HARRRRRRRDD!!!

FUN FACT: the Gregorian calendar got its name when co-inventors greg and ian couldn't agree on the name

NYT Connections board puzzle from 27th October 2025 with a suspicious-looking message for Only Connect fans (top line reads as ‘ONLY CONNECT OLIVE BRANCH’

Getting a not-so-subliminal message from NYT Connections…#onlyconnect @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social

Sorry if this is a basic reply, but Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, narrated by Ray Porter

Heatwave in the UK. OK, I grew up in Italy, and when it is very hot and you have no air-conditioning, you do this -

1) Unless there's a good breeze, CLOSE all the windows and draw all the blinds and curtains until sunset. The outside air is hot, you do not want it inside with you.

2) DRINK WATER

Shall i compare thee to a summers day? For thou maketh me sweaty and fucking irritable

FOMO? No, I've got FOBI. Fear of being invited.

A Korean actress in traditional attire looks intently at someone off-screen. The image features a caption that states "[stares in Japanese]."

She argues in Italian
She sings to you in French
She yells at you in German
In tones that make you clench
The girl is complicated
And very hard to please
When you disappoint her
She

RIDDLER: Riddle me this! What has-

BATMAN: This better be good.

RIDDLER: What?

BATMAN: Seriously, I get the answer every time in like two seconds.

RIDDLER: Oh, it's good. Believe me.

BATMAN: Ok. Is it a candle?

RIDDLER: I hate you.

I only pick up if I know the number; I have unknown numbers blocked, all notifications turned off, and silent mode on half the time.

My husband not only answers any call; he has keypad tones and *all* notifications on. I feel like I should report him to someone (police? Local MP?)

Hey fix your posture real quick

Age is just a number. “Number” is just a word. Words are just letters holding hands

When I say, "no judgment," know that I have never judged anyone harder.

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic

www.crabmuseum.org/visit

🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

Friend: Can you help me move?

Me: “RING” I gotta take this

Friend: Take what? You said “RING”

Me: Excuse me? Bad connection

Friend: I'm standing next to you

It's never about the science. It's always about having a legal basis for your fear and hatred of other people.

We live in the South of England, and whenever we drove past the hills around Dover (the port town where the ferries depart for France), my sister and I used to pretend that the hills were just buried dinosaurs (brachiosaurus).

you're gonna wanna see this

Why did Trump pause the Tariffs?

They just mentioned it on the BBC news! New album in June apparently

Thanks for the heads up - will look into that now!

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

I’m just a girl*,standing in front of a boy**, asking him to love her***

*woman in her mid-40s

**the bathroom mirror

**imploring my over-plucked ‘90s/‘00s eyebrows to grow back properly

How bad are Trump’s tariffs?

See the whole thing here:

youtu.be/t907b15iTRE

My husband and I use his pronunciation of ‘frittata’ from this film. I think it’s time for a rewatch!

Cop: COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP
Me: NEVER
Cop: THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE
Me: YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE
Cop:
Me:
Cop: WE HAVE PUPPIES OUT HERE
Me: FOR REAL THIS TIME?

Similar here (and I’m in England)!

Have you also checked if you have access to magazines through your library? I recently treated myself to a paper magazine -first one for months/years- then realised I could’ve saved the £5.95 because my library app has free access to it and dozens of others!

We have exceeded 1700 signatures now on our media regulation petition.

(1701 to be exact, an interesting number to me, so I had to get the image).

Please keep sharing the petition.

We have increased signatures by over 3.5% so far today!

We can do this!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...