The Local
The ultimate deep dive into the heart and soul of Australian Rules Football - beyond the big stadiums and bright lights. Hosted by ex-AFL player and revered media pundit Daniel Harford...
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Heading for my first #ETSI meeting: on #DectNRPlus. After having contributed to many #IETF meetings in the last decade, how different can it be?
Well, I know they have better graphics and worse hyperlinks. Fo…
The #sunset last night was staggering, in a way I've only really known October sunsets in the #Chicago area to be.
We play a lot of weddings at golf courses, and in the evenings they are some of the most serene places.
It requires quite a lot of remotes to fully be able to control my bedroom from the bed.
In order here, left to right:
Would be nice to control them all from a single panel really, but some are IR and some are RF and most have no spec or way to extract private keys pairing them to the receiver.
Could probably do without the air-mouse now the min-keyboard is there.
Never really need the speakers-control co the volume is controlled by the computer really. Just always on max.
Don't really need the headboard lights either since they're in reach to be done manually without the remote.
Victorian elites stayed in bed until the afternoon
Their schools and universities were not terribly academic and had very little STEM.
As adults, they got up late, drank a lot, and spent a remarkable share of their waking hours partying.
They loved feasting, sports, holidays, dancing, and dressing up.
Contrary to their stodgy reputation, they were probably a lot of fun.
Despite this, the elites of nineteenth-century Britain were, by their own lights, extremely …
I went back to the Whistler exhibition at Tate Britain, London. These nocturnes really move me. Such a sense of peace.
#painting #art #galleries #silentsunday
TIL:
1️⃣ Stay behind the stop bar or your car may be picked up as a pedestrian by stop light cameras
2️⃣ Dark cars may be invisible to stop light cameras & flashing your headlights can let the camera know you're waiting
3️⃣ Highways use radar detection 500ft before stop lights to identify coming cars & if you're not with a pack of cars you're more likely to hit a red
▶️ Ever Wonder How Traffic Lights Work? Watch This!
(2022) Using the Orion brain implant for restoring vision, "Three years on, I can now make out fireworks, the birthday candles on my cake, and spot the lights and darks when doing laundry." https://www.thatslife.com.au/real-life/brain-implant-blindness…
Breakfast with the bog garden.
The way the morning sun lights the plants is a wonderful opportunity to bust out the Canon DSL, or work on learning photography with my phone.
Fcking up the ZigBee Sonoff dongle update to move to ember, and all of my ZigBee devices left my network...
It's really annoying that there isn't a single standard for resetting ZigBee devices. Blinking lights and pressing buttons in random order. And have to open up my doorlock to get access to the button to reset it, so it yet again can communicate with my #homeassistant…
#WritersCoffeeClub 5 October. What haunts the narrative of your current work?
My concept (a satirical look at the brain as a haunted mansion) is full of ghosts.
The question is how the staff can keep doing their jobs, even as the Mansion is haunted and the lights flicker.
What does it take to keep the lights on?
There are real, burning questions underneath the laughs.
Got a bit lost when leaving the local hospital, and found myself in their version of #backrooms . The double doors at the end opened onto an identical corridor.
To spot the meteors, go outside after dark, away from clouds and city lights.
Venkatesan plans to drive to the Sierra Nevada.
The best views will be between midnight and dawn when the constellation Perseus is high in the northern sky.
The meteors will appear to radiate from that constellation.
Look up and give your eyes a half hour to adjust to the darkness.
Vanderbosch recommends picking a patch of sky to focus on until a quick, bright streak passes by
– e…
Insect orbits around the field lights
#insects #nature
Fun side channel: you can tell if the lab lights are on or off by looking at power consumption of the PoE injector (olive green line near bottom of plot).
When the lab lights go out, the security cameras' IR illuminators go on, and the PoE load goes up by 10W or so.
