Prominent journalists, academics and MPs saying "well he was nice to me". Yeah, can't think of any reason for that, definitely nothing he'd get out of that relationship.
Good thing children live entirely on their own, in caves, entirely isolated from the rest of the population
Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 4d agoCovid was- overwhelmingly- not a threat to children. Hence why (generally) we don’t vaccinate them now.
What's most annoying about this clip is it's main questions are "we should question whether schools should have closed in the lockdowns" and "we should consider the lab leak theory" are just given as evidence free protestations that we should do these things.
The News Agents@thenewsagents.co.uk · 5d ago“I’m glad we live in a country that is deferential to expertise - but at times in the pandemic, that did go too far.” “I’m not sure school closures were a price worth paying.” Lewis on how ‘legitimate questions’ have emerged - and should be asked - about how we handled Covid.
Dolphins. The worst animals in the ocean.
Sanjay Srivastava@sanjaysrivastava.com · 6d agoWhat is an extremely nerdy/obscure/specific thing you hate with a white-hot wrath?
Watching the last Mission Impossible, they've got to the diving bit and I'm annoyed
What gets me about infantino is just how pathetic he is. Everything he does is for the benefit of people who couldn't give a shit about him. Just a useful idiot for the world's worst people
If new England test cricket coach Stephen Fleming ever fancies a day off he can just draft in Danish actor Claes Bang in to take his place
Excited to find out who will be the one to criticise Joyce Carol Oates criticism of Emily Wilson's criticism of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 6d ago‘The crude language of Maga folks’: Joyce Carol Oates criticises Emily Wilson’s attack on Nolan’s Odyssey
Adjusting time for them not being kids but either working as an in Scottish power plants or selling tractors in east lothian. I could possibly sell tractors badly
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d agoEnough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
Seems unfair on the French that we get the Bayeux tapestry and in return they get Chris Philp
Henry Mance@henrymance.ft.com · last wk.update: Chris Philp has invaded France.
I'm weirdly happy People decided to publish this article. this lady got very close to the peak and decided to turn back because she wasn't totally confident in her technical ability. That's praiseworthy wisdom, and a good example for others. share.google/d8Xi4aZ8aKkW...
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Werner Herzog directing The Tiger, he destroyed his cage...
Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now
As the Premier Leagues only bald manager Enzo Maresca should get to wear a wig for one game and no-one's allowed to mention it.
The SEND education white paper promises £1.8bn be made available to local authorities for access "experts at hand". A nice promise if those experts weren't losing their jobs in areas run by other parts of the government www.localgov.co.uk/SEND-teams-h...
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Watching Oppenheimer and singing the theme tune to it Let's Oppenheimer huh Let's Oppenheimer in here
No wonder we've got a housing crisis if every new home has to be built by someone with a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics
Slightly tangential but years ago I had a boss who had a property portfolio & insisted he was a communist. He got really annoyed when people pointed out the contradiction in this.
The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 2w agoTelling people that wanting their neighbour to keep their job makes them right-wing is insulting to a region that has backed the left's cause for longer than most of its critics have been alive, writes Luke Buchanan ✍️ Read more: www.thenational.scot/politi...
Bryan Johnson's baby clone has killed the original Bryan Johnson. He was last seen fleeing the scene shouting "harvest that motherfucker"
Can't believe Graham Chapman agreed to appear in this. A real stain on his reputation.
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2w agoThis is the video Musk is quote-tweeting when he says he'll deliver a feature length version of The Odyssey, just in case you were curious how dogshit it is
I know what they mean by "horse assisted therapy" but it doesn't match the picture in my head.