Dan

22 years complete today. And I didn’t expect to stay longer than 4 years, but I’ve made a career out of it. I’ve always said I’ll stop when the fun stops.

Stop calling predictive text LLMs etc “AI”. They aren’t, they are in fact little liars, tuned to the lowest common denominator of users, and will just reflect, hallucinate and agree, to get you to go away.

If only mine warfare was as simple as this

@Adammcdo @BenObeseJecty That should have been resolved years ago under a conservative government…..

@BenObeseJecty What about the pay rise that was due to the RFA in July last year too?

I’m sure we are. So where’s the Defence Investment Plan, due last Autumn?

Could do with a week or so to do husbandry of the upperdeck. Rust is not only a sign of corrosion, also increases the radar return.

@TimWinRN @carbonops99 @wrightdi @Hantsprints Wind. Tim was a true advocate of NetZero

@carbonops99 @wrightdi @Hantsprints Steady on there!

HMS St. Kitts (D18) Royal Navy Battle Class Destroyer at sea in 1951 - this one is for Greta Thunberg ⚓️

@TimWinRN @TomSharpe134 @johnkonrad Don’t forget the shipping containers…

@TomSharpe134 @johnkonrad Not at all - just be prepared to respond to the ice!!

On thing you’ll never find me doing is taking a ship to Antartica. Absolutely not. 10x aboard a cruise ship with hundreds of passengers who have no idea what they are doing. Nope.

@TheWatchWanker The holy trinity of wankers

LinkedIn Wankers X Dubai Wankers X Watch Wankers

@omid9 @TracyAnnO Look forward to Jezbholla members speaking up for the protestors against the evil regime in charge. Can’t wait for the marches and gatherings for the protestors in Iran…

The situation in Iran has now gone into unprecedented territory. As a Bahá’í myself. the memories of parents of Bahá’í friends & family being taken away, shot and dumped into a ditch, are still vivid. Just for having beliefs that were different from the ruling radical Islamic clerics in charge. Regime officials charging families of the dead exorbitant amounts to release the bodies - with invoices that included money charged for the bullets used to kill their loved ones - was par for the course. The regime is now doing the same to their own citizens - of all backgrounds and beliefs. They do this every time the people rise up. That’s how power is maintained. When you hear “this time it’s different” you may ask what has happened to the people of Iran where they feel they have nothing to lose now? What has happened that they feel that it’s better to die on your feet than live on your knees? The answer to that question is why I don’t see any let up in the people taking the streets in Iran for the 14th night in a row. Despite what the BBC article below is (we think correctly) reporting. “BBC Persian has verified that 70 bodies were brought to Poursina Hospital in Rasht city on Friday night. The morgue there was at full capacity, so the bodies were taken away. The authorities asked the relatives of the dead for 7 billion rials (£5,222; $7,000) to release them for burial, a hospital source said.” #IranianRevolution2026 bbc.com/news/articles/…

How apt of Apple TV to release it now

10 years since Tim’s vision after years of set backs became a reality. We’re the one of the few countries in the world to use adventurous training for its military. And I’m an advocate for it, AT has multiple benefits to the individual and therefore the military benefits.

The annual New Year’s Day dip at Stokes Bay, Gosport in support of @GAFIRS (Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue Service). The public kindly raised £3.3k for the Independent Lifeboat.

@Mike24775926 @PMBrewCo Pieces of Eight

Right...... where's Brewdolph? @PMBrewCo And what's that in the middle pocket.......kudos to first to name the beer

@mpwarwick @john_oxenford @pdhudson1 @NavyLookout @pinstripedline @SECNAV But nothing says survivability like having pipework full of fluid in a passageway with the sea on the other side

@john_oxenford @pdhudson1 @NavyLookout @pinstripedline @SECNAV Yep, to add to that see this comparison. Left is a passageway on Iver Huitfeldt, right is the same location on Type 31 due to the enhanced survivability and recoverability requirements.

BREAKING: Following the cancellation of all but 2 of the Constellation class frigates, 🇺🇸@SECNAV has announced the USN will buy frigates based on the Legend-class National Coast Guard cutter. Although a proven hull design the cutter does not meet warship survivability standards - will NAVSEA be able to resist similar huge modifications that messed up the Constellation programme?

@SweeperPod As a kid I used to love working as a paper boy just to get the latest copy of World Soccer on a Saturday. Learnt more about culture and general geography in that magazine than geography at School.

We grew up reading World Soccer, Britain’s oldest football magazine. Now we write a monthly column called ‘Tales from the 211’ 🤩 If you’re interested to read it, the next podcast contains a special offer for the magazine, so look out for it 👀 Excuse the picture 😅, it was after a Park Run! 🏃‍♂️

@RugbyMan1865 Jet2 lease the airframes

Is this normal seating for a long distance RAF Voyager flight?

@NavyLookout Interesting to see it has a bow thruster. RN T31 does not.

The bow section of first 🇵🇱Polish Miecznik (Type 31) frigate ORP Wicher was delivered from the CRIST S.A. shipyard to the PGZ construction hall in Gdynia this week. The ship is due to be delivered to the Polish Navy in 2029. navylookout.com/miecznik-polan…

@NavyLookout 6 hours per person a year if you use a figure of 32000 workforce. Or even better 7mins a week per person.

RN has striped back unnecessary internal processes which will save about 200,000 man hours per year. #internationalSeaPowerConference

We genuinely get ripped off in the UK. £439 or $481 (£363) for flights.

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Whatever happened to those two?