Dave T-W @davoloid@qoto.org

⚓ Open Trials Alert! ⚓

Registration is now open for open trials this summer.

We want to be very clear:

⭐ If you think you are good enough to play, sign up. You have nothing to lose. ⭐

We do not operate on a "pay to play" model. We will help you with kit or sponsorship if you need it.

If you love football, want to be part of an independent women's team, and have the talent you will get your chance.

Join us. There's not telling how far you'll go... https://londonseawardfc.com/trials/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social+post&utm_campaign=Trials #woso #football

@davoloid yup. we're not the first and we won't be the last. If anything, it's becoming increasingly common as more attention and money is focused on the game.

Our goal is to try and show others who find themselves in the same situation that there is a way to say 'no' and to fly high on your own.

And, where possible, to help them with knowledge share on how to do so.

Hello Fediverse!

We are London Seaward, an independent London football team. When our 'parent' big-name mens' club decided they wanted full control, we said 'no' and went our own way.

We are determined to show you don't have to be someone else's "women's team" to succeed. You can be who you want to be.

And we'd love to get to know you better. ⚓ #woso #london #football https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlNArPc7kLg

A lie can go halfway round the world while the truth has a paywall.

#OnThisDay, 17 Apr 1964, Jerrie Mock touches down in Columbus Ohio and becomes the first woman to fly solo around the world. Press coverage of the time makes much of her being a “housewife”. 🙄

Watch a newsreel from the time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Pz2zGZ3To

#WomenInHistory #AviationHistory #Histodons #AmericanHistory

It's launch day my dudes! Only a few hours to go until #SpaceX #Starship orbital flight test.

The @NASASpaceflight crew are live already, so you can watch the preparations leading up, as well as excellent views from ground cameras during the ascent phase and (maybe) booster return.

https://www.youtube.com/live/eN57x2a_waw?feature=share

SpaceX webcast is here: https://www.youtube.com/live/L5QXreqOrTA?feature=share

1/ A Russian warehouse manager has been jailed for stealing and reselling over 20,000 items of military clothing from a warehouse in Chechnya. The case highlights how corruption in Russia's military logistics system has hampered its war effort in Ukraine. ⬇️

My response to a rather sneery FT opinion piece about terrible airports (“oh darling…”). Everyone should read Ivan Illich’s Energy and Equity. He said it all back in 19704.

Latest cartoon: Tips for Dems to avoid expulsion

(Fortunately Justin Jones and Justin Pearson have been reinstated.)

#democracy #authoritarianism #fascism #racism

Good news: looks like the preparations for Starship's orbital flight test are proceeding.
Ship being lifted onto the booster.
https://twitter.com/SpmtTracker/status/1647288476642029571

I want this as a shirt

#ESAJuice is now live, webcast starting in about 10 mins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvHcGmQPcsI

Gotta say, clouds don't look great, but perhaps they're the right sort of clouds? Hoping they don't have to scrub again because of lightning.

So some months ago I applied to be a "Independent Expert" on SERAF - the Single European Railway Area Forum organised by the European Commission

And was rejected

Now the list of those approved has been published - here https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3441

27 EU Member States
30 Rail companies and associations
7 "other public entity"

and JUST 2 "Independent Expert" - and the European Passengers' Federation is not included either...

When you have lost NPR, the most benign and fair member-funded news organization in the USA, you know you are making bad choices. Get off Twitter; save Tesla.

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-label

More from Substack CEO on BBC World Service this morning saying that he does not want to restrict freedom of speech and that he is ok with people on his platform expressing racist, antisemitic and homophobic views because he doesn’t like “topdown censorship” and takes a “broad view of free speech”. he wants the writers on his platform to take responsibility for their own community of subscribers rather than having moderation. Another case of #enshittification @pluralistic ?

#ESAJuice also have a #Spotify playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Q8D6RYxuIRtUwCIGH3QE6?flow_id=7cdaa252-1806-4dfd-a865-2a3963072812%3A1681403586#login

Missing some obvious ones:
Pulp - Space
Lou Reed - Satellite of Love
Public Service Broadcasting - Go!
The Rah Band - Clouds Across The Moon
and let's hope that it doesn't become...
Devo - Space Junk