Amanda Smith @AmandaSmithSays Thinking again about how the names Arctic and Antarctica just means "bears" and "no bears." reluctantbroodingdads So as an Antarctic expert I need to add to this that we had not in fact been to Antarctica when it was named. The ancient Greeks decided that because there was an Arctic at the top of the world, with bears, there had to be an opposite at the other end, without bears. Which is kind of ridiculous except that the f🌫️ckers were dead on

Thing is, this polling technique is actually a really effective way to get good, objective data. Unfortunately, it's an absolutely terrible way to get a top ten chart worth anybody reading, because everything interesting just gets smeared out in favour of whatever has the broadest appeal that week

I mean this is just what happens when you do a poll, right? Especially in this format — they didn't ask "what is the best game ever" and count votes, they show voters two games and ask which is better. There must be thousands of games in the pool, so of course the top ten are all basically the same

Imagine the fun the designers could have inventing whatever the equivalent of regency dress is on Romulus or whatever

Head­eryline plse! Head­ery Head­eryline plse! Head­ery Daily Star Sunday Daily Star Sunday 12 Apr 2026 PA report EVER-PRESENT First Divi­sion Arsenal looked on smugly whenever we were releg­ated and even Queens Park Rangers had the cheek to try it on one year – as if any­one gives a mon­keys who comes -second. Through it all, we Ham­mers had one reply, one comeback, that ended all dis­cus­sion. “The Double?” we’d say, smil­ing benignly. “That must have been nice. But have you ever won the World Cup?” Because we did, you know, and no one can take it away from us. West Ham, my club, won the World Cup in 1966. We had the cap­tain, the mid­field genius and *100 Words* Ever-present First Divi­sion Arsenal looked on smugly whenever we were releg­ated and even Queens Park Rangers had the cheek to try it on one year – as if any­one gives a mon­keys who comes -second.

Superb work here from the Daily Star Sunday

Is the plan to hold these people until after the London council elections?

look, if you don't want to see random pivots to the right…

I think this is right — websites are accessible by default, the only reason we think this is hard is because the industry standard is to invent the entire field of UX/UI from scratch every time we start a new project. Native apps almost never bother with (eg) custom dropdowns and nobody complains

"my wife and I have been together for five years and I can't recall a single time we got divorced"?

why does he want to save Sydney The Dalek anyway

Apple News alert that reads: “Why more Gen Z men are turning to Catholicism, a favorite design trend that makes homes harder to sell, and more popular reads.”

I do feel like a semicolon might’ve been helpful

His Gay Procedures is the worst Philip Pullman series

1000 year old kitti

ok who let matt groening design a frog

If actually solving it seems like too much for you, I can highly recommend the catch-up stream of Panthera losing their absolute mind about it

Cryptic crossword No 3,270 · MyCrossword Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,270 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 32 clues by Polymath. Published Wed 1 Apr 2026. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

For April 1st, I set a ridiculous crossword

(More ridiculous than a normal #CrypticCrossword, I mean)

Well wishes your way, of course, and if folks have nothing better to do with their own long weekends, they can pop round mine at noon for a #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service feat. @andrewt.net, Ozpiper, Baz and maybe a puzzle from yesterday if I have the time:

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Imagine presuming to make pronouncements about the culture in Parliament based on nothing more than constant media coverage, extensive public records and having worked there for several weeks

A view of Earth taken by NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman from the Orion spacecraft's window. The image features two auroras (top right and bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun.

god this is so frigging cool

the auroras! plural!!

Image: NASA/Reid Wiseman
Alt text copied from the NASA website
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Sounds almost as good as it was in 2021

I'm a bitch
I'm a lover
Six foot tall
Maybe over
I'm pretending I can vote
I'm three kids in a coat

Imagine if it was conscious and this is how they treat it. Imagine appearing in the world one day and the first words you hear from god are "you are not the main process"

For a second I was really puzzled as to what Kill James Bond were doing there

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CSS or BS? Think you know CSS? Real property or made-up nonsense? 20 rounds. No mercy.

Rather than the same old boring internet pranks, I thought I'd build something more fun this April Fools.

CSS or BS. Can you tell your CSS properties names from BS?

www.keithcirkel.co.uk/css-or-bs

There are currently more bananas on Orkney than there are people.

“Tesco is also arranging to send bananas to the outer isles”

ahhhhh www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I always forgive Git a lot of its bullshit on account of how it's one of those programs originally created in the 70s that are just half a century of cruft layered on top of outdated UI conventions that they were still making up as they went.

Which is a problem, because Git came out in 2005

Headline: Dow rises 300 points after Trump says U.S. in ‘serious' talks to end operation in Iran

Golden retriever runs 15 feet after owner mimes throwing tennis ball

And maybe you disagree. Sure. I don't get it, but to each their own.

But why post about it? Why go out of your way to publicly belittle someone trying to lay out the case against her transphobia, instead of just ignoring it? How is that helping anyone but the transphobes?