I've just realised (by dint of noticing an upcoming 40th anniversary re-release) that Rum, Sodomy and the Lash was released when I was sweet(?) sixteen.
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I've just realised (by dint of noticing an upcoming 40th anniversary re-release) that Rum, Sodomy and the Lash was released when I was sweet(?) sixteen.
Amen
Mini toad-in-the-hole
Also, it's really shit looking bacon.
Can anyone set up a meeting between this woman and our current Home Secretary. She really seems to know what she's talking about when it comes to asylum law, and really understands the importance of family reunion. x.com/YvetteCooper...
Dictatorially?
Also MOAR CHEESE
Diplomatic!
But do you do the cheese course before or after the pudding course?
First impressions of the Connemara coast: breathtakingly beautiful, but currently uncannily like being inside a very green car wash.
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I'm not entirely convinced "thrust" was wrong, tho
"thrust" was meant to be "just'
At this shitty time in the universe, thrust remember the wisdom: "Look around They're moving in Hold your ground When they begin We can do it We can do it, and if they wanna they can try But they'll never get near Then they can get out of here"
I had the same question. The bluesky blog article explains some of the differences... bsky.app/profile/coff...
Every time you walk around this gate, a sheep bites a random child
Also applies to users who want to use DMs.
TCS - The cat sat OAO - on an orange AHH - and had hysterics Still ingrained after 45 years or so.
They already do agree verification for the UK. I'm slightly confused as to why they don't just re-use those. Maybe Mississippi req'ments are different to those in the UK? Maybe the bluesky UK infra doesn't have the capacity? Maybe they are taking a stand to raise awareness and opposition?
He's this -><- close to inventing the wheel.
I scored 14/21 on e-mail.wtf and all I got was this lousy text to share on social media.
The search completion suggestions on X seem to be trying to say something...
slightly diminish a band: nine centimetre nails
View on my walk home from dinner.
Vile use of language.
I always think of them as "The Brexit Party Ltd, trading as Reform UK"
Those coffee pods have bigger problems than just ink contamination.
Heard the latest news from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration? We detected the collision of the most massive pair of black holes so far: #GW231123 weighing in at ~137 + ~103 times the mass of the Sun! So to celebrate, here’s a handy chart ✨ Just how chonky are these black holes? 🤔
Maybe you always roll an even number of times.
Hazelnut Old-Fashioned O'Clock appears to have crept up on me.
Felix chilling in his hammock.
@sayeedawarsi.bsky.social Thank you for highlighting this. It's disgusting that the charities commission condones it. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
If you’re contributing to the commercial success of the Harry Potter franchise then you’re funding the removal of Trans+ rights. There is a very transparent funnelling of money toward that. So you don’t get to say you don’t wish to ‘add to the trans debate’. www.radiotimes.com/tv/fantasy/k...
I can see the argument, but I would consider that the front. I'd put a hat on the bit I see as the top - i.e. the bit closest to me ..
Tip, I reckon.
My favourite (not my favourite) is when you press the call button to get someone to deal with one of your machines that has gone beepy and they tell you "Yeah - that's finished, I'll get someone to detach it" then nothing happens for at least an hour.
View from the bar...
My cat starting me out from the litter tray.
If only Ultravox - Vienna (#6) had sold a few more copies, I wouldn't have to admit to Shakin Stevens - This Ole House being (#5)
This was the best selling - www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPud... #2, #3 and #4 were bangers too: Soft Cell - Tainted Love; Adam and the Ants - Stand and Deliver; Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming.
Mine were:- Plain 👍👍 Lobster 👎👎 Truffle 👍 And I still scored almost nothing in the top half despite the truffle!
Mine came out very like that but more so, largely because I said "ugh!" to anything involving lobster.
When he was mentioned during the Glastonbury coverage, my daughter asked "is he the one with the emu?"
How bizarre!
SO UNPLUG THE JUKEBOX AND DO US ALL A FAVOUR, LADS
ANT MUSIC
ANT MUSIC
Fictional folks!
Who are these people who "want zero safeguards"?
