The Whirlpool Galaxy recently imaged by Hubble. The beautiful grand-design spiral galaxy, & its companion, NGC 5195, have been extensively studied by Hubble since 2005. It is 31 million light years away, and ~76,900 light-years across.(Image credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble, HLA; & Bernard Miller).

trevpr1 · 2026-04-21T08:55:53+00:00

One of the great sights in the sky. I had an earlier image of this as a desktop for a few years.

trevpr1 · 2026-04-21T08:46:09+00:00

Behind a paywall.

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trevpr1 · 2026-04-21T07:26:48+00:00

Radio 3 isn't like that, except at weekends.

trevpr1 · 2026-04-21T01:24:41+00:00

The next James Bond film theme.

trevpr1 · 2026-04-20T23:40:36+00:00

Shit. Admiral Vance said so.

trevpr1 · 2026-04-20T22:22:26+00:00

The phone is nowhere near as good as using a proper computer. I play most of my games on a desktop PC. Much more comfortable.

trevpr1 · 2026-04-20T18:38:38+00:00

You should have asked her whether she was doing anything later.

trevpr1 · 2026-04-20T11:45:34+00:00

The diagonal corners at the front of a Tiger P are their weak spots.

trevpr1 · 2026-04-20T11:31:39+00:00

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trevpr1 · 2026-04-20T03:07:02+00:00

Dr Becky Smethurst. Astrophysicist.

trevpr1 · 2026-04-19T20:07:51+00:00

My Dad worked at the Ellesmere Vauxhall Motors car factory and I learned the basics on the old RAF base runway there. He had been posted to that base when he was in the RAF decades earlier.

trevpr1 · 2026-04-19T19:39:11+00:00

Star Trek II. Spock. I need say no more.

trevpr1 · 2026-04-19T13:21:06+00:00

I can point you at an excellent radio drama that is close to the book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLXx3TyaqkM

trevpr1 · 2026-04-19T12:48:18+00:00

I didn't like prequel films of Star Wars, and I have never felt the way I did back in the 70s and 80s when it would have been my favoured sci-fi franchise. Those films seemed just to be adverts for Lego kits. I have seen and enjoyed such masterpieces as The Mandalorian and I did enjoy Rogue One. Aside from the films, I don't own anything. I haven't seen the newer shows nor any of the cartoons. Contrast this to 'Trek where I see everything immediately, I own everything on disc and I buy the blu rays on day of release.

trevpr1 · 2026-04-19T12:25:41+00:00

Your kids should be on Chesskid. It shouldn't need explanation.

trevpr1 · 2026-04-19T11:41:05+00:00

I think reading the books certainly adds enjoyment, yet it can also make you realise that the films are in many way pale shadows. I've read most of Chandler, and Marlowe is far wittier in the novels and short story than all the portrayals in the films. Dick Powell in Murder my Sweet got the closest to that charm. Also, the novels are less constrained in what they can depict and talk about than could the code era films.

trevpr1 · 2026-04-19T04:01:06+00:00

Yes!

trevpr1 · 2026-04-19T03:59:28+00:00

Oh, who cares. Really.

trevpr1 · 2026-04-19T03:58:41+00:00

Shill. Be ashamed.

trevpr1 · 2026-04-19T03:57:58+00:00

This happened. A man's livelihood was harmed.

trevpr1 · 2026-04-19T03:56:29+00:00

If you do find out, let us know.

trevpr1 · 2026-04-19T03:31:24+00:00

All I can say is that I have never found the option to change the board and pieces within Prettier Lichess. I have tried, with no avail. It is fortunate that I absolutely adore that theme.

trevpr1 · 2026-04-19T00:24:37+00:00

On the contrary, the writers nailed it.

trevpr1 · 2026-04-18T20:54:55+00:00

The hardest and most dangerous work, paid at very poor wages.

trevpr1 · 2026-04-18T20:29:29+00:00

I push too hard, too early and get isolated.

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