English Traditionalist, Biofuel Pioneer & Steam Power Supremacist.
Consulting Engineer to the Sensible Centre.
I just want the (steam) trains to run on time.
The window of opportunity is rapidly closing in which we can build the things that are going to get us through the coming crisis.
We must build our capabilities offline now, whilst they can still be coordinated online to furnish us with the necessary resources to get us through.
To build, to create, to strive, to bring forth something worthwhile and noble and to hand that to the next generation. To ensure our existence and a future for our children.
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#OnThisDay in 1916, HMS Hampshire struck a German mine off Marwick Head, Orkney, and sank in heavy seas.
Among those lost was Lord Kitchener, one of the most famous figures of the First World War.
But this was not only a national tragedy.
It was a county story too - remembered on the coast of Orkney, where the sea still marks the place.
HMS Hampshire. Orkney. 5 June 1916.
@LozzaFox Being concerned with the welfare of your tribe and kicking criminals from the mortal server are the historic norm.
Everyone, everywhere, at all times did it. Except the post-war West.
You don't need a manual to be normal.
@StealerTime The official reason was that she'd cost as much to run as an operational destroyer.
But, this was at the time when we were demolishing a stately home a week, rebuilding towns into concrete hell-shapes, & pulling down the triumphant arch at Euston.
Full historic vandalism mode.
Astonishing to think this is probably the first time No 4150 has coal in her bunker for over six décades. Still a little bit of work to do but she’s nearly there. And great to see No 7325 at Bridgnorth for assessment, love to see her back, both perfect locos for @svrofficialsite
We cannot defend ourselves,
We cannot object,
We cannot lash out.
The State demands we accept our fate and go into the abyss quietly.
Be under no illusions, we are in the most serious situation in our People's history. We won't even get a Reservation. Its victory or the end.
🚨 BREAKING: Daniel Frost has been jailed for pushing a bin at police officers during disorder in Southampton on Tuesday.
District Judge Anthony Callaway sent the case to be sentenced at the city's crown court after telling the court the offences were "too serious" for the powers of the magistrates' court.
He has been remanded in custody until sentencing in July.
Periodic reminder that nothing on Twitter really matters and that I’m just using Twitter to have fun and build up a core of about fifty IRL people close to me I trust and then waiting for things to get kinetic and you should be doing this too
@mgshanks@energygovuk Complexity bakes in cost.
Grid-level storage requirements represent a failure of generation policy, not a success.
Our electricity policy was correct in the 60s (go from coal to nuclear via gas) and everything since then has been a mistake.
Wind & Solar are vanity projects.