Great read. I would grade it at five stars...

My brother Garry has dementia and is currently lost somewhere in the Chester area. If anyone should spot him please call the police on 999. We'd appreciate reposts. @shitchester.bsky.social

I can think of alternative strategies: youtu.be/8FYZ5Y4PONM?...

Today, UCL turns 200. 🎉 For two centuries, our community has opened doors, challenged convention and pushed the boundaries of knowledge across every discipline. Thank you to everyone who’s been part of the UCL story, here’s to the next century. ✨ #UCL200 #LoveUCL

Wednesday.

@dankaszeta.bsky.social Dan, There is a PhD thesis out there to be written about the Dunning Kruger effect, based entirely on the posts to which you have responded.

Problems with a US aircraft designed by the Brits in the second world war.

@amwilson.bsky.social O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!” I chortle in my joy. All kudos to @rossiterbooks.bsky.social, but a special mention for the determination and tenacity of Jane (not shown) at their Malvern branch. And a wooden spoon for the incompetence of @oxunipress.bsky.social

Half Goebbel, half gerbil

UK might learn something from this, not least in the matter of insulation standards (somewhat relevant at the moment).

We sometimes forget the value of having a NHS that is free at the point of use. youtube.com/shorts/MlFL8...

Move over, Jeffrey Archer...

Looking for climate experts at #AGU25 right now who can comment on these administration plans to break up UCAR. DMs open.

@profontography.bsky.social ICYMI in re: M R James

@mliebreich.bsky.social Sunk costs? www.pipeline-journal.net/news/gascade...

@jkaconductor.bsky.social @privateeyenews.bsky.social

Please sign this petition for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics. I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem. Sign and share. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

What it looks like in the transcript versus what I actually said.

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

@davidallengreen.bsky.social Your thoughts?

Trump Threatens To Sue BBC Over Misleading Edit Of ‘The Vicar Of Dibley’ https://theonion.com/trump-threatens-to-sue-bbc-over-misleading-edit-of-the-vicar-of-dibley/

@ftweekend.com Robin Lane Fox writes this weekend of tulips: "Now that prices have risen, shop around, order fewer and plant in groups, not regimented armies: less, in tulip bedding, is often aesthetically more." But this is the FT. Is an article on rising tulip prices a metaphor?

@poorfrankraw.co.uk Is this one of yours?

@poorfrankraw.co.uk

In the United States the President is deliberately dismantling the White House, while in the United Kingdom we are doing nothing to stop the Palace of Westminster from falling apart. Much the same can be said of our respective constitutions.

@poorfrankraw.co.uk Useful for demonstrating the importance of kerning, perhaps?

However: www.modernpowersystems.com/news/global-...

@dieworkwear.bsky.social Any comments on this photograph, which I understand to have been associated with a press release concerning the Louvre jewel 'heist'? It has been suggested that this is the Paris Gendarmerie's elite 'Flaneur Squad'.

My Trade Secrets today. The Trump-Xi trade conflict is heading towards an uneasy cold war-type truce between the US and China, not an escalation. Also: what do you do if you're a smallish economy like the UK being bounced around between the trade behemoths? Damned if I know. First 300 clicks free.

@financialtimes.com Thanks Donald. That state visit is beginning to pay off for the UK. Trump’s tariffs hand surprise win to London Metal Exchange over New York rival - on.ft.com/47e6tPt via @FT

@dankaszeta.bsky.social Good juxtaposition, thank you.

Awful news - if anyone can help Sascha:

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

Amazon has an algorithm such that for any enquiry I make through a search engine, Amazon always offers it to me cheap. Today saw the apogee of this idiocy. A relative of mine has recently been diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). Amazon is offering me 'Low priced CLL cancer'...

@neorsd.org A rare bit of good news for such large scale project management.

To write this, the author presumably had to have had sex with the deputy editor (of @economist.com ). I am not sure that I really want to know...

Another fine performance this evening, this time of The Pirates of Penzance, under the capable baton of @jkaconductor.bsky.social. Always supportive of the singers, never overwhelming them...