I’m so sick of stuff... Buying it, subscribing to it, replacing it, convincing ourselves it’ll spark joy Social media trained us like obedient Labradors: sit, scroll, consume And now we’re obedient little little lemmings Read my rant here... open.substack.com/pub/marinapu...

MYYYYY GOD MISS JONES

You need some lemons on that, Vlad

“It is said that men may not be the dreams of the god, but rather that the gods are the dreams of men.” ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

Nearly the weekend! Pondering whether to have a play in CQWW CW…

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

2/2 The plot shows two feint signal tracks PE9GHZ (Goes) left and PA3GCO (Rotterdam) right, and the much stronger GB3PKT (Clacton) on the right WebSDR url trig01.ddns.net:8073

Last night's rain over the southern North Sea gave some nice 24GHz rainscatter propagation from the PE9GHZ and PA3GCO beacons on the Margate WebSDR (1/2)

Rare one just worked just now on 30m doodle mode. ZL7/LZ1GC. My only other QSO with Chatham Island was with ZL7DK in 1998 on 40m CW

Is it 'wanking'?

That was a bit too easy! 9L8MD Sierra Leone worked on 24.898MHz CW up 2 2nd Call. They're now calling CQ

The Chinese Box and Turing Test: Is AI really intelligent?

#CQWWSSB One hour of search and pounce on 15m this afternoon and I'm shattered! Just go remind me why I don't do contests.

Pleasant surprise in the post today! #gettingold

You don’t get to bankroll a genocide… Embolden and cheer on the perpetrators …and then call yourself a hero for pulling the plug.

Reason No. 324 why no-one should think that "AI" (artificial but certainly not intelligent) is an unmitigated Good Thing: it's mathematically inevitable that AI will hallucinate. We need far more discussion of the risks of all this and less frantic hype. I mean, really, what's the hurry?

Disgraceful

Why could I possibly want to redesign an Ali Express DCDC 3 times? I'll be talking at the RSGB Convention on the importance of switch mode power supply PCB layout in a month's time. Would be great to see you if you're around.

Love this! This absolutely gets this Month's #topbodging award, and must be in line for #bodgeroftheyear.

Engineer turned a vape into a web server

The photos previously are from the Warsaw uprising exhibition at the Wolf's Lair in Northern Poland

.....Yesterday we were at a small exhibition and came upon this exhibit. Plus this moving photo of a Polish partizan with a kitten, who could have been (but isn't) Mr Mack

When I visit Poland, I always spare a moment to remember Stefan Mackewicz. Fondly known as "Mr Mack." My School chemistry teacher, who at the end of term used to regale us with stories of his exploits in the "kanals" (sewers) during the Warsaw uprising........more....

While visiting the Jesuit monastery and pilgrimage centre at Święta Lipka Basilica in N Poland on Wednesday, I noticed this medallion of St Maximilian Kolbe SP3RN who gave his life in #Auschwitz to save a fellow prisoner. #hamradio #martyr

If you think you are smarter than the previous generation... 50 years ago the owners manual of a car showed you how to adjust the valves. Today it warns you not to drink the contents of the battery.

These guys just get better and better.....(Unlike most consumer products)

I will think of this as the Ponte to Leeds trains backs out of Castleford at 3mph

The legends who fed the @thesquareball.net charity walkers this summer have had their van nicked from outside their house. Keep your eyes out please, it's incredibly distinctive and obviously means the world to them. Share far and wide too. #lufc

Nostalgia day. Picked up my Casio fx-100d to do some calcs this morning. Bought it around 1986. Been round the world with me, case a bit battered, still original battery, still the first thing I go to when I want to calculate something. How many phones will still be going 40 yrs on? #vintage #tech

Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it

First 70MHz Es contacts on the new FTX-1F today. Down to Spain and a flag on Las Canarias. Not finished the PA mods yet so just running 6 Watts. Final integration tests on the pair tomorrow.

Can you spot the Radio propagation connection with this evening's craft beer ?

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

Thought for the day from his song, "National Brotherhood Week" "Step up and shake the hand Of someone you can't stand. You can tolerate him if you try." Rip #TomLehrer. Few people have made me laugh more over my lifetime. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hold on... Have they invented an alarm clock? 🤯 What will these boffins come up with next?

Just started a new book.... Not been sucked into a novel so quickly since I read the opening line of "The Crow Road" by Iain Banks. Which, of course was, "It was the day my grandmother exploded" 🤣

Completed two major repair/rebuilds today. Upgraded Kent 24GHz WebSDR outdoor unit is ready for reinstallation in Margate on Friday. Rebuilt GB3CAM 24GHz RDDS JT4G beacon driver is ready to reinstall. Maybe I might have time for some operating on the bands now!

A day for me to remember my Grandad, Henry. K.O.YL.I and Machine Gun Corps. Survived the slaughter and went on to live to the grand old age of 83. Vale Henry.

London is over

Today would have been Anne Frank's 96th birthday. On June 12, 1942, Anne received her first diary for her 13th birthday. Anne took her diary with her when she went into hiding. It was one of the first items she packed. #annefrank #annefrank96 #annefrankhouse #birthday

We are now tracking the landing attempt of #Hakuto-R Mission 2 #Resilience. Check our livestream at www.youtube.com/live/C7-MQ2U...

Good Radio day today. Worked IS0/HB9COG DXpedition on 6cm. They were running 1.5m dish/70W, me 1.2m/22W. VERY marginal as the screenshot shows. Tomorrow I'll be trying to do the same on 3cm.

Give it a fucking rest mate, I’m on nights.

Boom!!! Just worked JA1WQF on 5760 digimode EME. My best -17 with just 22 Watts to a 1.2m offset dish! New DXCC, new continent. Initial #23 on 6cm.

When your neighbour decides to try some hobby electroplating with with a cheap Chinese Switch mode power supply!🤯