The @lrb.co.uk’s Aftershock podcast is really good. It looks back at how the LRB covered 9/11 and how the War on Terror changed the world.

The Cloud Forest Hiking upwards to overlook the cloud inversion. Bavaria, Germany #landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #fog

“Short Tests are bad for business” says the chief exec of CA and suggests they may get even further involved in pitch preparation. #ashes

The winning runs at the MCG (shared from someone at the game) #ashes

This site is digitizing found cassette tapes of old dj sets, mixes & radio shows from around the world intertapes.net

Woke up early, expecting Australia to be still batting but, thanks to a Christmas miracle, England on the verge of winning 🙌🏽 #ashes

Starling murmuration aka starling bedtime. Lots of aaahs and oohs from everyone watching before one of these bastards pooped on my coat.

If only all over-confident under-prepared men were as willing to own up to their mistakes

“With 20 wickets falling and the genuine possibility of a second two-day Test in the space of four Ashes matches, questions have to be asked about the state of the playing surface.” Tim Spiers and James Wallace dissect a remarkable day of cricket at the MCG ⤵️ 🔗 theathletic.com/6918885/?sou...

I should go to bed but then again, I might miss Aussies all out for 100-and-something. #Ashes

It might be the Christmas hangover but I’m confused… are England batting? 😂 #ashes

Meanwhile in Denmark

As cold as expected at #parkrun with a headwind into the finish but a beautiful day ❄️

For #sharemondays2025 this week, a calm phone photo of the Firth of Forth.

Christmas Day #parkrun at Worthing could be a bit chilly tomorrow 🥶 Wrap up warm if you’re #running it!

A very chilly Christmas Eve down on the beach.

🎄 Hope you’ve got all your presents ready 💝 Google search interest shows a stable pattern: 🎅 “Christmas gift wife” peaks just before Christmas Eve 🎅 “Christmas gift husband” peaks much earlier #MerryChristmas to all of you! 🎁 📈 Google Trends (Nov 18–Dec 24, 2020–2024) #dataviz #ggplot2

A great thread about Finland’s Christmas traditions

Happy holidays! Pigeons make milk, and I hope this fact fills you with joy and concern during this festive time of year

I love seeing these pinhole camera photos. One year I’ll my own one!

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Final day of work for the year is dragging so much it may as well be December 2026 already 🫠

Can you think of a word in your native language that is missing in English? Tell us in the comments which word we should cover next!

Rain stops play - we have a chance! #ashes

Once again I wake up and ask… #ashes

Of course snicko works now. Time for bed. #ashes

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 18 Out of This World | #LEGO #Moon Map. It's fun mapping a totally different landscape with my LEGO approach: abstract, cute, yet roughly accurate. With no oceans on the Moon, I used a uncommon color scheme for topographic maps. Source: Wikipedia #Selenography

“There are only two things wrong with this England team. They can’t Baz. And they can’t ball.” #ashes

This is a fun way to visualise London housing price data by Benjamin Niedermann. #dataviz

The impossible choice:

Absolutely fascinating essay: “Are you seeing a robot's soulless prose? Or are you seeing the image of our Standard Eight English teacher, Mrs. Amollo”

Bookmarks is a great feature for pretending you’ll definitely re-read the posts you’ve saved 🫠

Going to bed now so the Bazballers can’t give me nightmares 😬

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Can’t they both win? 🫠

Does the Ally Pally Wasp have a @bsky.app account yet?

I have it on good authority that the reason they have the largest proven crude oil reserves is because they stole said reserves from America 😬

When not in use, the Rubio is powered down and placed in a corner.

Lots of good ones on this list if independent/underground hip hop is your jam

Global connectivity. Aviation route pairs on Great Circle paths (not observed flight routes).

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The state of independent retail in Brighton does not look great

So many bad hombres but only one can be crowned The Worst Person In Tech. Cast your votes in round one!

Sloppy choice

The Trainline app has had a festive update to make my delayed journey less infuriating 😬

This is beautifully illustrated and really worth your time.

At last, a chance to repost my favourite ever font-related controversy with alt-text, now that Calibri is back in the news.

A group of German journalism students investigated the drone sightings over military installations in Western Europe and in one instance tracked it back to three commercial vessels belonging to Russian services.

New on Bloomberg : “Year in Review: 2025 in Graphics, Maps, and Visual Stories”