The needle is a bit sticky, and if you tap it and it goes up you see the pressure is rising.

Java script error: why The Devil Wears Prada 2’s Starbucks tie-in leaves a strange taste A theatrically released movie about glossy magazines, released at a time when there are minimal audiences for either, has ordered up a no foam, extra shot, venti facepalm

Forgiving the Guardian for the previous poor headline because of this stunner. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ap...

If anyone in Edinburgh fancies an 8 string ukulele (I think it's a concert size) for 60 quid please ask. Local to save on postage. We could meet somewhere and swap cash for a ukulele. Like some kind of twee drug deal.

You should do more merch...

Guardian. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Former Odeon Cinema, Morecambe - William Calder Robson for Harry Weedon and Partners, 1937 Image © Philip Butler

Odeon Cinema, Morecambe - William Calder Robson for Harry Weedon and Partners, 1937 Image © John Maltby

NEWS: The former Odeon Cinema in Morecambe (1937), now a hardware and bathroom supply shop, has been Grade II listed following support from C20 Society.

The Streamlined Moderne style cinema was one of 7 designed for Odeon by architect William Calder Robson; 3 of which survive, all are now listed.

"US spending on ‘reckless’ Iran war could have saved 87m lives, says UN" - do you think maybe reword this so it doesn't look like the war has saved lives? Maybe put "instead" between "could" and "have".

Duran Duran - Girl Panic! YouTube video by DuranDuranVEVO

Why I have I only just seen the most Duran Duran thing in the history of Duran Duran? Nice "No Supermodels Were Harmed During This Production" in the credits. youtu.be/sSMbOuNBV0s

You're really plumbing the depths here. #igotnothing

screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question). an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question: "there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask. it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same. it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.” there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."

applying for jobs again

In his “most notorious [job] interview,” Karp met Louis Mosley, an Oxford graduate whose grandfather Oswald Mosley was the British fascist leader during World War II and once named “worst Briton of the twentieth century.” As soon as Mosley sat down, Karp began reciting from memory, for several minutes, one of Oswald’s 1939 speeches demanding Britain seek peace with Nazi Germany. When finished, Karp executed tai chi moves and walked out without saying goodbye. Mosley sat stunned, convinced his family’s past had torpedoed him. Instead, he was hired and now runs Palantir’s UK business.

Crazy? Would a crazy guy do this?!?

Was your grandfather part of the headmaster race though?

Well, its stressful being a paramedic.

Probably also has an "every day carry" that includes a flint firelighter, two metres of paracord, and a swiss army knife.

Quick and Meaningless Data Collection Help me collect some data to use for student examples! The questions on geographic region and gender will only be used for subsetting the data, not for student analysis. No questions are required -…

I NEED HELP!

Please take this quick, meaningless 19 question survey so I can get data for my students to learn stats!

I did a similar version a few months ago but missed an important question type. Even if you did the old one, please do it again!

Please circulate widely!

A close pic of some mosses and lichen

Seen on Nicky Nook (its a small hill) today. #lichensubcribe

Its one of The Fart and the Furious franchise films isn't it

Which world though? I'd be very happy for them to fuck off to Mars with Elon to try this.

The Palentir statement on its desired “Technological Republic” is one of the scariest things I have seen in a while. It is a call for a world dominated by an authoritarian U.S., generated by AI (both the statement and the world), run by tech-surveillance companies. Technofascism pure!

A decorative puffin (a seabird) on top of a bollard in a car park.

Puffin's pla(i)ce.

How about Iran blocks the Hormuz Strait in one direction, and the USA in the other? Everyone happy with that?

They barely have 250 years of history over there.

Compare with Bill Bryson's tale of an airline not accepting a book of his with his face on as ID because [clerk looks at list of valid ID forms] "this is not on our valid ID form list sir".

They've ditched the hexagonal yellow migraine-inducing wipe for replays but I'm not sure the replacement is much better.

The jubremony at the library. Tremony at remony at the library. Thrremony at tremony at the libremony at the libraremony at the library. Theremony at the library.

- St Paul's Epistle to the Thremony v79 4:16

Prince using all the bacofoil in Minneapolis. #totp

Is the piano player dead and only Tony Hadley can see him?

Very early with the greige trend, there Phil was.

And another one of House remixes?

Yeah I looked up when she said LFO and went WTF.