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Grateful to Christ I was born a Briton. Gers fan. Developer.

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“The fool says in his heart there is no God”

[Andrew Wilson @awpersonal]

The Moon photographed (not by me) at the same time and the same place over 28 days. How awesome is that?

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[Kelvingrove Mummy @TheGlasgowMummy]

This seems like a nice sensible place for me to be displayed

[Wynne @wynneflh]

When he signed on to play Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius in the classic 1990 thriller The Hunt for Red October, he knew that sitting in a comfortable movie studio would never be enough.

He needed to understand what it truly felt like to live hundreds of feet beneath the surface of the sea, trapped inside a massive tube of steel for weeks on end.

To get a real taste of life underwater, Sean Connery boarded the USS Puffer, an active nuclear-powered submarine operated by the United States Navy.

It was the late 1980s, and the Cold War was still very much alive. Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union were high, making the world of submarine warfare intensely secret and dangerous.

The story of Marko Ramius revolved around a high-stakes decision by a senior commander who chose to defect to the West with the most advanced nuclear submarine in the Soviet fleet. Connery felt that if he wanted to portray a man carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders, he had to breathe the same recycled air as real submariners.

During his time aboard the USS Puffer, the legendary actor immersed himself in the daily routine of the crew.

He spent hours walking through cramped passageways, observing how the sailors moved and communicated in such tight spaces. He took note of the heavy silence that fills a submarine, broken only by the quiet hum of machinery and the steady orders of the officers. He paid close attention to the absolute discipline required to keep everyone safe in an environment where a single mistake could be fatal.

The crew of the USS Puffer welcomed him warmly, and to make the experience even more meaningful, they symbolically granted him the honorary rank of commander during his visit. This gave Connery the freedom to explore every compartment and chat directly with the men on duty.

He did not act like a Hollywood superstar looking for photos. Instead, he walked among them as a student eager to learn.

While standing near the control room, Connery turned to a young sailor working a station and said, "I want to know what goes through your mind when you are down here for months without seeing daylight."

The young sailor looked up with a smile and replied, "You learn to trust the man standing next to you with your life, sir, because out here, that is all you really have."

That brief conversation stayed with Connery forever. It helped him realize that being a submarine captain was not about shouting commands or showing off power. It was about deep trust, quiet strength, and total responsibility for the human lives around you.

If Connery had been given the choice, he would have loved to step aboard a real Soviet submarine to see how the other side lived. But given the political climate of the era, that was completely impossible. Getting permission to spend time on an American nuclear submarine was already a rare privilege, and Connery made sure not to waste a single second of it.

When The Hunt for Red October hit theaters in 1990, audiences and movie critics were blown away by his performance. As Marko Ramius, Connery appeared calm, authoritative, and deeply human.

You could see the quiet weight of leadership in his eyes.

Every gesture he made felt authentic because it was rooted in real human experience. He did not just memorize his lines; he brought the quiet dignity of real sailors onto the big screen.

In the end, Connery's visit to the USS Puffer did much more than help him prepare for a box office hit. It gave him a profound love and respect for the brave men and women who serve in silence beneath the ocean waves.

Long after the cameras stopped rolling, he often spoke fondly about the young sailors he met on that ship. He showed us that when you put your heart into truly understanding others, you do not just tell a story, you build a bridge between human hearts and honor the people who live that reality every day.

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[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

In 2002, British commandos roared up a Spanish beach in their amphibious landing craft and leapt ashore brandishing assault rifles and mortars.

Bemused Spaniards in the town of La Linea de la Concepcion watched as 45 Commando unit began deploying 'tactically' in the sand.

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[Tom Harwood @tomhfh]

Hmm I could swear there was something else we do in Britain at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month?

Oh never mind, let’s we forget.

Great integration chaps, well done 👍

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@London_W4 All spoons are cosy

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@JoshuaBarzon A. lots of sea towns. And beautiful countryside

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This is the same with every delivery job. They are going to run out of folk willing to work for them

[Glen Rafferty @GlenRafferty2]

@GBPolitcs @Telegraph I quit about a month ago. The managers are the problem. The more you do the more they want. I'll not miss the job, and it's probably the worst job I've ever had. It's no wonder royalmail is on a massive decline. The union is behind the latest changes and it doesn't work.

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@NileGardiner It’s already a fortress !

[𝐃𝐔𝐓𝐂𝐇 @pr0ud_americans]

Some kid online says Gen X will retire and you'll never hear from us again. Honestly, that's the plan. First day off the clock the phone stays on the kitchen table and I'm not picking it up. Yard, garage, coffee, done. If they needed me, they had forty years.

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@80_mcswan BBC Scotland decides what its budget is spent on. Clown 🤡

[Bruno Rodrigues @brunocroh]

Galera, oficialmente, eu não falo mais NADA sobre AI.

Assunto chato do caralho, to de saco cheio, não existe conhecimento para ser adquirido, e quem vende curso dessa merda, ta te passando pra trás.

É só escrever a merda do prompt, e fodase.

Quem fica aqui o dia todo, "mas meu arquivo se chamaa piruzinho.md", "e o novo modelo MERDA 5.5", "nerfaram o MERDA 5.5", "e o novo modelo MERDA 5.6"

LIXO, tudo isso é apenas lixo, estão te monetizando, ganhando dinheiro com sua atenção, ou com a venda de algo.

Posts patrocinados sem flag é o que mais tem na merda desse site.

Usa tua AI, normalmente, ninguém ta usando isso de uma maneira incrível e secreta, não caia no FOMO.

Para alguém que sabe o que está fazendo, e sabe programar os ganhos não são astronômicos, eles existem, AI ajuda, mas não é mágica, principalmente em projetos reais, e complexos.

"Mas veja meu app de crud de formigas adotivas, foi feito em dois dias", irmão vai tomar no cu você, tuas formigas, e o teu crud, isso já era feito em 2 dias em qualquer Hackathon de faculdade/empresa pré AI.

Para mim: Quanto menos você sabe, mais a AI te ajuda, AI para leigos é incrível, para profissionais, só uma ajuda.

E eu aceito, que posso estar errado nessa opinião, e tudo bem, não vou perder meu tempo discutindo algo inútil.

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@hassaanraza @Lexi_Leximo I disagree. This is simply deceptive. And does the opposite

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@bigfig757 @stephenRB4 Look ace 👍

[Kalzo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @Kalzo_Trader]

@madmackenzie341 @RupertLowe10 He has fuckin tons of support all over scotland including celtic fans, go speak to any normal tims and you'll soon see. I'd say 90% of my mates and people i've spoke to absolutely despise the third world invasion. Wake the fuck up, fast.

[Hasku 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @HaskuDB]

@RupertLowe10

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@bigfig757 @stephenRB4 I don’t if it’s because I’m Scottish and it’s in the blood but I can go all day on a single bowl of porridge. And eat large meal at night. I don’t know why it’s so rubbished by health community as ‘gruel’

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@Alessandro5393 @thewolvenhour Really. They’ve found more Roman camps in Scotland than England and Wales combined. A lot of Scotland is desolate but a lot of it is also very fertile.

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@swolfindenial @thewolvenhour It’s just a storm blowing the trees and their roots

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@bigfig757 @stephenRB4 Yeah of course. Slow boil till it bubbles a bit