Sonofrojblake
@simonpblake.bsky.social
Chemical engineer, (former) paraglider pilot, dad who feels inadequate next to Bandit Heeler.
I don't give a shit about football, but I just heard my favourite stat about this World Cup. Every single country taking part has universal healthcare... Except one. Can you guess ?
@kermodemovie.bsky.social I should like to personally apologise for your appearance in Private Eye this week
credit to Sally Nugent who just, in normal circumstances, brought Nigel Farage's political career to an end. If polls don't plummet after this, I will be truly astonished.
The Guardian never, ever writes"Whoopi Goldberg, whose real name is Caryn Johnson", or "Elton John, whose real name is Reg Dwight". But they do this for Tommy Robinson EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY MENTION HIM. Why? I'm all for ridiculing him, but this comes across as childish and unprofessional.
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The US renamed the Gulf of Mexico, and the rest of us ignored them. In the same vein, we should collectively agree to rename Hormuz to The Trump Strait, so we can commemorate the greatest geopolitical self-own in history. The US will ignore it of course, but that'll just make it funnier.
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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I've just seen a car with the numberplate 4 LOS. This pleases me. I'm hoping it's not because those are the owner's initials. I'm hoping it's because it's their fourth car, and they know loS is Klingon for ”four"
Late, but: Twelve Monkeys The Thing Alien/Aliens Forbidden Planet Planet of the Apes Phase IV Dark City Blade Runner Rocky Horror Picture Show Primer
Joel Morris@gralefrit.bsky.social · 3mo agoFor Star Wars day, give us your top 10 sci fi films: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Arrival Alien Close Encounters of the Third Kind Monsters Dark Star The Thing Quatermass and the Pit Star Wars Silent Running
From the Guardian Blind Date column, presented without comment.
@gralefrit.bsky.social brilliant takedown here of using AI to do *even a bit* of your writing. www.facebook.com/share/v/18ja...
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30 years on, and Jacqueline Natla describing the tomb of Qualopec as "unfound" still grinds my gears. "Lost", love. The word you want is "lost". I should probably let it go.
Great use of the word "obviously" in this column, made me laugh out loud www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What on Earth is Melania Trump thinking? | Arwa Mahdawi
The first lady has put the Barbra Streisand effect in overdrive with a PR nightmare of her own making
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Recreate your own Artemis splashdown with three Tunnocks teacakes and a Nespresso pod
Today I learned (while introducing my 7 year old to the TV version of Hitchhikers) that Colin Jeavons is still with us at the grand old age of 96. Bless you Colin.
Golden retriever runs 15 feet after owner mimes throwing tennis ball
This is one of the most accurate explanations & predictions I’ve seen. Thank you, Secretary Rubio. Were you lying then? Or, has the republic completely crumbled?
What am I giving up for Lent? Calm. Kindness. Kinship. Love. I've given up all chance at inner peace. I've made my mind a sunless space.
Today I learned there, was a Pokestop on Epstein's island, and Niantic removed... THREE DAYS AGO. I really don't know what to do with this information. It feels like reality itself is... broken, somehow.
I hope Russel T Davies's Dr Who Christmas special kills the show. Temporarily. I hope it stays off air for about 30 years. Then someone writes a triumphant return in 2055. And the show runs 8 years from then, and does a 100th anniversary special. That writer is about 16 years old already...
Five jobs I've had: Barman Kidney Research fundraiser Chocolate factory process engineer (i.e. Willy Wonka, effectively) Sales assistant in Dixons electricals Drinking water analyst
Flups@flups.bsky.social · 6mo agoFive jobs I’ve had: - Mother To Five Feral Loin Fruit™️ - Pharmacy Dispenser - GP Practice Operations Manager - John Lewis Sales Partner - National Trust Visitor Experience Officer
If ICE murdering a white male gun owner, in broad daylight, on video is the last straw that stirs Americans to action... that's fucked up. And if it's NOT... I don't even know a phrase for what that is.