James C
@iguandonjim.bsky.social
New name, same pastry face, emigrating from The Bad Place
Sorry but ~1/3 a pizza per person is quite modest for a party. Don't see what the problem is here (other than it's dominoes so it's not really pizza)
Miles Klee 🦉@milesklee.bsky.social · 2h agoordering Domino’s and then blaming ChatGPT when nobody wants it
I always like that Aphrodite chose the blacksmith with the life-altering injury 🥺
David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 8h ago"For instance, the Odyssey is the only surviving Greek literary work from the Archaic Period that describes a marriage between Aphrodite and Hephaistos; every other surviving source from this period takes for granted that Aphrodite is unmarried." I did not know this
Solar eclipse coming up so here’s one of my favourite maps
Me seeing the Manchester United Da's reacting to the appointment of Eva Olid having watched the Horny Hearts Da's do likewise a few years ago.... 😣🙄
Badenoch's two biggest flaws are that she's nowhere near as smart as she thinks she is and is incapable of admitting error. Both well illustrated by this fiasco.
Alex Partridge@alexpartridge87.bsky.social · 7h agoJoshua Bonehill-Paine steps back from being a Conservative council candidate following backlash
for the first time in two and a half years, a new note was played in this organ performance today!
![Organ²/ASLSP (As Slow as Possible) is a musical piece by John Cage.[1]
An organ in St. Burchardi church in Halberstadt in 2001 began a performance that is due to end in 2640. This makes it the longest running non-computerized piece currently being performed.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreiabq354dz537iuzii7lwylq56yyr4bcrzkj32by4z7fq3clewmssy)
genuinely why doesn't Google Maps have a setting you can tick that says "I will not in fact die on the spot if I have to walk for over 20 minutes and would prefer a walk and a tube to somehow seventeen buses"
Hahaha, congrats to you both for finally getting the telegraph to talk about their good pal's wife beating and self confessed paedophilia, if only in a tearful rage at how uncivil it is to mention it
Re-upping this, mainly because I want to dive in to 13 & 19 and completely eviscerate popular books
James C@iguandonjim.bsky.social · yesterdayShamelessly stealing from @salvey1.bsky.social here - but this looks fun! Drop me a like 🫡
It’s good to apologise. Ben made a mistake, has retracted his previous comments and has said sorry. In my book, that’s a good thing, and we should forgive people who make mistakes and apologise.
Ben Goldacre@bengoldacre.bsky.social · yesterdayApologies: I’m not online much, I haven't paid any attention to Rod Liddle for a long time, I didn't really know his extremes. I do now: I wouldn’t have posted if I'd known. I’ve seen death of difficult people up close (and its impact on others): that’s the only reason it was on my mind as an issue.
Jail. Them. All. Throw the fucking book at them. Get them explain to publicly their mothers and children why they think it's acceptable to attack and intimidate council workers
Nate O@nateo.bsky.social · yesterdayEx-PM Starmer said, in response to Raise the Colours terrorising people, ‘I am supporter of flags’, ‘I’m very encouraging of flags. I think they’re patriotic and I think they’re a great symbol of our nation’ and his family had ‘got St George’s flag in our flat’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Amazing how this article about what could be done to improve the hideously overcrowded train service not once mentions the thing being built right now to do exactly that. Aka, HS2. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
A rail nightmare: what it’s like on England’s busiest commuter-only train
This evening service from London to Crewe is hot, sweaty and heaving with people, many having to stand or sit in the gangways
theguardian.com
Earlier iteration of this is also that when Pro Evolution Soccer had markedly better gameplay, people were willing to trade that off against being forced to play with the North London Lilywhites and players such as Doltra, Pone Joels, and Pomatski
John Bull@garius.bsky.social · 6d agothe funny thing is that it has already been proven football fans have no attachment to the 'FIFA' brand. When FIFA tried to charge EA even more money to use it for their iconic game series, EA dropped the license entirely and renamed the games. And 'FIFA' fans still happily bought it.
Shamelessly stealing from @salvey1.bsky.social here - but this looks fun! Drop me a like 🫡
Mo 🌸📚@moplayspoke.bsky.social · 2d ago1 like = 1 book question 📚💙
It's no surprise I disagreed with his opinions, but he was actually that bad at writing that it was painfully clear that anyone who liked his work simply agreed with those opinions - or hated the people they'd annoy - and thus found it perfectly delicious someone had finally typed them up.
When It Happens there is going to be such a shower of bullshit about what is acceptable public discourse, when absolutely none of that courtesy will be extended in the other direction.
I know they're slightly too green even for me, but Mamdani is quite correct to be buying the green ones if in bulk
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
I'm not saying that some running influencers/wannabe influencers are running away* from their problems, have an obvious addictive personality streak, or are masking issues.... But..... *Obviously, as a runner myself, this is a legitimate tactic
Aside from her views, she is simply not very bright
Stéphanie says… 🏴☠️🦈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️@stephaniejane.bsky.social · 2d agoRosie singing a different tune now I see…
I was about to do the washing up when I came across this email from the economist and decided to read it instead.
It's in the guardian, so I assume the answer is "UPF"
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d ago‘I spent a week crying. I’ve never had an injury in my life!’ Why do so many fitness fans end up needing surgery?
The Freemantle case is a real eye-opener. She not only secured the dropping of the original case, but the almost total deletion of all online references to it, any photograph of her, or their home etc. All that has now rebounded spectacularly. (Daily Mail archived article) https://archive.is/1N6SC
![All of which brings us back to the 2023 inquiry, now the subject of an IOPC investigation. Given the awful situation, the whole thing ought to have been extraordinarily thorough. Yet for reasons the IOPC will doubtless be probing, officers failed to interview many important witnesses, including Helen Lowe, then headteacher of The Study Prep, a £21,000-a-year school for girls aged four to 11.
In July 2024, more than a year after the accident, Ms Lowe told how she had been one of the first people on the scene and had seen the driver exiting the vehicle. Despite providing her details to police, she was never asked to provide a statement. 'I sort of assumed we would be [contacted] and we haven't,' she said.
The failure to interview a potential key witness is especially baffling because evidence about how Ms Freemantle behaved in the immediate aftermath of the incident would be absolutely critical in helping a court work out whether she had indeed suffered a fit.
In normal circumstances, a sufferer will enter something known as the 'postictal state', which typically lasts between five and 30 minutes. Symptoms include extreme confusion, fatigue and memory loss and can extend to bouts of psychosis.
One unnamed witness who spoke to the Wimbledon Guardian described Ms Freemantle as 'in a delirious condition' after the accident and said she had 'bitten through her tongue'.
In the fog of an unfolding disaster, other first-hand accounts may differ. But it's unclear what steps were taken to track the various other witnesses down and take statements.
The IOPC is also understood to be probing how the police examined Ms Freemantle's subsequent claims regarding her medical condition.
Establishing whether someone has epilepsy is notoriously tricky without conducting scans and blood tests shortly after a seizure, as well as scrutinising a patient's medical history.
Ms Freemantle has never publicly shared how or when she obtained her diagnosis, but sources close to her say it was made by an independent medical expert appointed by the police, who also had access to her clinical records. What we do know, however, is the CPS initially accepted this version of events.
In June 2024, it announced she wouldn't face charges, saying that having scrutinised a file of evidence supplied by the police: 'It is not in the public interest to pursue a prosecution'.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o5ziqhe3zamtk74c6tmksehc/bafkreic22pq2ohxcfuvnit27x4dkejz5lajoqr3k7yw3xq2jghdw7llt4q)
