The Oregonian Frogs are missing a trick not playing Paul McCartney’s Frog Chorus as their song, “we all stand together” is a perfect sentiment all things considered

The famous guitar riff for Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child o' Mine" originated from a "circus melody" warm-up played by guitarist Slash during a 1986 jam session. While Slash played the riff in a joking manner, bandmate Izzy Stradlin recognized its potential, and the band built the song around it.

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i hope the nobel committee have quietly told trump that he’s a shoo-in for the 2028 peace prize provided the ceasefire holds and he doesn’t invade any american cities and/or other countries and he stops murdering people in international waters

That’s weird. Just a pair of feet on the pavement outside this shop.

It was two OUP books.

Wonderful to see the Jackie archives appearing on the British Newspaper Archive so we can see which hot to trot hunks the teen girls of 1964 were moistly pinning to their walls.

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Zack absolutely coming for them

The British by Poet Mr #BenjaminZephaniah

Serious point being made, but absolutely loved this... Enjoy. 😂

“He’s still cutting the grass, sir“.

Click on the value in the page to get a graph 50centadjustedforinflation.com

A Lapwing painted onto a Jameson drinks mat from the 1980s. darrenhaymanart.com

Ladybird cover stories. The fairy tales illustrated by artist Robert Lumley. (Books published between 1965 - 1974)

"Sometimes you wanna go, Where everybody has the same face"

Experiment successful.

When I was at the Oxford Mail one of the writers deliberately used misspellings in the header for a piece about typing on those newfangled smartphones: "All fnigers and thmubs". He added "ok" to tell the subs "It's a joke, don't correct it." It was duly printed as: "All fingers and thumbs ok"

Reminds me of this.

This made me laugh more than it probably should 😂 #funny

What do we want? Motorbike noises. When do we want it? Nnnyyyyyowwww.

Reminds me of this excellent sign that I saw at the Tubman African American Museum in Macon, Georgia.

It’s World Octopus Day. There were 4,200 Lego octopuses inside the shipping container that fell off the Tokio Express back in 1997. We found our first Lego octopus soon afterwards but didn’t discover another for 18 years. #WorldOctopusDay #oceanplastic 

Been reading about the mathematician on Scott's Antarctic mission. Horrible man, apparently. Very cold and calculating

Must dig out my copy of this… it was indeed hilarious!

My mum once caught me with a dumbell weight tied with string to my willy, in a naive, dangerous and fruitless attempt to lengthen it. I've never heard her laugh so hard for so long, and I still cringe whenever I remember it 30 years later. I hope she never told anyone.

🤷‍♂️ - That's my reaction to Yungblud's reaction to Justin Hawkins' reaction to his brother's reaction to Yungblud.

Protect Viz at all costs.

In an old ad for board game Scattergories in Spain a player was shown flouncing out while anothet said “OK, we’ll accept ‘octopus’ as a pet”. “Aceptamos pulpo” has now entered the language in the meaning of “that’s a bit of a stretch but let’s go with it just for the sake of argument”.

Special Gig Announcement. Particularly for those of you who might be Brighton-adjacent.

Stravinsky saw Charlie Parker play at Birdland

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

A set of extremely unusual circumstances admittedly but Winston Churchill could conceivably have been present at both Custers Last Stand and Stone Cold Steve Austin’s birth.

British PE equipment as postwar political economy: The Apparatus - peak Thatcherism, shiny and new, novelty soon wore off The Horse - solid postwar settlement with impending sense of danger

Love this thread. The Apparatus!

“Anyone who had a Hat” - you are an absolute comedy genius, Allison!

Bit niche I think, but apparently this parking spot is reserved for female rock climbers.

Misread this slightly as being written (not reposted) by @justinedwards.bsky.social - and my first thought was - what a surreal and interesting #beermatoftheday

My friend Matt Inman made a great comic about AI…

I may be misremembering it, or possibly only dreamt it, but I'm convinced there's a scene in the later series where he's playing with his He-Man figures and says "Back in your cave, Fly Man!" while making Buzz Off zoom around Castle Grayskull.

Don’t remember that, but my giddy aunt thank you Captain! My wife and I have very fond memories of this show and you’ve made our week pointing it out!

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

'Viewtiful Joe' was released 22 years ago today on October 7th, 2003 for the Nintendo GameCube! It's a side-scrolling action game where you use 'VFX' to give Joe powers like slow-mo or mach speed, and it's just bursting with style. Give it a try! It's an actual gem. HENSHIN-A-GO-GO-BABY!🎥

This is the origin story for Supergran

Gappy goosday