www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... ... "And I won't be getting my hair cut until I win five games in a row"
‘We’re looking at a 30-year run’: UK pair aim to complete world’s most complex board game
Decades from now, friends may become first people known to have finished The Campaign for North Africa
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Pierre Sacked more like cross fingers and post #CPFC
Achieving great things by avoiding the Campaign for Pubs Paradox, where they want to be big time enough to achieve their goals but small time enough to argue with individual posters. Somehow, the one they're better at is not the same one as Mamdani
Martin Concagh@mconcagh.bsky.social · 5d agoA lot has been said about Mamdani's social media savvy but he never replies to comments, he never reposts, he uses it as a platform and nothing else.
Middle aged man challenge: recommend a tourist attraction for a family with teenagers that is nothing to do with the War. Difficulty level: impossible
We used to be a proper country with real values that people respected. Values like taking a half hour sitcom and making a feature-length film that is rubbish. Nowadays we don't have that because of woke. Instead we have Ghosts: the Possession of Button House, which is really good
Less than two minutes after Pierre Sage and his coaches speak to the players, Palace concede. Were they doing impressions of Deputy Dawg and Benny from Crossroads? www.nytimes.com/athletic/171...
Matt Woosnam@mattwoosie.bsky.social · last wk.Goal. Not even two minutes into the second half and Newcastle lead through Osula.
Just discovered Adidas have named a product range after me www.adidas.co.uk/eqt?cm_mmc=A...
Just seen an AI-generated poster for a festival of tribute acts. Probably the only sphere in which something can look a bit off but still be fine
Reminded of the charity my grandma volunteered with, whose catering officer oversaw a disastrous cheese and wine evening, because their experience of catering was making tea and putting biscuits on a plate
Jennifer Cobbe@jennifercobbe.bsky.social · 2w agoThe quality journalism only the BBC can provide
I did one shift in a fruit warehouse, fishing out mouldy Clementines from a conveyor belt, in the summer after my first year at uni. Picked up by minibus at 5am. At 2am the police had come to my house to intervene on a suicide attempt
Better Things Are Possible@internethippo.bsky.social · 3w agoIn honor of the fired lady tell me about your shortest job tenure. I worked at a candy store for less than 2 weeks when I was like 16
There’s really only one way to mark the 99th anniversary of Roger Moore’s birth
"leave us a gift in your will so we can fund AI-powered research" has to be the most ghoulish sentence ever uttered in a charity advert voiceover
youtu.be/BEjl1TAp5UI?... All of my humour hides my constant frail frown
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Even before I gave up alcohol if I saw an alcohol free beer among the craft taps I'd make a point of buying one. Draught beer of any kind is a big part of what makes pubs special. phys.org/news/2026-10...
Offering alcohol-free beer on tap boosts pub choices while keeping revenues intact, new study shows
Simple changes to pub environments can encourage drinkers to choose alcohol-free options without harming profits, according to new research from the University of York. The study, published in Drug and Alcohol Review, evaluated ...
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Incredible to think two of the greatest players in the history of the NHL were born on the very same day: Mario Lemieux and Patrick Roy both turn 61 today
"Keep Smiling, never mind the Bills" - Mike Vrabel, today
@pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 4w ago“Keep Smiling, never mind the Bills” (1904) by Jaques Browne
Coventry was the UK's City of Culture from 2021 to 2025
Angry People in Local Newspapers@apiln.bsky.social · last mo.The art is very special indeed.
Completely forgotten Al from the Department of Lost in Eerie, Indiana was in Terminator
James Morton@glesga-grognard.bsky.social · last mo.The two ronnies, in one of their classic sketches. Comedy gold.
www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/new... They've got Big Rosti burger from Germany and paprika fries from the Netherlands, they should have taken a different route through Europe and borrowed the option of an alcohol free beer on your meal deal from Belgium
World Menu Heists 2026
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Some alcohol free beers taste similar enough to their alcoholic counterparts they'd be difficult to tell apart side by side. These on the other hand would be tough to distinguish from San Pellegrino
Hawkstone beer is being advertised as "hard to make, easy to drink". So hard to make they've had to get Tennant's to make their lager for them. So easy to drink, because it's like Tennant's Lager
Lot of centrist dads wearing black armbands today for some reason
The Traitors is a high profile TV show in which part of the appeal for contestants and viewers seems to be the opportunity to wear their (un)conscious biases as badges of honour. So I'll leave you to it, yeah?
@13411fahad.bsky.social have you ever seen this? Never realised just how much Dermot Reeve looks like Benedict Cumberbatch youtu.be/r8nK2PWR7g8?...
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In the same week as all the discussions about inappropriate group chats at Cornell, I notice Nottinghamshire CCC's Player of the Year was Joe Clarke
Tara is the hero we need, and a better hero than we deserve
Tara@theblueststar.bsky.social · last mo.Feral evil cunt kids at the bus stop kicking the glass, there was a woman trying to breastfeed her tiny baby and they were just kicking shit out of stuff. I called them all cunts and told them I hope they'd all D** in a h**s* f*r*. 1/2
Pleased to report American names and hats remain undefeated
