I love print media @theonion.com @bencollins.bsky.social

@robinince.bsky.social... will be KBOs. But no. The options were Uranus, Neptune, Mercury & Saturn. Mercury was apparently discovered in 1500BC, and Saturn - the 5th or sixth brightest object in the sky - was discovered in 1610. I remonstrated to no avail. Loving the book.

@robinince.bsky.social I just read p152 of "I'm a joke etc". I was at a PTA quiz night earlier this year. One round was "put 4 things in order". One question was "when planets were discovered". Ooh, I thought, this will be interesting - only 2 actual planets were discovered, so at least 2 options...

I recently had cause to phone my mobile. I was startled to hear my own voice asking me to leave a message, because I realised that I recorded that message in May 1999 and have never changed it. Sure as hell can't change it now.

The mathematician John Venn was born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn diagram.

Genius: chinwag.au/verification/

Mon Mothma is the BEST in Andor, and Genevieve O'Reilly is a gorgeous, gorgeous woman. Couldn't do better.

I am unreasonably annoyed that every headline about Felix Baumgartners death says it was is a "paraglider" accident. Then mentions the engine. It's just sloppy and wrong. Google "Gell-Mann amnesia"

When Superman saves Palestinian children.

Once again, Connections success depends on the player not being able to pronounce English words properly, aka having an American accent (and quite a specific one, too).

So statesmanlike

By now, we've all seen the video of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and handcuffed for asking a question during Kristi Noem's press conference. But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.

Your First Doctor- either Tom Baker in Pyramids or McCoy in Greatest Show. Saw both as repeats when very young. Favourite Doctor: Troughton Favourite Companion: Ian Chesterton (classic), Bill Potts (New) Favourite Story: Caves of Androzani (classic), Human Nature/Family of Blood (new)

Wife bought a spice rack from Ikea, well-known flat-pack purveyors. It's called Bekvam The Klingon noun suffix vam means "this" The Klingon verb beQ means "be flat". choDojmoH, Ikea.

Andor S02E05 has two cameos that made me double take: Ruby Wax as two dreadful TV presenters and Pui Fan Lee, the o.g. Po.

Today is the third anniversary of me retiring from Wordle, after getting it in one. Luck, obviously, but I'm the luckiest bugger I know.

Did this years ago. It went viral at the other place. Happy Birthday/Deathday WS!

SORRY. Sorry. Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement

The word "octarine" was RIGHT THERE. I am disappoint. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

I mean if you don’t share this picture of Jean Marsh, are you even thinking RIP Jean Marsh?

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Another person surprised and hurt the leopards ate HIS face.

In 1968, Douglas Engelbart revolutionized computing by showing the mouse, hypertext, and collaborative computing in "The Mother of All Demos". Most of his ideas are now part of everyday computing, but one device—the keyset—failed to catch on. Let's look at Engelbart's demo and the keyset. 1/N

Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.

gonna be sporting and give tim a five minute head start

That weird thing when you have an agreeable walk/climb/Abseil in the lake district, then while you're winding down you get interviewed about water quality and turn up on the BBC the next morning.

Another winner.

Ten years ago today i flew a paraglider from Heron Pike to Rossett Pike to Raise and back to Heron Pike. Not my longest, but most exacting and exciting. I miss flying...

The word "other" does not belong in that paragraph.

I gotta admit, seeing this level of open corruption goes a long way towards explaining why the Imperial stormtroopers' gear in Star Wars turned out to be completely useless the first time some stone-age teddy bears started throwing hands.

The Busy World of Doctor Who

When you are dead, you don’t know you’re dead. It’s only hard for the people around you. It’s the same when you’re stupid.

I've just been reminded this is overdue...

Today I learned that what the English call chickpeas are also known as "garbanzos". Today i also learned that every time I say that word I'm going to preface it with "my lady" and do a Cat Stevens impression.

Just finished filling in the government AI survey. I finished with: "The government should err on the side of protecting the individual from the exploitative corporation - we elected a Labour government. If they can't do that, then what are they even for?"

Still struggling with news headlines about the chancellor of the exchequer. Every time its "blah blah blah, says Reeves", I'm still reading it in my head in the voice of Vic Reeves

I really love how people are happy to repost things on here.

If you've never seen this... You're welcome. youtube.com/watch?v=ugv1...

You better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I'm telling you why, Santa Claus despises weakness

Ok, if you’re a small artist/creator with an online shop, post it in the replies here. If you’re not, repost this and with any luck the people gift hunting will find the gift makers. Let’s go!

Just the Dino hand, please.

I needed to get this out of my head youtu.be/AxgNUWVwLQA?...

NEVER FORGET AND NEVER GO BACK.

It was the Busta Rimes, it was the Wusta Rhymes