Mad fact... 42% of Labour Prime Ministers have had to fire Peter Mandelson.

Should potholing be banned?

You'll only drive it underground.

How big is the condom?!

I love the framing of this. They were really playing the long game with the General Strike

Twitter exchange between Matt Le Tissier and Grok. Matt: "Hey @grok why do some plane trails disperse quickly while others hang around and spread out to form grey blanket clouds" Grok: "Those are contrails (condensation trails) from aircraft exhaust. Hot, moist engine exhaust hits cold upper-atmosphere air. If it's dry, they vanish fast. If it's ice-supersaturated (common at flight levels), water vapor freezes into ice crystals that linger, spread via wind shear, and can merge into thin cirrus-like "blanket" clouds. Pure physics—no chemicals involved." Matt: "Have you been programmed to spout government propaganda or can you think for yourself"

Dipped into Twitter to see what's going on. First thing I saw was former professional footballer Matt Le Tissier arguing with an AI bot about chemtrails.

"Can you think for yourself" - deep.

One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”

Due to rising costs, Aardvark will be spelled with one A going forward.

Back to work tomorrow after two weeks of hanging out with my kids, and I say this every time but just hanging out with your kids is bloody brilliant.

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

how is this literally happening in real life

This is a judgement free zone

It's like none of these people remember Robot Wars' 2000-2003 spinoff "Techno Games"

Exactly, why are they not focussing on the real goal in this area... Transformers

guys you know we already have cars

I think in your line of work people actually expect you to spend 80 minutes inflicting yourself on them? These women were just having a day out

I've sat in front of a lot of annoying people at matches, but to spend 80 minutes inflicting yourself on a quite disinterested stranger is wild.

Still thinking about the guy behind me at the rugby yesterday. He was talking at what I assumed was his wife the entire game, she barely got a word in. Some interesting stuff but largely showing off his knowledge of English women's rugby.

At the end he got up, said it was nice to meet her, and left

Tears in my eyes when that acapella verse hit. It felt like a real moment.

Terrible score, but cracking day out. Really nice atmosphere, family all want to go again next time. Begrudgingly have to respect that England performance, incredible to witness in person.

That one Scotland try though ❤️

Aww lovely news in a sea of shite that is rugby recently.

We all have days like this

Just got to explain to my niece that actually "scoring two tries and/or losing by less than 40" is actually a good result for Scotland.

Three generations of my family are going to the Scotland - England game at Murrayfield, from my mum to my daughters and three nieces. The group chat is buzzing. Accessible, family friendly sport. What a novelty.

Hard agree. There's a key balance between sticking with rewarding domestic talent, even in coaching, and looking beyond the revolving door. If anything the fact they're coming so far suggests they're keen, talented, and have a new perspective to offer. Might also shake up the culture a bit.

Today my daughter suggested soft play to break up the long car journey, and honestly she's on to something. Very few activities offer such a high energy burn per minute for kids. Every service station should have a soft play.

One of my favourite things about travelling through England is seeing all the places that previously only existed on Football Manager - Blyth, Spennymoor, right there in real life

Just spent 3 days in York and highly recommend it. Lots of great history and interesting independent shops, but next level for kids. We did archaeology, travelled round viking York, and got very excited about science at the train museum. Rare to find somewhere so consistently child friendly.

due to a rift in the space-time continuum, you can send exactly five words to 2016

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30% of UK adults don't drive.

The weird idea that if you don't drive your view is illegitimate really needs to die. It's their tax you'll be using to subsidise everyone else!