That has really taken the shine off the evening

I can't say I'm pleased with that result

Surely it is time for Egypt to summon Anubis

Damn

um, so everyone cheering on egypt in the world cup realizes how the pyramids were built right? but i guess that's a conversation you're not ready to have

VAR is an utter killjoy

Game on, Nige.

USA right now...

Bologna opens a new library containing more than 32,000 books from Umberto Eco's private study - arranged exactly as he left them - a decade after his death.

IT'S HERE Long awaited (by me anyway) book on the Fairey Fulmar from Crowood

Topical

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#OTD #RedDevils #Belgium🇧🇪

The majority of humanity lives within a relatively small bandwidth of latitude. This #map is one of my all time favourites. It was created by radicalcartography.net in 2008 and remains a true classic today: buff.ly/2DJXO9z

"Send the card back if you don't want it. I hope nana is alright" @kingscollege.bsky.social #HigherEducationPostcard

What a fabulous idea! @prudenceandthecrow.bsky.social prudenceandthecrow.com

Farage gofer/gopher's ego bruised? (4,6)

Castell Coch is fab Restored, as @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social says, by rich and bonkers aristo, from little more than foundations, the architect had free rein to create a fantasy The design is justified because "you can't prove it wasn't like that"

happy shrewsday

oh no, oh no, sorry everyone, I love this

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @glasgow.ac.uk And no, I don't know precisely why the Douglas clan arms would be shown here, nor if the tartan is the Douglas tartan If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

Overturn this! 😎

www.maptap.gg July 7 89🎉 98🔥 90🎉 72😂 48😟 Final score: 727 Rubbish, basically 🤣🤣🤣

Wordle 1,844 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 The longship was approaching a shingle beach, and Muttley lay at the prow, crouched and ready to spring ashore

belgium, belgium, belgium is the best!

True story, our friends once had a very drunken game of Cluedo that was still going after four hours. Every possibility had been covered and at 2am one of the players had had enough so he grabbed the envelope, opened the cards to reveal it was: COLONEL MUSTARD in THE BILLIARD ROOM with THE LOUNGE

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OK, this is an unlikely ask: is anyone in S London willing/able to lend an MTB/gravel bike for next weekend, suitable for someone about 5ft 9in? Reasons/justification/location in next post. In return: a cleaned bike/eternal gratitude/nice bottle of wine/even some cold, hard ££ if preferred.

Good night

people have been posting Soviet jokes and i just want to highlight my favourites

Question to USAians Are red-card type shenanigans usual in US sports - eg baseball, gridiron etc? I mean interference in normal governing body rules. Trying to see if it's a paradigm difference There's partisan reactions, and we're all capable of those, and then there's defending the indefensible

Just been watching a couple of butterflies in the garden: they are the most extraordinary fliers They don't glide at all between flaps of their wings, they just gently float down and along until their next flap

In this era, I feel like I need to re-up this every few months.

FIFA makes surprise last-minute change to refereeing team for USA v Belgium:

Hoping that Odegaard carries his recent form into the game on Saturday: receiving the ball out of defence, doing two 360 pirouhettes for no reason, then passing the ball to Saka

I have just the shirt. As there’s limited opportunity to be seen in it while the game is on, I wore it on Saturday.

VEEERRRRY punchy statement by UEFA on the reversal of the American red-card suspension. And quite right, too. "We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision." www.uefa.com/news-media/n...

Bosnia enter the chat...

So presumably King Charles now phones FIFA and insists that the England-Norway match is moved to Stamford Bridge?

‘A row of coal miners' houses with no windows to the street’, Halifax, 1937 by Bill Brandt. Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

How is my #HigherEducationPostcard writing going this week, you ask? In the past twenty (20) minutes, I have eaten one (1) whole packet of shortcake biscuits

This is simply explained. When you're rowing, you're Swedish When you're sailing, you're Norwegian When you're ice-bound, you're Frisian When you're raiding Dundee, you're Jute When you approach perpendicularly, you're Angles

"The postcard is of Pembroke College, although the picture is not very flattering" @pembroke1347.bsky.social #HigherEducationPostcard

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USA play Belgium at 0100 tomorrow morning; its on the BBC #TeamBelgium for me; ideally with a few US players sent off for a symbolic bonus

Why do KGB agents go around in groups of three? There's one who can read, one who can write, and one to keep an eye on the two dangerous intellectuals.

Date yourself with an old film reference

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of St Paul's Training College, which in time became @uniofglos.bsky.social The card was sent on December 12, 1904 If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

Sneak peek at today's 8am Playbook email, heading to subscribers shortly. ⚽

I absolutely love this idea - @naomialderman.bsky.social you are a star!