Franki

@franki23.bsky.social

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computing teacher. website maker. ally. pixel shooter. gen x. british. he/him. do no harm. take no crap.

The lyrics to the Ewoks song at the end of Return of the Jedi in Ewok then in English. English lyrics Freedom we got freedom and now that we can be free come on and celebrate Power we got power and now that we can be free it's time to celebrate Celebrate the freedom celebrate the power celebrate the glory celebrate the love Power we got power and now that we can be free it's time to celebrate Celebrate the light (freedom!) celebrate the night (power!) celebrate the fight (glory!) celebrate the love celebrate the love celebrate the love Glory we found glory the power showed us the light and now we all live free Celebrate the love Ewok Lyrics Yub nub eee chop yub nub ah toe meet toe pee-chee keene g'noop dock fling oh ah Yah wah eee chop yah wah ah toe meet toe pee-chee keene g'noop dock fling oh ah Coatee chah tu yub nub coatee chah tu yahwah coatee chah tu glowah allay loo ta nuv Glowah eee chop glowah ya glowah pee chu nee foam ah toot dee awe goon daa Coatee cha tu goo (Yub nub!) coatee cha tu doo (Yahwah!) coatee cha tu too (Ya chaa!) allay loo ta nuv allay loo ta nuv allay loo ta nuv Glowah eee chop glowah ya glowah pee chu nee foam ah toot dee awe goon daa Allay loo ta nuv
A Star Trek badge only the star seems to be emanating from the top of a light saber with wings and the gap below has a weird spike that makes the empty space look like a silhouette of a person in a hood
A screenshot of a Facebook reply with a GBN header and a picture of Binface and Farage. Written over the image it says " So, the word "farage" is actually old British slang for bin juices"
A safety sign showing a big ladder with a silhouette of a person who just fell off it. Sign lettering reads: WARNING DON'T TIT ABOUT ON LADDERS Below next to a union flag: BRITISH LADDER COUNCIL® "What goes up must come down, safely."
A lot of different shapes of waste receptacle from house refuse size to massive metal things you need to pick up on a truck. They're all called bins.
A map of Clacton-on-Sea and the nearby village of Weeley. British people call any bin with wheels a wheelie bin which is why this is weeley funny.
Never play chess with a pigeon. It will knock over all the pieces, shit everywhere and still strut around like it won. Image of a pigeon sitting on an outdoor chessboard. The pigeon looks pissed as he has two buds who have his back on the bench behind him. Someone has drawn penises on most of the squares and my money is on it being the pigeon. Image from https://www.reddit.com/r/pigeon/s/AHzCLgeJ3r
Queen Elizabeth II dancing with President Ford at the White House, Washington D.C., United States. Taken on 7 July 1976 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Elizabeth_II_and_President_Ford_1976.jpg
A screen grab of the Telegraph article saying bluesky users are pathetic, posted on Bluesky with the "follow" bottom highlighted by me
A floofy grey cat with white paws curled up like a pretzel on a blanket. He looks pretty content with life. He's also snoring, not that you can tell that from the picture but trust me here.
A floofy grey cat stretched out in a windowsill. It's not fur coat weather.
A UK classic, the breakfast barm. Sausage, bacon and a soft yolk fried egg stacked in a soft white roll. Depending on where in the UK you buy this, you can swap the word barm for bap, roll, muffin, teacake, bun, cob, butty, stottie or just make something up and pretend you're from the next town over. They're all weird there.
Grey cat with white feet fat asleep on a cat tree
The Ancient Aliens guy Giorgio Tsoukalos saying "Who killed Jeffrey Epstein? ALIENS"
Everything I don't like is WOKE - a book for basic dickheads. Shows a man pointing to the engine i5f a car saying "this engine is woke"
An aged photo of a woman in a floral short sleeved shirt looking shocked at something behind the camera. Possibly an approaching tornado. The sky looks kinda yellow and the small beach house behind her looks like it's made out of matchsticks. She may be deciding which of her kids, pets or household items don't make the cut.
Animated gif of the end of C64 back to the future with the delorean driving down the main street and travelling back to 1985.... kinda. It wasn't the best special effect but it did the job.
