TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

The engraved panels on the base make it look like a primary school sports day participation trophy. Did they have it done at Timpsons?

Doing precisely what we've done eighteen times before is exactly the last thing they'll expect us to do this time.

Tax on people who go to lane swimming and then swim very slowly two abreast so they're hard to get round without swimming into people coming the other way, having a bit of a chat

Randall’s made me laugh a lot but that’s the first time he’s made me cry.

Post a movie where you’re from

My then-8yo daughter sliced her finger open once, trying to cut an onion to look at under her junior microscope. Rather than panic about the blood her first instinct was to catch some on a slide to see what it looked like. I was equal parts proud and horrified 😆

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Tick this box to confirm you’re not a robot.

Jonathan has come dressed as a snooker table. #thetraitors #celebritytraitors

"In by Christmas?"

‘Kicked the bouquet’ was right there for the taking…. RIP Patricia.

Everyone gathering for the rapture, then watching as Cliff Richard, and only Cliff Richard, slowly floats into space.

That's MY Doctor.

[me, a journalist who spends all day every day on a social media app where the discovery algorithm is personally controlled by its owner, captain birdseye] you know, a lot of people are talking about fish fingers, we should probably cover that

One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall. It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?

You know you’re living in strange times when Last Night of the Proms feels like the least jingoistic thing happening in Britain at the moment.

Britain

The only country in the world ever to develop and then abandon its autonomous space launch capability, strikes again. @ukspaceagency.bsky.social #ukspace

That depends, Robert. Are were talking yer classic anthropomorphic personification or more yer genius loci?

This is FIZZING #cricket 🏏 #engvind

Love location-spotting things like this. Cruachan dam (near Oban in Scotland) appears as the Empire garrison base in Andor and the McLaren technology centre near Woking in England is Coruscant spaceport 😂

Shouldn’t Jamie Overton climb out through the window? #cricket #engvind

There’ll be a Little Alex Horne close by.

There’ll be a Little Alex Horne close by.

I realise it wasn’t your intention, but I always find it creates a misleading mental image of the numbers involved to quote by country like that and it’s mainly used by people who want to distract from the importance of the EU bloc.

To add some more context, Orville Wright piloted both of these aircraft.

I once bought a sausage roll from Jim off of Coronation Street.

Love this. Alt text: A french street name sign, ‘place de la république’, is screwed to a wall between older signage engraved into the brickwork, ‘place nationale’ and ‘place royal de louis XV’. Happy Bastille day.

The Bayeux Tapestry is a cultural artefact that without doubt should be on display here in the British museum, rather than in the hands of an institution of a conquering power.

The Bayeux Tapestry is a cultural artefact that without doubt should be on display here in the British museum, rather than in the hands of an institution of a conquering power.

Drop someone bespectacled

i'm no stephen hawking but i think what happens is that they cancel each other out

Fantastic evening watching Tim Minchin live last night in Liverpool, along with the youngest person in the auditorium, who was over the moon to have a shout out from Tim himself. Thanks @timminchin.bsky.social ! The 9yo will love you for life.

The entire parliament fell dead silent. For the first time since anyone could remember, one of the members voted “aye.”

Alternatively “you can try and play chess with a pigeon but no matter how good you are it will still shit all over the board and strut around like it won”

I was touched to receive this a few moments ago.

Close, but no Phil McCann.

Halfway through @benaaronovitch.bsky.social’s Amongst Our Weapons. Nice to have a thread set up here in t’North, often find myself daydreaming #RiversOfLondon style on the dog walk. Maggoty Johnson, England’s last Jester, would surely have been on Martin Chorley’s radar.

There’s a lot to choose from but the most annoying thing about the new Mission Impossible is obviously Luther and Benji’s poor soldering technique.

If you’ve never listened to Angstrom, a treat awaits you. “Matthew Holness stars as Knut Ångström, a brooding, alcoholic, maverick Swedish detective from the tough streets of Oslo.”

The techbro examples always give away their world view. Like Tesla's robot touted as being able to walk my dog, why would I want an LLM to do the enjoyable human bit? I like walking my dog. It's one of the reasons I have a dog.

🤞Please let the exit say to see you nice, please let the exit say to see you nice…🤞

Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.

Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.

Portent: the only camping option still available at this year’s Glastonbury Festival. #uxbridgeenglishdictionary

We were treated to a couple of beautiful visitors last night too, two young roe deer wandering through the field behind us 🥰

UK media: "Climate change is overrated!" Also UK media... #westnilevirus

The techbro examples always give away their world view. Like Tesla's robot touted as being able to walk my dog, why would I want an LLM to do the enjoyable human bit? I like walking my dog. It's one of the reasons I have a dog.