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Don’t tell Jenrick but a Roman mile is not the same as an imperial mile, it’ll blow his mind and don’t get me started on a country mile. toolsheaven.net/glossary/rom...

MAGA rats are going home

Why are the people who accuse those talking about reversing Brexit of "living in the past" never asked about their own plans to rip up an international agreement that was first signed by the UK some 75 years ago?

A fantastic Trailer for what passed pre-JAWS as a Summer blockbuster. THE TOWERING INFERNO (1974) Off a $14m budget it grossed $203m & had an epic fight between Hollywood Agents representing McQueen & Newman over top billing. #PaulNewman #SteveMcQueen

He is so close to getting it

There's another way of putting this: "Markets prefer fascists" www.economist.com/leaders/2026...

Elon Musk’s AI Odyssey review – the dullest, most pointless riposte possible to Christopher Nolan’s brilliant epic

Netherlands pulls out of Eurovision again over Israel participation.

"What will finally destroy us is not communism or fascism, but man acting like God." ~ Malcolm Muggeridge #JohnDarkow

🇺🇸 Fast-food giants. UK rivers. One BIG pollution problem. As American fast-food giants expand across the UK, demand for cheap chicken is soaring. But behind the boom lies a growing environmental crisis... 🧵1/2. riveractionuk.com/news/big-ame... @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Lock 🔒 him up forever.

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-Year-Old Mia Heller From Virginia, USA, Invents a Water Filter That Eliminates 96% of Microplastics From Drinking Water

NEW: Trump is a Russian asset. And the UK government is finally waking from its decade-long slumber Read this. And order a wind-up radio. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-dark-t...

Definitely this 👇👇👇

A diver stumbles across a whale shark trapped in a commercial fishing line in a marine sanctuary that bans fishing, while the giant lies still while the rope is cut. The footage also shows the scale of a whale shark vs a human. [📹 Smithsonian Channel] Original post

💔Tragic: swifts are finding their chicks dumped in skips and their nests blocked up by building work. 🚨We need an emergency system that forces police & councils to act IMMEDIATELY when nests are threatened. Sign the petition now 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Solar is booming.

“I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them.” — KURT VONNEGUT

Calls for Tyneside Reform councillor to be suspended for sharing homophobic video www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Happy Goats 🐐

2 down, 3 to go 🇷🇸 Serbia — Vucic lost 🇧🇷 Brazil — Bolsonaro lost 🇮🇱 Israel — 27 Oct 🇧🇬 Bulgaria — 1 Nov 🇺🇸 USA — 3 Nov

"Evil thrives on apathy and cannot exist without it." ~ Hannah Arendt @danboriscreates.bsky.social

A bad week for Trump and co?

Gone Whale Watching San Diego "Amidst all of this orca mania, it’s been an outstanding start to humpback season! Over a dozen humpbacks were seen in San Diego yesterday, including this spectacular breacher captured by Captain Michael!" 📹Captain Michael Irwin Merriam

I've seen more punters at a tripe auction.

Zelenskyy calls out monthlong wait for Hegseth to sign off on Patriot missiles

From “aristocracy to assetocracy” - Prof Huw McCartney, a colleague at @unibirmingham.bsky.social, explores the make-up and wealth in the House of Lords, which so desperately needs reform: theconversation.com/from-aristoc...

‘It’s magic’: scientists rediscover how to make ancient Roman colour-changing glass

A wild story: the CEO of a US energy company whose plans were discussed during the Witkoff-Kushner-Putin negotiations resigns. Why? He learned that his company's main investor is a sanctioned Russian company, not the UAE www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

🔴 REVEALED: Palantir led closed-door review of how MoD buys software The review was presented to defence minister Luke Pollard by Palantir UK boss Louis Mosley in Feb and has mostly been implemented None of this was made public New investigation🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-p...

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Did you think they were smooth? Sea lions have a thick blubber layer that helps them stay warm in cold waters. [📹 Itutambilgii] Original post