I just think if the government was to become this unpopular this quickly, they might as well have done it by increasing taxes on median+ earners.

I had fully expected to see Glasgow ahead at the top by about 30 swears per day.

Maybe it doesn’t count as swearing if there’s no hostile intent behind it.

I cannot believe that Sheffield people swear more than Glaswegians. (Source: am Glaswegian in Sheffield who has already sworn more than 23 times at my desk this morning.)

I’m surprised they didn’t just steal the books. Gulls have no fear of angry store owners.

I read this story to my kids about a thousand times and I still identify deeply with their inability to stop eating all the cookies.

Going to ask J D Vance to come support the football team my son’s playing against next week

Wit, unker, git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy Tales of love and adventure from 1,000 years ago reveal a dazzling range of now-extinct English pronouns. They capture something unique about how people once thought about "two-ness".

With all the anxiety currently about, it’s both refreshing and restorative to stumble on something interesting and unexpected. I never knew about these old pronouns. They suggest a subtly and intriguingly different view of social relationships. A nice start to the day!

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I visited Cologne last year, and on my first evening there, I went on a walking tour of local “kiosks”, during which the group tried a different Kölsch from the fridge at each stop. Great, inexpensive evening with delicious beer, though the next morning was… less great.

It's 20 yrs today that I was in a cafe on the shores of Loch Ness and my mate ordered a toasted teacake.

The waitress asked my exasperated southern friend to clarify.
"A teacake cut in half, grilled and buttered? Are you sure?'

The Tunnocks that came out was like a horror from Doctor Who.

Also a Glaswegian childhood - I’d eat them in reverse, base first, then licking out as much of the marshmallow before the chocolate melted. I got really good at holding the chocolate by my fingernails.

I like how the person who owned this book before has crossed next to certain types. “Well, I’m not that one, and I’m *definitely* not that one… “

God, these lovely, peaceful morning hours in Europe before that stupid cunt wakes up.

This is the perfect timeline cleanse, and I want to listen to Pookie’s purring on a loop.

Sorry, should have added that the seller was on Etsy.

Tortoiseshell cat perched on a ledge with a yellow cushion, peering out of the window.

I have (from a UK seller a few years ago) and she still loves to perch on it and watch out for birds/other cats invading her territory.

Since when has Trump ever been concerned about paying contractors?

Yes to Aliya Whiteley! I especially loved The Arrival of Missives!

It's a ghost! It's an alien! Don't look, Marion!

Oh, millions of people will, don‘t worry 😄

This is what I do when I'm not thinking about pockets 😁

​​​​Cost of Net Zero by 2050 less than a single fossil fuel price shock​ – CCC  - Climate Change Committee The independent, statutory body tested its cost and energy security conclusions against different scenarios. It found that the total additional cost of a single fossil fuel price spike of 2022 magnitu...

The additional cost of ONE fossil fuel price spike on the scale of 2022 = the ENTIRE COST of Net Zero by 2050. We get precisely nothing in return for the first cost, and a whole new, more secure and cheaper energy system from the second one.
#NoBrainer
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Me, dumb and politically correct: Firing on unarmed ships or double-tap military strikes on schools are bad things.

depiction of the dragon/satan in the Book of Revelations

depiction of the dragon/satan in the Book of Revelations

depiction of the dragon/satan in the Book of Revelations

depiction of the dragon/satan in the Book of Revelations

Religious zealots always cherry-pick. I mean, just once, couldn't they notice that Satan in The Book of Revelation is typically characterised as an orange Beast who loves gold?

Trump belittles Starmer with 'no Churchill' jibe but can the special relationship recover? The remarks came amid a row over the refusal to permit the use of UK bases for the initial US-Israel strikes.

A special relationship is built on mutual love and respect.

An abusive relationship is when your partner belittles you, gives nothing back, threatens you, keeps negatively comparing you to an ex partner and despite it all assumes you'll always be there for them.

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Fortunately my cat has murdered every songbird within a 500m radius of my house.

TBF there’s already a Tumble in the House of Lords.

Love this. I just about managed 1200, but beyond that I was utterly lost. Fascinating how Germanic the word order becomes once you hit 1200. I need to go back and listen again to the brilliant History of English podcast.