Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"The House of Commons reconvenes on Tuesday to elect the speaker, after which MPs, old and new, will be officially sworn in, a process that can take several days."
https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jul/06/labour-starmer-rig...
"Each of these pre-eminent technologies shaped the societies that they enveloped. Print shaped the world for four and a half centuries, followed by broadcast, which ruled for 50 years or so. None of this would have surprised a biologist, who would see human culture as something that grows in an enveloping nutrient. Change the nutrient and you change the culture that grows in it."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/29/closing-th...
"To make things worse, we also invented a technology that enables every Tom, Dick and mad Harry to publish whatever they like on opaque global platforms, which are incentivised to propagate the wildest nonsense. And to this we have now added powerful tools (called AI) that automate the manufacture of misinformation on an epic scale. If you were a malign superpower that wanted to screw up the democratic world, you’d be hard put to do better than this."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9gOQgfPW4Y
"Starmer’s first session answering prime minister’s questions, probably with Rishi Sunak putting the questions as leader of the opposition, has been pencilled in for 24 July, the week after the state opening of parliament on 17 July."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/07/commons-334-roo...
22 Comments
'Time for a few Zeds'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"Still, I suppose there are a lot of unemployed ex-Tory MPs, so maybe they might like to retrain for the construction industry. I can just see Liz Truss as a plasterer. Jacob Rees-Mogg as a chippy."
Cottingham Day...
"The curfew announcement comes as Naidoc week celebrations kick off in the town of about 25,000, attracting about 5,000 visitors from across the NT, Western Australia and South Australia."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/08/less-is-more-ke...
lol
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8807nkvy2lo
"It is the second time a precious item has been taken from the caverns, after the fossilised tooth of an extinct shark was stolen last year."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUL_yawY6Ks
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/nov/08/kids-these...
'Ferroan Anorthosite'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"A cross-party group of councillors including the town’s charter mayor have called out several recent “stories in tabloid newspapers that disrespect our town” amid an effort to improve the resort’s image. It comes amid criticism that Scarborough has a “lack of investment” and “high rates of crime” as well as a “scarcity” of high street shops.”"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/21/ive-finall...
"“Everyone has a right to their opinion, but when I look out of my window to see the bay, I think it’s lovely.”"
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/24534003.leaders-dismiss-unfair-tabloid...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwEMfLjxq8M
"But the scientists detected magnesium, which they believe was from deep inside the Moon, thrown up from the crash and propelled over the surface. Some of the villagers trapped in the quarantine zone have reignited an old pagan cult that dates back to the dissolution of the monasteries."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifARMmcqhD8
Fruit Bowls.
https://www.theguardian.com/games/article/2024/aug/21/atomfall-nuclear-c...
"Many site owners say they can’t afford to block Google’s AI from summarising their content. That’s because the Google tool that sifts through web content to come up with its AI answers is the same one that keeps track of web pages for search results, according to publishers. Blocking Alphabet Inc’s Google the way sites have blocked some of its AI competitors would also hamper a site’s ability to be discovered online."
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/20/techscape-elo...
The boating lake at Peasholm Park is beautiful.
https://peasholmpark.com/about/naval-warfare.html
One Day Rudders...
https://rove.me/to/england/peasholm-park-naval-battles
There was no Organist.
"Anthropic used pirated versions of their works and others to teach Claude to respond to human prompts."
lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WMzi4jHJSE
https://newbyandscalby-tc.gov.uk/minutes-of-extraordinary-council-meetin...
Cold War Gymnastics.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/20/anthropic-ai-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_xmujSyxkU
"Awkward, I admit, to have to take lessons in politics from the likes of Festival Director - Julian Caddy - is looking forward to a unique activity which invites attendees to share their memories of Scarborough in a Victorian Bathing Machine."
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/scarborough-streets-bri...
About that Museums Collection.
Thou must not Swivel...
A 'Search for Spook'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"A week on Saturday, the Conservatives will elect their new leader. Rishi Sunak, a symbol of what went before, will finally exit the stage and his successor will enter it - and so become one of the central characters of the years ahead. And on Wednesday, the highly anticipated and long talked about Budget will be published."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/25/astronaut-hospitalized-n...
"He was at his most animated when I put it to him that his party seemed to be struggling to adjust to the realities of government."
https://ynygrowthhub.com/
"Before we know it, though, the long schlep home will begin – via Hawaii, California and Winnipeg - and Westminster’s tilt towards the Budget will become total."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE
"If they are out of work, learners are guaranteed a job interview with an employer after completing a Skills Bootcamp."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c774xjz3m7do
""And for that to be stolen… it’s absolutely terrible.""
