George Girton

@martinicat
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A software developer and photographer. #RStats and some other Prgrmming Lnggs. former #Nanoinfluencer
Special note: When I was a young lad, I have faced Bobby Fischer across the chess board. 🍸🐈
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George Girton1d ago
I saw a B-52 at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden Utah. I looked into the cockpit and into the bomb bay. It was amazing. This was 65 years ago, in 1961. Today a B-52 crashed at Edwards Air Force Base, killing all 8 crew members. What a disgrace that we are still flying this plane.🍸😿
George Girton2d ago
I got 7 in @YetiPie. What have you done today?✅🍸😺
Show threadGeorge Girton4d ago
From a book on italic handwriting, an image of malformed ovoids🍸😺
George Girton4d ago
From an out-of-print book on italic handwriting, an image of malformed ovoids🍸😺 #italic #penmanship
George GirtonJun 6
What we loved before hexadecimal 🍸😺
George GirtonJun 6

> > The commander of one of the Ukrainian units involved in the drone strikes told the BBC that it was very easy to hit targets inside Russia.
>> "We fly in Russia like it's our own territory. Almost no resistance, not hard to reach a target," Yevhen Karas, commander of the 413th regiment Raid of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, said. <<

[Ukrainian drones target St Petersburg in attack Russia calls 'unprecedented'](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg7498kz808o)

Ukrainian drones target St Petersburg in attack Russia calls 'unprecedented'

Residents of Russia's second-largest city were urged to stay indoors for the first time since the war started.

George GirtonJun 5

what? No ivermectin??🍸🙀

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7v9vz1gd76o

US plans to fight flesh-eating screwworm outbreak with flies and dogs

The insect, which has been found in America for the first time since 1966, is a growing concern in the southern US.

George GirtonJun 5
Doggone it! I took two too many steps🍸🙀
George GirtonJun 3
Steve HermanJun 3
It’s the third of June. https://www.southerncultures.org/article/bobbie-gentrys-odes-to-mississippi/
Bobbie Gentry’s Odes to Mississippi

On August 26, 1967, the Lads of Liverpool (a.k.a. the Beatles) yielded the no. 1 spot on Billboard’s pop chart to an unknown musician. Mississippian Bobbie Gentry’s iconic song, “Ode to Billie Joe,”…

Southern Cultures
George GirtonJun 3

RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116683307383151941

Probably not over?🍸😺