David Pearson

Govt web manager in Defra - v rarely tweet about work, views mine not employer's; retweets or faves not endorsement etc. Pics may contain trains or planes.

[David Pearson @davidthep]

@JonathanHaynes Plonker?

[Martin Pert @pilotperty]

Summer Break comes to an end with a memorable 1st sortie back. Superb picture @crsison.

[David Pearson @davidthep]

.@bbcweather person - "Sunday's forecast is a bit of a mess". Yep, thanks, got that.

[David Pearson @davidthep]

@janetedavis @LouLouK I put my "lounging fleece" <coughs> on and was too hot. Back in shirtsleeves and marginal. 21-22 degrees indoors, on my happy cusp.

[David Pearson @davidthep]

@LouLouK I can't think of the last time anyone I know would have seen me in shorts. I need to be very comfortable with someone to chance bare feet and sandals. But I'm natch an antisocial hermit. Gosh this is a bit, you know?

[David Pearson @davidthep]

@LouLouK @janetedavis I'd only add - we're all just a little broken, it's a spectrum, it's all relative... (I'm not much broken) :(

[David Pearson @davidthep]

@LouLouK Well, I've never before admitted to socks with sandals! I'm very happy not wearing socks or shoes for play, I just draw the line at work.

[David Pearson @davidthep]

@LouLouK I have never worn socks with sandals.*

* Ok I have but not for very many years and never for play; men and bare feet and work is really not good imho.

[David Pearson @davidthep]

@LouLouK Is - complex. Is both personal + medical + acclimatisation. Weird thing is how much most people do acclimatise after eg 10-14 days. And why we're now freezing when temps drop. But - as ever, if cold put a jumper on...

[Dave Throup @DaveThroup]

Remarkable images from @sentinel_hub @CopernicusEU of the extent of the wildfires raging in southern Portugal.

Over 27,000 hectares now burnt

[BBC Weather @bbcweather]

So far this summer, we've had 26 days of 30C or over and 65 days of 25C or over.
In 1976 we saw 24 days above 30C.
30C+ days in previous years:
2017: 7
2016: 8
2015: 3
2014: 3
2013: 12
2012: 5
2011: 3
2010: 6
2009: 5
2008: 2
And summer's not over yet! Jo

[Hashashin @HashashinTag]

Great day catching up with my bestie 😍

[Liam Dutton @liamdutton]

Definitive signs that normal British summer weather has returned;
- it’s rained continuously for more than 10 mins 🌧
- there are puddles💦
- you’re wearing a jacket🧥
- you’ve got an umbrella up ☔️
- you’ve walked to work without breaking into a sweat 😰

[John Mead @TMArchivist]

Can anyone help in locating where these images were taken. Found in a old suitcase stuffed with negatives, which were transferred to Watford when the Surrey Advertiser archive moved. From other images found it may be somewhere on the English South Coast. Any Thoughts?

[Dominic Baggott @evilstreak]

Great thread about software vs aviation engineering (prompted by shitty responses to that XKCD comic)

[Pete Patterson, Spatial Cadet, 𝑥R Dev @OttawaPete]

I have personally written firmware for actual voting machines and I endorse these sentiments 100 fucking percent.

Paper ballots and scrutineers eyes are the only way to prevent shifty fuckery and even then we need to be vigilant.

[David Pearson @davidthep]

@voiceovergirl I wasn't - you know, expecting - today's weather. It rained lots. We've had thunder tonight too. I screwed up. But it's v good for the ground hereabouts.

[David Pearson @davidthep]

All today's clothes went straight in the washing machine when I got home. While since that's happened.