transport for Wales introducing contactless around Cardiff and the valleys and all the prices are cheaper than even a ticket with a Railcard+ there's capping... stunned to see a decent for passengers pricing scheme

every single UK public building is designed with way too many windows so as soon as it's sunny they become completely unbearable

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_... interesting British cult I was reading about recently. somehow just the name instantly made me twig it was a cult lol

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept... I challenge you to read this - quite long and in coherent English - article about a Russian far right occult conspiracy group and tell me a single thing they believe, except for some anti semitism conspiracy stuff

loved the detail on this Welsh train station sign. wonder what the process was to pick those particular things

I loveeee everything in Wales being bilingual and I think we should introduce it in England. don't care what language. let's all learn Nahuatl why not

the seats on the great western intercity trains still evil. I feel like I'm in evrart Clare's office

I need an explanation on how the horsegiirL makeup/prosthetic stuff works so bad I can't understand

recently Dave Davies was getting really pissed off about moby suggesting Lola was a transphobic song and tbh I was kind of charmed that he'd actually care about not wanting to be considered transphobic lol

was listening to autumn almanac by the kinks cause it's a fucking brilliant perfect song in every detail and thinking how amazing the golden era of the kinks is. Arthur is one of the best albums of all time. very nostalgic and very mad and sad about how awful the past could be

not the greasy manner of carving 😭😭😭😭

what an ad

happy birthday to me

I had a dream that dominions 7 had come out and it was an rts

happy birthday to me

all quiet on the western front is really good

imagining how chuffed Pepys would be if you showed him an electronic calculator

why is the Wikipedia example of a national insurance number card the one held by someone involved in planning 9/11

isn't this the guy from Ratatouille

sometimes you come across something and you feel super ignorant about the world. like there's an ostensibly Maoist de facto independent state in Burma en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wa_State

Pepys unusually missing the possibility of hobnobbing with the aristocracy to eat some food... sometimes he's relatable

when I was driving once I saw this painted on a bridge:

derby, uk

just looking at one of the two people likely to be in the Peruvian presidential runoff election. very normal behaviour

VERY gross (poop) but good story from censored by confucius: ghost stories by yuan mei. how did you enjoy that, my good fellow

Mr Hater

world where instead of wojaks it was instead variations on :smith: and :unsmith:

the other day I suddenly noticed I've grown noticeably bigger boobs at some point like woah that's crazy.

why do pre dreadnoughts have these two "masts" on them + that beam going across... I assume maybe it's for sighting but it seems there's extra rigging etc... flag hanging for communication? idk I'm curious

or you know what just recommend Games in general. any that you like I'm not fussed. I just don't know the Games landscape

speaking of what are the good strategy/simulation games from the past like 6-7 years. id be most interested in historical and map game likes but anything else is very welcome. especially more obscure stuff

played another stellaris game, doing well vs every computer empire but its 2403 and a fallen empire that's right next to me has awakened and their fleets have x10 the power of mine welp. i think ive just not played well enough or something idk but i dont see how i could stop them

my fave conspiracy theory is the one that every building before like 1900 that looks cool or is over 2 storeys wasn't built by humans, it was "Tartarian" who are probably a race of giants with super technology that disappeared for some reason

I like that PBS (the USA's non profit TV network) has a strand called "masterpiece". and what counts as a masterpiece? well, it's only and entirely TV shows produced in the UK. nowhere else qualified

wow they had toxic yuri vns in his time too...

they're playing :)

I love that the first pink Floyd album has a song about a gnome called "grimble gromble" cause it sounds like the sort of thing someone who doesn't know late 60s music would invent to parody it. but it's real. and it's great

(Norwich, UK)

when the turk is alla rondo>>>>>

re libraries being awesome, as well as the physical books you should check out what online resources they have. usually as well as free access to a LOT of ebooks and magazines there's other subscriptions to reference material eg mine has newspaper archives, the OED, cambridge histories

what are the basic tips for doing ok at stellaris

Unveiling The World's First AI Queen Experience

I'm undergoing a special kind of therapy to turn my suicidal ideation into homicidal ideation.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgMv... semi charmed life - girls rituals

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jN8... when you sleep - shonen knife (my bloody valentine cover)