Only found out about this through the excellent Wyrd Science magazine but tonight the British library is hosting an online talk with Amal El-Mohtar, Susanna Clarke, Gregory Maguire and Terri Windling.
Link below and confirmed that video is up for 14 days after the event!
Only found out about this through the excellent Wyrd Science magazine but tonight the British library is hosting an online talk with Amal El-Mohtar, Susanna Clarke, Gregory Maguire and Terri Windling.
Link below and confirmed that video is up for 14 days after the event!
Another way to look at this- the minions apparently work for the most evil person in the world.
Yet work for Gru whose only villainous behaviour is stealing
So do minions see theft of property as the worst crime and do not think Hitler or Stalin did anything wrong?
Aka are the minions libertarians?
Like this a lot
“Low-income households will get taxpayer-subsidised, plug-in solar panels to cut their energy bills, the Government has announced.
Up to £25m to pay for the panels for those “most in need” has been earmarked by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)”
Is this not the end goal of the Dahleks in Doctor Who?
Good news - we’re doubling down on clean energy
Why? Because it’s cheaper than natural gas
It's even cheaper to build now 👇
Good News!
We’re doubling down on clean energy.
Because it’s cheaper than natural gas.
Adjacent to the question but has reminded me that I didn't realize you couldn't drive through the channel tunnel until I was 21.
Which was revealed during a conversation about the death of Diana where I claimed she had been driving along the chunnel when she crashed.
Also enjoyed Dennis Otherman, a parody made funnier by not being subtle in anyway
From blog posts to mighty 1,200-page books: Stonetop's creators reflect on a decade-long journey
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I thought you couldn't disappoint a picture
Cervical cancer death rates in the United Kingdom have fallen by 80% since 1950 Reported deaths from cervical cancer per 100,000 women. In 1950, there were 8.6 deaths from cervical cancer per 100,000 women By 2021, this had fallen to 1.7
Your slow news story for the day: Death rates for cervical cancer in the United Kingdom have fallen by 80% since 1950 from 8.6 deaths per 100,000 women to 1.7
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Fundamentally I think it's a bad thing for parliament to have dedicated a day every month of this year to just discussing Peter Mandelson
There is no justification for this.
Much like so many spoke out against the rhetoric we had last summer around race and immigration.
We all need to speak out against this and condemn antisemitism in all its forms.
This is dreadful-but sadly not suprising. Remember a friend saying his local shop now refuses to serve him after they spotted his star of david necklace
Its why any organisation needs a zero tolerance policy for antsemitism - and why, more broadly we need way more education on what antisemitism is
"Independent bookstores make quiet comeback as big chains dominate retail"
"About 422 indie bookshops opened in 2025, up 31%, defying predictions of retail consolidation"
An open strait of Hormuz?
Well, we don't get much call for that cheese around here, sir
Arrived on Fridays but first chance now to dig into the newest issue of Wyrd Science.
Already some pieces I'm really excited to read @wyrdscience.bsky.social
I get why he would have this meeting but why did he need to wear a wimple?
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If you have started this amazing audio series yet - dive in with - The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. It’s the best thing you will do today www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Reports of a third attempted arson attack on Jewish targets in North London this week. It's getting really scary and more people need to start taking it seriously.
Do you think there was a delusion he'd get through the last third unscathed or a hope it would do what the last third wouldn't?
The one thing about that though is what does that say about the civil service culture?
If they see their boss walking into a minefield and think it's better to let him do it then tell him it's a bad idea?
Aware that was clear with Mandelson from the start but surely the vetting provided a get out?
An open strait of Hormuz?
Well, we don't get much call for that cheese around here, sir
And honestly as US history progresses this joke gets even funnier
What should have happened: the REIT paid no tax but the Tice companies holding shares in the REIT paid £98k tax on the dividends they received. What actually happened: none of the companies paid any tax.
Our new report: Richard Tice signed accounts wrongly claiming £98,000 of tax exemptions
A 🧵 with the evidence:
I mean the man is about 20 years to late to imply that the Catholic Church is immersed in a global scandal.
Honestly not really sure he could leak anything worse then what we know the Catholic Church has been involved in (and that's said as a Catholic)