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF1qfLMczNo
"Sandwiched between the soil and permafrost lie unusual metre-thick ponds of very salty water known as cryopegs, which are underlain by crystalised methane-water solids, kept stable by the high pressure and low temperature."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/23/terrawatch-mystery-of-si...
"Quantum computers promise to solve problems too hard for even the most powerful supercomputers - like those requiring vast numbers of parallel computations like complex weather simulations, the binding of drugs to their targets, or the vagaries of financial markets."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/25/state-backed-loans-firms-i...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbuFLUJ89Kw
"So he got out and said to Sir George 'I was hired to drive a coach not to fly your contraptions', and handed in his notice."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7481gev0k3o
'Remember, she did everything backwards and in heels.'
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/oct/24/thanks-to-this-unsung-magi...
Little Ears.
'Organic Frameworks'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
Never Count your Chickens...
"Just half a pound of the stuff may remove as much carbon dioxide as a tree can, according to early tests. Once the carbon is absorbed by the powder, it can be released into safe storage or be used in industrial processes, like carbonizing drinks."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/11/27/angela-rayner-meets-pope...
"Following his Budget, the head of McVitie’s has said that it has been harder to understand what the case for investment in the UK is."
Broomsticks.
"We define political consciousness as a way of seeing, caring about and acting in the world. It is guided by a commitment to human rights and justice and an understanding of power and inequity in social, political and economic systems, relations and values."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/25/san-francisco-navy-lab-h...
The Ironic.
"“Speak not of the wild animal, lest he should appear,” because you're simply too afraid of seeing one. The name bear is a euphemism; it's a good word substituted for a bad one. It's probably the oldest known euphemism in world ."
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/30/how-is-glitter-made...
Sleep Tight.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/29/covalent-organic-fra...
Hmmm...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjbQEEdVcDI
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qdj80py3no
lol
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/29/houseplant-of-the-w...
Straight Face.
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/24759156.nandos...
The Silence.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/understanding-plants/how-plants-breathe
"“There’s one thing for sure, whatever political position I hold, I will always fight for the coast and moors and the opportunities of the renewable sector.”"
Best not mention Harry Potter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52chF7DWJcY
""I always bring some different elements - improvisation, the piano, the flute, the jazz harmonisation - so that the music is going through another process of creolisation."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg7vwlg8rmo
'Climate Moderation'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"The root of the problems with the OSA is that it was framed and enacted by legislators who think that the “internet” consists only of the platforms of a small number of huge tech corporations. So they passed a statute that supposedly would deal with these corporate miscreants – without imagining what the unintended consequences would be on the actual internet of people using the technology for genuinely social purposes. And in doing so they have inadvertently raised the question famously posed by Alexander Pope in 1735 in his letter to Dr Arbuthnot: “Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?”"
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/24848641.york-north-yorkshire-can-tackl...
“We’ve already helped about 30 farmers build resilience and improve biodiversity so they can be much more environmentally-friendly."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDMCwSP5nf0
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/12/note-to-no-10-one-...
'Reserve Designs'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"The Royal Mint had announced that the author of Nineteen Eighty-Four, Animal Farm and Coming Up for Air is to be honoured on a new £2 coin to coincide with the 75th anniversary of his death."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99y0mp7p44o
"All these projects highlight one vivid point: that places not only need their own journalism, but can provide the audiences to support it."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/12/tech-barons-bbc-pl...
Never, Mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyFAnA9oPRE
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jan/11/why-we-cant-get-eno...
'Welcome, Approaches'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"As if he knows he can’t help making even the most interesting subjects just a wee bit dull. What should be engaging too frequently dies on the tongue. It’s his cross to bear. Integrity he can do with ease. Enthusiasm takes a little longer."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/13/ai-keir-starmer-sketch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMQegMnHIJ4
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/13/space-junk-rockets...
"Circular solutions include reuse, repair, recycling, eco-design, sustainable supply and responsible consumption."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zx8t9ty
Wheel Barrows.
lol
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7zg9xkyl3o
'Heritage Locomotives'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"Our products are essential to the continued operation of heritage locomotives, and nobody else makes what we make. Without our oilers, these magnificent machines would face costly and potentially unfeasible conversions. Our mission is to keep them running for future generations to enjoy.""
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/25/vinyl-carver-lathe-cutters...
