Andy

@ab-initio.me.uk

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🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺❄️ He/Him. Control(s) Freak. Interested in tasteful thirst, politics, green transport & energy. There is no LGB without the T! Inauthentic followers will be blocked 🚫 Chorley 🏡 Macclesfield 🧑🏻‍💻

An image showing two packs of (different) tablets both opened at the “lot and expiry date” end.

The one on the left has the patient information leaflet obstructing access to the blister strips. The one on the right has the blister strips accessible.

It is a common misconception that the variable data end indicates which end the blisters are packed.

A computer confirmation prompt asking “Do you really want to run time backwards?”

A rechargeable electric lighter that replaces the non-refillable gas type.

A teeshirt with the caption ‘Never Forget’ below a cartoon image of a 3.5” floppy disk, a VHS video cassette and a compact music cassette holding hands in a line.

My latest bangin’ nudes

78% Woke
22% Chud
50% Neo-Techbro
50% Luddite
52% Hopepilled
48% Doomer
64% Davos
36% Dubai
YOUR CLOSEST MATCH: Zohran Mamdani

A screenshot showing 2 different women and 4 men, one of which is a POC

EuroSky change handle page

Letterboxd DNS issue screen

Ionity chargers at Cobham services. 2 ‘drive-thru’ bays are provided (out of 24 Ionity chargers, there are other CPOs at the services too)
The bays are ‘short’ for ‘drive-thru’ - causing overhang at rear…

A screenshot showing how iOS autocorrect has gone to shit, the poster is typing how it can’t even correct contractions such as “can’t” correctly and like clockwork, the autocorrect fails.

A picture with a black Kia EV6 towing a white caravan charging at a Fastned charging park in Belgium

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On a CalMac Ferry to a Scottish island

An email from Uber titled “Leading the way on safety”

We always want you to feel safe when taking a trip with Uber. That’s why we designed our new audio recording feature, to give you the option to record trip audio during any Uber trip (including UberX Share trips if available in your city) and share it with the Uber Safety Support team.…

Further down it says

The audio recording is encrypted and stored securely on your device. Neither you, your driver, nor anyone else in the vehicle can listen to it. Neither can Uber unless you choose to share it as part of a safety report.
The audio file will be automatically deleted after 14 days if you choose not to share it with the Uber Safety Support team.

A Truma Saphir Aircon unit

A picture of a caravan with windows open to 90°. There is a gas bbq in the background

Divine scowls at Donald Trump

A ‘Letterboxd’ recent activity page with 4 movies visible:
Spy Game
Bicentennial Man
Burnt
The Devil Wears Prada 2

A lime and ginger drizzle cake

A Home Assistant showing an Installed Version of 2022.12.1 and a latest version of 2025.8.3

ARMAGEDDON movie poster

A map of UK showing land use with a similar scaled representation of overseas land used for UK food

A screenshot of skyview systematically responding to requests from 10 months ago

I am stood wearing glasses next to a hire car

THIS IS THE WEAPON OF THE ENEMY.
WE DO NOT NEED IT. WE WILL NOT USE IT.

OUR WEAPONS ARE
QUIET -- PRECISE. IN TIME, I WILL TEACH THEM TO YOU. TONIGHT, YOU WILL RELY ON YOUR FISTS--AND YOUR BRAINS.

Joseph Fisher @itsallsoclear.bsky.s... • 2d
Tucker Carlson nicely handled the Israeli controlled BBC. Victoria Derbyshire tried the 'antisemitic' slur a few times to no avail.

A screenshot of a book list showing amongst other data, rankings, RRP’s, Average Sale Price.

The book in second position shows that the Average Sale Price is above the RRP - a highly unlikely situation suggesting the data provided has been manipulated.

The second is that low-carbon electricity producers can often start to recover their up-front costs, and make further investments in renewable energy projects.
In the examples above, solar and wind producers are generating electricity at very little cost, then they're selling it on the market at the much higher price of gas.
These profits can then be used to recover the up-front costs of installing the plant. This is partly impacted by a scheme called
'Contracts for Difference' in the UK - I've provided details of this in the footnote if you're interested.

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A Letterboxd recent activity screenshot of:
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Willies
The Butterfly Effect
Ironman

A screenshot of an iOS phone typing a reply.
The user has typed Dont yet the autocorrect options include “Dont”, Do they and Do the.

A logical autocorrect might be Don’t but apple knows better.

