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...
2 Comments
'Back to Life'
Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"I put my Sherlock Holmes hat on because I didn't realise that I'd ever been near the bridge," he said."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0lyrd22d9no
"And in fact, I had never been near the bridge because it's 271 miles from where I live. So I was quite perturbed and annoyed."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1ly34z81qeo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuYefMDbvU4
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04y6dvpdx5o
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/13/australia-visa-pr...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L51lTppnYe4&list=RDL51lTppnYe4&start_rad...
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/13/natural-sugar-cloud-dust...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STugQ0X1NoI&list=RDSTugQ0X1NoI&start_rad...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/13/tom-cruise-digger-trailer-t...
It's Quite Simple, Innit.
Rocket Science.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4dkwgker3o
"At 17:46 a unit housing fertiliser exploded."
Sleep Tight.
'Wiggles Worth'
Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"Basically it began because of the money Louis XVI lent to America to fight for their independence left France on the verge of bankruptcy. The king was faced with two unattractive alternatives: either cut back on royal court luxuries or assemble the Estates General to reform the taxing system and pass new taxes. He chose the latter course, which began the conflict of classes in French society. Combine this with the preceding 3 years of famine in France and the country was ripe for revolution."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074t5l
".... and Belgium became the first country in continental Europe to be transformed economically. Like its British progenitor"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCZuYS-9qaw&list=RDPinBVYKQGeM&index=2
"These ideas pushed innovations and regulations that provided people with more material conveniences while also enabling them to produce more, travel faster, and communicate more rapidly."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYYAv-QW38Q&list=RDPinBVYKQGeM&index=10
It's Raining...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jul/26/women-witchcraft-fi...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAZQaYKZMTI&list=RDPinBVYKQGeM&index=4
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/25/new-north-sea-oil-drill...