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This post is the single best advert for the fact that proper local journalism matters. If Jim’s team hadn’t put the pieces together quickly, this wouldn’t have been stopped.

Russia launched its full-scale invasion exactly four years ago. If anyone had told us, during that first month, that this would be the situation four years later, we would have instantly called it a massive Ukrainian victory and a staggering Russian defeat

Someone had to have her vaccination jab today. Someone does not like being held down and required 2 helpers for the vet to inject her. Hard work trying to fight them off, needs her sleep now😀

Sort of a critical moment for written public comments as a thing. Indiscriminate clicktivism was bad enough, but slop is going to kill them off once and for all.

Perhaps "The Arsehole formerly Known as Prince Andrew" was burning, err, papers and got carried away?

Talking openly about this in public too, so I think it’s time to ask ourselves what we collectively want to do in response to a billionaire class that is not embarrassed about declaring themselves kings.

Football club goes to doctor, says 'my team is misfiring, playing relegation form. What do I do?' Doctor says: 'solution is simple. Go to North London, play a clown club. Easy fillip' Football club starts crying: 'Doctor, I am a North London clown club'

We are the laughingstock of the world because of our moronic and psychotic president. Deservedly so.

Watching the Ice Hockey. I remember watching a documentary about it years ago. All the teams need to do to win I believe, is the flying V formation whilst quacking loudly Then you win the game. I can't believe neither team knows about this or has done it.

the CBC livefeed is hilarious

In his final days, Hitler started ordering phantom divisions around. Anyway, heres a post from Donald Trump

Oh this is a very fun thread!

He wants to be thought of as a witty and funny raconteur. From his silly "let that sink in" nonsense to telling Joe Rogan about his hilarious party bits, the desperation to impress oozes from everything he says and does. Ironically, in a way, this is the funniest thing about him

73 points conceded in two games. Who could have guessed that constantly changing defence coach might lead to your defence being a disconnected shambles?

The people predicting it would be between England and France with the other countries all rebuilding in the six nations all look a little silly now IMO. Disappointing how undercooked and mesdy England are. #engire

Just heard Zoolander referred to as a "Cult Classic" on an advert. Is this some new definition of cult classic I've never heard of? I remember it being quite successful at the time. And it sold well on dvd too, everyone seemed to have a copy.

One thing I do like about social media is how threads can go in wild directions. We start with Marie complaining about tax software, and I can see it ends up wirh a discussion on EDM and club bangers. I don't care how we got there but the contrasts of this sort of thing always amuse me

Just listen to what Andrew’s nickname was amongst royal protection officers.

yes, clearly that's the issue here

We watched Gremlins once. In primary school. I would have been about 8

Sadly, Robert is right here. It's why Russia can act with relative impunity . They may sanction Russia but won't do anything that really threatens them as Russian diplomats/leaders rattle the nuclear sabre at the smallest provocation. No-one wants to take a chance on that.

Watching the Ice Hockey. I remember watching a documentary about it years ago. All the teams need to do to win I believe, is the flying V formation whilst quacking loudly Then you win the game. I can't believe neither team knows about this or has done it.

Possible conversation in the police station right now. Desk Sargeant "So, do you want to interview him yet?" Inspector: "Nah, leave him an hour or two longer. We really want to make him sweat on it"

Who was it that said "Drain the Swamp"? I can't remember.

What has he been doing in there? Surely it's unsanitary...

The assassination of Jesse James by the Muppet Robert Ford

Yes, this was baked in from the start TFA was practically a remake of A New Hope. It got away with it by having some nostalgia mixed with some fun beats, but we never really explained why the empire was back, or what went wrong. It arguably demeans the end of Return of the Jedi TBH.

I always like this one, as you can see he's picked one word he knows and extrapolated a different question to the one being asked. Ben Shepherds face always cracks me up here youtu.be/t1d3lIcuEMU?...

going mad because anyone working with medical imaging and segmentation knows there are *specific* models to do this, not LLMs

The West Midlands Combined Authority has today announced the results of its public vote on a rebrand of the West Midlands County. The current name was felt to be lacking the same cultural heft as Greater London or Greater Manchester, and is often confused with the wider West Midlands region.

Find this curling row fascinating. In all the Can complaints about the spirit of the sport and fairplay, have they ever directly addressed the video clearly showing their player double touching the stone? I haven't seen it if there is. Seems really curious, no? www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

Important journalism thread

At every election you pick the least bad candidate who has a reasonable chance of winning and you vote for them. If you want the candidates to be better the way to do that is not by NOT VOTING, it is to get involved in party politics/stand yourself/identify and support good candidates.

The “you have to be Christian to be British” proposition is not worth debating. It’s abject nonsense. You know it and they know it. Just call it out for the racism it is.

I know everyone will talk of the Godfather and his award winning roles. But I loved Robert Duvall's understated performance as a downtrodden, mocked, but conscientious detective on the verge of retirement in Falling Down. The balance to Douglas' unstable antagonist.

Such drama in the Slalom. Skier in position to win race fluffed his downhill and stopped a 1/3 of the way down, yeeted his poles off the track one side, removed his skis and walked off the track the other side distraught. Wandered towards the trees and just lay down in despair. Poor man.

Such an odd idea. Not sure what it achieves. People change all the time, and this increases the chances of people being stuck in horrible situations, doesn't it?

Hmm, whilst splitting the right vite seems good, will this make Farage's lot seem like the conventional less extreme option for some voters.

Betting markets are designed to clear profitably – partly by pricing all the outcomes to make participation tempting! – rather than to accurately predict outcomes. The first goal is often in direct competition with the second. Calling them “prediction” markets is false advertising.

Eh? Is this "new"? Do some still use letters? My daughter did her GCSEs more than 5 years ago, and it was all numbers then...

Guesstimates, but it was a long time ago - Championship Manager 4 Sensible World of Soccer Frontier : Elite 2 Definites Free Allegiance The Mass effect series (if a series counts) According to steam Football Manager 2014 + 2011 Team Fortress 2 FTL

Reminded of the time I thought my car alarm was broken because it kept going off when we locked it up. It went off 4 or 5 times. I checked it was fully locked, no-one was near it. It was a warm night, and there was no wind. The alarm went off again.and again, a few minutes after I left it....

An utter tragedy. Science solved this problem, but a bunch of charlatans fucked everything up and brought it back

Became bad because of tragic lost love? Yawn. Booooring! Portraying how Dracula believes he is entitled to sex, blood, and lives because he is simply better by right of birth? And how the culture of Victorian England makes it ripe for the picking? Now THAT is an angle!

Reminder that Melania said she went out with Trump because he reminded her of her dad

I do wish the GB men's curling team well, but they all look like the sort of lads who might be photographed wearing jeans outside a pub

Shouldn't this be, err, "white-handed"

Haha I remember this sketch. I'm pretty sure in a minute one of them shows him a tattoo saying "Individual" as "that's what I'm all about". And his friend chips in "Look I've got one too!"

Drugs in US politics, a potted history: Bill Clinton, 1992: "I did not inhale" Barack Obama, 2006: "I did inhale, that was the point" RFK Jr., 2026: