Rachel Reeves is seeking a “deeper, more mature relationship” between Britain and the EU.<br/><br/>But what could be shallower and less mature than sticking doggedly to the red lines of no customs union, no single market, and no freedom of movement - not even a youth mobility scheme, which would be to the clear advantage of all parties?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/22/rachel-reeves-push-to-improve-eu-ties-remains-boxed-in-by-red-lines">https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/22/rachel-reeves-push-to-improve-eu-ties-remains-boxed-in-by-red-lines</a><br/><br/>#Brexit #EU #Economy #RachelReeves #IAmAnEconomistReallyItSaysSoOnMyCV 2024-12-22T16:56:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqmxr35ju2f80dz35z9dwckghennklur24ypyvkmkpc9hzarsq94qzyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfuy5dm2r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswdsj2jv85z25pxcw3pwndrr782sqy54gmagwpsk4mp3zfew7x0wsk0up43'>nevent1q…up43</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/566/351/529/658/068/original/2097cf66c98555a6.png"> <br/> 2024-11-29T12:57:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspunw505pza6sp6wct5qpa624xljuuppjes36ngjvevyttqe0g6nczyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfuqe48mp There&#39;s been a lot of talk in recent times of politicians wrapping themselves in the Union Flag, but Tory thicko Victoria Atkins really has taken it to the limit.<br/><br/>#VictoriaAtkins #Tories #FlagShaggers<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/516/403/931/663/606/original/9552448b9db8c487.jpg"> <br/> 2024-11-20T17:16:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw62t0eup7twedfqzzzhnexqvfm60ga8khfjh8t9ef49skxvslztqzyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfuhtqs7u “There is no time to waste: achieving sufficient alignment to have a meaningful impact on GDP could take years. Starmer must start both negotiations with the EU and an honest conversation with voters about what’s required now.”<br/><br/>How often must it be said, before Starmer gets it? We need the customs union and single market. Yesterday.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/16/the-observer-view-on-trade-relations-closer-ties-with-eu-is-the-lever-for-economic-growth">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/16/the-observer-view-on-trade-relations-closer-ties-with-eu-is-the-lever-for-economic-growth</a><br/><br/>#Brexit #Economy #Trade #Labour #Starmer 2024-11-17T14:57:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2z5y5uylwmk39wqclayysaxyhs2pur02p7cjajy84lrrxwa3c7jqzyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfuvpkcum In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdffk5x2687mfk7hkgdaysc9lu534g20ra74k3r968uahlasg7e2cfvahdy'>nevent1q…ahdy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And in spite of everything pointed out by the OBR and a Treasury minister FFS, a government spokesperson still says “This government will ... make Brexit work for the British people” (an impossible task), and “there will be no return to the single market, customs union or freedom of movement.”<br/><br/>I despair.<br/><br/>Starmer needs a good slap. Might bring him to his senses.<br/><br/>#Brexit #Labour #Starmer 2024-11-04T12:14:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsycqdp2x9d7wzv3ptz4slszq72h90zp090s6gkxs67ahum9y86tkczyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfusukadp Two in two within two days! 🙂<br/><br/>Wordle 1,212 2/6<br/><br/>⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩<br/>🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩<br/><br/>#Wordle #Wordle1212 2024-10-13T11:23:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszl5j6rsqsg629t4gjzpzjkzymlavkfnqzgka43era27rrnqu3nzqzyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfungun59 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsghs9dywjgna57ykrkvkk4w7vlw5ccy9tw6a32w5fp86qyekg9xdqjrk49y'>nevent1q…k49y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>David Jonathan Ross has released a digital revival of the Forma typeface:<br/><br/><a href="https://djr.com/forma/">https://djr.com/forma/</a><br/><br/>#Nebiolo #Forma #Typeface #Fonts 2024-09-08T15:54:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsghs9dywjgna57ykrkvkk4w7vlw5ccy9tw6a32w5fp86qyekg9xdqzyz8ae55khfggd5h2m0a0ajtjrquhh5h08e0fn8ps6yuhw2d7rllfu20fvv3 This account of the birth of the Nebiolo Forma typeface makes me wonder that after the ‘design by committee’ approach, the Italian foundry managed to turn out something as good as it was.<br/><br/><a href="https://typenetwork.com/articles/the-quest-for-a-typeface-without-salt">https://typenetwork.com/articles/the-quest-for-a-typeface-without-salt</a><br/><br/>#TypeDesign #TypefaceDesign #Typography #Fonts #Nebiolo #Forma 2024-09-08T15:54:29Z