That's the west coast mainline for you

This is why it's important authors read a lot, Murakami has no idea this has been done already

Oh this is WONDERFUL. I never notice either!

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

They: Hi! Through our unhallowed ransacking of the world's knowledge, your computer can now talk to the dead. Me: Can it talk to my printer yet? They: haha no

the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes

Trying to read an article on any 'Reach' platform

Parseword #45 ⏱️ 8m44s ⭐️ No Hints 🥚 Learn Mode I didn’t need another daily puzzle game in my life, but so far I’m enjoying Parseword. Today’s definition though… hmmm.

I hate that we're demanding refugees integrate (without ever really explaining what that means) while never giving them more than 2.5 years permission to be in the UK. As yet another war starts, that will inevitably create more refugees.

If the rumours are true and the kids and social media consultation opens today, here are two things I think should be banned from social media: 1) AI bots 2) recommendations algorithms that optimise for time on site Firm regulation of both of these things is possible and auditable

So the Telegraph is taking this well

If Starmer 2.0 means nothing else, perhaps it can mean this…

The High Court today confirms that the EHRC's draft code of practice got the law wrong and must be changed. Women's and men's toilets can be provided on a trans- inclusive basis for customers and service users.

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

Colonoscopy is the gold standard for diagnosing bowel cancer, but a very helpful home test is also available — the FIT test is normally done as part of screening after age 50, but you can ask your GP for it if you have any changes in your bowel movements www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/about-bowel-...

I DON'T KNOW BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD HER HUSBAND'S TOILET'S MADE OF GOLD.'

Yeah but he would say that wouldn't he

Anyone who thinks what's happening is the worst political scandal this century, in this country should take a stroll down to the Covid Memorial Wall.

"It's horrible...and I've seen 'Cannibal Holocaust'."

✅ Yes, a fundraising email from Trump's leadership PAC asked recipients to fill out a survey and included the line, "Are you a proud American Citizen or does ICE need to come and track you down?" www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...

Absolutely phenomenal thread

To delete your TikTok account without agreeing to the new TOS: 1) put your phone in airplane mode 2) open TikTok and go to your profile 3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account 4) turn airplane mode off 5) delete your account Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this

A man told me yesterday that it was important to "take emotion out of the equation“ when analysing the situation in the US, at which point I told him very calmly that "a woman who disagrees with you is not necessarily emotional". Ladies, it was a breakthrough. I should have done this years ago.

If you read twitter backwards it's about nazi pedophiles trapping Stephen fry in a lift

If the human body is 95% water - a human who has eaten a carrot is 96% snowman.

someone is heating me until i emit an aromatic vapour and i am FUMING

Remember: It ys okaye to be lonelye. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye yf nobody ys arounde. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.

Some good news. And I saw a few people out wearing masks in town, which is a few more than usual, so maybe it’s not a terrible thing anyway if we ask people to be considerate and avoid spreading their germs around.

The most brutal way of telling someone they’re a few sandwiches short of a picnic that I’ve heard in French is t’es pas la truite la plus oxygénée de la rivière. It means “you’re not the most oxygenated trout in the river.” * read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…

If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is. It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar Window 20 ‘Winter Sunrise’ Artist: SR Badmin

Nobody in The Moral Maze gets eaten by the Moral Minotaur, which is a fundamental flaw in the programme.

Daily life in 2025. #AI #Tech #JustLetMeBe #FFS

This is the #poem I read at end of my resignation - it will be in the follow up collection to Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth , most likely called Let The Quiet Ones Rise flapjackpress.co.uk/shop/ice-cre...

🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid. A pissed off thread using data. Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10

Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.

Happy International Mens Day. Men still do the most dangerous jobs. Are more likely to take their own lives. Experience perceived social penalties for being paternal, caring, sensitive etc. So, with consent, hug a man today. Fixing the patriarchy is in the best interests of men too!

No Shabana Mahmood. It is not. Global finance tore Britain apart in ‘08. We let them off, let austerity ravage it for years, completely f*cked it with Brexit, then Covid added a rancid cherry. What’s tearing Britain apart is scaremongering about illegal immigration. You should be f**king ashamed.

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The metre isn’t the same but this reminds me of the A A Milne poem that begins “James James Morrison Morrison” and it’s very pleasing.

UK wind power benefits and costs 2010-2023 : Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn** Don't believe the wind power haters www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Adverts should be representative of traditional British families

Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.

If people help you pack up all your stuff and get out of your apartment, you should make them a ton of pancakes. Call it "Break Fast and Move Things"

"I was well until your email found me"