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Howdy, I'm the Sheriff of Chartcrimes round these parts and I'm here to lock you up.

You're looking at velvet malachite, Cu2CO3(OH)2.

A few warnings:
Please resist the urge to touch it to feel how soft it is.
Absolutely /do not/ lick it.
Keep far away from any Supermen.
If a wingéd creature emerges, do not agree to any pacts.

Let's talk about the science here.

That's Bluesky, no ? In the early days it was just FT journos and furries.

As it's 10 years since Prince died (and the world went to hell), please enjoy this pic of Ed Miliband photoshopped into the Lovesexy album cover

Developing LarrySummersGPT. It goes as you would expect.

Come offline, and listen slowly with me Come offline, and listen slowly with me

**NEW POST**

I'm starting a slow listening club on my Substack. It's an invitation to come offline & listen instead.

To explain why, this is why classical music is so important to me, and why I think slow, deep, engaged listening is such a powerful thing.

leahbroad.substack.com/p/im-startin...

Not saying that Cost Centre #2 is at a posh school but he *did* just announce that he will be home late tonight because he has a croquet match

Menswear writer here. 👋 Let me tell you why you shouldn't wear an armband like that. 🧵

Slight tangent but was once told of a mix up at a wedding. Someone requested ‘the Robin Hood song’, wanting Everything I do, I do it for you and instead walked in to ‘Robin Hood, Robin Hood, Riding through the glen’

Pope John Paul I was murdered

In some ways the more interesting question isn't who you replace Starmer with, it's who replaces Reeves. Especially because Miliband is the standout candidate for the latter and he can't do both.

A bloviating man with short hair and a furrowed brow in a tie speaks in front of a microphone while a bald bearded man in front of a wood-panelled wall behind him claps his hand over his face

Jenrick speaks on Mandelson's vetting to bring up small boats and

A reminder that my Starter Pack of Simons is a great way to find new Simons, and connect with Simons you’ve known in the past:

go.bsky.app/82FJYYa

Reminded of Miliband's best line

Surveying the two dominant strands of the timeline today... "Ousting an unpopular PM is a bit like arriving at the airport for a flight. Sure, doing it too early has some costs, but..."

TUI as the new naval hegemon.

I also enjoy that the names are just "my ship" with a number, absolute chads.

it me

And I'm guessing, good luck getting probate

Royal Caribbean Stalag Luft III

two men sit in front of a sign that says dealbook summit ALT: two men sit in front of a sign that says dealbook summit

Imagine if this guy showed up at your front door and said, “I’m here to collect all of your personal information and while I’m doing that I’m going to clear up some misconceptions about the Nazis.”

*Palantir execs trying to explain their glorious vision so we’ll invite them inside*

Also he ̶a̶s̶c̶e̶n̶d̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶H̶e̶a̶v̶e̶n̶ left for the Undying Lands via the Grey Havens

In all seriousness I think one of the reasons LoTR is such an incredible book is that it has not one but three Christ figures. Frodo (Christ the martyr), Gandalf (Christ the teacher) and Aragorn (Christ the king)

i am a neutral and i want arsenal to win the league because human rights abusing petrostates are worse than annoying fans, and i don't understand how this isn't a consensus opinion.

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050: I. Allegro

Bach's 5th Brandenburg Concerto with a solo piano instead of the traditional harpsichord is extremely wonderful. The cadenza has never sounded better.
open.spotify.com/track/2QF3Ff...

Yes, the fact that I'm attending the White House Correspondents Dinner might SEEM like a supine gesture of complete deference to the insane dullard who demands total obedience from the press, BUT that's until you see the secret message I have on my pocket square

HOW IT STARTED...

HOW IT'S GOING.