A new law could give millions of us better rights at work, but corporate lobbyists & politicians are trying to gut it. Tell the Government: protect workers, not profits! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...

@rfcider.bsky.social @karenclifford.bsky.social @racheljs.bsky.social speakers to max, Mother Napier doing her damned sexy thing yesterday!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynfu...

What a super and friendly place this is 👍🙂

The Phantom is in a very bad way. Send positive thoughts.

I've replied with my thoughts.

In other news, it is day two of my holibobs. I'm finishing these off today and priming them before going away for a few days tomorrow. And, unusually for me, I'm indulging in a spot of daytime drinking 👍😁🍻🤣🤣

@g7kna.co.uk I have just received the spreadsheet. It is a thing of wonderment, beauty, and functionality 😍😁

#VJ80 I'm not sure what to type here really. My beloved 100 Squadron were on Singapore when the Japanese invaded. They were cut to pieces during the Battle of Endau (like the Battle of Britain, but forgotten) and many of my boys died in captivity, or were sunk on the hell ships. I've never forgotten

Another week away, another set of wagons to build. Another #Dundas kit, this time 3 x Class A WW1 War Department ROD Class A 4-wheel wagons with removable sides

M4 westbound betwixt J14 and J15 is currently a stand, and has been for 30 minutes. Bang goes my early finish...

An excellent write-up of my club's participation in #AirfieldsOnTheAir from our fabulous Club Secretary @g7kna.co.uk can be found here. Read on for footage of an actual D-Day Auster!! www.sbarc.co.uk/special-even...

A shade over an hour's work later. Bogies and body assembled, just waiting for the glue to go off overnight now. Then final assembly, and she'll be in the paintshop at the weekend when I get home 👍🙂

I don't know why I haven't thought of this before, but the recent free cutting mat with #railwaymodeller magazine from #peco has inspired me to assemble a "go box" and bring along a couple of wagon kits to build while working away this week. First up, a WW1 WD ambulance van 👍🙂

I haven't picked up one of my guitars for two years. Until about 20 minutes ago. My trusty @tanglewood.bsky.social acoustic. We may need some time lols

Model Railway chums, is there anywhere I can buy 00-gauge semaphore signal arms? Just the arms. I have some N-gauge signal arms for my 009 layout, but the arms are too small, so I want to try 00-gauge arms on the posts. Can't find any online...

COVID day 2, and I've been outting my time to good use. the weathering on the distillery transfer little (big) diesel shunter is coming along nicely. It looks shiny, but that's a wet coat of matte varnish, it'll dry dull.

Great video of the Red Arrows flying over Buck House in London to celebrate VE Day. Using your mouse or trackpad on your PC, or your fingers on your phone or tablet, you can swing the view through 360 degrees. I got to 180 degrees, and saw the pilot's headrest 🤣☠️🤣 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Controversial opinion - better than the original? Phil Campbell and me shared the same Luthier back in the day. I had dropped a Sheraton off for a set-up, and when I went back a week later to collect it, Phil was in the workshop, playing it!! A minor claim to fame 🤣 youtu.be/Bt4Xx3vX3Lg?...

And this. THIS!! When I switched from playing drums to guitar, this was the song that got me jumping about the place, guitar slung low. A long time ago now, the arthritis would prevent such shenanigans these days!! youtu.be/JeTw_p_WglY?...

Insomnia has got me again. Arse. One of my favourite songs, by one of my favourite bands. youtu.be/qRONh82EpvE?...

Lest we forget

Paging @sakura-densha.bsky.social

I use one of these for /P ops, and I can totally attest to their brilliance!!

Solar flare alert. A near X-Flare (M8.4) was just observed around now Earth facing sunspot region 4114 peaking at 18:05 UTC (Jun 15). More updates to follow.

1/2 And so another weekend draws to a close. It's been, essentially, a lazy one for me, filled mostly with some research on the back of an official RAF request for "gen" that came in last week. Did any of 100 Squadron's POWs languish at Stalag Luft 3?

@glendavillamar.bsky.social good luck in your exam today from all of us @sbarc.co.uk 👍🙂

I'm awake early (again, what's wrong with my body clock ffs) for day 2 of the Statfold "Spectacle Of Steam" event. Here I am yesterday with my Fijian lover 😍

What a ridiculous idea

So the nameboard plaques for my in-progress 009 gauge layout have arrived, and I'm very happy with them 👍🙂

Some fine weathering happening right here!! ⬇️

This is the Kato chassis that the diesel mechanical shunter will sit on. A very new and shiny chassis 😳🤣 I'm undecided whether to paint it matt black and drybrush some weathering on, or make it gloss red and use washes. That'll be later though, because we're going to a car boot sale now apparently 🤣

It needs another coat, but I think that Brunswick Green is suiting my little diesel mechanical shunter quite well. What are your thoughts, Bluesky chums?

Japanese-themed model railways are not common in the UK. My fine chum Christopher @sakura-densha.bsky.social is bucking that trend with this fabulous work in progress!!

1/4 So it's been a while since I did a modelling update on here. I'm currently in the process of designing and building a small 009 gauge layout, depicting a fictitious narrow gauge line somewhere in Wales in the middle of C20. As with so many narrow gauge railways of the period, there is much...

AR 4098 just produced an X1.1 solar flare peaking at 01:52 UTC (May 25). More updates to follow regarding this event should a CME be associated.

X1.1-class flare solar flare occurring now

Music lovers and fellow musos, this looks like something to engage with, if only to be reassured that our story is told. My first gigs were at school (common room, music room, assembly hall) but my first gig outside of school, still a drummer, before i picked up a guitar, was at The Clifton in York.

And we're away, The Phantom and me, to play "Mills On The Air" at Saltford Brass Mill with South Bristol ARC

We knew this was coming. But, y'know, I've been Cardiff for longer than I care to recall. I still am. Always will be. No way out but forward go. Fuck's sake though, my beloved Cardiff www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

@kategrimes16.bsky.social oh, you're back

I will, however, miss seeing sights like this

I will not be missing this next week!!

Reminder for educators in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East: Applications for STEM contacts are due Friday. Visit ARISS-EU.org for more info.

It's been a long time coming, but tomorrow I start my second to last day covering drivers. On Monday I go back to the job I was promoted into in June last year, working in our Bristol office. Regular hours, and home every night. Since January I've been training new drivers.

Fiji 😍😍 With thanks to @sakura-densha.bsky.social for photography duties

I'm enjoying some foxy steam action on the Statfold Barn Railway today with my fine chum @sakura-densha.bsky.social