Please vote for which animals you would like on bank notes. The Bank of England have a list: you can’t just be annoying and write in capybaras or Boaty McBoatface or whatever. But OMG this is so difficult. ALL THE ANIMALS ARE GOOD

www.lego.com/en-gb/themes... I really feel like Lego Smart play is going to be such a mess. So many of these pokemon sets don't actually come with smart bricks. So unless you buy the expensive set as well they'll be useless. I'm sure people are going to feel misled

Every crime in which an ethnic or cultural minority is the perpetrator used to justify repression or worse of minorities. Every crime in which a minority is the victim used to argue for the idea that ethnic diversity is inherently unstable and should be reduced or eradicated.

I... would probably do this

Am at the London Podcast Show today - if you're around come say hi

Blimey

Am intrigued by the planning rulings that must have led to this

I agree fully with Alexander, but also that's a real humdinger of a species epithet there buddy

About a year ago I thought 'oh my suitcase has a broken wheel, it's really time to replace that before I go away again' and so this week I had to deal with an annoying broken suitcase to lug around. So... any recommendations for a good checked luggage suitcase? What brands/shops? <£200 ideally

Now i'm back from Vienna I have a little bit of capacity again for some podcast production/editing work. If there's a project I can help you with do drop me a line.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... some interesting points raised in this (including, he adds modestly, from me)

WELL. We did not get 0 points #Eurovision

So the new voting system is actually pretty easy, but i wonder how many people will be put off by putting in their credit card, instead of paying through their phone bills #Eurovision

Some breaking #eurovision news. Czechia have made a request to perform again after the technical problems during their performance. The EBU is considering the matter but no decision has been made yet

Bulgaria next, one of the three returning countries. This could be a real sleeper hit. It one the best staging award here at the contest tonight - and it's really inventive. Could this suprise us all #Eurovision

Here we go - Eurovision final time. Could Delta Goodrem do it for Australia, Will Finland justify their favourite status? Will the austrian presenters succesfully deliver a joke. We'll find out in the next 4 hours (yes, seriously) #Eurovision

In what is a very me afternoon. I just hosted a live quiz show podcast for the @eurotrippodcast.com at Wien Museum in front of an audience of about 100 which was slightly terrifying. Eurovision and Quizzing - two of my worlds collide.

I will never stop talking about this: The lovely and profound "If we want the rewards of being loved we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known" is from an NYT article about the author accidentally being CC'd on an email where his friends were making fun of him for renting goats.

I'm not 100% convinced you guys haven't just made up Al Cairns for a bit

OK here we go - results time - lets see if we get any surprises tonight #Eurovision

Rylan REALLY knows his stuff - lets see how he does in this quiz #Eurovision

I love how Victoria gets multiple sparkly frocks to show off the family jewels, and the other guy is still wearing the same Smiffy's 1970s fancy dress costume from Tuesday #Eurovision

Nope!! Rylan said something about learning lyrics? So sounds like a _very_ last minute choice?

Right then - it's #Eurovision time again. Semi Final 2 starts on BBC 1 in about 10 minutes. The UK perform tonight and UK viewers get to vote. I'll keep it to this thread and use the hashtag. Tonight you get to see Delta Goodrem representing Australia using one of Beyonce's tour props.

This was me losing an SD card on a 1m by 2m desk earlier today

Well it's Eurovision - i'm in Vienna in the press centre - so i'm going to be posting along on here. I'll try and keep this threaded and will use the hashtag if it's not your thing. #Eurovision

Election latest: A swarm of bees has arrived at Worthing Leisure Centre where counting for Worthing, Adur and West Sussex councils are under way. Returning officer Paul Brewer has advised everyone to REMAIN INDOORS

Interesting - Mighty Hoopla Malta has been cancelled and it's being blamed on the lack of aviation fuel. Hmm. www.mightyhoopla.com/malta

this gives me pause

I will say - assuming we're thinking of the same ad - that I also really loathe that it gets lumped in with the (good! much needed!) special screenings for deaf/hard-of-hearing people - these are not the same thing!

Fwiw I don't think protests should be banned. If people are doing illegal things on them they should be arrested under existed laws. Otherwise it's important to protect free speech.

That's the west coast mainline for you

Utterly bizarre frame of snooker right now. No balls potted for 45 minutes.

Still sad and a loss to a community, but just be careful what you share at the moment now its been deemed accidental! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I put the ice cream in the Fridge last night rather than back in the freezer so that's one way to stop me eating it I guess :/

More worrying if you got that email mid-flight

I'm not convinced this is the best way to find pilots, BA.

So, naively, I thought it would be the likes that got Zack into trouble. But here he is attacking the police rescuing people from an anti-Semitic rampage.

Haven't given you many bird's nest updates. They are doing really well - 7 chicks and all looking pretty strong. Anyway - here's them being fed a MASSIVE caterpillar

Ok bear with me on this - but I keep expecting the lurpack man to appear with his trombone

People aren’t driven to blame and attack innocent Jews because of Israel and Netanyahu, they’re driven to it because they hate Jews. No one’s going around stabbing American expats for being American over the war in Iran.

Re-reading Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy at the moment and I hate to admit it but the last two books aren't great are they? (As in of the 5 Douglas Adams wrote)

Wasn't the argument for extending civil partnership to straight couples for exactly this reason - if they don't even want a civil partnership then what is the state supposed to do at this point?

Rabbis Charley Baginsky + Josh Levy, co-leads of Progressive Judaism, on their new book exploring the deep tension they feel between the trajectory of Israel's government and their understanding of Jewish values in contested arguments over Zionism + Judaism itself www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hdz... OK as someone who has Americanos at home every morning I had to try this and I'm infuriated to find out that yet again @jameshoffmann.bsky.social is right - and now I'm going to be the weirdo steaming water.

Imagine a "progressive" politician saying it's really important to push back against false allegations of racism, and have nothing to say about his candidates defending attacking a mosque or Muslim abulance service. Just try. You can't.

🎯 FAR OUT — Apr 21 Q1: 🟢🟢🟢🟢⚪ -3 Q2: 🟢🟢🟢🟢⚪ -1 Q3: 🟢🟢🟢🟢⚪ -3 Score: 93/100 🏆 Play at faroutquiz.com think this is my best yet

Bird nest update. They’ve all hatched and seem to have had great timing with the weather