"One guy just looked up from the ice-cream momentarily and went back to his selection. Fresh people kept coming in to the shop. It’s amazing how fast an atmosphere can be determined, yet how little it interrupts anyone’s plans. “Weird vibe. Ah, heist in progress. But I still need hummus.”"
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/25/starmers-message-after-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8_fLu2yrP4
"I’m not saying the bandits have a point, just that banditry is where we are"
https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/24954788.armstrong-oilers-unsung-he...
"Our mission is to keep them running for future generations to enjoy.""
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4apyYG5My0
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/26/what-i-have-learne...
'Soft Landings'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"The SpaceX Dragon capsule will make a fast and fiery re-entry through the Earth’s atmosphere, enduring temperatures of up to 1,600C. A heatshield will protect Butch, Suni and the two other astronauts they are travelling with, as they sit inside the capsule.
As the craft hits the atmosphere, it starts to rapidly slow and the astronauts will experience significant g-forces, about four times Earth’s gravity. Finally, four large parachutes will open up – with a jolt for those inside – but this then allows the craft to slow down enough for a gentle splashdown in the ocean. Helen Sharman, Britain’s first astronaut, made the ride home in a Soyuz capsule during her visit to space in 1991. She said the thrilling ride would be worth it."
https://newsthump.com/2025/03/17/woman-wondering-if-she-might-own-too-ma...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZjO45RJZjo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9de6q52g8qt
"In a statement they said performing arts organisations depend on a “fragile ecosystem” of freelancers who rely on copyright to sustain their livelihoods. They also urged the government to support the “moral and economic rights” of the creative community in music, dance, drama and opera."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KAqRiWUwz4
Imagine... wondering where you were.
'Flaming Typical'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said he was listening to the calls of protestors but suggested the city was "doing more here than anywhere else to support people facing homelessness"."
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/commentisfree/2025/mar/20/scatt...
Hmmm ...
""Stick some red spots on that and it would look like Toad from Mario Kart, wouldn't it?"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyrpyk5re8o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC0eBiw6lg8
Daisy Dukes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3YyUcU6lU0
Bless.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62x110p392o
'Daffodils'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
That's the Spring Statement sorted :
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/25/pete-hegseth-journ...
Extract your own...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdphvuyaV_I
Just setting the Tone.... ;-0
""This moment demands an active government stepping up to secure Britain's future... We need to go further and faster to kickstart growth, protect national security and make people better off through our plan for change.""
Dunno why we have to have two statements... economies grow on certainties.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAZQaYKZMTI
Recessions? Moi? They thrive on organised chaos.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy83dp70773o
"As a Signaller you’ll need to react to changing situations, make quick decisions and stay calm under pressure. Every day, you’ll face new challenges, some you expect and others you don’t. This could be responding to an incident such as trespassers on the line; you could be taking a line blockage to allow track access for maintenance colleagues, or communicating with a train driver about a problem they’ve encountered."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG1NrQYXjLU
Apparently they are looking for more cybersecurity apprentices too... '-0
""For the Lakes this was an epic landscape conservation story covering almost 150 years before the modern protection of the National Park," a spokesman said."
Velcro.
"“It doesn’t hurt to have an executive member of North Yorkshire Council who can go back and talk to their colleagues on that executive.”"
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/25/rachel-reeves-for-the-um...
lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF6JZsOv5BM
Keir Starmer says communities have spoken on 'fracking' and the answer is No.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/mar/26/spring-statement-ra...
Oh.
"It has now set up and is monitoring a series of traps with cameras in an attempt to coax the tiny dog out of a very large search area, Gardner told Guardian Australia."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/26/miniature-dachshu...
Bones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-max0wOTcuI
All the best things are Human.
A Smile A Day?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuOQXSyFcP0
I was just wondering what Variant we are all on now..
""If in doubt, say nowt" is how you might colloquially describe the approach, resisting the temptation to be drawn into commentary about the president's actions for fear of provoking a blast of his ire."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jp6n82k4xo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKktu7j2j3A
Keep Busy.
"“There’s one of us objecting to it and then the AGC brings two KCs and a solicitor,” says Kelcher."
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/may/04/uk-gambling-firms-adopt-...
"Under the Gambling Act 2005, Labour’s landmark liberalisation of gambling laws that successive governments have begun to roll back, the Gambling Commission and local authorities must “aim to permit” gambling, meaning they are legally bound to err on the side of permissiveness."
Extract Your Own.
'Lolland'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"“It is simply not acceptable that officers who are clearly unfit to serve or pose a risk to their colleagues cannot be removed. That’s why these new rules are essential and it is why this government has been working closely with forces to overcome these barriers to restore confidence in politics.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy70y2x3xj6o
Hmmm ...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/22/pope-last-sacrifice-gra...
