Bingo.

No. It's a gross misrepresentation of the United Kingdom.

Apart from being mildly entertaining, I don't really see the point of these lists. I mean... how do you define 'jazz'? Or 'best' for that matter... 🙂

In a nutshell. 😊

There appear to be two Richi Sunaks in NATO. Neither of whom are Prime Minister of the UK.... 🙂

Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

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You've got some dodgy friends....

No, no... send him to Nigel Farage... 🙂

Graph of UK showing regional distribution of carbon intensity

On Saturday Wind generated 60.1% of GB electricity followed by:

Nuclear 15.4%
Gas 10.6%
Solar 8.2%
Imports 3.2%
Biomass 2.5%

*excl. non-renewable distributed generation

via @neso-energy.bsky.social

😆I wasn't quite sure I should mention that.....

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Oh, I absolutely do!!!

It was like being moderated by a drunk bloke in a bar....

I suspect that Eton produces three types of people - affable, intelligent and self-confident chaps like David Cameron, self-entitled petty bullies like Boris Johnson, and a plethora of also-rans like Charles Moore, licking the arses of the powerful and fawning over Authority.

Weird how these national habits just sort of happen.

Conversely, when burgers first got to be popular in the UK, ,most of us students were desperately working out the polite way of eating them until an American student friend just said "Jesus Christ, guys!" and picked his up..... 🙂

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Reservoir Dogs suddenly looks a bit like a pub bores reunion

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And I hold my fork in my left hand....

I'm sure she didn't have a relationship with Epstein. Other than a purely professional one....

Its a bit obscure but I think it's still in print. Haven't read it in ages but I recall it being very good - as much a psychological thriller as scifi....

To be honest, they've always been like this. Their target audience has always been privileged people who feel a bit guilty about being privileged.

To be fair, I'm going to include myself in that group...

The real headline: crypto crook (who pleaded guilty to breaking US money laundering rules) plans to try and buy UK politics www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

Interesting that, in 1956, Frank Herbert wrote a sci-fi novel called The Dragon in the Sea, featuring Western countries using specialist submarines to tap undersea pipelines in order to steal oil...

I don't know where this goes, Helen. I really don't.

We have a lazy media who can't be bothered posting fact. We have well-funded pressure groups made from tiny number of self-appointed guardians of 'real' women, and an ambitious Health Secretary who wants to be seen as one of the 'nice' gays.

Panel 1 A delivery bot on a suburban path says “You don’t always end up where you expect” Panel 2 “It’s silly but I saw myself beside an astronaut rolling across a strange new world” it says as it continues down the path. An alert reads “50m to destination” Panel 3 A had has opened the lid of the bot and taken out a paper bag. “I like to feel useful. Nobody likes a cold hamburger” Panel 4 It continues “So I give every mission my all” The alert says “mission complete” Panel 5 The sun is setting. The bot looks tired. The alert says it’s power is 3% Panel 6 Night. Stars twinkle. The bot is parked in a lot with three others, it has its eyes closed and says “in my dock I dream of space”

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A commenter notes that "Trump managed to be both Hitler and Chamberlain in the same negotiation. An unprecedented feat." 😭

In a war with no winners, Netanyahu looks like the biggest loser As Iran and US agree fragile ceasefire, Israel’s conflict has turned out to be a bust and, say opponents, ‘a political disaster’

Natanyahu must surely be aware by now that Trump alway betrays his Allies eventually....

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