Nope. Nope nope nope. All of the nope, and then some extra nope for good measure. And then, just to make sure, another helping of nope. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Huge wasp nest takes over Norfolk Wildlife Trust workers office

Eilish Rothney says the nest, which has engulfed her ring binders, is about 1m (3.2ft) tall.

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I always feel somewhat aggrieved when people say "oh, everyone knows that" and I have to admit that I don't know it because it makes me feel like an uneducated and ignorant oaf. (Yes, I admit, I'm an idiot who didn't know anything about the Ship Of Theseus until watching this week's Only Connect.)

There a million things wrong with the EHRC guidance, as you all know, but for me the weirdest thing about it all is that its authors don't even seem to be aware of the possibility that someone asked to leave a "single sex" facility might refuse.

This is actually a pretty good take. And I can think of one straight off the bat which perfectly meets the criteria and is a pretty good representation of their work: Bucks Fizz - "Greatest Hits" 12 tracks, all singles up to album release, including their magnum opus "Rules Of The Game"

j-e-l@jelbugle.bsky.social · 4d ago

A musical hot take: A Best Of or Greatest Hits should not be more than 12 songs. Double discs, an absolute no, unless you are honest and call it a collection or folio or something

Today is the day that *any* man who wants to go in the women's toilets just has to claim to be a trans man and everybody's got JK Rowling to thank.

George_T_Truth2@george-t-truth2.bsky.social · 11h ago

#JeremyVine When trans men start entering women's toilets, this whole thing blows up This culture war crap is a nonsense

EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect today so remember to be an absolute pain in the arse to any service provider who is trying to actively enforce it.

Kit has come to the pub quiz with me tonight and yes I am absolutely serenading them while this is playing, what of it?

Much as I do sometimes complain about the regulars at the pub quiz, they're a pretty good lot, really! 😊

Very happy to see I'm not the only one. I know that if I went on it I'd be far too busy concentrating on making the answers grammatically and temporally correct (eg "who WAS Alexander Graham Bell", "what WERE the Hanging Gardens Of Babylon), probably at the expense of the actual correct answer.

Ward Q. Normal (he/him)@wardqnormal.bsky.social · yesterday

Feels like a good day to say out loud: as a lifelong trivia lover (Scholastic Bowl, pub quiz, etc.) I don’t like Jeopardy. The format is annoying AF. The “questions” do not grammatically or factually match the “answers,” so it’s just a tic of saying “what is” to start and it annoys me to no end.

It’s easy to forget this happened. People who knew who he was and what he’d done lobbied for it.

Dr Matt Lodder@mattlodder.com · yesterday

Not speaking ill of the dead is how Jimmy Saville got something approaching a state funeral.

Star Wars is to be dubbed into Welsh for the first time, with a cast of leading Welsh actors bringing the iconic 1977 film to life yn Gymraeg ahead of its 50th anniversary

'Gobaith Newydd': Star Wars to be dubbed in Welsh for first time

Star Wars is to be dubbed into Welsh for the first time, with a cast of leading Welsh actors bringing the iconic 1977 film to life yn Gymraeg ahead of its 50th anniversary. Announced today at the Nati...

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Once again for those at the back: ‘Don’t speak ill of the dead’ is about your great aunt Elsie, who liked a long gin with a short tonic at elevenses, and blew your inheritance money betting on the horses. Speaking ill of absolute monsters is a moral obligation, actually.

Replace the shark with a cuddly Blåhaj from IKEA.

weinberg@weinbergs.bsky.social · 7mo ago

let's pretend: Universal announces a screenwriting contest for Jaws 5. What's your pitch?

When I pass away, and I hope it's in a good 60+ years rather than any time soon, I hope I'm remembered as more of a Jimmy Cricket than a Rod Liddle

This has genuinely made me sniffle a bit. www.lep.co.uk/news/jimmy-c...