Me (under my breath to Alexa without invoking her name): I'm loving this current mix but please, for god's sake, play something shit next so that I can switch off. Alexa: (faint guitar strumming fades in) ... "Ground control to Major Tom..." Me: FFS
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My first thought was "They're not THAT big", until I realised I'd misread the text as "giant candles".
This is me and Mrs O, three days ago.
Y THO?
I think proper etiquette would DEMAND that you request one to avoid embarrassment for KST.
This has to be one of the most minor... Many years ago(*), I once exchanged a knowing nod with actor James Nesbitt in an adjacent car in a traffic jam. Looked like he was moving house or helping somebody move (car full of stuff). (*) It was while Cold Feet was on TV. I'm guessing 1998/99
I want to eat the forbidden ice-cream sandwich.
Ah - missed that one!
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It's always projection with the right.
Follow-up question that should have happened: what DID you do to those 11 women and why do YOU think they accused you?
Obviously if it was me that had scored the 180, I'd have earned it more, but I'm just not tired yet and need to read and don't want to wake my wife up (hence the head torch which I used to sneak my meds out of the bedroom 😁).
... So I think I've earned this, even though it's probably a bad idea this time of night. (*) We were both pretty bad at the darts, but my mate did manage his first ever 180...
So, I just got home from a night of good beer and bad(*) darts with an old friend, then did the bins (including crushing a roomful of cardboard down to a single box size) and cleared out the litter tray in case our (possibly slightly senile) old cat takes against it and shits in the living room...
Wow! This is a "must read" piece for anyone who thinks that LLM-based AI is going to replace us all any time soon. It's especially relevant for anyone in a management role who is currently considering replacing some functions with LLMs.
This is how ammonites form.
Next cut: one interferometer arm only.
Careful. If the Trump administration reads this they will change their minds and say that LIGO can operate two sites, but only one arm of the interferometer in each site.
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Am sitting in a hotel by the sea having afternoon tea and struck by the thought that sexing a seagull is probably quite an undignified procedure for both parties.
"self-proclaimed" strongman
My family tradition is to always pronounce it in French - i.e. "dangereux"
I have eaten the rhubarb that was in the garden and which you were probably saving for your family Forgive me it was delicious so tart and so pink
Check if the Polar Bear pub is still open.
My meds ban me from grapefruit, Seville oranges and pomegranate.
I feel that the fact that the gene has a hole, coupled with this "The ARHGAP36 gene is also active in many other areas of the body including the brain [...], and is considered important for development" might explain quite a lot about orange cats.
Deep-fried flip-flop?
Home Office special advisors now literally just inventing scary numbers based on absolutely nothing. There is no remotely credible analysis - inside the Home Office or out - that backs this up. archive.ph/ka6ga
This letter from Tony Vaughan KC, the MP for Folkestone, is the clearest articulation I’ve seen on the flaws of the interim update from the EHRC. The section titled ‘Legal Incoherence’ hits the nail on the head.
I like the idea of Darts Vader. Using the force to deflect Luke Littler's darts.
Mince, thick as.
Terrifying Food (If Literal) 1. Bang Bang Chicken #art #chicken
The White House has turned COVID.gov from a public health resource into a politically charged platform promoting the lab-leak theory and attacking specific scientists and the pandemic response in general. Let’s fact check its 5 headline claims… 🧵
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
Good question. I ended up buying Carpathia by @irinageorgescu.bsky.social and cooking it at home.
An excellent illustration of the utter economic incontinence of the Trumpers' Tariff formula. Not even wrong.
Sorry, sorry, new missing poster with up to date details, shares appreciated ty
My OnlyFans is just me explaining how the US government calculated their new tariff rates so as to permanently cure your imposter syndrome.
Sad, I know, but when I can't sleep I'm obsessed with seeing words/phrases when looking at my digital alarm clock upside down. I just saw "hi:ho".
There were a bunch of tariff and trade explainers created, albeit from the UK perspective, at the time of Brexit. Off the top of my head is be looking back at @annajerzewska.bsky.social and @explaintrade.com
Maybe somebody should paraphrase this using shorter words and meme-style illustrations and send it to cheeto-face in the White House
Eliot Higgins 