Sergei Krikalev was stuck on the Mir space station for 311 days after the Soviet Union broke up.

Colman Doyle’s 1973 photo of a woman IRA volunteer in Belfast became one of most iconic shots of the Troubles: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/0616/1147804-troubles-northern-ireland-colman-doyle-photo-woman-ira-belfast-1973/

To be fair, I don’t think anyone had moved in there yet.

There is nothing new here. There has always been a vocal, violent, right leaning minority in Irish society. There have been two instances that have made headlines around the world in the past few weeks that may make it seem like Irish society in general is leaning further to the right. I hope this isn’t true.

It didn’t work 23 years ago in Tipperary, it won’t work now. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/fire-at-hotel-for-asylum-seekers-1.264123

They’ll claim the insurance, rebuild the hotel and refugees will move in anyway.

So burn the hotel down?

While not a renaissance fair exactly, there is a jousting tournament in Leeds Castle in Kent once or twice a year. It’s a lot of fun with armour, swords, horses, the whole shebang.

Imagine this plane with a fire on board before takeoff and now the unfit overweight masses have to evacuate.

That makes it a Theocracy.

That’s Stargate SG1.

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Maybe a better source?: https://nerdbot.com/2023/07/14/snowpiercer-cast-unknowingly-scanned-for-ai-use-star-confirms/

I was not aware of this, thanks, I will avoid that site in the future.

We had 40C here in London this time last year. It was not pleasant. It didn’t even rain.

I was mistaken, it’s predicted to reach 120f.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/15/italy-temperatures-48c-mediterranean-heatwave-hotter?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

It’s 120f in Italy at the moment.

Do be carefully though, capacitors can store an electrical charge, even broken ones can still be dangerous.

The shows were just 30 minute adverts for the toys. Some of my greatest playtime as a kid was when Cobra Commander teamed up with Darth Vader but was eventually defeated by G.I. Joes and R2D2.

I wonder if it would be as good today as a rematch, might be better left in our memories.