Term Limits and Presidential Tenure
The application of the two-term limit becomes nuanced when a vice president inherits the presidency. If Vance were to take over with less than two years remaining in Trump's term, he would be eligible to run for two full terms on his own. This scenario could potentially allow for up to ten years in the White House, the only legal path to exceed two four-year elected terms.
Conversely, if Vance serves more than two years of the inherited term, he would only be permitted to stand for one additional election. This still offers the possibility of six more years in office, requiring just one successful campaign. The distinction hinges on the duration of the inherited presidency, shaping long-term political strategies.

Electroverse screenshot showing subscription and discounted charging sessions.

Term Limits and Presidential Tenure
The application of the two-term limit becomes nuanced when a vice president inherits the presidency. If Vance were to take over with less than two years remaining in Trump's term, he would be eligible to run for two full terms on his own. This scenario could potentially allow for up to ten years in the White House, the only legal path to exceed two four-year elected terms.
Conversely, if Vance serves more than two years of the inherited term, he would only be permitted to stand for one additional election. This still offers the possibility of six more years in office, requiring just one successful campaign. The distinction hinges on the duration of the inherited presidency, shaping long-term political strategies.

A screen shot of an NHS website for Stepping Hill Hospital listing its address as “Stockport, Cheshire”

A screen shot that reads:

Another day closer to the end.
Your birthday is now closer to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima than to today.

A clothing label that reads

JACOBS
BY
MARC JACOBS
FOR
MARC BY MARC JACOBS
IN COLLABORATION WITH
MARC JACOBS FOR MARC BY MARC JACOBS

David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.soc.. • 18h Why would you, as PM, choose to respond like that?

Fatih Birol, the director of the IEA, told media outlets on Friday that it was the "the greatest global energy security threat in history".
The IEA advised countries to promote public transport, give private cars access to city centres on alternate days, encourage efficient driving habits, avoid air travel where possible and switch to electric cooking.
The prime minister's official spokesperson said this was the IEA's "general advice for countries across the world" and people in the UK "should continue to go about their days in normal fashion".

A screenshot of a Times bleet that claims OpenAI is now valued at $730 million after a funding round of $110 billion.

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Transport Evolved YouTube channel playing on a TV. At the side is the silhouette of a wind turbine spinning on a brightly lit area of the wall

A screenshot of my lock screen that depicts a portrait photo of my husband smiling at the camera. He wears an orange base layer under his waterproof jacket snd is carrying a rucksack with a hydration tube. The background is a hill scene.

A dork crouching in front of a sign carved in sandstone. It looks like the sign says “Welcome to Dick”

A screenshot of a BBC article on latest government scheme for decarbonising UK homes illustrated by a large, twin-fan / double stack air source heat pump in front of a traditional stone building with 8 solar PV panels visible on the roof.

The caption reads “An air source heat pump mostly powered by solar panels on a building in East Anglia”

A picture in the style of a corporate inspirational poster with the caption:
“THAT SIGN
DOES NOT LOOK HANDWRITTEN”

The picture in the poster is of a woman holding a sign that says:

“DESTROY THE COMPUTER!!!
A HOMOSEKUAL INVENTION BY
ALAN TURING. WHO CARES IF HE CRACKED THE GERMAN ENIGMA CODE AND WON WORLD WAR II.
IT'S A HOMO'S DEVIL MACHINE!”

An error message on a webpage that says “Invalid nonce value provided”

An error message from a web based change management system that reads “Invalid nonce value provided.”

Soltani's sister - who is a lawyer - tried to intervene in his case but was told by authorities there was nothing to pursue, Shekhi added.

An aerial shot of the River Bollin in Cheshire

A picture of 3 panels with the caption “Left to right: Nick Hern, Benjamin Lowy and Emily Vaughan-Barratt of Wessex Grove, and Joseph Houston and William Whelton of Hope Mill Theatre. Photos by Alex Brenner”
However the middle panel clearly shows Emily to the left of Benjamin.

CD cover of “Recurring Dream” The Very Best Of Crowded House

Vito Coppolla sits on a beach wearing just blue and white striped shorts. He has a 6-pack stomach, a hairy chest and is turned to face the camera giving a thumbs-up gesture.

The Rex cinema in Wilmslow c.2001

A modern day vampire

A dog grabs a blanket from the top of his cage, and in a single motion, enters the cage whilst wrapping the blanket around his body