The First WORLD FENCING LEAGUE is happening April 25th!!! I'M GEEKING!!!
Japanese engineers developed this "Sword Tip Visualisation" tracking technology specifically for this event that will make it so much easier for the average person to see what's going on!
I MUST WATCH THIS ENTIRE TOURNAMENT
Bloody Hell! What the fuck is the BBC up to now?
Thanks. (Also, completely unrelated, enjoyed your chat with Mr Peake the other day. Thanks also for that!)
At what point are they just going to send the Ever Given into the Strait of Hormuz?
Klaus McForkface, a lifting robot developed by German manufacturer Linde AG, performed a stunning 1200-kilogram (2646 lb) overhead lift in Hamburg, beating the human world record by more than 300%
A picture of a rather dilapidated copy of "The picture of Dorian Gray" There is visible water damage to the cover and the plastic cover is yellowing. Obviously, not evident from the picture but there is a truly foul musty smell emanating from it!
Last week, a gentleman returned this rather dilapidated copy of this famous book to us after 50 years. He had found it in his attic!
Presumably this means there is a pristine copy somewhere in our libraries....
two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management
The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.
BREAKING: New data shows ZERO oil tankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz today, signaling what appears to be a complete shutdown of the Strait for the first time in history.
The Strait normally carries about 20% of the world’s oil supply.
Ah, memories of good times and bad times.
In niche, depressing cultural news, the Metropolitan Museum cafeteria has replaced its salad bar with a bulk candy bar.
Hmm, Stonewall welcoming Rowling and her attitudes towards trans people seems incompatible with their aims and ignores their history. Stonewall have been an LGBTQ+ charity; how can they drop the T?!
- My watch repair shop always opens at exactly 9am.
- Like clockwork?
- I bloody love it.
McDonald's says I can 'get epic free rewards' with my loyalty points.
I don't class a free hash brown as 'epic'...
(Even the top tier of a Big Mac doesn't quite compare to Ben Hur or The Iliad.)
Strap yourselves in for my most unpopular opinion ever: this is an indication that the price of petrol is about right now and was too low before.
It's amazing Kenny Canter never got a quiz show gig in the UK. Or that nobody in New Zealand was better than him.
Failsworth
Unrelated, ironically, I now live in Oldham (just!)
Wait wait I havent told you about the best part! Disney just fired 1000 of their employees, mostly artists, and replaced them with AI that copies their art. What a time to be alive, fellas!
Map of Europe behind newsreader has shape of Belgium filled in with sea.
Hey, #SNLUK, why is Belgium the sea?
Flash was everywhere. Now it's gone. Sound familiar?
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Israeli Zionazi scum.
Don't buy Israeli goods or services. Don't support artists who perform in Israel. Don't support businesses who trade in Israel.
Oh goodness, I'm turning into Old Man on Social Media, aren't I? Who else remembers Little Chef and Rumbelows?
Absolutely. I'm 47 and remember one in Hatfield, where I grew up!
The president of the United States is bragging about being able to write his own signature.
Now called Iceland.
They could do something dramatic like spurring off via the depot and the old alternative railway line on the other side of the valley area somehow, but linking it to Victoria would be nigh on impossible.
When it comes to Britain's poor use of measurement units, the "elephant in the room" is its failure to complete metrication.
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"Shakespeare Quote of the Day" app returning an error message instead of a quote: "An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made." This error message is then put on a picture of Shakespeare, treating it as if it was an actual Shakespeare quote.
Screenshot from a BBC educational website. The expanded section reads: "10. How to be polite and show respect In the old days of feudal Japan, a samurai warrior would shout You are trying to view Flash content, but you have no Flash plugin installed."
Remembering the ancient ways
Is this Red Bank, the large area that's already having towers built adjacent to the railway? Interested to read that it'll have another tram stop. I wonder where they propose to link it in to the existing lines.
