Morocco enjoying the second hydration break…

I hope that one day McSweeney recognises the damage that he has done. I won’t hold my breath…

Canada still very chipper at the first Hydration Break…

Glad to see images of people celebrating on this special day…

Depends on whether you count Formby as being outer space…

1/6 This image lets us observe light emitted by a dying star about 1500 years ago. Gemini North🔭, on Maunakea in Hawai‘i, captured NGC 1514 — the Crystal Ball Nebula — in detail: a shell of gas ejected during the final stages of a star’s life.⚛️🧪 noirlab.edu/public/news/... #astronomy #galactic

I’m getting the impression that there is a school of thought considering it outrageous that a host nation should have home advantage, including getting to play in home conditions at home.

Perhaps the lure of the US swivel-eyed loon speaker & media circus will encourage him to flee with his £5 million+ thus swerving any danger of ever having to do any real work…

Skimming through the Guardian headlines, I was especially excited to discover that someone wore a wedding dress at their wedding

Me too. They could easily have someone’s eye out with their wimples…

THAT WOULD BE AN ECUMENICAL MATTER.

Oldham-born Eric Sykes died on this day 2012. On reasons behind the north west’s abundance of comedians: ‘My theory is that we are all idiots. Those who don’t think they’re idiots - they’re the ones that are dangerous.’

Grateful to the Telegraph for providing the definitive answer to its own question, albeit in quite small letters.

Have they thought of playing the Mexico game at both 7pm & 1am (our time) to keep everyone happy? Just trying to be helpful…

Amongst our many discoveries in these often ignored north west towns (unless there’s a by-election), was a poem, at Wallgate Station, which is read rather wonderfully by the poet, Louise Fazackerley, here: on.soundcloud.com/MkwQyIuFLOWW...

The book is now FREE (for the next 5 days)!

The acme of human civilisation. Europe looks on in awe at eating deep fried food in a car and making a phone call. We can only dream.

One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”

Starmer’s goodbye gift to UK: a £44.7bn US pharma deal that could be more lethal than Covid. Pushes up the cost of NHS drugs, boosts US corporate profits. Secret contract, no debate in parliament. The next PM must renegotiate, produce drugs at home wherever possible.

The book will be free to download from tomorrow for 5 days…

Just read a pretty grim take on Wigan in Byline Times. Well, we had a grand day out there (not on a Sunday), if anyone’s interested. Also had a good time at the Diggers Festival. Some excellent pubs as well. It’s in the book… a.co/d/0hdQAW6k

Had to go all the way down to Bournemouth, 18th on the list I looked at. It was the only one in the top 20 that I haven’t been to. Didn’t see much of Bristol when I visited, to be fair, but I’ve been there…

Working through my vinyl collection. #NowPlaying Speaking in Tongues. Still think the first four albums are the best. ‘77 made the biggest impression because it was such a new sound. Fear of Music probably my favourite (all 4 would feature prominently in my favourite ever list though)

Dante’s lost tenth circle of hell discovered.

This lunch includes all five of the main Dutch food groups: cheese, cucumber, geometry, boredom and sorrow, with most of the vitamin content provided by the soul-destroying view of endless flatness spilling off the far-flung horizon.

No school should be on X or oblige parents to get updates from it. A site that actively promotes porn, bullying, hate and fascism is not an appropriate place to post pictures of sports days.

What could possibly go wrong..?

cc @paulbernal.bsky.social Don't know if you've seen this from Private Eye.

Having watched the overnight highlights, a cynic might conclude that FIFA are very keen to keep Ronaldo in the tournament… I couldn’t possibly comment

‘Manacled to the city, manacled to the city Those big big big wide streets Those useless MPs’ #FallFriday youtu.be/wAK3qlW6Zyo

Spain looking the happier at the second half hydration break…

Hydration Break! #WorldCup

Austria still feeling optimistic at the first hydration break…

Solar and wind are currently meeting 90% of Britain's electricity demand. grid.iamkate.com

They were obsessed with crushing the left and that meant they didn’t actually spend much time thinking about what they were actually going to do. This is post hoc rationalising of their fuckery www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has announced her department will be leaving X.

Clement Attlee making a timeless observation in 1934: "No one believes that when Sir Oswald Mosley talks about preserving the right to free speech he is really genuine in the matter. He preserves free speech just as long as it suits him."

RENEWABLES: They're still wildly popular with the British public, not that you'd realise from news coverage * Only 4% are opposed Even for wind/solar farms in your local area, opposition is very low * 74/68% would either be happy to have a local solar/wind farm, or don't care

This is crazy. Peter Thiel’s spy tech Palantir is embedding itself in the British state, and makes hundreds of millions from Government contracts in health, policing and defence, but pays barely any taxes

We remain the uncontested winners of the North Atlantic Island Cricketing Cup. Year after year, our neighbours refuse to form teams and dare to take us on.

Good stuff, that Belgian beer…

Belgium really needing their Hydration break…

I will be blunt, at the point you are asking “but why should Labour MPs stop using a product owned by someone who endorses their own murders?”…you’d think “self-respect” would be on there.

Evergreen post

Much improved, the bench is buoyant for the sending half hydration break …

Pundits remaining positive…

Hydration break mood on the England bench…

Early goal for DR Congo Oh, hang on, that’s not quite the same as Conga. Never mind

It’s not “Dr Who” it’s The Democratic Republic of Who

Blackburn King George’s Hall, 1978. That’s all I’m saying…