It’s the start of the annual three month period when I put on weight

Oh come on quordle. No need to get personal

The scientists of 1961 were PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES

Advertisers! Can I just post somewhere for the record that I neither have toenail fungus nor want to see pictures of toenail fungus? (This is just going to make it worse, isn’t it?)

Forget autism. What causes narcissism?

There are hardly any radio stations left that look like the radio stations you imagine in your brain, with actual turntables and moody lighting, but Soho Radio is one of them. And I'll be using them EXTENSIVELY between 6pm and 8pm. Join me, why don't you?!

I mean, yes, there is a Fastest and a Fewest Emissions route. Be bold, Apple Maps, and label the other route. Slowest? Only Go This Way If You Are Having An Affair With Someone In Amiens?

Just landed at Roissy. Hoping to see M Bertillon in the customs hall

I never learn the lesson not to put a banana in my bag, believing I will retrieve it quickly enough afterwards.

Quarter of UK university physics departments at risk of closing, survey finds

Wow we should base our entire economy on this technology

New papers from group: • Carbon burning calculations from PhD student Grant Close, published in Physics Letters B (doi.org/10.1016/j.ph...) • Reaction rates in hot environments for neutron capture on Os-188 from PhD student Nick Lightfoot, out today on arXiv (arxiv.org/abs/2509.12404)

Congrats to PhD student Grant Close on his paper on stellar carbon burning www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Absolutely!

Wisely placing the police next to the sword bearer at today’s church service

Just noticed Stick Man on Google Maps. He's on the outskirts of Guildford

Went to Hamburg and lost my jumper. youtu.be/jxmZZBJQAKM

Does she own the broadcast rights to the song Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have a Lovely Time) by Fiddler's Dram?

I forgot to play Wordle on Monday and my starting word came up. How is your week going?

I don’t think I want to know what a “dark shower” is

As a Bluey-watching family, two phrases from the show have become common parlance with us, both coincidently with the abbreviations BW: Bum Worms and Bush Wee. Both very useful. Today, I just read an email from someone signing off with BW. I wondered what the relevance of bum worms was.

When in Hamburg … a (vegan) hamburger for lunch

TIL that NAIROBI is spelt in ALL CAPS

Child 2’s new school mandates an app that uses homework as a count noun and I hate it.

West Point say "No THanks"

Is it just me or are there a lot more honking geese migrating overhead this year?

I always wondered what Let It Ride was about

Have updated the kitchen blackboard with the younger 3 children’s after school activities - just the ones at a fixed time every week. Happy new school year everyone!

The panels for REF2029 have been announced... 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/expert-...

Historical price sticker from when Waterstones had an apostrophe

I am looking for a parent and fresher to chat to for Money Box Live next Wednesday. In my Ideal Radio Dream World, you’d be willing to audio record yourselves with a phone out shopping for uni stuff at eg supermarket or Ikea. [email protected] is my email - please share if you know someone

o ur shitting me its not september already

Have never seen one of these license plates before, certainly not in Guildford

The flag “debate” is simple. Is flying an England flag inherently racist? Obviously not. Are the people currently doing it en masse racist? Clearly yes.

I swear we need an extra wardrobe just for all the leavers / cast / event hoodies that the kids collect.

I'm on Radio 4 at 10am with @gregjenner.bsky.social and Darren Herriott, who makes Hannibal of Carthage very funny indeed. (Longer version on the @bbcsounds.bsky.social site in the UK, just in case you don't have the radio on.)

I like this level of engagement with X where a few nice and intrepid people look at it and pass on the highlights without me having look at it any more.

A road sign I know well

More of the same from Edinburgh University Nothing screams ‘financial crisis’ like a VC on £420k salary paired with a redundancy scheme Still £24m was saved through frozen promotions & severance — enough to keep senior management's pay deals nicely cushioned www.holyrood.com/news/view,ed...

Mm-hmm

Some light reading during son’s speed skating training session

The UK does not have a "migrant crisis" or a "small boat crisis". It has a racism crisis, and it has been deliberately created.

Visiting my parents in Bishop’s Stortford. Have taken to calling it BiSto.

About to get train from Tottenham Hale. Stansted Express. Stansted Express. Are you real? Yes or no?

Just saw it written down and it turns out that band Wool Phallus actually spells itself Wolf Alice 🤷

About a buoy. Lost buoy. Good punning.