Upstart Peasant

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Old Git Biker. Music and Sci-Fi nerd. Sometimes runs half marathons. Semi retired Nurse. Trying to learn ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น. #GTTO ๐Ÿ’™#NHS. #iStutter #running ๐Ÿ“#Wulferhampton

So Large Scale Vaccination centres close today and I'll be out of work tomorrow.

So that's a large hotdog with onions and sriracha sauce to celebrate then. It's been fun

RT @[email protected]

My daughter is an ambulance technician. Today, she did her 12 hour shift without being able to take a break, then was delayed for a further 2 hours before she could end her shift. 14 HOURS WITHOUT A BREAK. Retweet if you support ambulance staffโ€™s pay demands

๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ”—: https://twitter.com/SoProudScottish/status/1608556836449312771

ProudScot /NHS /Anti-Tory /Ukraine ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿš‘ on Twitter

โ€œMy daughter is an ambulance technician. Today, she did her 12 hour shift without being able to take a break, then was delayed for a further 2 hours before she could end her shift. 14 HOURS WITHOUT A BREAK. Retweet if you support ambulance staffโ€™s pay demandsโ€

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I've just been enthralled by the reading of this tale of derring do, patience and technology. Next up I'll be buying a book on how sextants work, and making time to visit Cambridge for the Scott Polar Research Institute museum.
"Where do you leave the bedding?"
"I just dropped it on the floor."
"Uh huh. Where's the dog?"
"What? Why?"

Butterfly Nebula

"Though its gaseous wingspan covers over 3 light-years and its estimated surface temperature exceeds 200,000 degrees C, the aging central star of NGC 6302, the featured planetary nebula, has become exceptionally hot, shining brightly in visible and ultraviolet light but hidden from direct view by a dense torus of dust."

The universe is pretty amazing.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221121.html

#NASA #Astronomy #Hubble

APOD: 2022 November 21 - The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

My step father died last week. It was with great glee I stopped the subscriptions to the Conservative Party and the Daily Telegraph.

I know how to stop the debate on private schools.

Close them. Everyone goes to state school. Possibly the strongest levelling up action the government could take.

Anyway. Matt Hancock. Bollocks to him.
You've all heard of Elf on the Shelf, but in Canada we have: