Dave T-W @davoloid@qoto.org

Context of previous toot for those not aware: #NAFO is a sort of counter meme movement that's been supporting Ukraine against the Russian invasion, as well as fundraising for vehicles and equipment. Several politicians, including the amazing @kajakallas have supported the "fellas" with avatars of themselves. In that video, Kallas' avatar pops up towards the end.

If you're in #London today and near #KingsCross, check out the #Illustrators Fair at UAL Central Saint Martin's. Here's some that caught my eye. (I attended the Tony Hancock school of #art criticism)

Featuring:
https://claramcornish.com
https://littlemure.artstation.com/
http://eldavo.co.uk/

(Boost to encourage #ArtistsOnMastodon from hellsites)

Heads up, #AVgeeks of #London - lots of rare birds visiting over the next few days.

Some don't appear on ADS-B exchange, like this Sikorsky VH3-D (Marine One). There were two of these flying right over my house yesterday, at about 400ft, could see the roundel clear as anything.

Also several Chinooks thwomping around. Expect the Blackhawk VH-60 version and some VS-22 Ospreys as well.

Chinook just flew from Northolt to Regents Park. Special visitor?

The @guardian Still at it with the shameful "both sides" reporting. Doing Putin's work, wouldn't you say @decodingtrolls?

Did anyone watching #ImAVirgo spot this valknut in the logo of the evil healthcare company?

If only more dictators were like Elan's dad in webcomic Order of the Stick.

"You should try being more optimistic. If someone conquers an empire and rules it with an iron fist for thirty long years, and then some paladin breaks into his throne room and kills him - what do you think he's going to remember as he lays dying?

...That good triumphed over evil?

No, that he got to live like a God for three decades! Sure, the last ten minutes sucked, but you can't have everything."

https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0763.html

Time for map makers to get their pencils out.

Coincidentally, clearing out our archives today and found my 1996 Russian language certificate.

Wake up babe, Russian civil war is starting.

Seeing as we're talking about undoing #Brexit again, a reminder that the UK has never been a nation-state, and our constituent nations *gained* sovereignty under the EU.

Michael Keating March 17th, 2021"Is Brexit the end of the first of two unions?"

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2021/03/17/is-brexit-the-end-of-the-first-of-two-unions/

There has been a ton of insane footage I have seen of the war in Ukraine conflict. This one features a soldier riding an electric unicycle covered in camoflage fabric, with a 360 degree camera attached to his rifle. He shoots and reloads whilst moving on the device.

(safe for work, only see the rifle being fired, no combat sounds either, just annoying music.)

https://twitter.com/parrot_soldier/status/1670347703937650694?cxt=HHwWjMC-ieGYoq4uAAAA

Fancy an interesting #Football management game? A new season of retro multiplayer #Hattrick is starting soon. Huge international community and a sophisticated game and #economics engine.
https://www.hattrick.org/?inviteRef=9SEE45

I've always had a thing for converging lines.

Evening out at the #CSM Central Saint Martin's Degree Show opening. An inspirational must-see for anyone in #London over the next few days. The whole university at Kings Cross opens up to become a massive exhibition space. Furniture, Product Design, Fine Art, Animation, Material Futures, Graphic Communication Design and more.

https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/central-saint-martins/whats-on-at-csm/central-saint-martins-shows-2023

Will post some highlights later.

Here's an interesting 2016 report from the US Army Corps of Engineers (the organisation that attempts to control the Mississippi River) on the Dnipro, including assessment of the state of #Khakova Dam and other elements of water management and river navigation.

https://mtu.gov.ua/files/USACEreport.pdf

Hitler and Putin's paranoid bathroom habits are well-documented.
This is common in Two Toilet Aryan Regimes.

"Quick, there's been a terrible accident in the workshop! Call a First Aider!"
"Say no more fam."

This feels like a boostrapping problem...

With the old folks and the kiddos doing #Histodon Tourist #London.

Stopped at the crèche of the SAS, the St Ermin Hotel, where the division bell used to ring to give MP's 8 minutes to get back to Parliament via a secret tunnel. The concierge kindly allowed us to have a peek behind a hidden door. And a very reasonably priced coffee with a lovely clove fragranced oat cookie.

Quick look into the magnificent Byzantine styled Westminster Cathedral. Boat trip up the Thames to Greenwich, another hidden gem in the Chapel at the Royal Naval College.

Then under the Thames and back home via DLR.