www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Ouch 😂😂😂

My piece for The Guardian about why I am far more concerned about Reform's aversion to scrutiny than I am about them calling me a c***. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Lily knows the score.

Reject prongler; embrace thagomizer.

i just dont understand what people thought PIP was for if not for helping disabled people live lives just as good and fulfilling as anyone else's even playing cricket?????

I honestly thought it was a model Pingu until I read the alt text 😳

a furious Tim Cook is gonna call a 9am all-hands-on-deck demanding to know what the FUCK everyone finds so funny about this, and they'll all be like "dunno chief, they got the font and the blur radius just right"

World Cup Draw, a critic reacts.

February 2022 www.wheresyoured.at/mark-zuckerb...

I need to marry this man immediately

Critical support to uhh Fine Gael. Look forward to UK nutters screeching that they’re woke lefties “The sheer nonsense of it”…

Fam, last night I discovered that there was such a thing, in fact, as Too Much Nutella. I know. I'm sorry.

We all know this is a lie, but can we stop valorizing this shit? Sleeping this little actually really fucks you up and you make bad decisions. It makes you irritable. It fucks up your memory. It reduces your ability to react calmly and rationally.

Putting the "website down detector" on Cloudflare is roughly equivalent to putting the diesel backup generators in an easily flooded basement.

Are you a Scottish Gaelic speaker...? www.ed.ac.uk/news/volunte...

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I have set up a bsky for MATER! Please feel free to follow. :) 🗃️

Think of all those DC characters Netflix could give a two season show to, then suddenly drop. The scope is infinite.

If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...

Spring.

Ireland calling the UK out for being stupid enough to fall for this 'gender critical' bollocks.

I was just thinking of this quote by Kurt Vonnegut the other night - “You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society.”

Some patients do attend A&E with problems that could be dealt with by other healthcare services. However, the article makes clear this cadre represents 2% of patients. If you really want to reduce pressure on A&Es, offer Covid vaccines free for all. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I definitely think Farridge should show the lefty beeb what for and never appear on it again...

Seems about right..

Years and years campaigns encouraging people to ask for help when they are suffering with mental health problems. More people ask for help when they are suffering with mental health problems. OMG why are so many people asking for help when they are suffering with mental health problems.

Reading Tim Curry's memoir, Vagabond, and during the chapter about how The Rocky Horror Show came about, he mentions that the show's publicist used to bring her six year old son to watch rehersals, her son being Alexander Siddig. Dr. Bashir witnessed the birth of Dr. Frank-N-Furter!

Today I learned that NASA has a collection of free ebooks that can be downloaded as pdfs or ebub format. The science books even include a children’s section with fun activites and coloring books! science.nasa.gov/multimedia/s...

The Yule Cat, pet of the troll-like monster Gryla, eats those who don’t receive new clothes for Christmas. Some believe the legend stems from cautionary tales about processing wool and finishing chores before the holiday. 🎨 from Wikimedia Commons #FolkloreThursday #troll #Gryla #yulecat #iceland

I should say, this is me Having Opinions On SF because I’m talking Babylon 5.

Out tonight with M's American Introvert colleague. Pray for me 🫠

Very interesting post on the economics of streaming from the Los Camp! team. "If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period."

#Oxford people, #birdflu has been confirmed on Port Meadow. Take care everyone. www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2567322...

I did a cartoon about this... nearly 15 years ago.

Aaaaah I'm going to see Half Man Half Biscuit FINALLY having chickened out last time they were in Oxford ☺️ only 11 months to wait...

Now i KNOW there are Americans who follow me that will be delighted to learn this.

Your seasonal reminder that Quality Street chocolates are a cash-in on a hit play by J M Barrie, and used to feature the characters on the box. So a bit like people in 2100 buying 2.22 A Ghost Story chocolates every Christmas with Lily Allen on the tin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality...

It’s the time of year when I do my Christmas auction. This mouse icon is up for auction and it’s to raise money for Shelter Cymru & Doctors without borders. 100% of the money raised will go to these charities on a 50-50 basis.

For my Elvis book I met the Finnish academic who performed and recorded Elvis songs translated into both Latin and Sumerian. "Of course, they did not have blue suede shoes in Sumeria," he told me, "so I had to translate the song as 'on my sandals of sky blue leather, please do not stand".

n00b error - all-day online library conference, but I have no socks on the needle and left all my knitting stuff at home 🤦‍♀️

#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky We've hit peak Psychology Humour

My 16th Century mouse prototype finally arrived at the Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg museum in Germany today to start its two year exhibition. It will be shown alongside a one of a kind suit of armour from the period that was built for a dwarf. #jeffdeboer #mousearmour

Great pop fact in case you didn't know: Rebecca Front's graphic designer dad Charles designed the #RubberSoul logo.

Relatable Corvid

This blew up a little. I'm part of Trans Rescue. We help trans people escape dangerous places. Please help us in our work. transrescue.org/donations/do...

The frogs will rise.

when I feel mehhh but suddenly remember :