Anne Widdegonne

I adore you Leon, Egyptologist here, they were built by a largely volunteer force (corvée labor) of 25,000. The builders were very well fed, paid in bread and beer, and received excellent medical care. There was no slavery whatsoever, it is a common misconception.

And we're hearing that Platner has appealed to FIFA against the accusation.

Ronaldo, who denies the accusations, won't see your gloating post about him being a giant useless crybaby who has never really delivered on the international stage except as a whiny little shit but his team mates might and they really hate him so you should really put the (non-golden) boot in.

Hearing that the FA has petitioned FIFA to move the quarter final match to Chelsea's ground on the basis that the English always get a good result against the Norwegians at Stamford Bridge.

Almost every archaeological site/company has a Larry equivalent. Someone who despite years of experience in the profession is absolutely useless but is excellent craic and so is vitally important to team morale.

The Great American State Fail

Finding out about the death of Humphrey “Sam Smiths” Smith the way he would have wanted, on my phone while saying “fucking hell”

Happy 100th, Mel Brooks.

Also stops you getting thrush under your lintels.

All of France is scorching hot today. Except for one village in the northwest...

Disappointingly there's not a Northern.Opportunist.Unknown in What3Words, but you can have Brotherly.Opportunist.Unknowns which puts you in the western part of the Empty Quarter of Saudi Arabia. Or Opportunist.Unknowns.Good which is in Yakutia in Siberia.

In a devastating blow to Andy Burnham, Wes Streeting has publicly backed him to be the next Labour leader.

Camilla Long is a deeply unpleasant person and should be ostracised in any meaningful society.

FAR FROM THE MUPPET CROWD.

Reminds me of the Hitchhikers quote: "You'll have a national philosophers strike" "Who would that inconvenience?"

We were the only UNIONIZED employees he’d ever had, too. I am broke as hell now, but I’ll never regret saying this: EAT SHIT, YOU PATHETIC TWERP. No matter how much cash you accrue, you’ll never know the joy of solidarity. Your life is empty, and you’ll be remembered as a warning to children.

when lucky jack aubrey has again outmaneuvered my heavier frigate with twice his weight of metal

Today's mini adventure after a long day of standing around on a watching brief in Perthshire.

The Suntan King visits the Sun King's palace.

Seeing the photos of the Tartan Army on the loose and I'm not sure the urban US is fully prepared for the inevitable cultural confusion. "Oh you're from Scotland? I'm quarter Scotch" "Ah'm two thirds lager maself hen."

Trafalgar Street: “🎶Nazis Stuck in a Tunnel.🎶” #Brighton

Hahahaha

Counter protest against the far-right in Liverpool. Please share it. Even if you're not in Liverpool, you might have followers who are and help is gonna be needed

We will win.

This is going to be really, really great.

We should sponsor MAGA heads to go to Belfast and say this to the UDA.

To add to the recent Moby Dick discourse, for those who find the book challenging/dull you can just follow this account to read it in tiny out of context snippets and I'm not saying it's better but it's certainly enjoyable.

With Michael Caine or Tim Curry as the Assistant.

"Pronoun police"? Please. The proper term is the gendermes.

Given the diametrically opposed levels of literacy and racism in US immigration organisations this may be because someone looked at his passport photo, then looked at the box marked 'Profession' and assumed it said 'refugee'.

Careful. Don't want to do yourself an injera.

My partner lives three hours away somewhere without a wide range of international food options, so when she comes over our agenda for the first evening usually revolves around a desire for two things. The first is gorging ourselves on a cuisine of her choosing. This leads to the second becoming:

If you're looking for a life-changing (shortening) breakfast then you really can't be a full Scottish.

Camilla Tominey's lived experience is relevant but only if contained within a book entitled "How to live your life as a poisonous individual no one invites to parties"

Photos of newly arrived immigrants at Ellis Island. Augustus Sherman took the photos between 1902 and 1920 when he worked as the Chief Registry Clerk. Striking to me how the outfits all look good because they have a discernible silhouette (shape and drape).

This video is for my geography teacher who said that I will never go anywhere in life. Haha, look at now. Eiffel Tower, Italy.

Thanks, I hate it.

Especially fun if you also said that e.g. Iraq War would be a disaster, austerity was calamitous vandalism, Israel was just going to kill a huge number of people and annex their land and Sir Keir’s Labour would be massively unpopular. Hitting the jackpot this century for Nobody Could’ve Predicted.

Choose your (English tender, apparently it's legal) fighter.

Oh did the concept of not being racist melt a few porcine minds?

Cake! Everyone likes cake! Cake got layers.

A thread outlining why this will probably be nyet-zzle rather than da-zzle for the Russian ground forces

trans rights and women’s rights are not in opposition, they are in fact two fronts of the same war, and cis women should support trans folk not just because it’s the morally correct thing to do but also because an attack on trans folk is an attack on us

The Fire Brigades Union has made a statement on the proposed EHRC Code of Practice on Services. Our message is clear. Equality matters, solidarity is essential, and we will continue to fight for both.

Great news for WWI naval camouflage nerds, terrible news for the Donbas Zebra herds.

"Hi Hungry, I'm Dad."

To be fair he was buying for both the house and the campervan.

I had successfully forgotten about Lionel Shriver and her panoply of dogshit opinions and resent being reminded of her and them.

Durham County Council, run by Reform, pulled £2,500 from Durham Pride. But the Durham Miners Association, mindful of the support from LGBT communities during the miners strike, stepped in and, along with other Unions made contributions to make this year’s Durham Pride bigger than ever before. 🏳️‍🌈💪❤️