Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"I’m more concerned with my Apple Watch beeping about my heart rate after a third martini than I am an artificial lake that … shows you a reversed version of the thing you’re standing in front of. Yup, there it is. That building. Again. But upside down. Brilliant."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/27/american-democracy...
Enjoy.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/27/why-bari-weiss-is-hiring...
Never, A Dull Moment.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddplvrglrpo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6swgiM9vSEE&list=RD6swgiM9vSEE&start_rad...
""We need to see a vision, we need to see the plan because unfortunately a vision without a plan is a dream," he said."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clye5llzm13o
Cos, you're Darned if ya Do ...
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/26219494.new-editor-press-gazette-heral...
"I'm not going to start jumping up and down until I've had a look."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htdvdm7cJnA&list=RDhtdvdm7cJnA&start_rad...
"We're very conscious of environmental issues [and] always thinking of ways to combat them."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYTYqs-ytSk
In Answer, to the local 'Dull Mensa Club'.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/28/hill-i-will-die-on...
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'Empty Vessels'
Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"I leave the footpath to stand on a snow patch, disturbing a spider that runs off across the frozen crystals. A few yards farther along, the mountainside is awash with colour: tiny Alpine flowers alive with bees and crickets in a world surrounded by jagged peaks."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clye9j58dkjo
"A pair of chamois watch from a crag, then clatter off up an almost vertical face. Having stopped walking, I’m cooling down fast and put on a jacket. I am in Spain, I tell myself, during a European heatwave."
https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/26238641.scarborough-town-meeting-1...
"Residents have been invited to attend the meeting at The Royal Hotel, Scarborough, at 3pm on Wednesday, July 1."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pCQ85iZ9yw&list=RD-KriUokCLHg&index=6
"However, neighbours have already lodged several objections to the application for the Redcliffe Hotel, which follows several years of complaints about antisocial behaviour from residents."
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/jun/29/adventure-travel-hike-pic...
Measures in Place...
"The next bridge across the River Esk is the A171 New Bridge just under a mile upstream."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67tT2PbiWcI&list=RD67tT2PbiWcI&start_rad...
Bingo.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-study-solves-two-mysteries-about-wobb...
""The way to think about advertising is it's almost like a mirror of society… It really tracks how society has developed, whether that's the depiction of families, gender roles or the way in which technology features in our lives.""
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqdzd7zx24o
"Council leaders say the tunnels would be cheaper than building new ferries and replacing harbours."
'Mood Music'
Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"The US president promised that his actions would “unleash prosperity” in Venezuela; his priority is opening the country up for private investors and managing its oil sales. In typically crass style, Mr Trump declared that outside the disaster zone “people are dancing in the streets”.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/29/the-guardian-view-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk&list=RDlDK9QqIzhwk&start_rad...
""If you stick a teenager in an isolated room all day not doing anything, they're gonna just end up getting mad.""
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgl1egyl79o
"It is a sign of the scale of the political and social turmoil of the past decade, and deep-seated displeasure with Starmer, that it seems quite normal – rational, even – to take a punt on someone to run the country who hasn’t even had to pitch for the job, all on a vague feeling that he will be a bit better than the last guy."
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jun/30/bayeux-great-mediev...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfmYCM4CS8o&list=RDMfmYCM4CS8o&start_rad...
lol
"There are questions about whether Britain should continue to host the US installations on its soil."
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/30/nuclear-weapons-storage-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw&list=RD9jK-NcRmVcw&start_rad...
Never, Mind.
"On 13 April 2029, the asteroid 99942 Apophis will pass safely at a distance of about 32,000 kilometers above Earth's surface, within the geostationary orbit, posing no threat to the planet. This extremely close approach will make the asteroid visible to billions of people with the naked eye in the clear night sky."
https://www.un.org/en/observances/asteroid-day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzRPDXho_do
Cartoon Characters.