"Got a call from a good friend Come on down for the weekend Didn't know if I could spare the time I knew a woman who was crazy About a boy who was lazy But it didn't work out 'cos they just couldn't make it rhyme" Pinball - Brian Protheroe #BrianProtheroe
Perfectly put! I then add nothing more than smoked salmon and pecorino…. oh, and a slosh of Chablis… if there is any left after 25 mins of fretting over the carnoroli….
Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 17h agoI must have cooked more than a thousand risottos, yet every time the emergence of something that looks edible from what had previously resembled a pond is a blessed relief.
immigrants to Spain that won't integrate in local society!
Maybe he did say some distasteful things that ‘some’ people were thinking…. but I can only view his defenders and celebrants with deep suspicion….. An excellent piece..
Tinah The Queenah 🇵🇸@tbskbskysocial.bsky.social · yesterdayBrilliant article from Mic outlining the body of work Liddle should ultimately be judged by. A man whose columns were often defined by bigotry, cruelty and punching down, yet he kept his platform across three major newspapers. However you try to frame it, Liddle was a deeply unpleasant prick!
I did not work countless hours in an ICU full of proned patients and go back to my hotel crying because we lost more patients in a day than a typical week to hear a moron with a worm in his brain say that the ICU's were empty. I AM SO FUCKING ANGRY.
Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 3d agoI worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
Good Lord! Water leakage losses FAR exceed the water saved even if a hosepipe ban were imposed nationwide. The latter would 377 mill- 572 million litres a day if the restrictions were applied across the whole of 🏴 v the 2.6 BILL litres lost every day through leaks apple.news/AN8mQDIXOTiO...
Water farce as firms lose 2.6bn litres a day… more than hosepipe bans save — The i Paper
Leaky infrastructure means companies imposing hosepipe bans are losing enough water to supply millions of people
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"Plastic bottles attached to fishing nets can help dolphins detect and avoid being caught and killed in the deadly gear. Studies have shown that using plastic bottles as reflectors on gillnets led to an 88% reduction in dolphin bycatch, while the fish catch remained the same."
Discarded plastic bottles help save dolphins from fishing nets
Newcastle University researchers have demonstrated that plastic bottles attached to fishing nets can help dolphins detect and avoid being caught and killed in the deadly gear.
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Sarah Pochin, who was born 24 years after the end of World War Two, might want to pick up a history book.
Unelected nobody Zia (Muhammad Ziauddin) Yusuf of Reform says Britain is being invaded by foreigners and wants to use huge Navy Warships to round up teeny weeny inflatable boats which is like using a tank to catch a rabbit 🙄 Fun fact - Yusuf’s parents migrated to the UK from Sri Lank in 1980’s..
The picture on the front of Reform's policy is of HMS Ocean on the River Thames in 2012. It was sold by to the Brazilian navy in 2018. Turns out you can judge a book by its cover.
I read this as a youngster so long ago….. I never imagined this far, far future would, tomorrow, become my past..
Bob Fry@bobfry.bsky.social · 2d agoThere Will Come Soft Rains Ray Bradbury wrote a story set on August 4th 2026 (today’s date). It was the first Bradbury I ever read and it’s one of his finest. Here it is read very nicely. youtu.be/bEjZxh_rYXk?...
COLONIALISM = RESOURCE EXTRACTION Unsurprisingly with annual droughts now likely in future, England wants to pipe Scottish water south to London. Read the details here: www.thenational.scot/.../26421513...
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
Been listening to some of the coverage of the Games on the BBC World Service and it certainly seems to have generated great enthusiasm from athletes and spectators alike. But then it was hosted by Glasgow. As they say, People Make Glasgow.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d agoGlasgow 2026 chief hails ‘phenomenal’ success of revamped Commonwealth Games
If only there was some kind of way for us to build cooling systems that also reduce CO2, instead of using energy and increase greenhouse gasses. Oh wait!
Iceland’s women changed history in 1975 by refusing to carry the country for one day. America, imagine what millions of women united could accomplish today! Organize. Vote. Speak out. Never underestimate the power of women standing together! #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance #TogetherWeRise #Equality
Cats are wonderful at enforcing boundaries, preferences and consent. It is a big part of what I love about them. Sharon came by for an early morning #Caturday breakfast this morning. The strays I feed aren't picky but I switch between hairball and gravy versions of meow mix depending on weather
I feed my strays in 3 different locations so they have enough room to eat and they all want to take turns for the location by my door
Epstein files aren't worth seeing or discussing, but Fauci's personal diary...? THERE's our new distraction. I'd listen to this remarkable woman.
Norwich is drying out while water bosses cash in. Anglian Water’s CEO banked a £500k "retention payment" - a loophole round the bonus ban - just as East Anglia was declared in drought. They'll keep filling their pockets as our reservoirs empty until we get public ownership.
Left: Robert Jenrick says Zack Polanski should have resigned for sharing a collab post, adding a decent person would apologise Right: When a Reform councillor shared a death threat against a Labour MP, Starmer asked Nigel to apologise, he refused Using Jenrick's logic, Farage isn't a decent person
