Cabinet members are backing Starmer, he's so screwed...

Dominic Dyer: @number10cat.bsky.social Larry the Cat will have been in Downing Street 15 years next week, he is the most stable thing about British politics these days

Sloth 🦥

BREWERS' SWOOP Fancy a pint of expensive but watery beer? My piece in the latest Private Eye. #BskyBeer

I don't know how the video on this was recorded, but someone is not familiar with saying LNER! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09S12YVHM

All down to @cruisingthecut.bsky.social and his cheese sandwiches... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran

Mark Kermode being a tad coy on how he feels about Melania.

Thread.

More people need to read this.

Cthulhu Commission from MICE.

Nausicaä.

I mean, he could...

New VIDEO! The GWR Battery Train came into service very early at 05.30am on Saturday over the weekend, and I went along to ride the first train of the day ... youtu.be/Lvb33T3ZJnw

Apparently, they are going with the slogan "Bringing Three Mile Island to your neighbourhood!"

That motherfucker

Well, it has a tide that comes in... Must admit I'm struggling to see the similarities with Venice. metro.co.uk/2026/01/30/v...

🔭 M78: Reflecting Blue in a Sea of Red Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel McCauley apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26012...

Perhaps I've not been on Twitter for a while, but there's some pretty toxic replies in the comments on this article. Entertaining to see someone use "Gimboid" though. screenrant.com/star-wars-re...

Tom Baker during "The Hand of Fear". #TomBaker #DoctorWho #FourthDoctor

... is one of many clones, allowing him to always be on TV.

I know there are a lot of things in life to get angry about right now, but we really need to discuss idiots who illustrate "hump day" with a picture of a Bactrian camel... WHAT. ARE. THEY. THINKING?

40 years ago today, we lost seven heroes aboard Challenger. As an astronaut who commanded the space shuttle after this tragedy, I think about them often. Their courage pushed the boundaries of exploration. Today, we remember their sacrifice and the legacy they left behind.

I can't quite believe it has been 40 years since I got home from my paper round and my Mum told me "The Space Shuttle has blown up." I spent the whole evening watching the rolling coverage, which at that point consisted entirely of replays of the launch and pundits not knowing what had happened.

"Go harder and faster!" Glad I'm not going to be in that capsule!

Challenger at 40: The disaster that changed NASA

The best book I read last year, now £1.99 as a Kindle Deal of the Day. Highly recommended.

When you're pissed in the club and the lights suddenly come on at the end of the night

Bet they were found in the Hypocaust... @durotrigesdig.bsky.social @romanpalace.bsky.social

Use this post as an excuse to post one of your favourite characters:

Awww... Don't they make a horrible couple?

What's the opposite of "the cream rises to the top"? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Really interesting interview with @samiraahmed.bsky.social @gkw.bsky.social about their @squarewindowpod.bsky.social podcast. Never heard of it before, but will give it a listen!

She said, unironically... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I know it's not within the hundred most awful things here, but... the nearest penguins to Greenland are in the Galapagos, five thousand fucking miles away

A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain. A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones. The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...

Trip to Bristol, to visit a few pubs. Starting in The King's Head - thought I was ordering an IPA, called that one wrong!) Lakedown Marquee).

The comments on this article a) show how many people haven't actually read it, and b) show how many people actually know how the BBC works. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🔭 Jupiter from the Webb Space Telescope Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team; Processing: Ricardo Hueso (UPV/EHU) & Judy Schmidt apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26011...

I'm not normally an advocate of the death penalty, but... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Interesting article, and it's always good to see a Time Team member being quoted! @timeteam.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Was playing the Legion remix of Warcraft until 3am last night, trying to squeeze the most out of it before the event finished. Got to level 80, but with hindsight I probably should have started playing in earnest before last Saturday! *Cough*

Happy Birthday, Tom!

"He's behind me again, isn't he?"

Today would have been David Lynch's 80th birthday. RIP, you wonderful genius.

Colleague at work raging about Trump: "I'm not going to buy anything more from the US!" "Are you going to cancel your Netflix and Amazon accounts?" "But that's my life!'

So, all the Blake's 7 chat reminded me I still haven't picked up series 2 on Blu-Ray, so went to take a look on Amazon. Three on-point recommendations for related products, one, not so much...