i recently learnt that technically holy water is created by a form of exorcism, so the blessing is technically removing any potential demons in there rather than adding the blessing, so it’s more like putting the water through a brita filter

Germany condemned statements by Medvedev suggesting a hypothetical kidnapping of Chancellor Merz. On Sunday, Medvedev said that after recent events in Venezuela, he could envisage similar operations being carried out against leaders of other countries, including Merz.

Merz: Rechtliche Einordnung eines solchen Einsatzes sei komplex.

Giving a tantrum throwing toddler the strongest military in the world was a mistake.

I don't even know him

Gallego has moved a war powers resolution against action in Greenland. Kaine and Schiff sponsor war powers resolutions against further intervention in Venezuela. Bondi and DoJ are open to contempt proceedings. Stevens has filed to impeach RFK Jr, Thanedar: Hegseth. Fight smart, win the mid terms.

Immediate Danger. High Tension. Danger Zone. Ice-Cold Mission. Breeze of Death. His Name Is Danger. Spies Die At Dawn. Death Is Not A Game. Yes, from Chile to France, the whole world struggled to come up with a reasonable translation for “The Living Daylights” (1987) and really couldn’t be arsed.

Someone on University Challenge has just pronounced 'threepenny' as it is written rather than the correct pronunciation, 'thrupnee', and I nearly dropped my plate.

Wanker on Radio4 moaning about free bus passes for over-60s in London and Wales. @bettertransport.bsky.social

ALL YOUR SOVEREIGNTY IS BELONGS TO US!

Once again, I have solved a problem (actually one problem and one query) in a three-minute phone call that had already been going on for four days online. Amazing what you can achieve when you reach the right person. I'm shy of using the phone but much, much shier of using the internet.

Regret hits hard: Deforestation in these basins could release stored carbon equivalent to decades of emissions, worsening heatwaves & disease outbreaks. Plus, they hold cures—70% of cancer drugs come from rainforest plants. Once gone, no redo button. 🌿 #ProtectForests

One day, and probably not very long away, we will rue the day we turned away young, migrants prepared to settle and work their socks off for this country.

I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.

All aboard 🔊 The Great British Rail Sale is back! 🎟️ Millions of discounted train tickets for half-term activities, weekend getaways and commuting journeys are up for grabs. Full details here 🎉

Been thinking along the lines of this column for a while, and I blame the collapse of a shared mass culture for it. www.thetimes.com/article/3cfe...

A peaceful protestor was arrested in Grand Rapids, Michigan live on air after speaking the truth about U.S. war crimes and imperialism against Venezuela. and we have a free speech problem?

Asset-stripping Asda and Morrisons’ private equity owners raise £6.5bn by selling supermarkets, petrol forecourts, distribution centres. Companies deliberately loaded with debt. Sale and leaseback of supermarkets increases offshore controllers' profits, reduces UK tax liability. archive.ph/6McJ4

Hilarious, the whole ‘Has Mumsnet fallen for Farage?’ is answered in this paragraph. Also, this is 2026, not 2009.

Adspurgt til om Grønland vil aktiverer Nato-artikel 4 svarer Jens-Frederik Nielsen: - Jeg synes, det er for tidligt at sige noget om det. Det er ikke på tide at drøfte det. - Lige nu går vi efter at genskabe dialogen og komme tilbage til normale forhold.

Help support a very indie writer AND get yourself a lovely ebook of delicious Nordic bun recipes full of pictures and very careful method descriptions. Still 33% off. Get yours here:

Anyone understand Greenlandic? The government has held a press conference youtu.be/QhrxWUTa23E?... #Greenland 🇬🇱

*deep inhale* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

What if someone from Corrie impregnates someone from Emmerdale and creates an unholy demon hybrid?

CorrieDale sounds fun but I've hardly ever seen Emmerdale Farm and haven't watched Coronation Street since 2008 when Liam got murdered. (I hadn't realised it had been that long.) There were too many episodes so the plots got watered down. #CorrieDale #CoronationStreet

A healthy Earth boasts incredible biodiversity,millions of species in vibrant ecosystems like rainforests.This diversity makes life resilient: pollinates crops,purifies water, provides medicines (70% of cancer drugs from nature!),& regulates diseases.Lose it,&we lose stability.

I've begun watching 'Dexter: Resurrection' and it's off to a good start #Dexter #DexterResurrection

🚨🚨EMERGENCY EPISODE🚨🚨 Very few people can claim to have met and known 🇻🇪's Maduro, Chavez & interim president Delcy Rodriguez. Well, my guest @catheriner.bsky.social, former 🇬🇧 ambassador in Caracas, is one of them and she spoke to me earlier today. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

Trying to speak to my GP be like: "you can only do this online" "you must log in to two different portals" "these portals need to send you security codes" "the security codes haven't come? Wait a few minutes and then click send again" "oh? You waited ten mins and then clicked send again? Fuck you."

An unexpected snowy high-speed ride through Central Spain this morning 🇪🇸 😆 #NonstopEurotrip

Standing up for passengers and defending safety-critical rail workers 📸 RMT #NoToDOO protest at Marylebone station this morning campaigning against plans for Driver Only Operation on East West Rail

What's inside today's door on the January advent calendar?

Done one of my gym micro-visits before work: could go for longer if I skipped breakfast but would be counter-productive as body and brain would not function properly.

Europe must stand up.

'Glasgow Girls' artists, 1880-1920 whose designs were influential in Art Nouveau. The embroidery department was a radical space, improving dress design & aiding the women's suffrage cause via artists emboldened by newly opened women-only art societies #Womensart

I can't reply directly to your message this time because of your settings but he is called Stanley.

if they aren't produced in nîmes you can only call them sparkling warp-faced cotton

Let's see if this will cheer you up - Valais Blacknose sheep in the snow. They're from the Valais region of Switzerland. Known for their unique appearance, they have contrasting black patches with a shaggy white coat. Both male & female sheep of this breed grow spiral-shaped horns. #sheep #cute

1963: The Big Freeze on BBC Four is fascinating. "When electricity failed, everyone turned to gas." Brits could transmute at will, back then, when we were a proper country.

Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business

just emailed all my colleagues but instead of attaching the correct file with the pertinent details i seem to have sent all twenty of them this image of robin gibb:

Sir Isaac Newton: "If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants." Me: (can't see at all because the cat knocked my glasses behind the toilet)

Greenlandic govt on Facebook: 'When the president of the US talks about "we need Greenland" and connects us with Venezuela and military intervention, it's not just wrong... We are part of NATO and fully aware of our country's strategic position.' Full English translation in Alt text. #Greenland

Statement from Greenlandic government www.facebook.com/share/14QXsU... #Greenland

I used to think the adults in the room would at some point check his baser instincts. I was wrong. Care for a Tums?

Now that we’re supposed to have full fat milk, cheese and red wine, I’m looking forward to my study being published in The Lancet showing the positives of 20 Marlboro Reds.

Would you like to hear the Norwegian cover of the 1970 song 'Gimme dat ding' by The Pipkins? Here it is: youtu.be/-52uJlaegfs?...

Hammer's great lost gangster slash martial arts crossover Shatter - think somewhere between Get Carter and Enter The Dragon, only adrift in the mid-Pacific - is out on Bluray now, and I'm thrilled to say I've had a hand in it... timworthington.org/2025/03/28/s...