Fruit? In this economy?

Costume? I don’t think so! Blobby sheds his skin every spring, then makes a fortune selling it to freaks and ghouls. It’s a scam.

The Eagle with 11 stars is from the buttons on the Confederate Uniforms. The stars represent the 11 states that seceded to form the Confederacy.

📢NEW RESOURCE: A new web resource and accompanying report to explore the vulnerabilities to political interference of 33 key UK scientific public bodies & 11 scientific advisory committees! unchecked.uk/public_body_... 1/7

Parker, by the brilliant & hugely missed Darwyn Cooke.

Ramifications

Sad to hear this news.

Remembering Penelope Keith “To the Manor Born” is a wonderful example of a clever play on words which eclipses the original saying - ‘to the manner born’.

We really did love #penelopekeith :(

phew! someone almost followed through on a good idea. glad we dodged that bullet

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

My DIL directed me to this very long and detailed description of how a mechanical watch works and, for the first time in my life, I -- a dedicated non-watch wearer -- now want a watch just because I am in awe of how genius the engineering of these watches is. ciechanow.ski/mechanical-w...

Okay but for real. Somebody explain why all these high budget films and series are so damn dark. That new trailer for Sense and Sensibility looks like it was shot in somebody's unfinished garage

Treating children like cattle’: what happens when private equity takes over a UK care home? Homes with inadequate staff, management. “High levels of distress” among the children resulted in self-harm, children not safe, poor care All in pursuit of profits. Successive govts privatised care homes.

It's not easy being meme-d. #Oh-Gee-I-See-Algae 👀

"Crazy Beautiful!" 5,234 images from 2 time-lapse sequences photographed by Sophie Adenot & Jessica Meir on ISS Expedition 74 are repaired, remastered & retimed to create this video of aurora australis with music by Andreas Vollenweider. 11m19s 4K youtu.be/22mTjdmpG1M

there's a saying down our way that translates to "a crook does not believe honesty exists" and I think it's spot on

That reminds me of a Doctor Who fan theory I once heard about Donna. She's actually cussing up a storm, but we only hear "flipping" thanks to the TARDIS's translation circuits censoring her profanity. I like this theory.

For today's @theobserveruk.bsky.social I interviewed Duncan Jones (@manmademoon.bsky.social) about bringing @2000ad.bsky.social ROGUE TROOPER to the big screen. observer.co.uk/culture/film...

egirl and podcaster boyfriend

I've just posted the latest terran omega page over the reddit r/scifi - it's already had one downvote! (nine views, and one downvote?!? baffling!) Abyway, in order to stop it getting buried, would really appreciate it you have a reddit account and could upvote it! www.reddit.com/r/scifi/s/N9...

When I was a junior barrister I was told 'don't try and persuade the other barrister; they are professionally unpersuadable.' Whether and how fast Burnham can learn that lesson of our media, which exists to advance the interests of billionaires, will determine his success or failure as a Labour PM.

I Fed the People Building the Metaverse buff.ly/FpWVToi On AI, male ego, and other reasons I no longer believe technology is magic

While I read the UK license on conversion therapy, Spain national assembly literally yesterday voted to make an attempt at conversion therapy a criminal offense with jail time. It was already a banned practice, now it's flat out criminal, and if you wonder if it's worded well, read the pedo's panic

A piece of interesting travel news! Nonstop flights between Sydney and London are planned to start late next year, and nonstop between Sydney and New York will probably follow, along with other nonstop options. youtu.be/V14RCK_QiG0?... #MeanjinIn28 #Brisbanein28

I really loved the last Dublin Worldcon, and I'd love there to be another one so I've gone ahead and supported this bid. (Hoping @megintransition.bsky.social is feeling inspired filkwise!)

I hope they've told the Trident submarines that Radio 4 on Long Wave is being switched off today and not to panic if they haven't heard The Archers for a few days.

The end of an era - After almost a century we said goodbye this morning to our great companion of the airwaves Radio 4 198 LW. I shall miss her warmth and crackle. Here’s the final sign off at the end of #theshippingforecast before she fell silent… ❤️

Doctor Trivago

The way I've gotten this across in talks to US audiences is to explain that by the time the Battle of Gettysburg was fought... ...the London Underground had already been open for six months.

My version of this for how fast airplane technology developed? Orville Wright flew both the Wright Flyer and a Lockheed Constellation

Stewart Lee and record shops. Finally! A video just for me. But others may get some enjoyment as well! youtu.be/xN2X_RImdZ8?...

Babe wake up, new industrial band five-album discography just dropped

The best analogy to the conversion therapy Bill would be a Bill that banned smacking children "unless the adult believed that the little blighter deserved it."

Most people think Sherlock Holmes began at 221B Baker Street. But Holmes began somewhere far stranger: in a Victorian hospital ward in Edinburgh, where surgeon Joe Bell taught students to read a body like a crime scene.🧵 Here's the US 🇺🇸 trailer for SLEUTH-HOUND. Preorder: linktr.ee/drlindseyfit...

Something to add to this summer’s fun 🫣 #Oxford www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/nationa...

The majesty of mankind's ambition bsky.app/profile/twes...

I used to work with tech that monitored temp and RH. I am going to drop some Experience. Note the image in the post I’m quoting shows the increasing level of discomfort as heat and RH both rise. 🧵1/

The news saying we shouldn’t get aircon in the uk due to environmental concerns have been very quiet about ai data centres.

If you watch one thing today make it this. Absolutely phenomenal debunking of the idea that social media and cell phones are causing a youth mental health crisis, and who that false narrative ultimately serves

speaking of scams, I've been getting these "Reader's House" interview request emails at regular intervals this past year or so, but with just enough of a gap that I forget about it and have to re-recognize the grift each time. fyi if you are also writerbeware.blog/2025/07/11/w...

Stop what you're doing, everyone needs to see this

Thread.

The first year I’ve really struggled to get women on board. One final plea. I’ll gladly give up my own speaking slot because I’d really love more women and people from racially minoritised communities.

I saw something last week I have been thinking of every day since. It brings joy into my darkest moments. I will tell it to you all now

important thread!

The climate scientists are telling us. We need to listen, and join the fight. Or we may literally be cooked. (Alt text is in the replies)

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A fine thread, but I can give some related advice: Do NOT use any kind of glue/tape/sticky thing to mount radioactive sources to surfaces. You may discover that the source is much more delicate than you thought when you try to remove it. Tends to cause leaking source incidents.