Gary, I think it’ll be the Spandau Ballet royalties that’ll keep the family going after you’re gone, rather than your Sun Life Over 50’s Plan.
Neil Armstrong tired of people asking him what it was like to walk on the moon. And so, when people asked him, he would tell a really rubbish joke about the moon, and when people were dismayed at the joke, he'd say... well, I guess you had to be there.
Born 5th August 1930, astronaut and aeronautical engineer Neil Armstrong. As commander of Apollo 11, Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot and university professor. He died in 2012, aged 82. #NeilArmstrong
🤑 We pay. You pay. Palantir doesn’t. A new report finds that #Palantir is paying little to no corporate tax in Europe while expanding its influence over public services, policing, defence and national security. 💲 Public money in. Almost no tax out. Read the report: www.epsu.org/article/pala...
Palantir pays almost no corporate tax in Europe while benefitting from public contracts: new report
A new report reveals that Palantir is paying little to no corporate taxes in Europe while building massive profits and share value off the back of public contracts.
epsu.org
I fear we may be in the end times (I’m in pretty strong agreement with a Bret Stephens piece)
Opinion | I’m Begging You: Never Write With A.I. (Gift Article)
It’s bad for your brain and worse for democracy.
nytimes.com
Bellyaching about pet treatments polluting our rivers, when those rivers are already full of turds & worse. What a time to be alive. #c4news
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Democracy is at stake when foolish humans bet on machines being intelligent | Rafael Behr
We need an enlightened US president to make the case for global AI regulation. Donald Trump is the exact opposite of what is needed, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
theguardian.com
The neo-Nazi is not going to be a candidate. The neo-Nazi is just going to advise all the other candidates. Much better. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Badenoch gives former neo-Nazi advisory role after he withdraws as Tory candidate
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, who was convicted of harassing Jewish MP, says Badenoch has asked him to work with party’s culture and integration commission
theguardian.com
My son was wearing a "Vote Reform" t-shirt and an "I love Nigel" baseball hat. He's been spat at, abused, slapped around the head and told he's a brainless twat. God knows what's going to happen to him once he gets out of the house...
Top of the Pops (5th August 1982). Kid Creole & The Coconuts are at number 8 with Stool Pigeon.
Tech companies getting bigger and building apps I don't need while I'm just over here wishing for software that works right.
Man arrested after dressing as Grim Reaper on hospital roof and staring at patients
Man arrested after dressing as Grim Reaper on hospital roof and staring at patients
The 26-year-old man was fined £200 by Llandudno magistrates
independent.co.uk
I'm still waiting for the jetpack I was promised decades ago. 🙄
Weirdly, after all these years, I'd assumed he looked like your typical oily forrin. And not like Billy MacKenzie's dullcousin from the Scottish highlands.
#70sTop30 No 14. Jean Paul Young Love Is In The Air youtu.be/TInrBuCcuFY?...
The week ending August 5, 1978, Scottish/Australian singer John Paul Young earned US #OneHitWonder honors when his Vanda & Young-penned & produced “Love is in the Air” entered the US #Billboard #Top40 at #40. The single spent 15 weeks on the chart, peaking at #7. #JPY #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air
YouTube video by OneHitWondered
youtu.be
just had a horrific vision of the future in which Zack Polanski and Kemi Badenoch have a podcast and now I need a lie down
Marilyn Monroe on location in New York City during production of The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Who remembers when diner tables/booths had a mini jukebox? This one is from 1982. 📷 David Turnley/Getty Images
The Last Bus now on #BBC2. A stonkingly fab film, and Timothy Spall has never been better.