Brian Plester (@brianplester) · DIRTY

Brian Plester

@brianplester

Retired software engineer, born at 315ppm. Gardener, cat servant, local wildlife & habitat guardian. Left of centre veggie. #NHS for people not profit. Love not war, everywhere. Analogue. Filters deactivated. Dorset, UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🦡 🦊

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Brian Plester@brianplester· 9d

Politicians Discussing Global Warming. Isaac Cordal 2014. Berlin.

A picture of a statue of submerged and partially submerged heads of people in a discussion.

Brian Plester@brianplester· 12d

the bees are loving the Nepeta - Catnip

Brian Plester@brianplester· 22d

I am absolutely delighted by the first full day of feed-in:

A graph showing solar generation and feed-in to the grid starting around 8am through to around 8pm on out first day of feed-in.

A graphic showing a feed-in of £4.25 plus solar savings (electricity generated instead of purchased) of £2.10 giving a total payback of £6.35 for the day.

Brian Plester@brianplester· Jul 3

My local patch.

A Forestry England sign for the Whitesheet peat restoration project explaining the benefits and the volunteers who helped create it.

Brian Plester@brianplester· Jun 20

Rather pleased with my first day's solar generation.

A snapshot of the App for my Fox ESS solar installation showing the first day's generation figures. 23.6 kWh generated 23.5 of which was used by the house or charged the batteries. The house used 11 kWh 10.6 of which came from the panels or battery.

Brian Plester@brianplester· May 18

If capitalism truly rewarded skill or intelligence, the richest people would be neurosurgeons, engineers and scientists. If it rewarded talent, it would be artists, writers and creators. If it rewarded hard work it would be cleaners, labourers and service workers.
But it's none of them.

Brian Plester@brianplester· May 17

Wisteria flowering over a double garage door.

Brian Plester@brianplester· May 2

The Wisteria's giving another grand display this year. The secret is the autumn pruning. #UKGardening

Wisteria in flower over a garage door.

Brian Plester@brianplester· Apr 24

It's that Rhododendron luteum time of year again.

Sweetly fragrant and yellow flowering Rhododendron luteum.

Brian Plester@brianplester· Apr 4

Not verified, but he was born in the US.

Professor Seyed Mohammam Marandi was born in Richmond Virginia and, being a US citizen, is allowed to start for President.
Prof. Marandi responds he's not eligible because he's not in the Epstein files ! :-)
(not verified)

Brian Plester@brianplester· Mar 29

Pooh bear saying to Piglet: War is when your government tells you who the enemy is. A revolution is when you figure it out for yourself.

Brian Plester@brianplester· Mar 24

Brian Plester@brianplester· Mar 13

Several hundred billion so far to replace Khamenei with Khamenei.

Brian Plester@brianplester· Mar 9

My favourite old saying; Give a child a fish and they eat for a day. Bomb children on the other side of the world and you increase shareholder value in defense stocks enough to buy billionaires another yacht.

Brian Plester@brianplester· Mar 8

Fancy admitting that you've bankrupted the USA! Wowzer.

Brian Plester@brianplester· Feb 6

Tesla should have used the door handles from the not so 'good old' Morris Marina ! They had a safe working solution 50 years ago.

Morris Marina door handle, flush with the car body, opens the door machanically. Classic 1971 design.

Brian Plester@brianplester· Feb 1

Signs of spring in the garden. (East Dorset, UK)

Purple Hazel (Corylus maxima 'Purpurea') catkins.

Anemone with blue flower.

Snowdrops

Winter Honeysuckle flowering (Lonicera fragrantissima) with a background of Rhododendron.. Bees are on the honeysuckle if the temperature is above ~12°C,

Brian Plester@brianplester· Jan 28

Spot on but too close to the bone for our authorities. It was erased soon after being drawn.

A piece of artwork by "Banksy" drawn on the Royal Courts of Justice depicting a judge using his gavel to hit a protestor with a sign who is lying on the ground. Erased soon after being painted.

Brian Plester@brianplester· Jan 20

It was a few nights ago in East Dorset. Ignore the year on the video which says 2025 instead of 2026.

Brian Plester@brianplester· Jan 18

Here they come, the first spring bulbs. Holt Heath, Dorset, UK.

Early flowering snowdrops