Nick Hall

I've trained my dog to salivate at the sound of a bell thanks to my invention, the edible bell

Presumably the prospect of Obama beating him is the one thing that has so far prevented Trump from taking any serious steps towards a third term

what diabolical genius came up with this special offer

I used to do a lecture for first years about BBC Three and youth television. This became a lecture about why BBC Three went off air. It then became a lecture about why BBC Three was brought back. I stopped giving it because it became too convoluted!

Nothing quite sums up the miserable world view of the modern British right like 'there is a time and a place for a hedgehog'

I would simply not make refrigerators that went up to 50 degrees centigrade www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Took my daughter and her friend to a branch of McDonalds which somehow doesn't have the ordering screens. I had to explain ordering at the till to them. It was like being at one of those living history museums

Lovely that PM played the old theme tune to mark composer George Fenton's death

Just absolutely fascinating that a 2026 media conglomerate merger has somehow led to the return of the quota film. Time is a flat circle

10 PRINT "ouch!" 20 GOTO 10 OMG

experts are saying that the narrow channel between Old Trafford and the Etihad Stadium, through which 80% of world football is transported, could be blocked within "a matter of weeks" if the situation spirals out of control. The price of VAR surged to over $100 a barrel on the news

God Horrified To Find Humans Eating Sacred, Omniscient Potatoes

“Poncho Munch for Deano Bonano” is quite literally indistinguishable from the ‘Italian’ brainrot my kids say

I may actually watch www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympi...

rare miss from The Onion here. without clams how would we know whether Warsaw tap water is drinkable?

the AI bros this weekend youtu.be/c14vfq3jqpo?...

Wouldn't even make banana loaf with these

I do think that there should be a word halfway between "oesophagus" (impossible to spell, lots of people don't know what it means) and "food pipe" (just... all kinds of wrong) I also think there should be a radio station halfway between Radio 3 and Classic FM.

In ‘Some actual good news’ news, Small Prophets - the BBC’s biggest new comedy of the year - will return for a second series and will air on BBC One

First day of school

There are still two months left to submit to our Student Project Award!

We need two Arday inquiries: 1) Into racist (and misogynistic) bullying by UK press and social media accounts (see also Diane Abbott); and 2) into the duty of care that HE has for its minority staff - a duty of care that in my repeated experience is reserved primarily for white male sex offenders.

6yo came home from camp last week with a very large box of raisins in her backpack and has been very tightlipped about their provenance. Finally she told me yesterday, “I don’t know how to explain it.” 🤷‍♀️

Gosh that hits different when they don't warn you about the warning before sending the warning

I wonder how ancient admissions tutors would have interpreted an eclipse the night before Clearing

This, plus the excellent "looks like slop" button on LinkedIn, is what it looks like when market research shows that people hate AI Is there hope yet for desloppifying Facebook and TikTok? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

yiiiiiiikes

Spent the past week in France wondering where we went so wrong with bread

Got a good job down at the Data Center. I work on the line, and it's hard work but it's honest and the wage is fair; my family and I are grateful for it. I rivet the word "absolutely" onto the little apologies that chatbots do when they misunderstand a prompt.

@adamroberts.bsky.social just discovered I had been blocking you for the last few weeks. Don't know why, wasn't intentional...!

water ye garden while ye may

What an amazing world cup final this is

a letter from Bridget Phillipson's successor will be on its way to universities shortly

this is very, VERY funny #iykyk

Three Lions won't scan again until 2046, in case you've been wondering

think my centrist position here is that we should saw one leg off that Argentinian player, for touching Jude

Could we play *this* France in the final?

what is Andy Burnham going to do about the dinosaur affordability crisis? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

They're called Baker Days