Alice

James A’s approach in this task is 100% the approach I took to PE at school

Gabby: What was your highlight of the half time show? Wayne Rooney: When it finished. I thought it was crap. 10/10 punditry. No notes.

my god, this is amazing. apparently from a NY Times interview with Neill and Goldblum. Resharing with alt text so everyone can enjoy

oh my god and I thought Andy Burnham was a shoo-in

Offside xkcd.com/3268/

Spicy

this time of year is the best kind of year for watching sports

TIL that football coaching staff can get both red and yellow cards

Because it means he doesn't get to have a me vs the establishment campaign. And his likely victory isn't taken as vindication by anyone. Plus it makes him look silly and desperate.

I, Jordan Henderson, got a yellow card and a terrible injury in the legendary 2026 match against Mexico at the Azteca While playing, right?

IMPORTANT: The Women’s T20 World Cup final is free to air (whatever that means) on Sky Mix. Game starts at 3:30. #WT20WC 🏏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇦🇺

You know that Harry Kane is a genetic freak because his hairline receded just far enough to provide a perfect surface for a header

At this point, I genuinely believe the entire public is being actively gaslit by both the media, and Esther Ghey herself, into forgetting that Brianna Ghey was murdered, by people she knew from school, in real life, who were partly influenced by transphobia, fuelled by the media and politicians.

the phrase "lipstick on a pig" has always inspired a deep sadness in me. I think of the pig, looking forward to her big night out, and I bring myself to the verge of tears.

What a beautiful moment.

It is amazing that we can follow this mission so closely #artemisII

Reid Wiseman on #Artemis II: "We have Earth out window 4 and Moon out window 3... the Moon is about 3-4 times the size of the Earth and it is almost full, and the Earth is just a small crescent out there... it's magnificent... such a majestic view out here" Mission Control: "Amaze, amaze, amaze!"

Losing contact with the Earth for 40 minutes sounds ideal

👨‍🚀 The #Artemis II crew are now further from home than any humans ever, and European engines brought them there 🚀. 🌍 The record of 400 171 km was previously held by the Apollo 13 mission 🌕.

"i have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working." The Astronauts truly representing us all up there.

If Artemis is going up then it gives me an excuse to once again post this photo, the only one to contain every human being in the universe but one.

The sass of the person writing the minute by minute on England v Scotland is to be admired

Placing a layer of algorithmic recommendation on speech does not make speech less free, but it does pervert it. Algorithmic mediation turns speech into a resource extracted from human behavior. Platforms do not value speech because it is protected, they value the service it provides them.

Quite glad that the big story in British politics is whether Andy Burnham will apply to stand in a by-election and not people being gunned down by state militias. Solidarity with Minnesotans resisting this barbarity.

Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

When they ask me what radicalized me

I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him

Sorry I haven't been active on social media today, I've been flat out making sure everything goes smoothly on my first day as website manager for the OBR.

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Thought I would hate The Ashes being in the winter, but turns out there’s nothing better than waking up early and enjoying it on a freezing morning

Stokes Stokes Stokes Stokes! #TheAshes

am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover? Rosalind Franklin’s notes.

If someone could put together a playlist of this background music, that would be great #TheTraitors

Can’t remember the last time I got this hyped about something on television and it’s some celebs playing a version of a late night drinking game I played as a student #CelebrityTraitors

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday. Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

I’m sad to hear the news that the wonderful Jane Goodall is no longer in the world. Her work with chimpanzees at Gombe in Tanzania taught us to look at other apes - and ourselves - differently. I was privileged to meet her later in life and tell her what an inspiration she was to me.

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

can't really begin to explain the extent to which I do Not want to be filmed without my knowledge by someone wearing smart glasses while out and about

Thank God we don’t have the cancellation of satirical comedy in this country. I can’t wait to see how they deal with the Trump visit on The Mash Report, Mock The Week and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order!

Expect more silence from the Royal Society in the face of their most notorious fellow advocating for the overthrow of the democratically elected government of a country he is neither a citizen nor a resident of (yet he is a fellow of their most prestigious learned society).

Also the first time the three great offices of state (FCDO, Home, CX) have all been held by women at the same time.

RIP Allan Ahlberg. Gorgeous, resonant, timeless work that will live forever.

@crosscountry.bsky.social you need to keep your train running when they are at a station. Been at Bristol for 10 mins, with no air con. In this heat that is v dangerous!

It's maddening to me how much Covid is at the root of so many of today's crises and we just...don't talk about it? Take the spike in children needing SEND provision. Did anything huge and traumatic happen recently that might have affected thousands of kids? No? Must be parents making it up