Morning Womble! I finished Glamorous Powers by Susan Howatch (Starbridge book 2) yesterday & have just started A Snowball in Hell by Chris Brookmyer. Am very much enjoying both series - Howstch as a re-read and Brookmyer as new to me
A large group of people standing with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan behind a long table under a white market tent, with several trays of filled flatbreads arranged along the table in the foreground.
Two people standing behind a market stall table under a white tent, holding several flatbreads filled with food and presenting them toward the camera.
A large crowd gathered in Trafalgar Square facing a stage with yellow banners, with people standing and sitting across the space and historic buildings surrounding the square.
A group of people standing outdoors in front of colourful display boards reading “Happy Vaisakhi” and “UK’s No.1 Atta Brand,” posing together near a city landmark.
Trafalgar Square came alive today for Vaisakhi on the Square.
A celebration of faith, culture and community, this event recognises the vital contribution Sikh and Punjabi Londoners make to the life of our city.
#HappyVaisakhi
Feminists for ages: we are not just vaginas and baby making parts.
A trans woman enters the room.
Those same feminists: we are only vaginas and baby making parts.
Fucking clowns.
If you see this quote with a pic of you wearing glasses
I wear glasses all the time (astigmatism). This is me & hubby holding the map of all the pubs in Bury St Edmunds having drunk in all the CAMRA ones
What’s your favourite Bible verse? (wrong answers only) Mmm this is a tasty burger
MILF PLAZA in neon lights
It’s my general understanding, which I readily concede is limited, that Magyar is not a great guy himself, but that this is nonetheless an improvement and step in a better direction. And that is to be applauded. Perfect is the enemy of good
Opposition leader Péter Magyar at a rally.
Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise.
He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media.
The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.
went to check out the techno rave outside Parliament and I don't think I have the data allowance to share a video from it but let me tell you: there sure is a techno rave outside Parliament right now, celebrating Orban getting ousted
The correct way to deal with this particular negative externaility is to tax SUV ownership so that the cost of fixing the damage is born by those who cause it, rather than everyone else.
Anyone else think the name Hegseth sounds Lovecraftian?
I'm one of those trans women. I worked ground ops for Artemis I.
I am torn between celebrating the success of my friends and peers and grieving how my dream of working for NASA was shattered by hateful assholes in Tallahassee
Uh. Wow.
My most Old Man Yells at Cloud opinion is energy drinks are conceptually ridiculous. You're not down a coal mine, you're not running a marathon, you're not ill and therefore allowed to drink Lucozade. You're some guy with a neck tattoo and an unfortunate haircut on a train.
Schools are like "hey lock up your cell phones they're too damaging to the learning process. now please open up your lying plagiarism machine and start generating content"
Ooh quite tempting. Accept their invitation and then withdraw after the deadline for registering replacement candidates 🤣
“We didn't receive any messages and Captain Blackadder definitely did not shoot this delicious plump-breasted pigeon.”
Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only
If we're making sci-fi comparisons, AI is more like the Borg.
It claims resistance is futile, and it does cause the death of individuality, creativity, and steals everything from them for its collective, but ultimately it can and will be beaten, and it's getting more ridiculous with over exposure.
A single line in this piece just made my day:
“The electricity system operator is understood to be preparing to run the grid without any gas for short periods as soon as this summer, in a first for the UK energy system.”
Renewables *work*. And progress matters🎉
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant
NICE
The Nottingham Cheese Riots of 1766
When a basic, staple, cheap food gets priced so highly that the troops get called in
youtu.be/Ffxn257VF7o
From @histofeveryyt.bsky.social
WANT!
Honestly, the Christians who worship hierarchy — of man over woman, pastors over laity, Christian over non-Christian, capitalist employer over poor employee, white Westerner over brown Other — likely don’t see genocide of the Other as fully murder anyway. Not deep down, no matter their lipservice.
Apple will comply, Google will comply. Age Verification is not about the children, it's once again about giving away your identity. I'll be watching Age Verification with interest, you should as well. Guarding children is a parental responsibility, these laws will not protect them.
UK people, please consider signing this petition. It's not just about justice for past failings; it's really important to protecting LGBTQ+ people from similar initiatives today. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
A starfield filled with thousands of stars and shining clouds of dust. The Milky Way\u2019s elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. Spanning more than 100,000 light-years, Earth is located along one of the galaxy\u2019s spiral arms, about halfway from the center. Credit: NASA
OH. MY. GOD.
THIS IS THE MILKY WAY SHOT BY THE ARTEMIS II CREW. LOOK AT ALL THOSE STARS!!!!
The face of our elderly black cat, eyes cloudy with cataracts
Dax the black cat “helpfully” standing on my laptop while I work on the bed (which is purple), Lilah the cream Frenchie on my feet
A younger Dax with clear green eyes having his chin stroked
RIP Dax 28.01.07 - 07.04.26 Best kitty. Much loved