♬ Jaimme's got a girl / don't think things are gonna be the same / he aint coming out and drinking tonight / think he's gonna change his name / we can't work it out ♬

#OzMusic / #YouAmI / #Pop / #PowerPop / #rock / #RockMusic < https://youtu.be/tpU_oTmjm04?si=2GmP2AVV4KhXKrNh> / (remaster) < https://youtu.be/7LVUT6qnFSE?si=_yCJV6yJIJrtAXKj>

“In October 1987, I transited the #StraitOfHormuz on the bridge of the frigate #HMSAndromeda. We were watched from less than a mile away by an Iranian warship as Ian Stewart, the armed forces minister of the day, decried them as “pirates”.

Later that day, we transferred on to one of the four counter-measures vessels that had been dispatched to clear the waters off #Dubai of Iranian mines. At that time, the #ArmillaPatrol consisted of four or five #destroyers or #frigates, four of those minehunters and three or four support vessels.

Today there are no Royal Navy ships in the #Gulf, after its #Bahrain based squadron was run down to save money and allow sailors to be deployed elsewhere. The last of the #minehunters returned to #Britain in January.

Back in 1987, at the time of my visit to the Gulf, the #RoyalNavy had 50 #destroyers and frigates, 21 #submarines and three #AircraftCarriers. Today it has 13 of those large surface ships, nine subs and two carriers.”

Rule Britannia, no more. ⚓️

<https://thetimes.com/uk/defence/article/strait-hormuz-reopen-royal-navy-sfphbgns5> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/pEJGJ>

♬ dark specter of espionage / hangs over fair Hawaii / McGarrett's one cool guy / the guilty will not go free / Steve and Danno / they made the scene / the agent had done his deed / caught with a stiff and a silenced gun / he said / "Book him Danno, murder one" ♬

#OzMusic / #RadioBirdman / #IndieRock / #GarageRock / #punk / #PunkMusic / 1978 / #straya / #Danno 🏄‍♂️ / 🌊 #Steve / #FiveOh / #BookHimDanno / #MurderOne <https://youtube.com/watch?v=ETmcaPBKkDA>

Are you a Robot?
… “A Man-baby is in front of me”

🚨 #TechWeenieAlert🚨/ #Facebook / #Meta / #SarahWynnWilliams exposé on #Zuckerberg
<https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/sarah-wynn-williams-careless-people-meta-nrffdfpmf > (paywall) / <https://archive.md/tDGNI>

The USA is a fallen state.

Listening to three speeches today from National leaders. I was struck by Australia's PM on the radio; Short message, outlined the problems, talked of solutions with resolve. The next, a translated speech from a Iranian TV broadcast. The third, a rambling, indecisive mess of ideas.

The last leader has no idea the rest of the world is joining forces to resolve the shit-show the #USA has created and routing around them.

“She ( #GritMattiasPhelps )wanted #students to understand what #writing, #thinking and #classrooms were like before everything turned #digital. So, she found a few dozen old #ManualTypewriters in thrift shops and online marketplaces, and created what her syllabus calls an #AnalogAssignment.

#Learning / #Cornell / #AI / #analog / #analogue / #typewritter / #Olympia <https://apnews.com/article/typewriter-ai-cheating-chatgpt-cornell-ce10e1ca0f10c96f79b7d988bb56448b>

♬ if half of what I'm sayin' / of what I'm saying is true / would you rub my head / make it all shiny and new? / and you drag my coat tails, drag my coat tails down / and I'll be the only cold assed king around ♬

#YouAmI / #OzMusic / #Rock / #Pop / #RockMusic / #TimRogers <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQOKF-sST8k> / <https://youtu.be/Nwsyr5gAEuM?si=Nj3e2c5LLzrgv52O>