@jpm @whatshisays Nah, #QANTAS are putting the top suggestions to a public vote, specifically to avoid a repeat of the “Boaty McBoatface” debacle… | #BoatyMcBoatface #FunPolice

So if you thought #BoatyMcBoatface was a stupid name, the first ever tank in existence was made by the #British and they called it #LittleWillie 🥲

@fetzert I suspect a lot of people voted for Brexit in the same way the voted to name a research ship Boaty McBoatface. That was also an advisory vote and the researchers rejected it and gave the boat a sensible name. Unfortunately Cameron, May, Johnson et al were not so sensible. #Brexit #BoatyMcBoatFace

I won this competition and all I got was a robotic lithium battery–powered autonomous underwater vehicle.

#BoatyMcBoatface

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/world/europe/boaty-mcboatface-what-you-get-when-you-let-the-internet-decide.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbcrYhkS1UZASbKWsIjolqLmOLI2LF7jHj3MDnQTD1IyO0JDYGL9gLSZaN_Iso0wnGUScMEL78iQrljyfIaO0FxDhWor96FnogIOSM4tce_U2g305-LXaw99XWiSFiFH9pF5e_1uQOaYn_3COeZiSd_cBAzopJndl2ojWhcxqyTDuJ02thhjvsrAoQsEmoKYyGMuKbiWxtuKZ7ROEGnnwowXe9aUT7XjITcv-pGKFMOfAqAGHBv4m8868dfO8cUNcv9Jh0he8n5hNYBGzAibdfpV9BqGd-ix_g9uqXNqBeN1MO12_w1caxet7nEuWq8X009Gp3NmAtlwk18mdli5OaPSw&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

@shaun @MattHodges Both would be good boat names, tbh. #BoatyMcBoatface

@Laebrye I quite like Toot as it has that little bit of quirkiness that I like. It's a bit silly and I like that too. Just think #BoatyMcBoatface

Sometimes one simply wakes up from MUSH memories and streams of comeuppance, discovers a cat nesting on one's head, and ends up with poetry. There's no possible apology for this.

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Sweet Feet And Clover
October 17, 2022

for all that I might code
familiarity is one of horse and rider
wherein both code and I
are both, sometimes good
sometimes one of four
setting out ‘cross LAN

hoof-prints in MUD
layering behind clones
administering woe
year upon year, until
un-dissuaded, pervasive
griefers fall to harvest

there will be no ruin-sympathy
a thousand votes in auspicious voice
sans saddle, sans traces, all named
rightly and with vigor, socks

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#poem #poetry #writing #HackThePlanet #OrAtLeastWriteAboutTheOldDays #BoatyMcBoatface

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Poetry normally shows up over at @wetdryvac@writing.exchange (short form) and @Wetdryvac@landofkittens.social (long form)

@RoboftheVolcano Dude, thats #BoatyMcBoatface.

@RoboftheVolcano Dude, thats #BoatyMcBoatface.

Utterly sublime.

http://twitter.com/BBCTomFeilden/status/1453653640657387521

#BoatyMcBoatface

Asahi has released Beery McBeerface in Japan. It is 0.5% and most likely geared towards people who drive a lot. #beer #japan #boatymcboatface #asahi #beery #beerymcbeerface

I have successfully received and decoded my first ship AIS messages, with my new RTL-SDR dongle and a Raspberry Pi. Turns out there's only one ship within range of my flat: RRS Sir David Attenborough (or not-#BoatyMcBoatface). Not a bad first ship to spot!

The RSS Sir David Attenborough (or almost-#BoatyMcBoatface) is coming along nicely in Cammel Laird #inthesaddle