Tony P-K
@BongoThePongo
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The Official Twitter page of a Nobody in Particular. Veteran, Pilot, History Geek. World weary cynic trying every day to see the best in people & failing :(
Birmingham UK
Joined September 2009
The stunning American Ardennes Cemetery today. On the Bulge tour. 60% US KiA were repatriated over 3 years, at a cost [today's rate] of $2.5 Billion. Bringing the boys home at any costs. #SnowandSteel @militaryhistori @WeAreTripsmiths
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Fantastic news in the UK today - the government has apparently ditched its plan to force creatives to 'opt out' if they don't want AI companies training on their life's work. The opt-out proposal was unfair and unworkable. Many couldn't realistically have opted out at all, and
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The billionaire CEOs of these companies are rich for life - they should pay their fair share for life too. California’s biggest corporations are getting a free pass. As Governor, I’ll end the 'one size fits all' corporate tax so companies with the biggest profits pay more to
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“WHITE WOMEN AREN’T HAVING ENOUGH BABIES!!” Oh great, so we’re subsidising rent for families, building affordable housing, expanding childcare, and offering tax incentives for kids? No? We’re just going to scream at Ahmed for opening a shop in Croydon and paying tax? Right,
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Misty has packed her Big Yellow Bag and headed to her forever home! 💛 This sweet 10-year-old Bichon Frise won over everyone she met during her time in foster care. Friendly, snuggly, and full of love. Thank you to her foster carer for giving her the best start. @dogstrust
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Would watch a full mocumentary of this. So cool.
Seedance 2.0 is an absolute beast for multishot control, but for grounded photorealism #Veo3 still rocks. "What If Disclosure Actually Happened | Area 51 Sci-Fi Mocumentary"
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Absolutely bonkers that this company is still being allowed to operate at the heart of MOD
NEW: Two senior MOD whistleblowers with inside knowledge of Palantir's systems have come forward to @thenerve_news to say government ministers are ignorant of the grave national security risks the technology poses. Hugely important by @CharlieNotOld
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Saturday afternoon in the village of Wadi al-Rahim. Mohammed Shnaran, a 57-year-old farmer, was out in his barley field because a settler had driven a herd of cows into his crops. Mohammed and his sons had spent months cultivating that field. When Mohammed tried to call the
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A couple and their 5 and 7 year old kids… Shot and killed in front of their 2 other kids by the IDF This would be on every front page and condemned by politicians far and wide if the victims has been Israelis And yet when they’re Palestinians… Utterly utterly shameful.
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🚨 THE RV MARKET IS CRASHING — $239,660 WINNEBAGO NOW SELLING FOR $120,000 — A 50% WIPEOUT An RV dealer walking his lot just showed what’s happening across the RV market right now. He tours a 2024 Winnebago Vista Canyonlands National Park Foundation Edition 29NP with only 8,113
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Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014—the world's largest operating steam locomotive—thundering by in full glory. This beast is a 4-8-8-4 articulated giant, over 130 feet long, weighing 1.2 million pounds, built in 1941 to conquer mountain grades hauling massive wartime freight. The
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Here's how you know someone is highly intelligent
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