True fact: In the UK, there are four theme parks where the primary, and in fact only, attraction is playing with loaders and backhoes
capitalism poisoning
@noelle ...
@garbados vaguely related, Hirbawi make some really pretty keffiyehs https://www.kufiya.org/
Probably be quite useful with all the ash and dust
@BatElite If you look at it for a while it's actually a fairly standard dial layout
It's just the design that makes it almost impossible to read
@E It's a watch, with a chronograph
So far so normal
But then they put on a compass, with a spirit level to align the compass right, and a little container to store 5 water purification tablets
As if anyone wearing a million dollar watch will need any of those things
Oh, it's also more than 5 centimetres wide
@noelle damnit ellie
@gemlog politicians wanting to wave a big stick around for the most part
@gemlog probably the same reason we own one aircraft carrier and are building a second despite not actually having any planes to put on them yet
People in government deciding that the military needs new toys
@gemlog oh, that article's title is wrong, it isn't the missiles, it's the subs that carry the missiles that are meant to replace the current Vanguard class
The Royal Navy is still using the same Trident missiles they've been using since the early 90s
Hedgehog wrangler, cat feeder, octopus whomst love smol critters
"i never thought someone could be such a watch nerd and yet here you are" ~ @maple