My Convoy S12 UV light stopped working. I contacted Simon and he sent me a new driver. I had some issues opening the metal ring that holds the driver because I don't have the right tool. Soldering was tricky because of the short wires and I didn't take into account how it should be placed. But it works again. I'm happy.
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Was speaking to some journalists recently who didn't realise how long a history the use of radar has in measuring ice thickness over glaciers.
The technique was discovered by pilots, who must have had the frankly terrifying experience of landing on the ice sheet with their radars telling them they still had a few thousand metres of descent to reach the surface...
It's not mentioned in this obituary but I wonder if this guy would have seen it? Perhaps he didn't even have radar to assist in landing?
https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes/obituaries-bq1u22g8z/-/a-gd4LiLY4RbOMXavSDWOBQQ:a:3195393-/0
newyorktimes@flipboard.com - Conrad Shinn, First Pilot to Land at the South Pole, Dies at 102
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/obituaries/conrad-shinn-dead.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Obituaries @obituaries-newyorktimes
They're doing this because the Insurrection Act sounds cool and edgy but they can't actually justify using the Insurrection Act.
It's a silly action by an insecure administration desperately to seem manly and powerful.
It should be criticized relentlessly, but it should also be laughed at.
https://…
Bonuses banned for 10 English water bosses over sewage pollution https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/05/bonuses-banned-for-10-english-water-bosses-over-sewage-pollution
"The damage isn't theoretical. It's active. It's live. And it's reshaping the world. Trade routes are shifting. Investment is diversifying. Global power is rebalancing. China, Korea, and Japan are shaking hands. All of it is premised on a hard-earned truth: the United States cannot be trusted to lead. Not because of one man but because of what half the country has chosen to normalize. Not because of Trump alone but because every institution built to restrain him failed and then got in line."
#USPolitics
https://www.theindex.media/trust-is-dead-trump-keeps-selling-the-corpse/?ref=dispatches-newsletter
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Matilda Mann:
🎵 Just Because
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https://matildamann.bandcamp.com/track/just-because
https://open.spotify.com/track/1DwmNjO23qRsGsgmxfADfC
Russlands Parlamentschef warnt Merz vor Eskalation
Der russische Parlamentschef Wjatscheslaw Wolodin hat in einer Botschaft an den Bundestag vor einer Eskalation der Lage zwischen beiden Ländern gewarnt. "Die heutige deutsche Regierungselite schafft die Voraussetzungen für eine Verschärfung der Situation und provoziert Zusammenstöße zwischen unseren Ländern", sagte Wolodin in einer auch als Video ve…
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Milwaukee Bike Map Hub
"Track the progress of protected bikeways, plan your bike route through the city, and view existing bike infrastructure maps..."
There's also a bike rack locator, a "low stress" bike map, and other useful info.
https://storymaps.arcgis.co…