a Shutterstock image showing two hands seemingly opening doors, or perhaps window shutters, to reveal a rural vista on a pleasant day, where the words "retirement, are you ready?" are written in the sky. only the hands also look like the famous and totally gross "goatse" shock image.

I was overjoyed to see the goatse reference in the current newsletter as my work HR sent this (Shutterstock) image around the other day and there was basically no way to let anyone know I knew in case they didn't know, or to warn HR without having to explain myself. I feel a great weight is lifted.

a yellow van with Dick written on the side, and "convoi exceptionnel" (more or less "wide load" equivalent in EN) at the rear.

I see your mum has a delivery, etc.

there are few sounds more Brussels than this

It's not the epitome of corruption and neither is the British system "fucking the Brits". You're just repeating the stupidity of the referendum that presented everything in similarly simplistic terms.

Father's day suggestion at the supermarket. Cellophane wrapped monster energy drink & Lynx/Axe body spray.

Father's day at the supermarché. So much for pipe and slippers.

I think I might of read the sea the sea but +/- 1 million years ago so remember almost 0.

It's a good'n.

Fires.

My mum took me to meet him at a book signing. I was too young to pick up on it but she observed that he was unnecessarily miserable & apparently resentful at having to be there & speak to children. (Who paid for his lavish rock&roll lifestyle by buying his books with their hard earned pocket money).

Belgian children's TV again

Also, for the love of god, polling companies should be wiped off the face of the earth. They spend the time between elections doing this absolutely spurious, divisive garbage that adds precisely nothing to the sum of human knowledge or to the general good.

All you good good people and come back to what you know are both excellent songs.

Also, "son of bitch" gives strong GTA V vibes. Cousin, let's go bowling.

Broadcasting Standards Commission did this in 97 on 4 point scale (4=most offensive). You could map change in offensiveness over time. They (or at least newspaper reprinting)
used * for top 4 (cunt, motherfucker, fuck & wanker), but not for subsequent ones, some of which v likely more offensive now.

Wor Queen

The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

Same vibe as this article. Problem diagnosis: fine. Prescription: maybe, yknow, we can just all maybe be, like, nicer to each other, yeah?

THANKS BRAINIACS

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

You (singular & plural) should feel bad if you don't dismantle the global system, mmmkay. £25 please.

Just who are these spicy grills, asks high court judge

Non. Je suis vraiment inquieté. Monsieur Udigawa arrive dans quelques instants, et Lassiters, c'est un bordele totale!

I couldn't possibly comment

An excerpt from a document from scientific advisors to the EC, concerning cyber security, recommending that neither back doors nor other ways of weakening encryption should be introduced.

They already have:
op.europa.eu/en/publicati...

That's excellent! It's partly Granny's Garden inspired I guess? - the witch animation at least.

Great podcast discovery as well.

When the embodied AI killer robots approach my hiding place I will defiantly blast Idiot Wind at them.

Belgian businesses: "you have to send us a registered letter and maybe we will think about cancelling your contract after 3 months".
Sibelgaz, on the phone: "eh manneke c'est Paul. On passe demain. On va casser ta cave pour remplacer les installations chez toi. Ça va? Ok a tant tôt"

Alprove me wrong!

Yes. And artisanal cheese is meta-analysis.

If I were a dictator, I am certain the terminal stages of my regime would include me drunkenly karaokeing the entirety of "street legal" to my remaining cronies at gunpoint.

Watch this tweet go bovine.

Cows: slow moving, herd based, generally docile (but occasional stampede), dull but worthy of study. Four stomachs.

If crappy low quality / wrong / malicious information is analogous to viruses (reproduce quickly, prone to mutation, harmful to host), then good / true / nuanced information must be other organisms: I propose cows.