At least this time Harold (Kane) did a bit better.

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Fumble In The Jungle #thefootball #engdrc

Mel Brooks is 100 today! Thanks for everything, Mel.

This may be useful for British people with access to a freezer.

Did Iran sign the peace deal as a... birthday present for Trump?

We lose the "N" and maybe in a while we'll need a sign that says "DONALD J TRUMP DEATH".

Dang - I seem to have dust in my eye.

Lovely random thread about elephants, toes and dugongs. #mermaids

If you go to a Sikh gurdwara, they will feed you, for free, with no questions about who you are or why you're there.

I really hope in my lifetime we can go back to making racism something to be ashamed of again, rather than something that’ll get you a regular slot on rolling news.

A sad day in Harlem and everywhere.

This is a beautiful piece, heartbreaking and life-affirming at the same time. It will make anyone with children love them even more. www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/202...

Anybody else having broadband problems with Community Fibre? #communityfibre

So what happens when Reform take over your local council? This. #KentCountyCouncil

There was a (limited) fashion for putting Gardner diesels in Rolls-Royces and Bentleys for a while. The Gardners were beautifully made and very torquey - and much more frugal than a petrol engine of the time.

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‘He has become assured, confident and unashamedly himself… He has reached, to put it crudely, the “no fucks given” stage of his career and is all the better for it’ @lewisgoodall.com goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/could-the-...

Quite sobering.

This is amazing: some serious LLM hallucination going on here.

It's concerning that the Minister did not explicitly confirm the updated guidance will explain how organisations can lawfully remain trans inclusive. If you want your MP to hold the government to account over this, now is your last chance to tell them. Email them using our tool. Takes seconds 👇

I see the (glorious) plans were drawn by Dora Batty!

Excellent point about nuclear power...

Fuels must be repeated dug up and destroyed so long as we insist on setting old dead shit on fire to survive. We dig up a *lot* of fossil fuels. The world consumes *17 times* more fossil fuels in a year than we will require to electrify the planet *forever*: pluralistic.net/2024/08/06/w... 41/

How infuriating to hear the chairman(?) of Asda on the Today programme implying that land use for solar farms might significantly hurt UK food production. It's nonsense. Golf courses use more than solar ever will & beef/lamb production is huge yet provides a tiny fraction of our protein & calories.

This is very exciting! THE LOVECRAFT INVESTIGATIONS is the greatest work of original fantasy drama Britain has produced this century.

The following programme contains improbable plot points, dubious motivation and leading characters some viewers may find unsympathetic.

A nonsensical piece of politician's arithmetic here; if you take half as many days off, does it mean you have worked twice as many days?

I checked this too. *20 seconds* of Reform logo display. *No other* party logo displayed. In local election purdah. This is not normal. At all.

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Honestly the Pleasant Green universe is a phenomenal extended universe and TLI is just magnificent if you enjoy Lovecraftian tales with a nice bit of british spy thriller thrown in for good measure. I honestly could gush about these shows but just experience them however you can.

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Get Out of Your Lazy Bed!

Wow! Awful as both AI slop and propaganda are, there's some brilliant thinking behind this. (...and if you were wondering: 'Voyage, Voyage' by Desireless, 1986)

My immediate thought about this is: if you're required to do (albeit promotional) work in order to accept a prize, doesn't that make it a paid job? Supplementary question: are prizes taxed in the US? They aren't in the UK - but paid work is. #nerd

Hmm... looks like a scam to me.

Is he healing... Jeffrey Epstein?

Love and solidarity to every joining the @guidersfortrans.bsky.social protests today. We will be with you in London. We’re sorry for the girls left out and the friends they leave behind. We and many other women believe there’s a better way. We applaud you for standing up. Have a great day all 🏳️‍⚧️

On 23 June 2026, Britain marks ten years since the Brexit referendum. We were promised £350 million a week for the NHS. We were promised the easiest trade deals in history. We were promised sunlit uplands. Research now shows the economy is 6-8% smaller,

A 1200+ year climate record is at risk. Do you know know anyone in Japan who could help? See below.

I have a father and mother in law in Iran. I have a sister in law. A niece. She's 14. She likes silly pink headbands and purses and dresses, just like kids her age all over the world. There are 93 million people like her in Iran. People who do all the normal mundane life things as the rest of us.

If it’s Naomi Klein, you’re fine. If it’s Naomi Wolf… oof.

Beautiful. The GREATEST greatest speech never made.

TIL that Cousin Richie is an Earthsea fan

In a cavern, in a canyon Excavating for a mine Someone sneakin’ round the corner Is that someone Mack the Knife