TransLink adding extra service for Summer Lights fireworks
#Vancouver #Transit
Downtown reroutes also in place for the event on July 31
TransLink is boosting transit service and adjusting some bus routes to help customers get to and from the Summer Lights in English Bay fireworks night in downtow…
Dominic Merten bei Kunst in der Kirche singt über alte weiße Männer 🫶#Uckermark
We cleaned the drivetrains of our bikes today. Oh wow - I always forget that close-to-black is not the normal color 🙈
And in the evening we drove to dinner by bike. The laziness said "take the car", but we took the bike because - hey, why not. Getting some activity, we have the jackets and lights, ... We try to reduce our "convenience car drives" and it works quite well.
But hey, think about your lights! It's not just about seeing in the dark, but about being seen also in the twilight!
A reminder to support @… on @… to keep the lights on!
https://
View of the LA Basin just before sunset, from the top of the Palos Verdes peninsula, with the San Gabriel Mountains in the background. Mary & Joseph Retreat Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, USA. August, 2026. #ranchopalosverdes #landscape
Today's installment of "let's see how much the world can be inshittified":
I got in the car to go to the cattery to pick up Luther after our week away. And when I put the indicators on ... no sound. Lights flashed both internally and externally, but no little "tick tick" rhythm to accompany them.
Anyway after I got home I looked at the Volvo website, where this is an apparently known problem.
To be slightly fair, following their process and rebooting the car (twice!) fixed things. But how on earth can they ship car software where you randomly need to reboot to keep things working. Especially as having an audio warning for the turn signal is (I believe) a legal requirement in the UK.
#volvo #enshittification
@… my partner bought a belt sander and we got it figured out! it was a few KG of filament, yes! I’ll post some better pictures after the other side cures properly.
The eyes aren’t transparent but are socket holes. I could throw some little battery lights in there for a quick photo but definitely not a long term option 🤔
The #raccoon and its #pizza.
Tegan and Sara - Our Year (Official Video) ft. Lights, Felix Cartal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak6ozFtEimM
sometimes shitty film and a shitty camera get it right
#polaroid #photography
More #emf #emfcamp #emf2026 photos.
Edit: This was meant to be a reply to the first post here:
#PennedPossibilities 1120: From the WIP with “entertainment.”
Close enough?
Quite unexpectedly, Prefrontal Cortex is nowhere to be found. The lights dimmed for a moment and as soon as your back was turned, they have slipped away. You entertain the idea of asking Amygdala and immediately dismiss the thought. A keeper of knowledge she is not. How many times has she made the hea…
*guckt auf V2X-Traffic*
Wann erste Metadaten-Blitzer?
So as I've been droning on about, I'm doing lots of painting in the house. Next is the dining room. I have to live with the wood chip wallpaper but it's currently clinical white. I was all set to go with a sage tone to complement the fabulous orange dining chairs but I'm now leaning towards a fresh lemony colour as it's such a light sunny room. Current light is very Mum, a crystal drop arrangement which will be going. Instead I am totally in love with these.
Dolly Parton Used Her Voice to Tell Working-Class Stories
#music
Yesterday day it was 24 degrees, really rather warm, sunny, a bit muggy.
Yesterday evening it was the solstice.
Today is 12 degrees, so dark and wet the security lights are on, and the dogs won't go out to pee.
Esto es lo que hace esa cajita con cables y circuitos que publiqué ayer. Es una implementación de "Ambient Lights" para mi TV usando Hyperion Project (https://docs.hyperion-project.org) en una Orangepi Zero 2 con un arduino nano como controlador de los leds.
Quick afterwork cycling to the south.
It's the time of the year for lights and warmer socks already. I returned at about 7°C... It's getting chill...
But good to get some activity after an office day!
#cycling #BikeTooter #bayern
Frank Turner at Cambridge Folk Festival. Captivating. #music #FrankTurner #folk
#whatImReading is Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s Take Me To Your Leader. It’s all his take on the old UFO/ET business. Mildly amusing. He covers the history and all the ins and outs of UFOlogy. But what I’ve never seen an answer to is, why do UFOs have running lights at all? Why would they need them? If they were hiding they wouldn’t have them for sure.
If you like Tyson you’ll like this book.
This article by @moultano.bsky.social is one the best articles/posts I have read in a while.
