Paul Barnfather

@clanger9@mastodon.online
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#music #motorcycles #mountains. Not necessarily in the right order.
#energy geek.
This is the real me. Weaned on Commodore; nurtured by Digitiser; radicalised by Need To Know.

Check out my MakerTube channels:
Electric Dart https://makertube.net/c/electricdart/videos
Chester Repair Café https://makertube.net/c/chesterrepaircafe/videos

I have no idea what the source of this image is, but yeah, I Laughed Out Loud.
Making a New Year Resolution? For 2026 why not dress like an Australian?
Christmas is officially here! New album from Euros Childs just dropped ❤️
Free download / pay what you want
https://www.euroschilds.co.uk
Nadolig Llawen! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎄
National Elf Library

National Elf Library

Wow!

The first SwiftGodot-based game is on the AppStore:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/terminal-madness-revelations/id6740811766

Terminal Madness - Revelations App - App Store

Download Terminal Madness - Revelations by Codepassion S.L. on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Terminal…

App Store
WeLion achieves 824 Wh/kg energy density in lab for solid-state battery - electrive.com

WeLion, a Chinese developer of solid-state batteries, is making good progress toward achieving a long-term energy density of 1,000 Wh/kg. In the lab, the

electrive.com

I watch Jeopardy most days, and it’s become clear to me that my knowledge of African geography is abysmal. So I made myself a tiny web app with a blank map to help me practice remembering where all the different countries are on the continent.

Test your own knowledge!

https://schrag.ca/toys/LearnAfrica/

(No ads, no tracking, no cookies… I’m retired, not selling anything here.)

Africa Study Map

McDonald’s USA
— Employee: $15/hr, no benefits
— Big Mac: $5.79

McDonald’s Denmark
— Employee: $22/hr, 6 weeks vacation, 1 year paid maternity leave, life insurance, pension
— Big Mac: $5.49

Tell us more about how raising the minimum wage would affect the cost of hamburgers.

@ChrisMayLA6 Why would Ratcliffe close a very successful hostage which continues to bring in ransom demands? He’s only writing the value down and saddling it with debt anyway.

Grangemouth no longer refines anything, can’t make any money, and dumps millions of tons of pointless carbon a year. Its only asset is its huge capacity connection into the central belt electricity network for offshore wind.

Kill it now and put that money to jobs elsewhere.

If you're a tech tinkerer and you're in the market for a discount #EV that requires some rolling up of sleeves, the Fisker Ocean is looking like a hell of a good deal right now. Open source EVERYTHING, wholly managed by the owner's club!

https://youtu.be/hD0HOUCqLJo

(I'm looking at you, @neil ... 😁)

Fisker Failed. Now Owners Are Finishing The Car Themselves.

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If you need some distraction this Christmas Day, you're near Leicester or Loughborough and money is tight, then the Great Central Railway are running some special steam services where they're insisting that you only pay what you can afford. https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/12/leicestershire-railway-to-run-pay-what-you-can-afford-steam-train-service-this-christmas-day.html
Leicestershire railway to run ‘Pay What You Can Afford’ steam train service this Christmas Day

The Great Central Railway are to run a special service this Christmas Day, with passengers only advised to pay what they can afford. Three trains will run at 11:30, 12:45 and 14:30 and will pick up passengers at Loughborough and Leicester only. Quorn and Woodhouse will remain closed on this…

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