Floofy grey cat looking very cute
Street art under a sign for Coleman's Starch. Caption at the top says DAVE KNEW TODAY WASNT GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY BUT HE DIDNT EXPECT THIS... There is then a picture of a large eagle picking up a businesses man by the arms. His briefcase falls away. Below it reads ... NOT AGAIN
A pack of Tunnock's Tea Cakes. The shape and colour closely resembles a NASA parachute
A pie chart titled "Did this happen?" Pie is blue with a small yellow slice. Key says blue: no yellow: no but in yellow.
Bibs and Fluff reunited after Fluff's presumed holiday. Two grey cats looking at the photographer (me) who is clearly spoiling the moment
Still from the movie "Safety Last" starring Harold Lloyd. Harold hangs from the minute hand of a clock situated high above a busy street.
From Alan Moore's Watchmen. Adrian Veidt as Ozymandias watches a wall of TVs with Bubastis his pet Lynx. He says "just me and the world" to no-one in particular
The Chilcot Checklist 1 VISION: WHY DO WE CARE? What does this mean for British interests? What are the risks of acting or doing nothing, including in the longer term? What is different now? 2 ANALYSIS: WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW? What are your sources of ground truth/evidence? Have assumptions been exposed to analytical tools or external challenge? 3 SCENARIOS: WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT? Have you looked at a range of options, and scenarios and consequences that could flow from these? 4 OPTIONS: WHAT SHOULD WE DO? Have you designed your options collaboratively, built in challenge and presented Ministers with clear information on risks, opportunities and costs? 5 LEGAL IMPLICATIONS: HOW DO WE ENSURE ACTION IS LAWFUL? What is the wider legal context? Are Ministers aware of any legal risks? What are the policy implications? How will you ensure that any international legal basis remains sound if circumstances change? 6 POLICY AND STRATEGY: WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE? Does a clear strategy, and a feasible course of action that will meet policy objectives, exist? Is the approach supported by analysis? 7 RESOURCE: WHAT DO WE NEED TO DELIVER? What are the resource implications of your options? 8 PLANNING AND DOING: HOW SHOULD WE DO IT? Have you planned for a range of possible contingencies? Who is accountable and responsible for what? 9 POLICY PERFORMANCE: HOW WILL YOU MONITOR PERFORMANCE? How will you measure and evaluate success/failure? 10 EVALUATION: IS THE POLICY WORKING? When and how will you review this policy? Has the context changed? Have UK objectives/interests changed? Do you need to change direction?
Phil Plait posted a picture of the woods, my next post was from Good Trailcams showing a similar wood with (possibly) a turkey peering into shot. The turkey looks like the held weapon in a first person shooter. You could do some damage with that. I hope Phil is ok.
Screenshot of two news notifications from The Guardian. Thumbnail of Shabana Mahmood 1m - The Guardian Shabana Mahmood to limit refugees to 30 months in UK Thumbnail of what appears to be a city on fire 35m - The Guardian UK has agreed to a US request to use British bases to strike Iranian missile sites, Starmer says
A grey cat with white bib and paws who looks very like Beatrix
Floofy grey cat has forgotten his tongue is out. Lies on his side with cute paws and a far away lol in his eyes
Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell from Quantum Leap
Dummy by Portishead (1994) Image shows the vinyl album
Trump accepts what appears to be a sculpture of a crying baby or other bald person. Screenshot from the guardian. Text reads: DONALD TRUMP WINS THE FIFA PEACE PRIZE!!! Have that, Greta! In your face María Corina Machado! Well, who could have seen this coming? Gianni welcomes Donald Trump to the stage. "And now, the liars ..." DONALD TRUMP Ina shocking turn of events, Gianni Infantino gives Donald Trump a shiny gold bauble. Photograph: Michael Regan/FIFA/Getty Images Last Updated: 17:34
Yoda plushie sits on the top of a Christmas tree, a green fairy light clutched in his hands.
Yesterday the Whitehouse posted an AI image of trump dressed in Master Chief's armour, saluting something only he can see and holding a Covenant energy sword in his left hand. I bet the onlookers exhaled as one when he raised his right hand to salute. Microsoft didn't object to any of this
Screenshot of a blood glucose monitor. Shows falling sugar at night labelled "Ham sammich before bed" then rising sugars from 7am labelled "liver says good morning" peaking at 9 labelled "INSULIN" then crashing labelled "brownies" in a chunky font. After this the readings level off at 4 mmol/L and the little green marker for right now is singing "do-de-do" to itself.
