Dominic Preston
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Johnny Boy’s is a diner, but it’s more than that too. It’s a Los Angeles diner, for one, and a very modern one at that, and it retains that sense of place and time even when transplanted to a quiet Stoke Newington corner.
Johnny Boy's, N16
Not just another diner
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I love a good Spider-Man, and I'm so relieved that this is one of the best in a long time
A ★★★★★ review of Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
My favourite live-action Spidey since Raimi's second, full of heart and with new takes on the material, both visual and narrative. The film commits fully to Spider-Man's new status quo as a lone hero,...
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There's a certain sort of British restaurant — often a gastropub these days — with an all-too familiar menu of meat and veg. The Grain Store, in north Norfolk, fits that to a tee, but by leaning into excellent local produce it still just about stands out
The Grain Store, Weybourne
Made in Norfolk
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TikTok has incredible moderation team. Our InfoWars video about Multiple Horse Theory — the idea that there are many horses in the world and not just one — has been fully deemed misinformation and lost the formal appeals process. Confirmed by Larry Ellison: There is only one horse on Earth.
Every foldable phone involves a bunch of messy compromises between the shape and size of the two screens. Samsung's Z Fold 8 might be my favourite compromise yet.
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 feels like the future
A short king.
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You’ve probably seen @peterwalker99.bsky.social’s story on the London flats where the temporary accommodation residents had their air con turned off in a heatwave; we had a look at what’s going on and who is responsible. www.londoncentric.media/p/air-condit...
"If you're poor, you can sweat": One building's air conditioning divide
The struggles of residents in a London tower block sum up the challenges of heatwave-era London.
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Big fan of the Z Fold 8 so far, even if the cameras are a bit basic. Not sure how much is just the novelty, but I've really enjoyed my week with this slightly strangely shaped phone.
Fifa’s plan is worse than the Super League But it’s time for the world to watch who sells off their tournament Hiding behind dull Fifa politics won’t cut it this time Where’s the resistance? www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Fifa plan to sell World Cup is gravest threat to football yet - will anyone stop it?
Fifa’s latest money-spinning wheeze, to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investment, has been met with horror. Now its member associations must make a stand against ‘football’s nuclear bomb...
independent.co.uk
i think some people have negatively polarised themselves and posted themselves into having to defend clearly nonsensical things. it is obviously absurd for a party leader to share a post with their political opponent's name next to a guillotine. he isn't a 19 year old twitter user any more.
no one can explain what dolby vision is. no one knows if it can be played on a television or computer monitor. it's impossible to say whether you are experiencing dolby vision right now. it's a lot like the matrix in that way
Beef has a huge climate problem. And the most effective solution -- by far -- is to simply reduce beef consumption and waste. But we don't want to hear that, so we often welcome fuzzy greenwashing stories instead. In the end, however, the math doesn't seem to work. drawdown.org/insights/gre...
Greenwashing and denial won’t solve beef’s enormous climate problems
Dive into the world of beef's environmental impact, from deforestation to climate change. Learn about the myths of "eco-friendly" beef and the industry's narratives.
drawdown.org
I could quibble with a few details, but very much enjoyed Emily Wilson's lengthy review of The Odyssey. She assesses it not just as adaptation, where she understandably has strong opinions, but also has clear-eyed views on its strengths and flaws as a film in its own right
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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I say this with nothing but love in my heart for the fatherland but can you imagine any other country looking at wildfires and thinking "quick, get a philosopher on the line"
The Odyssey is pretty good, but Nolan's limitations as a screenwriter feel almost inescapable at this point
A ★★★★ review of The Odyssey (2026)
Despite the billing as Nolan's epicest epic yet, I think The Odyssey is at its best in the details: the crash of waves on the prow of a ship, the crack of bone as Circe reshapes a man into a pig, the ...
boxd.it
Huh, this piece nails almost exactly what I think of every single Chris Nolan movie
The editor in chief of The Economist referring here to the AfD’s leader as a “perfectly thoughtful person“ instead of what she truly is - a driver and enabler of German fascism - is a huge part of the problem.
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2w agoAt one point she notes that AfD, the German political party that Musk supports, has "real neo-Nazis." Musk literally just shrugs.
Google got hit with one of those EU fines that sounds absolutely enormous until you look at how much profit Google made last quarter
Google hit with $1 billion fine for breaking EU antitrust rules
Google is required to change its policies for both Search and the Play Store.
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I was as big a sceptic as any about Samsung's move to a wider Z Fold 8. After an hour or so with the phone, it might just have won me over
Samsung’s wider Z Fold 8 feels just right
But $1,900 is a hell of a lot for a phone with no telephoto camera.
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Go to Sentosa, eat the Singaporean chilli crab, and don’t wear white. Just trust me.
Sentosa, SE1
Carcinisation
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Samsung is revealing new foldable phones in London tomorrow. With the first foldable iPhone on the horizon, it no longer has the option of playing it safe.
Samsung can’t afford to play it safe with Apple’s first foldable looming
Samsung is ready to take a risk.
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Burnham not exactly off to a flying start
Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 2w ago"Shabana Mahmood staying as Home Secretary to presumably continue her appalling record of performative cruelty towards migrants and refugees is a warning sign that Burnham has not learnt the lessons from Starmer's failure," says Zack Polanski
Cannot see a single reason to rule that goal out. Scandalous.
This final really could have done with a lot of English fans chanting "What the fucking hell is that" during this shite
Gabby: What was your highlight of the half time show? Wayne Rooney: When it finished. I thought it was crap. 10/10 punditry. No notes.
i love tom cruise. he is the last living movie star. the only man who can consistently deliver. the president of movies. but i don't need this the same way i don't need pep guardiola telling me to go to the cinema.