"Most underwater tunnels - including the 50km Channel Tunnel between the UK and France – burrow through bedrock beneath the seafloor. Here instead, 90 individual elements will be linked up, piece by piece, like Lego bricks."
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/23/police-officers-who-fail...
"Meanwhile, in a meeting room atop a snowy Bond-villain mountain, Galactic Empire politicians are discussing the planet Ghorman and how best to extract its priceless deposits of “deep substrate foliated calcite”, the mining of which could cause the whole rock to break apart."
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/23/andor-season-two-re...
Its a Wednesday.
""As you can hear, it's quite thick," he says tapping on the metal. "When we have a finished element at the harbour, it will be towed out to the location and then we will slowly immerse it behind the steel doors here.""
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1_BmnaTjVw
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-24/australias-critical-minerals-what...
'Social Fonts'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"“Just how long it will take to get back to normal is something that [the national grid operator] Red Eléctrica still can’t say for sure,” he said. “There has never been a drop to zero in the system before and the idea now is to keep on with the progressive and prudent restoration of the supply to avoid any setbacks over the coming hours.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/28/power-begins-to-return-to-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekr2nIex040
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly5r9xxv6xo
Oh that Iberia ... best not mention nobbly Knee contests.
'Golden Domes'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"The system would consist of "next-generation" technologies across land, sea and space, including space-based sensors and interceptors. He added that Canada had asked to be a part of the system."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/19/dry-spring-weather-r...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsRFHJuBdII
Chews Wisely...
'Beyond the Seas'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"England expects that every man – and every woman – will do their duty. A war was both imminent and likely. This was no time for old people to moan about having their winter fuel allowance taken away. Rather they should be asking what they could be doing for their country. Joining the Home Guard. Knitting socks for fighter pilots."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/ckgqynw7392o
"No one is too young to fight. Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y5Yhb87U2U
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/02/keir-starmer-defence-re...
Chews Wisely ;-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62v6d47n5qo
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/oarfish-washes-up-ta...
https://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/25208225.gaia-installation-hexham-...
Oh, that National Park.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2vQYvgO9qY
One Day Rodders...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZTx_OIa89A
Square Roots.
"“But I think we can all agree that potential enslavement under the machines is still a better prospect than living under yet another Tory government.”"
The only way is Essex...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/18/shadow-fleets-cyber-...
Bless.
'Sets of Stickers'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"With the assistance of a local farmer, ladders and reaching poles, they managed to bring them down to safety and return them to a field."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2ymn5kedzo
"The 300-metre rooftop garden runs along the length of the building and encompasses the seventh to eleventh floors. It’s believed that 40,000 tonnes of soil has been brought to support 250 trees, with a running track winding through them. The garden was designed to accommodate bees, bats, birds and butterflies."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgffRW1fKDk
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/09/google-foxes-roof-london...
"It also has an indoor pool."
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/10/eurostar-vows-to-run-di...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRtFnxwmM3M
"“There’s a little hole in the garden where one lives,” they said."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce80ky14ylno
Humbugs.
"This isn’t really about walls."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jun/11/suns-south-pole-revealed...
'No Glampin'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"Asked how they will identify pirate shipwrecks, Kingsley said: “Generally, if you find a Dutch, English or French shipwreck, it has a very specific type of material culture on it. If it’s Spanish, it will have olive jars, a good marker. If it’s British, it may have Bristol or London tobacco pipes, for instance."
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/20/glastonbury-tv-watc...
"Pirates didn’t keep journals listing their lawlessness. What happened in Nassau stayed in Nassau. If we want to discover the truth, we’re going to have to dive for it.”"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiC1rgCPmUQ&list=RDOiC1rgCPmUQ&start_rad...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/19/expedition-new-providence-...
Apollo managed afiliates ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B67Zm5ZVMOI
lol
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/barrowcliffs-big-goodby...
Social Tourettes? Moi?
https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/25241126.race-waves-returns-bridlin...
Always, reads the Comments...
Next Year Rodders... ;-0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvQViPBAvPk
Best not mention Yurts.
'Out of the Loop'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"The odds of the space rock hitting Earth’s nearest neighbour have since risen to 4.3%, according to data from the James Webb space telescope."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jun/23/giant-asteroid-could-cra...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpKxoiAj5K8&list=RDNpKxoiAj5K8&start_rad...
