Rupert 🇪🇺🏴‍☠️😾🔭📷🍺🍪🌍🔥

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Retired technowizard, sustainability Masters, trainee eco warrior and rebel. Lives in Harwich, UK, keen Lifeboat volunteer/supporter, amateur photographer and astronomer. “In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king”
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #RNLI #Lifeboats #Harwich #Astronomy

Location: Harwich, UK

Last Notes

2026-01-14 07:53:03 UTC

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Mainly it seemed to sit in the middle price wise and perhaps a slightly better spec for the price with some good reviews. I was a bit cynical about the whole smart thing, but after one use (clouds!!!!!) impressed at the ease and will be great to get away with it in the camper.

2026-01-11 13:51:19 UTC

I've not dabled with telescopes or #astrophotography for a while, and recently treated myself to a #dwarf3 #smartTelescope.
After the inevitable, and very frustrating, period of overcast skies with any new equipment, including due to the Dwarf's solar capabilities daytime cloudlessness to the North only, here is first light. Suburban sky with heavy light pollution, Bortle 6/7, but the dwarf had no difficulty calibrating even if I could only see a handful of stars.
The Andromeda Galaxy, our nearest neighbour to the Milky Way, just 2.5 million light years away, so this is how it looked when early humans were using flints.
I'm quite pleased with this first effort, basically using the suggested parameters and the built-in processing. Very pleased as to how much is built into the small package. Much more to learn and definitely a cosmic hobby.
#astronomy
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2025-12-02 07:48:42 UTC

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"Red sky at night, shepherd's delight" and our's, thank you. We're on the coast facing East, have some lovely sunrises, but miss the sunsets.

2025-10-28 14:27:04 UTC

Might not 'need' it, if I didn't have man-flu, but I claim the physiological effect is worth a log or two 😹
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2025-09-26 06:52:30 UTC

Sister-in-law gave us a vine that we planted on the balcony (in a pot!) a year ago. It's first harvest, I think Chateau Rupert may be a year or two off 😹 Taste good though.
#vinesOfMastodon #vintageFriday
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2025-09-04 06:12:49 UTC

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it is a ridiculous way to run the system.
As for the cost of loving, any reduction is welcome, but in some ways it's priceless (sorry)

2025-08-30 15:34:16 UTC

I thought this summed up the sense of those currently painting mini roundabouts, though I fear it over states their mental age.
Not sure which #hashtag to use, suggestions welcome.
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2025-08-10 18:24:31 UTC

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I'm sad that I can't do more than boost, hopefully next time

2025-08-09 06:18:16 UTC

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2001 best film, best music, or 'use of music' hehe

2025-08-05 06:44:52 UTC

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it's good to be honest with your friend and explain that pizza isn't always the way to go, that tastes change from day to day. A good friend will understand and save the pineapple for another day, a true friend will enjoy the tacos with you and dream of ice-cream.

2025-07-10 20:26:24 UTC

Lovely weather, more like the Mediterranean than Essex. Shame about #globalWarming and the #ClimateEmergency
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2025-03-03 21:56:53 UTC

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what a greedy lot we are, I'll look out for the cheque 😸

2024-10-21 14:39:05 UTC

Degrowth needs to solve its image problem for the sake of the planet
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/20/degrowth-image-problem-solve-planet-climate
#degrowth #ClimateEmergency #doughnutEconomics

2024-10-21 13:47:22 UTC

#3goodThings #today #autumn
1. Survived storm Ashley in the Camper, especially the awning.
2. Lovely steak pie lunch in the local cafe.
3. Not so inner child and Autumn leaves, my favourite season.

2024-09-10 06:50:37 UTC

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looks so yummy and trips off the tongue better than Clavulinopsis fusiformi 😹

2024-09-06 06:14:03 UTC

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https://youtu.be/ErwS24cBZPc?si=rK5Fzvs6BMZM-weO

2024-09-05 18:12:51 UTC

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oh you're so wrong! (Off to follow 😹)

2024-09-05 17:35:18 UTC

#aliens #language
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