RIP Rob Grant. May goldfish shoals nibble at your toes. #RedDwarf

Science educators: Make exciting new discoveries! Answer the greatest mysteries of the natural world! Be amazed every day! Spark your curiosity! Darwin: I have discovered new things and I hate them as much as the old things, especially bees.

My cat is curled up asleep in the next room and I can hear him whistling as he snores.

America-focused, but the same very much applies in the UK. The absolute shock when professional services staff apply for - and are awarded! - grant funding.

I know NASA has other problems right now, but someone needs to make these real. FOR SCIENCE!

In 2025, the Trump administration cut 100% of federal funding for public radio and TV stations, which produce the majority of local news. It's a way for the government to control what gets reported. Minneapolis shows what lies they'll tell. Please help support local stations: adoptastation.org

I am convinced that if we put Trump in a plane to one of the snowier parts of the USA, told him he was in Greenland, and gave him a US flag to plant in front of a fake press conference, we could all move on in a week. Trump doesn't read the news and he'll be on to the next thing almost immediately.

Either I'm having a hypoxia-induced hallucination, or ITV is showing a Halloween-themed "Janu-scary" episode of a singing contest where someone who sounds like Brian Johnson from AC/DC is dressed as a red panda.

New hero just dropped.

That would be the Leen, as seen last week in the snow. It's also currently the star of a lovely little exhibition: www.lakesidearts.org.uk/exhibition/t...

Please tell me where I can find a pair of these shoes:

Got a scar on my forehead from when I tripped over as a kid, and...didn't put my hands out to save myself. Just smacked my face straight into the ground like I was auditioning for a Roadrunner cartoon.

This amused me way more than it ought.

Wishing everyone an uneventful and unremarkable 2026. May your sleeps be restorative, your shoes comfortable, and your emails manageable.

Failed to notice I walked past Gok Wan because I was distracted by the World Naked Bike Ride.

How I'm turning up to the Bluesky Christmas party.

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I didn't really speak to my grandmother when she was alive, so no, can't say I'm that bothered.

I'd really hoped that this article had finished with Yasmin Khan sending litigious loser Kate Atlee a signed copy of her recipe book with the inscription "because sabzi is for everyone x" Because I'm nothing if not in a petty mood.

Already annoyed that I had to leave my comfy bed because I've run out of Bedroom Painkillers, only to discover the Bathroom Painkillers are the ones with added caffeine (which should be the Handbag Painkillers, obviously).

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

Estate agents finding a way to dodge accusations that there's too much student accommodation in the area:

And what if I won't, Marcus Aurelius? Hmm? What if I won't?

Violent J and Shaggy2Dope would like to welcome Insane Clown Posse's newest member, Dumbass DT. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8EG...

BBC News - How a 'forgotten' river shaped Nottingham - BBC News You can read about the history of the River Leen here. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Beginning Monday with a cracking headache.

I witnessed a little old lady hit a stallholder with an umbrella at an RHS flower show. Why? Because she wanted a discount on the plants that the stallholder was not prepared to give.

Which came first, the word 'puss' or the 'pspsps' sound?

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This is brilliant news, and I'm sure it's a coincidence that a few years after I stopped sponsoring turtles, they've started to recover. Dare I start, or would that jinx it?🐢 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

someone call the etsy witches this is a fucking emergency

Typical of the Brits to get an immigrant to do the hard physical labour.

In my head, Lewis Capaldi's "Grace" is set in the Pink Pony Club, and you cannot persuade me differently.

Happy 10th anniversary to all who celebrate #piggate youtu.be/FBpQJ98rR4o

Map of Tingham, UK

Middle-aged me is very impressed at B*Witched bouncing through this song (which is as cringe as I remember it being). Oh to have the energy of a young person again! #totp

Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1837 in England. It took 59 years, until 1896, for the uncommon spelling of my (our) first name to appear. She lived to be 86 years old. I wonder how much of it she spent speling her name out loud for other people.

Well THAT caught me by surprise. The emergency alert alarm worked this time, unlike the previous trial. Hallelujah, I shall get notice of my impending doom as the Apocalypse starts.

This was a suggestion for my current place of employment, which is is due to close. The problem is that it, and rest of the empty buildings on the industrial estate, is built on landfill. Decontaminating the site for residential use would strip any profit from putting housing on it.

Watching cooking (not baking) shows in the UK and at some point almost everyone cooks Italian, Turkish, Indian, or Japanese dishes. I wonder, do cooking shows outside the UK feature British foods? Any cottage pies or cooked breakfasts? Do they do 'British Week'?

Luisa is a friend of mine and I'm really proud of her 😀

I picked what I thought was the only cucumber on the plant, only to discover another two, fully-grown cucumbers. How do they hide so well?!

"Can't fit quicker than a Kwik-Fit fitter!"

Everytime I need to use fresh food up before it turns, my mind goes completely blank as to what I can do with it. Puff pastry? No idea. Cucumber and feta salad? Cannot think of a single thing this could accompany. Chutney? Nobody has ever worked out how to serve this. Broccoli? Never seen it before.

Probably my grandmother, who has been dead for half a century, her death still makes the relatives who knew her well up with tears.

Archivists making an appearance in the Top 40 at no.31. Last week, we took in a collection of 160 boxes. At no point is AI now it in the future helpful to physically move those boxes, catalogue the unsorted contents, or repackage into archival packaging.

Impulse bought two cookbooks because my sibling thinks they're OK. The two glasses of wine were completely absolved of any involvement in the decision.

I don't use AI because I am incredibly skeptical about how useful it actually is, but I decided to have a go. Anyway, we've agreed that America doesn't exist and are possibly collaborators? Yeah this is not good in the hands of people already on the edge.

Whatever happened to 3D films?

I have just stopped my commute home and sat down on a wall to give this thread with the attention it deserves.