It made me look at traffic lights (and colours in general) in a completely new way.
https://moultano.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/where-to-find-the-colo…
Wowzer… quite the dramatic thunderstorm early this morning here in northwest #Vermont ! We have 2 skylights in our bedroom and around 1:00am they were as bright as those large fluorescent lights you see in office buildings. And even brighter at times!
I hope folks are okay throughout the state!
A reminder to support @… on @… to keep the lights on!
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The last #baseball game of the season for us. We did get to see our (well, my) name in lights 😁
Tonight is Stripers vs Indianapolis Indians.
Hot dog(s) acquired (and eaten).
#Milb
Overlooking Všrpalota, Hungary.
CPT ABDUCTED BY FOREIGN FORCES, DISAGREEMENT OVER NMBR OF OVRHEAD LIGHTS. POSSIBLE DIPL. INCIDENT, PLS ADVISE.
#LCARSdrama
Things that ended up not being fixed in the final release of #macOS 27 Golden Gate:
- can't drag & drop windows into the bar in mission control to fullscreen them, this still worked even in the first beta of macOS 27 and then was suddenly gone
- weird lack of contrast at the bottom of the new traffic lights in light mode (dark mode looks fine)
Traffic in Seattle is so bad i just outran an ambulance with lights and sirens on.
On a bicycle.
Man, I frickin' LOVE Kyle Chandler. Classy AF. And he's now my favorite superhero? OMG.
▶️ Kyle Chandler on Friday Night Lights Reunion, Playing Green Lantern & Motorcycle Trip with Strangers - Jimmy Kimmel Live
https://youtube.com/watch?v=R82qvLWczwo
parking structure selfie under a lunar eclipse
While the Elgato Keylight hardware has been nice, the software has been utter shit. I lose connection to these lights all the time now and have to resync them.
Parts V ⚙️
部分 V ⚙️
📷 Yashica 635
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF), expired 1994
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RE: #cybersecurity and #resilience in Europe - should be required reading by every adult and certainly all those with responsibility for keeping the lights on...
#GreenTransition
uh! its #windowFriday already in the UK.
i been playing with Supercollider. time goes like 500 minutes an hour messing with that shit. here's some snaps.
goodnight.
hmm lights flickered downtown momentarily during a heavy downpour <o o > < o o>
The office last night, feat. Vanilla Ice (who is a badass as it turns out)
Roy DeCarava
Dancers, New York 1956, Photogravure
Capturing moments from life in New York City's Black neighbourhoods, DeCarava shows ordinary people in dance halls, on the street and in the home, bringing subtle details from a black tonality.
The images were etched onto metal plates using light-sensitive chemicals and acid. The plates were then coated with ink and hand-printed onto paper.
#Tate
I've noticed in the last five years or so a marked increase in drivers running red lights in my town (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania) and that many of the vehicles have illegal levels of window tinting. I'm wondering, is it that aggressive (male) drivers are likely to get illegal tinting ... or is it that the tinting induces lawlessness via the anonymity it provides? Or are both factors? And then there's the boring explanation, that people simply can't see the lights through the tinting. #cars #driving #tint #tinting #windows #safety #traffic #pennsylvania #vehicles #trucks #psychology
Our saturday activity, a gorgoeus bike&hike. I really wat to go there again any time soon. Maybe I can even do it as an afterwork ride ... at least when i bring some lights for cycling back home.
https://loops.video/v/hz6DqlGUsr
photos are still pending ... I just get distracted too quickly the…
Civic Museums II 🏛️
民间博物馆 II 🏛️
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ LUCKY SHD 400 (FF)
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I’ve been coming to Iceland for 26 years and never seen the northern lights in August until this year! They even made a brief appearance on my birthday as I walked home from celebrating!
#iceland #NorthernLights #aurora
https://samer.is/photographing/august-aurora/
Ear plugs don't stop the lights from screaming
Why are the lights so bright in the quiet room?
#synesthesia
The office today—setting up for tomorrow. House Of Blues, Anaheim CA.
The backstage area is festooned with skate decks, that you can only acquire in your name if you sell the place out!