Laughing with delight -- we had a pint there two years ago, after visiting HMS Victory and the Mary Rose. Glad to hear they still pull a proper pint.

* taps the sign *

I occasionally regret that BSKY does not have a laugh reaction. This is one of them!

And I encourage all my gentle readers who write, sing, perform, paint... Go to the original post, quote-repost, and thank them, in your turn.

You are welcome.

Heads up, friends. Block and bounce!

Do the Bluesky bounce. You'll have a much better time.

It is (headcanon) now.

Nor I, forsooth.

Jane Goodall - Finding our way to a better future YouTube video by Cambridge University

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall.

Jane was a much-loved member of the conservation community in Cambridge and worldwide. She completed her PhD at @darwincollegecam.bsky.social and was an Honorary Fellow at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIzR...

"Blackpill" irony is, perhaps, an aesthetic substituting for an ideology. Still sitting with that. But the faithlessness, the nihilism that ignores other people, the whole ugly NPC trope, is definitely A Thing.

A Thing much of the commentariat are missing.

Reminder: THE INTERNET IS A PALANTIR. DO NOT BE DENETHOR.

All my UK readers: Stop Farage and Reform now, while it's still easy. Many people sat out our last election, and you can see what's happening here.

Don't let it happen in the UK.

I mean, he's not wrong...

Well, to ask that question is to answer it...

Unexpected pleasures from tonight's trip to Downton Abbey: the Grand Finale...

Queer characters as agents of moral change and decency.

Also (related?) the best portrayal of Noel Coward I can think of in any fictional work in the last... Ever?

*taps the sign*

One wonders if the Economist's author has ever set foot in European public transit...

To (perhaps) clarify the analogy: the US is still fiddling with old school rockets. Europeans have their "space elevators" _right now_.

Soooooo... If Governor Landry has such a problem on his hands, he has the authority under Louisiana law to declare an emergency and mobilize the National Guard on his own.

Of course, Governor Landry is answerable to his voters. And to a donor class who would not welcome a collapse in tourism...

Let them fight.

Does this rise to the level of depraved indifference yet? Asking for a friend...

To all my English, Scots, Welsh friends and readers: hard same. Throw who you would under the bus... They will not be sated. Stop them now, because it will only get harder from here if you don't.

Go, be wyth each othir

This tracks.

So... Refuse to be intimidated.

keep up the good work, the big acts and the small, resolve to show up, register, vote.

Let's turn the tide.

There are so many good points here, I won't even try to pick one. Now... What to do next...

... I can roll with this. (If the original commenter surfaces, I will happily give full credit in a follow-up comment on this thread!)

Tremendous crossover move right here:

Right. You want cat pictures, gentle readers? I gotcher cats right here...

Can't. Stop. Laughing.

(I know, these are ugly times. But in such times, under such wretched regimes, mockery is potent. Joy is transgressive. Go Team Sub!)