"Our beloved Jimmy passed away" Tributes paid as comedian Jimmy Cricket dies aged 80

"Forever our clown, he was cracking jokes to the wonderful NHS staff and to us all right until the end. :

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Needless to say, this is in reaction to a certain hateful columnist who has breathed their last, and not at all in reaction to a comedian and comic who seems to be generating nothing but warm tributes about how genuinely lovely he was. I'd say it's a good idea to be like the latter, really...

Him Over There, Now Over Here@snathe.bsky.social · 2d ago

Posted without comment.

Posted without comment.

Windsor Davies as Sergeant Major: Oh Dear

ALT: Windsor Davies as Sergeant Major: Oh Dear

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Does this mean that, technically, Clarkson also wants 'fuck you' letters from people who aren't claiming benefits?

Today in "reprehensible fucking shitbags gonna shitbag fucking reprehensibly"

Roxy Hart@roxyhart.bsky.social · 3d ago

God, Clarkson is a cunt metro.co.uk/2026/08/02/j...

It's that time of year again - time to cast your votes in the Noisebox Anthems poll! Al the tracks are pretty representative of what you'll hear on Noisebox every day, so pick your favourites and get your voice heard! (and you don't even need to use pens or pencils, it's a handy form!)

Ben Baker@benbaker.bsky.social · 3d ago

Noisebox Anthems IV is live! Here's a selection of the sort of stuff we play every day on @noiseboxradio.com but we want to know which you like most. I'll count down the top 50 live on Monday 31st August like I'm one of those Bruno Brookeses they used to have. noiseboxradio.com/anthems/

Celebrating the fact I'm finally back in gainful employment by treating myself to a Burger King. Tagging @nikkcade.bsky.social as per usual protocol :)

Feedback has now arrived. They've only gone and offered me the bloody job!!!!! I can assume one of two things have happened: 1) there's been some huge mistake 2) my lack of React experience is something they're prepared to overlook and actually help me to build. But hey, it's an offer!

Him Over There, Now Over Here@snathe.bsky.social · last wk.

Have been assured that feedback will absolutely be forthcoming by the end of the week.

This is going to make it very difficult to know which sports we should ban them from.

Kat Kerlin@katkerlin.bsky.social · last wk.

Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. This helps them avoid self-pollination. How do they do it? A @ucdavis.bsky.social study explains. www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/st...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I genuinely hope that every single person involved in this rollout, from developers through to management, get immediately sacked for gross misconduct. PLEASE STOP BEING SO FUCKING SHIT AT DEVELOPMENT WORK. THIS DOES NOT HELP CHANGE PEOPLE'S OPINIONS.

ScotRail apology as passengers unable to book tickets in app launch chaos

The operator replaced its existing app with an updated ticketing system for travellers on Thursday morning.

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Having shown this link to friends of ours who, shall we say, are an active part of the scene*, their comment was an indifferent "huh, seems pretty tame really". (*no judgement from me, and I'll take none from any of you either. They're my friends, and they're adults, and consenting ones at that)

Madame Pinkness@madamepinkness.bsky.social · 7d ago

Any time I see a noteworthy house listing, oh has @oldenoughtosay.com seen it yet? "Extensive entertainment facilities" indeed. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/9...

Proof that Londoners have always had issues with formatting their telephone numbers even before the days of 020...

Ben Baker@benbaker.bsky.social · 7d ago

CALL NOW FOR HOT RAT ACTION (no guinea pigs pls, we've discussed this)

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: No Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney or Ghibli. (Disappointed there's no GIFs of either the big clock in Cumbernauld shopping centre, or Chic Murray saying "Off you GO, you small boys!")

Gregory's Girl Scotland

ALT: Gregory's Girl Scotland

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Ben Baker@benbaker.bsky.social · last wk.

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: No Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney or Ghibli.

Have been assured that feedback will absolutely be forthcoming by the end of the week.

Him Over There, Now Over Here@snathe.bsky.social · last wk.

Right. Interview time - and a face-to-face one at that. Preparing myself for the usual levels of disappointment and lack of feedback...

Right. Interview time - and a face-to-face one at that. Preparing myself for the usual levels of disappointment and lack of feedback...

This knocks "More Than Words" into a cocked hat.