A record-breaking day at the Kia Oval as Metro Bank fever hits south London! 😅 Our highest attendance of Surrey Members for a home One Day Cup fixture in the 21st century 🙌 Thank you for your wonderful support 🪶 🖤 | #OneDayCup
I think the Tories need to recognise that the Labour antisemitism problems under Corbyn cut through to the general public and were a factor in their loss in 2019. Non-political family members are now messaging me about the "former" neo-nazi being Tory candidate for Crewkerne South.
For fuck's sake. The "protected belief" phenomenon has really got out of hand, judges are increasingly just throwing it out there for any weirdo who wants to harass people at work. Reminder that this provision was intended to protect *religious* beliefs.
Many EU leaders are collapsing under a moment’s pressure on Ceuta but the hypocrisy of Meloni is particularly sickening. All those demands that Europe help Italy out on Lampedusa, and no-one asked for Italy to be excluded from Schengen. But as soon as a Social Democrat faces problems….
Dry. Very Dry. Wildfire risk remains high. If you spot an unattended fire, move to a safe place and call 999 immediately. Help prevent fires by removing all litter and never lighting BBQs or fires in open countryside. 📸: Chris Doyle
finally a working definition of British values
András Forgács W@andraswf.bsky.social · 3d agoI unreservedly apologise for YOUR MISTAKE
Straight after he gets five wickets in twenty balls. Feels very much a metaphor for the Hundred.
The Cricketer@thecricketer.com · 3d agoRashid Khan has confirmed that he will be unavailable for the remainder of The Hundred group stage as he departs for international duty.
Median UK voter in 2026, as predicted by Hugh Laurie some decades ago:
Things I and friends have done to calm an angry abusive man from further escalating and killing us or our children: -Smiled -Kept normal schedules in order not to trigger a fight -Appeased with kind acts (cooking, cleaning, favors) -Forced friendly tones and words
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d agoRep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"
Walking around a food festival in the park when @valleyguitarist.bsky.social starts giggling at this WELL SHIT ALIEN PIZZA
There's lots of stuff LLMs can't do, but if you want to disbelieve all the recent math, you have to believe a bunch of Fields Medalists with long track records are just straightforwardly lying about the thing they care most about. Here's a recent blog by Gowers: gowers.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/a...
A recent experience with ChatGPT 5.5 Pro
We are all having to keep revising upwards our assessments of the mathematical capabilities of large language models. I have just made a fairly large revision as a result of ChatGPT 5.5 Pro, to whi…
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Went to the re-opened Simpsons in the Strand and can confirm it is as nice as the Jay Rayner review paints it. Also nice they don’t drench the beef in gravy.
Elastica hint at return in social media post thequietus.com/news/elastic...
Elastica to Return? | The Quietus
Elastica have suggested that there is to be some future activity in a cryptic post on their Instagram today, 31 July. Underneath an old photograph of the band they wrote “Missed us? We’ve been busy be...
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Local cafe vs local wanker. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform council chief threatens to report café boss who fed kids for free to cops
EXCLUSIVE: Barry Ashley, who runs the Grumpy Cook café in Hastings, and Labour MP Helena Dollimore have been told by East Sussex County Council chief Andy Woolley that he plans to contact police after...
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“Have you checked the copy for the Enterprise display ad?” “Didn’t need to, it’s the same every week” [one day later] “Oh”
Somerset folk? Bringing everything down to their Levels.
First agent Truss destroyed the Tories, now agent Polanski is going to destroy the Greens. Say what you like about the LibDems but no one does disruptive penetration operations as effectively as them.
Ciaran@ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · last wk.He's genuinely a moron
She loved her surgery cone for the first couple days (it made her feel powerful and intimidating) so we got her a courted ruff to look sinister in.
“Clicky Ponting”. I bet you lot wish you’d thought of that.
At some point this stops being hilarious and starts becoming a country that is Not OK.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.Javier Milei accuses US Democrats of financing ‘anti-Argentina campaign’ at World Cup
William Gibson's Neuromancer is on Kindle today for 99p for those who need a good read.
Things have changed, but when I was over there, this system was used to shunt off ethnic Italian/Turkish/non-white kids to “vocational” training whilst the white kids were much more likely to be sent to the equivalent of a grammar school.
Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · last wk.Germany, Switzerland etc... not only have a different balance of manufacturing vs services but also a corporate model in which companies support vocational ed at scale. We have neither. Schools/colleges aren't the problem.
Ollie Pope! Two good games for once in the hundred, with KP women losing by 1 to the Pom Bears and KP men winning by 1 #thehundred.
