Ah, what a wide, varied, and robust selection of references we have here

@lmbd1418.bsky.social Horsey Great War question - Do you know how many horses a BEF cavalry Division would have as compared to an infantry Division please? I'm trying to figure out by 1918, what proportion of the 4 legged burden was cavalry related, I know it was very small...

Wegovy is a fucking miracle as far as I'm concerned

I'm sure getting rid of juries will work out fine though

@profanity.accountant good morning!

14. The government artificially restricting court “sitting days” - effectively closing perfectly usable courtrooms and forcing judges to stay at home, to make a tiny saving on court staff. This happened regularly under the last government. The new lot are still doing it.

British and Canadian losses to cold injury in the ETO - 206. US losses between 46,000 and 71,000 There's a good reason British squaddies get a brew on whenever possible

Oh what a fucking surprise news.sky.com/story/army-p...

Knocked 95 seconds off my 5k time this morning, and saw my first sub-6 minute km in well over 5 years #running

Yes yes, very impressive much virtuoso but... WHERE DID HIS GUITAR GO!?

Of note, the US suffered 71,000 cases of cold injury in the ETO, most of which were in the winter of 44/45, at a rate ten times greater than in British or Commonwealth armies, in no small part because the US' awesome logisitical machine couldn't supply its soldiers with woolly socks

I always find it weird how the Germans are slated for running out of supplies and finding themselves in the middle of winter with no winter kit in 1941, but the Americans are praised for running out of supplies and finding themselves in the middle of winter with no winter kit in 1944

This is the problem with Greens. They're a bunch of fucking arseholes.

Some restaurants introduce their own standing charge to bills bit.ly/49xTsD4 as they seek to continue to snaffle the service charge which by law has to go to staff. If a charge is not optional VAT should be added to it so ask for VAT receipt and refuse optional charges.

What the Navy was saying about the Scheldt was "Just take it bruh" but I've never heard a coherent explanation of how the Navy expected the Army to do so It was only on the 21st September, D+4 for Market Garden, FAAA *finally* ruled out the use of airborne troops to take Walcheren

At least British Transport Police aren't having to cut hundreds of posts due to a lack of funding... ...o no wait

Blackburn reincarnated as Dutch marine architects?

I hope the politicians in Malawi are listening. All they have to do is to create a few $trillion out of thin air, and then Malawi will be a wealthy nation!

My cat was fine one minute, the next a saddle thrombosis and an emergency trip to the vet to have him put to sleep Not the way I thought Sunday would play out I can't stop crying.

It's also perhaps worth noting that this kind of case, when included in statistics on deaths during or following police contact, will be characterised by some people (whether wilfully or naively) as a death caused by police.

All the people saying "phaik news, only one person shot" as if that's ok then

She's deffo getting sacked then www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Crawley Beauty - First raised from a wild seedling in Tilgate in 1870

womp womp

Couldn't make the vote in this one, but a heartening result

The vast majority of Londoners have fewer criminal convictions than DJT Thank you for your attention to this matter

Ian Fleming wanted your mom to get a tax break

Pretty sure this was written by Copilot www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Eurostar at Gare Du Nord is a fucking shambles. Not doing this again. Much rather fly.

These one aren't too bad either

I like this one

Nom nom

It's never an "alleged" robbery, or burglary, or shoplifting But sexual offences are always "alleged" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

So Imgur just Geoblocked all UK IP's rather than try and comply with the OSA That's a significant proportion of all images shared across the internet now no longer accessible without a VPN In other news, Starmer is the most unpopular PM in history

From Urquhart. Airborne officers are fundamentally unserious people. #ww2 #wwii #MarketGarden

The *undefended* road between Veghel and Grave, 26 kilometres long, is *exactly* where the Germans counter-attacked and interrupted the supply line. 😲

Day off, the sun is shining, it's going to be lovely and warm, and the cat shat on the bedroom carpet!

Me on the anniversary of Market Garden looking for any mention at all of Lewis Brereton #ww2

I'm starting to really like Ed Davey

A bit better. Still a fair bit of walking on the hilly bits to keep my heart rate in the triple digits

From promoting a low carb diet and weight loss to reverse diabetes to this is really quite the trajectory

Some quality entertainment for tonight!

If only Eisenhower was the Supreme Commander, as well as overall commander of all land forces, as well as Montgomery's direct superior officer, then he would have been able to tell Montgomery what to do. Alas, he was just some hapless NPC with no authority whatsoever... #ww2 #normandy

It's outrageous that people who vandalise things get punished

Anyone doubting for even a nanosecond that the police were right to push for charges against an *extremely* violent domestic abuser needs to have a fucking word with themselves news.sky.com/story/police...

Eisenhower when he hears Montgomery getting to Sfax on the 10th April

And under 100kg 🎉

I'm sorry, but there is nothing wrong with walking up Mt Snowdon in the middle of winter when it's dark. This is a hill I will die on.

Seriously, how is the historiography of the campaign in North West Europe this fucking terribly awful 😭