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welsh lightning mages currently trying to physically sever wales from the rUK

Screenshot from LightningMaps.org showing an intense vertical line of lightning strikes right along the Welsh border.

Like 8 Jul 2023 at 13:40 | Open on godforsaken.website

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alex

good luck, comrades!

8 Jul 2023 at 13:43 | Open on godforsaken.website

Efi (nap pet) 🦊💤

@alex I hope they can do it before the british earth mages take notice

8 Jul 2023 at 14:18 | Open on chitter.xyz

jay 🌺:disabled_heart:

@alex I'm just reading Jo Walton's Among Others, where the protagonist travels across that line repeatedly.

btw I think you won the internet for this week.

8 Jul 2023 at 15:25 | Open on weirder.earth

Josh Ourisman :apple_old_logo:

@alex @yuvipanda lightning dragons are a thing, right? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

8 Jul 2023 at 18:46 | Open on hachyderm.io

Cat - One Creative Cat

@alex 🤞😅

8 Jul 2023 at 19:08 | Open on mastodon.art

Tachibana Kanade

@alex @q That or they’re upset that the TfW Cardiff–Chester rail service is diesel and are trying to power the entire route via Overhead Lightning Equipment.

8 Jul 2023 at 19:26 | Open on mastodon.social

DELETED

@alex Same in Sheffield. With the added bonus of flooding 😂

8 Jul 2023 at 21:06 | Open on emacs.ch

StellaFoxxie :spinny_fox_nb:

@alex good for them

9 Jul 2023 at 0:18 | Open on tech.lgbt

GnomeBones🏴‍☠️⬛🟥

@alex Let it float awayyyyyyy!!!!!

9 Jul 2023 at 10:05 | Open on toot.wales

Paul H

@alex
So it begins...

9 Jul 2023 at 10:10 | Open on toot.wales

Epistatacadam

@alex on a slightly different note. I notice the nation is labelled twice, but the towns aren't, Abertawe, Caerdydd, and possibly Caerloyw, shouldn't be beyond the error of cartographers, surely?

9 Jul 2023 at 10:21 | Open on toot.wales

alex

@epistatacadam i'm not sure! the map's from lightningmaps.org, which says it uses OpenStreetMap

9 Jul 2023 at 10:24 | Open on godforsaken.website

Epistatacadam

@alex perhaps I'll try to amend it!

9 Jul 2023 at 11:15 | Open on toot.wales

jay 🌺:disabled_heart:

@epistatacadam @alex that's the open streetmap standard layer. It's not that OSM doesn't have the data:
name Cardiff
name:ar كارديف
name:ceb Cardiff
name:cy Caerdydd
name:el Κάρντιφ
name:en Cardiff
name:fa کاردیف
name:pl Cardiff
name:sv Cardiff
name:uk Кардіфф
name:ur کارڈف
name:zh 卡迪夫

It's how the data is used to render the map.

11 Jul 2023 at 9:23 | Open on weirder.earth

Nuncio Bitis ✷ ✅ 🏳️‍🌈

@alex
"This place needs a wall"
- Every US Republican ever

9 Jul 2023 at 13:19 | Open on mstdn.social

Ian K Tindale

@alex Bebbanburg’s doing

9 Jul 2023 at 13:20 | Open on functional.cafe

Gurre Vildskägg

@alex moving Wales to halfway to Eire would make for some interesting new politics & logistics.
Narrower gaps could lead to Chunnel-style connections from eg Liverpool to North Wales, North Wales to Dublin?

9 Jul 2023 at 13:23 | Open on mastodon.nu

Fluffgar - Chaotic-Creative

@Gurre @alex There are a lot of Walshes in Eire. Closer relations would be interesting.

9 Jul 2023 at 14:57 | Open on mastodon.online

Gurre Vildskägg

@fluffgar @alex in a move few saw coming in 2016, Cymru becomes a self-governing region of Eire. Which leads to more ppl in both NI & Scotland seeing joining Eire as a real and present and good option.
2025: The United Republics of the Celtic Isles is formed.
Which is then forced to reconsider its defense politics considerably given the new situation. NATO membership?