The new "you ran out of energy" screen on Duolingo's free tier. Mid lesson the learner has run out of energy and is given in game currency, referral bonuses or a free trial that you must remember to cancel it be charged for 1 year's membership. The other option is to quit mid lesson.
A yellow and black warning sign with two icons of a running human crossed out in red and a walking human circled in green. Text reads Don't chase your dreams! ​Humans are persistence hunters. ​Follow your dreams at a sustainable pace until they get tired and lie down.
In response to a Google search "are millionaires leaving UK" the AI response is: Yes, reports from Henley & Partners and New World Wealth predict the UK will experience the largest global net outflow of millionaires in 2025, with 16,500 individuals projected to leave. This trend, which began reversing a decade ago after years of net immigration, is linked to the abolition of "non-dom" tax rules and other tax increases, making the UK a less attractive destination for wealthy individuals. Popular destinations for these migrating millionaires include the UAE, Portugal, and Greece, which offer more favorable tax regimes and investor visa routes.
A scene from Marvel Agents of Shield. Agent Hill taking to agent Ward Hill: What does S.H.I.E.L.D. stand for agent Ward? Ward: Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division Hill: And what does that mean to you? Ward: It means someone really wanted our initials to spell out SHIELD
A Nathan W Pyle comic. Panel 1: three beings toss confetti "this is where the planet was when you emerged" a fourth being looks joyous and says "tiny trash" Panel 2: "and now we sing" "ok I'll just look at you" Panel 3: the three beings hold out a cake with candles. "This is on fire" "I will exhale on it!" Panel 4: they gather around the being blowing out the candles and chant "Extinguish! Extinguish! Extinguish! Extinguish!"
A large pyrex casserole dish full of roasted courgette and onion, tomato, macaroni and cheese. Topped with more cheese and baked until the top turned brown and bubbly. It could feed four hungry people.
An overgrown garden full of clover
AS OF JANUARY 1996, PRIMARY AUTHORITY AND ABILITY TO FIRE NUCLEAR MISSILES WILL NO LONGER REST WITH U.S. SUBMARINE COMMANDERS... PRINCIPAL CONTROL WILL RESIDE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Big Charlie. At a glance he doesn't seem so big until you notice the size of his head compared to his body and his general roundness. He's a good eater and happy with his life. He comes round my place for cat drugs but dines and dashes.
The Solstice sun starting to peak between low cloud and treetops viewed from Castlerigg stone circle near Keswick.
A patch of back garden overrun with flowering white clover. It took over the path, only one stone remains. It's now making a play for the whole lawn.
A scene from Doctor who with David Tennant and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble. Doctor: I just want a mate. Donna: You just want to mate?! Doctor: A mate! I want a mate! Donna: You ain't mating with me, sunshine!
the volume control for BBC Sounds website which goes up to 11
A grey floofy cat showing his tummy in appreciation of Tom Cox's books and Tom's father's cat owners postcard.
Screenshot of Deadwinter RSS feed and it's most recent items
Kimiko Ross sits next to a receiving device of some kind with a headphone helmet plugged in, listening for the sound of destiny approaching perhaps? In the background, the night sky and horizon are split by a line of purple and pink sunset. In a cutout showing a detail of the horizon we see Hob peering over the horizon.
Liz Truss shaking hands with Queen Elizabeth II two days before the Queen's death.
Blossom in the Kyoto imperial palace gardens March '25
Grey cat looking worried under a cosy blanket. Not a fan of all the crazy.
Five years ago, the FBI used the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to surveil people participating in Black Lives Matter protests, investigating whether they had ties to terrorists. The DOJ Inspector General called the incident an example of the FBI’s “widespread non-compliance” with FISA rules. German claims that in this case, instead of focusing on people who are alleged to have committed arson or acts of violence, the FBI’s focus could ultimately be scrutinizing people who it thinks are expressing “anger or animosity towards Tesla or Elon Musk.”
A grey kitten with white feet and white bib lies on his back with his back feet showing all the toebeans. He looks a bit confused.
Screenshot from a spreadsheet from the ONS showing Education calculation is made up of Private school fees, Evening classes, International student fees and UK university tuition fees.
Against a night time skyline the words: Never pick a fight with a woman older than forty. They are FULL of rage and sick of everyone's SHIT.
An inspirational poster reads : a wise woman once said "fuck this shit" and she lived happily ever after
Grey floofy car lies on his back in front of a stove showing his tummy. The paws look soft but experience tells you they're full of knives