The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam

Has anybody seen Macaulay Culkin and Gwendoline Christie in the same room? #Fallout #GameOfThrones

This is a terrific article, full of useful data - and I found the most startling statistic to be this: "When I started to work on energy in the UK two decades ago the average carbon emissions per kWh were around 500g CO2/kWh. In 2025 it was 121g CO2/kWh." Net Zero can be done!

Anyone going on BBC this month should order one of these beforehand and let them sweat www.poppyshop.org.uk/products/pri...

The BBC is set to scrap Radio 4 Extra. 📻 Losing this treasure trove of classic comedy, archive drama, and timeless storytelling would be a massive blow for millions of us. Sign the petition to help save Radio 4 Extra 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Bad news: the BBC is set to scrap Radio 4 Extra. 📻 Losing this treasure trove of classic comedy, archive drama, and timeless storytelling would be a huge blow for millions of us. Sign the petition to help save it 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Octopus is the easiest thing to cut out of your diet on moral grounds because it’s basically never around, probably has dreams and emotions and tastes like a tire.

I loved that story, although I always imagined the jet fighter as more like an F-111. Was Dean McLaughlin a one-story wonder?

A fascinating editorial decision from the BBC, to make the headline a scaremongering “AUTISM AND ADHD ARE BEING OVERDIAGNOSED”, and then, four bullet points later, have the author of the report quoted as essentially saying “nah, that’s bullshit, actually”.

Worgle 1730 6/6* ⚪⚪⚪🟡🟢⚪ ⚪⚪🟡⚪🟢🟢 ⚪🟢⚪⚪🟢🟢 ⚪🟢⚪⚪🟢🟢 🟢🟢⚪⚪🟢🟢 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Worgle in 6! That's spoiled my 3.4 average...

As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)

That's a De Havilland Venom, surely?

I've been saying this...

So, a couple of points: a: I'm glad they featured Thunderbird Number Two. ii: Why not call them "Thunderbeans"? 3: Did Brains endorse any frozen, pork-based meat products?

A new UCLA study used chemical clues preserved in a 66-million-year-old T. rex tooth to estimate a body temperature of about 97°F. The result adds evidence that T. rex was highly warm-blooded, helping explain how it could remain active in relatively cold environments

Some really interesting (albeit US-centric) data on solar energy and agriculture here.

I’m re-reading Blue Remembered Hills - the memoirs of Rosemary Sutcliff - aptly covered in cornflower cloth and gorgeously published by @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social. A perfect tonic for our times - an utterly compelling autobiography. What should I read next? #booksky

Perfect.

What a glorious thing! And what a story. It's in the Smithsonian now.

I'm sorry, but what? A medical school has its own police force?

This is beautiful!

Went to the terrific M.C. Escher exhibition at Somerset House. It was accessed via the perfect staircase...

An excellent thread - with Shari Lewis!

This is astonishing - wonderful film making.

Breaking: The fossil fuel shock caused by the closure of the Hormuz has cost $330 bn in fuel import costs in the past six months. The cost of the crisis equals all global investments in renewable power in 2025, on a per-month average basis.

www.maptap.gg August 22 100🎯 98🎯 96🔥 98🎯 91👑 Final score: 957 Pretty happy with that.

Any frank assessment of your achievements starts with an equally frank assessment of the world-historic forces that attended those achievements. For example, I often tell people who want to get into tech, "If you lack the foresight and work ethic to be born in 1971, I can't really help you." 1/

Just saw “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” - enjoyed it, but I have to say it's giving me most confusing thoughts about Count Binface and Margaret Thatcher...

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#clacton @countbinface.bsky.social

Nicely done! An apparently trivial thread which becomes genuinely significant.

Imagine losing your parents at 86! This dreadfully confusing headline is from the BBC News app.

"Help me! HELP MEEEE!!"

A terrific thread - very inspiring. (Although: nothing older than the mid-Fifties)

Oh, I think @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social might have a thing or two to say about this... bsky.app/profile/fore...

A lovely story!

One topic that really interests me is masculinity in classic film John Wayne and Clark Gable would be featured in scenes specifically designed to make them look like the manliest thing in the room. Robert Mitchum and Humphrey Bogart would walk in and automatically be the manliest thing in the room

At least this time Harold (Kane) did a bit better.

Spent years building up a big following on Twitter, essential for publicising my aviation blog, which I live from. Desperate to leave it & publicise on nicer platforms, but I have too few follows. If you want to help me escape, do give this a share. Much obliged. My blog here: hushkit.substack.com

Mel Brooks is 100 today! Thanks for everything, Mel.

This may be useful for British people with access to a freezer.

Did Iran sign the peace deal as a... birthday present for Trump?

We lose the "N" and maybe in a while we'll need a sign that says "DONALD J TRUMP DEATH".

Dang - I seem to have dust in my eye.

Lovely random thread about elephants, toes and dugongs. #mermaids