Good grief. In the light of #LaurenceFox's comments on #GBNews, #Sky#News decided to do a piece on the #GenderPayGap. They had a man and woman on to argue about it.
It came out, live on air, that he was being paid and she wasn't. Sky apologised and offered her £75, the standard fee for such an appearance. Then they offered to increase it to £200, the same as they'd paid him.
Why does the month of February have an "r" after the "b"? Am I mispronouncing the name because I pronounce it as "Feb you air ee." I've tried to enunciate that extra "r" but it just doesn't work. I just watched a video of how to pronounce that month name and the "r" after the "b" is still silent, so why is it there to begin with? Do you think it has anything to do with ancient aliens?
"Calvin: Isn’t it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it’s weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity. We laugh at nonsense. We like it. We think it’s funny. Don’t you think it’s odd that we appreciate absurdity? Why would we develop that way? How does it benefit us?
Kay Burley (Sky): “You say coming over on a small boat is illegal”
James Cleverly: “Yea”
Kay Burley: “So why don’t we arrest them?”
James Cleverly: “because…em…because…em…the point is…”
I decided to roll the dice, that my CV joint on my car wouldn't blowup, for a run up north out of city lights to see the aurora--& I'm so glad I did! Two shots from northern California: First is from Doyle & the second is from Frenchman Lake. What an amazing display! For a time the aurora covered a 180 degrees from east to west & was overhead & could be seen in the south! I shot these photos with a 15mm f/2.0 30sec ISO400.
Long story short, I've been noticing these short flashes in the sky, almost like a camera flash from high up. They're really bright, like brighter than venus or even a plane in the distance, and flash for a fraction of a second. As I said, just like a camera flash from a kilometre away. Usually they'll flash with a period of 10-30 seconds for a few times (or maybe I just didn't watch for long enough), and seem to drift a small amount. Can't quite tell between the flashes if it is a straight line or not. There are countless other people who have seen them too.
My suspicion: a high-altitude sattelite or piece of space debris rolling over and catching the sun. The only problem with this is that it seems way too bright for that. Can't be an iridium flare because those grow brighter and then darker over about 15 seconds, they aren't just a flash.
To the point, are there any people willing to act as a secondary observer so as to triangulate the altitude? then it would be a simple matter of looking for passes of tracked objects at the time and see if any match. I am in tasmania, aus, so needing someone in mainland australia, the higher up the better (for more accuracy). Would need to set up some form of camera to observe it, higher the fov the better to capture more of the sky, and mounted on a levelled surface/tripod.
This is one of my favorite shots from a recent photo shoot. In the center at the end is the Starorobocinski Wierch, the highest peak in the Western Tatras in Poland.
Gear:
• Yashica TL Electro X ITS (~1971)
• Yashica Yashinon-DS 50 mm f/1.7
• Kodak Professional Portra 400/36
Now #SinnFein has topped another poll, made history again in #LE23
A not so gentle reminder....#NI doesn't need the hot takes from the likes of #Sky#BBC or another English media outlets about what our vote means. We know exactly what it means, why we voted the way we did and what we want to happen.
Yes, #DUP are the largest Unionist party but Sinn Fein are biggest party in #NI - by 20 seats in local government!
Time to start paying some attention to other people....