"So let’s start with one that’s soft on the inside, crisp on the outside and oozing melted cheese…"
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/23/forever-now-review-timeles...
Poem of the Meek.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/23/poem-of-the-week-the-song-...
""It's really exciting how fast the space sector in our region has grown and how much faster it is likely to grow in the next few years with big organisations now taking a real interest in the area," she said."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4ge7e62ljwo
It's a real sign of Ambition..
'Carnival Goers'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"You wonder how they ever got through the vetting and the training. From now on, perhaps it will be a specific part of the vetting and the training. “Regan, you almost made it through, but when we played that bit of Rihanna in the final module, you shimmied a bit and there was a definite head bob. I’m sorry, this job isn’t for you.”"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/20/donald-trump-great...
"Space minister Sir Chris Bryant said: "Bringing things in house means we can bring much greater integration and focus to everything we are doing while maintaining the scientific expertise and the immense ambition of the sector.""
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gmjm8z47jo
"“There is a punch up over there and I know I should intervene, but I do like this banging tune, and I’m having a nice dance, so I’ll wait until it’s finished?”"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOgPyyf0gVM&list=RDKOgPyyf0gVM&start_rad...
"I always drive to the racecourse, but only after I have driven five laps of the inner ring road."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gJEyNhtw_g
Hmmm ...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/19/cops-policeman-ban...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-GUjA67mdc&list=RDz-GUjA67mdc&start_rad...
Thou must not be Rude.
"The SPIDER device will measure seismic activity on the Moon to help scientists understand micrometeorite impacts and the lunar subsurface, providing valuable data for future exploration, including NASA’s Artemis programme."
'Lots of Bubbles'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"The government has said it had received approaches from “independent third parties who have expressed an interest in returning some or all of the sites to steelmaking”, according to a letter from the Department for Business and Trade entered in court."
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/aug/21/you-be-the-judge-sh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPrZ4yAdj8I&list=RDxPrZ4yAdj8I&start_rad...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/21/government-control-libe...
"The positions span site management, property maintenance, commercial surveying, and ecology, and support the organisation's continued investment in housing, sustainable placemaking, and asset management."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAx6mYeC6pY&list=RDxPrZ4yAdj8I&index=2&a...
Sounds like a Plan ;-0
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/scarborough-prepares-fo...
Ohm Ohm Ohm ....
"The town's journey as a seaside spa resort began in the seventeenth century with the almost accidental discovery of mineral spring waters."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/aug/22/square-kilometre-array-o...
'Mediocre Portraits'
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"The project has come under scrutiny over additional costs needed to protect the barbastelle bats. Matthews said delaying the project could cost up to £500,000 a month, adding: "Very quickly it would escalate to being more expensive to fight this than to accept it."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg98e7me7lo
"Under the original plan, the ship's midsection was to be built at H&W's Belfast yard, with the bow constructed at H&W's Appledore facility in Devon and other sections in Spain, before final assembly in Belfast. But under the revised plan, the bow will be built in Devon, while the midsection and the remainder of the first ship will now be constructed in Cádiz."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9v7rgxv3mdo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMVFYGYr76A&list=RDsMVFYGYr76A&start_rad...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/18/trump-sunbed-king-stifl...
The Dodger Look...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/19/britain-donald-tru...
Oliver Twist.
'Isn't it Amazing'
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"Legend has it that when the two ships were side by side firing broadsides into each other the captain of HMS Serapis asked Jones if he was prepared to surrender, to which he reportedly replied "I have not yet begun to fight"."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cderg91dw20o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMZIg0btqMU&list=RDqMZIg0btqMU&start_rad...
"The US space agency had previously committed to launching no later than the end of April but said it aims to bring the mission forward. It's been 50 years since any country has flown a crewed lunar mission. Nasa will send four astronauts there and back to test systems."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy7pegvz17yo
"She said: "I've been bitten all over. It's a joke."
Lightbulbs.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly6z7yldp1o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_PN9rj0AuU&list=RDE_PN9rj0AuU&start_rad...
"The basin is thoroughly buttered, the dough rolled out into a 30cm circle. Slice out one quarter of it – from noon to 3pm, say – and reserve. The remainder should fit snugly into the contours of your pudding bowl. Spoon a bit of the apple, butter and sugar mixture into the bottom of the pastry lining. Pierce the lemon all over with a fork or cocktail stick and sit it upright in the mixture. Surround that with more apples, and then turn your reserved dough into a circular lid."
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/sep/23/steam-stodge-suet-endangere...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teW0KULIir0&list=RDteW0KULIir0&start_rad...