'What do these experiments involve, exactly? “Basically,” @stewmh.bsky.social explains in the manner of a man who is trying not to forget he’s got an English literature grad on his hands, “throwing stuff at other stuff and seeing what flies off.”' My big day out at the particle accelerator.
I’ve been to see a particle accelerator
They didn’t let me have a go, the spoilsports.
jonn.substack.com
For the first time for 3½ years, the 400 Park & Ride bus passes under the Botley Road railway bridge on its way to Headington. (If you want to travel to the railway station, remember to get out at the bus stop in Frideswide Square.)
An extract of my new book Out Now in The Guardian. It is the most astonishing story of how a same sex kiss was broadcast on the BBC back in 1990, without BBC executives knowing at the time. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘That was all secret’: the ‘gay mole’ who fought the BBC to show the first queer kiss on kids’ TV
Everyone thinks Byker Grove broke the taboo in 1994, but another teen drama got there first. Here’s the astonishing story of Two of Us, which put a gay relationship on UK screens – and was the origina...
theguardian.com
Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.
So, we found a live bat in our galleries. 🦇 a thread🦇
If I were designing that I'd make the message persistent after people have dismissed the horrible noise. Willing to bet most people didn't read it because they were too busy going FUCK FUCK FUCK SHUT UP
This might be the most beautiful thing I've read in my life. What a privilege to be alive in 2026. ordinaryabundance.com
Ordinary Abundance
A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.
ordinaryabundance.com
You can kill a French vampire with a baguette. It's a painstaking process but it works.
Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.
DOCTOR: "So what seems to be the problem?" PATIENT: "Mmhbbhhggr hhruuh engghhuu." DOCTOR: "I'm sorry I can't understand, but don't worry. Great singer Bob Dylan is in town. Go see his show and no matter what ails you, you'll feel better!" PATIENT (sadly): "Ehg ddnghh m'm Bddnnn."
🚨 NEW from @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social Britain backs Binface 🚨 When asked who they would prefer win the Clacton by-election... 33% say Count Binface 21% say Nigel Farage 32% say neither 13% are undecided
Lemme get this straight: STFC is going to neuter its world class user facilities while UKRI pours over a billion pounds into AI?? Really?? This is madness.
In case you missed it, here's Count Binface's appearance on the BBC this morning.
I really need people to understand that being shitty to women is not separate from a person's politics. Contempt for those seen as weaker, resentment towards people who get something you think you're entitled to, using power to dominate or intimidate—these are the foundations of someone's"politics."
this is the closest thing to an age verification law i would ever consider supporting
Update: I'd been a bit annoyed that the keyboard has a useless Copilot button, but now... it opens Clippy! As demonstrated by the person who wrote the code: www.instagram.com/reel/DZ5MxND...
Emily@emily-405.bsky.social · last yr.So I installed @linuxmint.com
✨ New project! ✨ Mapping the hidden infrastructure which connects to >70% of plants, extends root networks up to 100x and reaches a length of 1 BILLION times the distance to the sun 🤯 Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi! Learn all about them here: a-hidden-infrastructure.spun.earth w/ @spun.earth 💚
A hidden infrastructure
Mapping Earth’s underground mycorrhizal fungal networks — the hidden infrastructure beneath our feet.
a-hidden-infrastructure.spun.earth
Just need everyone to know that the Belgium men's soccer team has new jerseys based on the art of Rene Magritte and this is the official photo shoot
🚨 NEW: 27 Members of Parliament have signed a motion to reject the EHRC Code of Practice edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo... Ask yours to join them: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode
Draft Code of Practice on Services, public functions and associations - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That the draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations, a copy of which was laid before this House on 21 May, be disapproved.
edm.parliament.uk
look. is everything more expensive now? yes. but you have to look on the bright side too. now every time you open a computer, it doesn't work
Britain, 2335: The budget ceremony begins with the traditional Announcement of the Fuel Duty Rise. Two months later, there will be the traditional Postponement of the Fuel Duty Rise, continuing a ritual begun centuries earlier by Chancellors in the Fossil Fuel era
Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 5mo agoRachel Reeves will scrap plans this week to increase fuel duty by 5p a litre from September amid mounting concerns about the impact of the Iran war on the cost of living www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
