OK, I don't get this. Are England a world class team who can put 4 past one of the favourites, or can they only do that when the opposition are asleep?

Crap. France just cut England to ribbons

"Glassdoor is now part of Indeed"

A reminder that this is the guy we're all now supposed to be listening to on the subject of the safety of MPs

EN DIRECT, canicule : Emmanuel Macron est arrivé dans la forêt de Fontainebleau ravagée par des incendies

"He will now play his third World Cup final, the oldest outfield player ever to appear on that stage, as well as the greatest." Think this settles the Cristiano Ronaldo v Messi debate.

People really are getting spooked by the AMOC aren't they?

"Girls? D'you know John Connor?"

It's nice that Wales is a world leader in something, I just wish it wasn't for "most badly designed, unusable & ad-ridden website ever developed". (Wales online).

They should just include Godzilla so it's clear.

WTAF is this emoji? A hybrid Eiffel Tower/ Chernobyl vent stack? 🗼

(a) that's bad grammar. (b) harsh, I know kids are strong but lifts are heavy.

I could watch The White Lotus forever. It has some kind of weird Twin Peaks vibe going on.

I've been a lifelong soccer guy since seeing Jimmy Lineker score a century for Saracens at Wimbledon..

"however he [Embolo] may have been anticipating another heavy challenge as Argentina went largely unpunished throughout for some very physical play." Yeah, when I was growing up playing football (jumpers for goalposts) that was called diving and it was cheating even back then.

Forecast is saying <20mph winds, so basically half of reality.

www.bbc.com/news/article... So. Democracy is broken because it got hijacked by a bunch of rich idiots who subverted it. Now those same rich idiots want us to let them rule us with our eyes wide open?

US wants Iran to pledge to stop shooting at ships in Strait of Hormuz I'm assuming it's safe here's another headline somewhere: Iran wants US to stop bombing it.

Daughter's going to Cardiff with school today, she's been asked to take £3.50 for train even though it's free for children. Tree fiddy! Godam Loch Ness Monster!

UK quiz show: "Graduates from which US university are know as Princetonians?" "Harvard" "No sorry, it's Princeton"

I think everyone should start pronouncing Farage as "Farridge" and then used is as a colloquialism for foot and mouth disease in farm animals - "Heard you had a terrible case of Farridge on your farm recently"

"France to face a complete team of Argentine officials" Rewind to RWC semi final between France and Wales. The appointed referee was Alain Rolland from Ireland. But. Speaks fluent French, had a French father, and used to holiday in France as a child. Yes, refereeing can be horribly biased.

Anybody know what the difference is between: Edge for business (x.x.x.x) (x64) Edge for business (x64) (x.x.x.x) ???

Why do social media videos suddenly have the creator talking into tiny USB sticks with a small pom pom on top? I'm guessing they're microphones, but look like most badly designed feather duster.

If there’s one thing about country living that I never would have expected to drive me insane, it’s chifchaffs. Morning, noon and night, the relentlessly cheerful little bastards, chiffing and chaffing away. youtu.be/6ucN4uzj3Xg?...

"Without the staff, this celebration couldn't happen." So, England supporters are already calling the match vs Mexico a celebration? Hm...

My son is watching clips of Cristiano Ronaldo not scoring goals.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that air conditioning systems don't work appropriately, ever.

Pinch punch first of the month no returns.

Just started s1e2 of The White Lotus. Ignoring how brilliantly weird it is, the colouring of the film* is gorgeous. *OK, hard disk. Whatever.

I've just spotted a glaring continuity error in the 1939 film The Wizard Of Oz. If he's actually made of tin then he can't rust.

"Some prospective migrants complain about high immigration in their own countries" Right. So to avoid 'high immigration' in your own country, you become an immigrant somewhere else. Irony?

The heat has got to me so badly I'm drinking plain water.

Kids these days don't know they're born. When I were a lad car seats were finished in plastic because that's how much the world hated us, so in direct sunlight the seats reached 1,000 dC. The we were forced to wear shorts and sit on on those seats until our legs sizzled. And we never complained.

I need someone to sellotape one of these on me today

Just wow. I Googled to see if 18th century artist Henry Fuseli had ever painted Orpheus and Eurydice, and AI overview said: "It appears you may be blending the tragic Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice with the distinct, spiraling noodle known as fusilli"

Morning

If you're living in the UK remember to do only what you need to during the extreme hot weather over the next few days: complain about it. Then when it breaks and starts to rain, complain about that too.

TIL Tiffany's I think we're alone now is actually a cover.

I've suddenly realised where my cynicism with AI comes from. Roughly 20 years ago, the IT buzzword du jour was "big data". Big data was the Holy Grail. Shops didn't need to stockpile, because they'd have seamless data exchanges with suppliers to ensure JIT delivery. Apart from exceptional...

Me: oooh, I wonder what offers Amazon has for me today? Amazon: we thought maybe you'd like these headphones, or maybe this Michael Jackson album. OR THESE RABBIT EARS WE CUT OF THE RABBITS WHILE THEY WERE STILL ALIVE! HAHAHA!

Good Morning 🙂! #rikmayall #adeedmondson #theyoungones

I watched this movie only after some encouragement with friends. I have to say, it seemed like Jack and company were just out to have fun and make jokes. Mission accomplished. Not high art mind you but definitely some good laughs if for nothing else the ridiculousness.

To counteract all of the critics of A Minecraft Movie, what did you *think* it was going to be like? It's about Minecraft and has Jack Black in it.

i saw maradona too (wrote about him here if of interest www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...), don't think zidane is close to him or ronaldo (or other ronaldo, though he was more aesthetic than all of them).

thanks man, as i think i say in the piece, the real ronaldo is the most shockingly brilliant player i've ever seen.