Tom Adams

"The Met Office today confirmed the fourth named storm of the season - Storm Darke. This comes with a Gjeilo weather warning for strong wind [pronounced /wɑjnd/ obviously] and a chance of hail [gladdening light]"

"Machiavelli plots and schemes in Kissinger-like speech"

It's time to crack out this classic from 2016. It's still simplified, but it's good fun and does try to engage with the benefits and drawbacks of each system. And has some now hilariously out of date references to Canadian politics.

Cracking thread here. And underlines how successive governments - despite consistently banging on about how maths, science and analytics skills are the only ones worth learning - fail to apply these skills to any of their decision making. There were red flags that should have been obvious here.

If I were skilled enough at Photoshop to put her in a hotdog costume you know Shabana would be saying "we're trying to find the guy who did this" right about now.

Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now

I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do.

Still play it to this day.

Ok, this is hysterical; I think that we all need to buy one for our favorite friend or family member: jdandkateindustries.com/products/lba...

I'm trying to develop a children's party game. It doesn't quite work yet because of slight problem with the molten rocks. The flaw is lava.

Is this a pitch for Back to the Future IV?

See also, "feral hogs, 30-50".

You know when people say "attacks on Jewish people based on Israel's actions are anti-Semitic [which they obviously are!] because a person's Jewish faith and / or heritage is unrelated to their relationship to Israel". Well then, how does this help?

Potentially how we ended up with this:

Never would have happened if Ian Fletcher were still at the helm, right @hughbon.bsky.social? Or rather, would have happened, but at least there would have been a clever bit of explanation (but not before someone suggested a possible compromise - Mexico playing at 6pm and England at midday)

Was that a "Bed, Bath, and Beyond" conspiracy reference in the middle of The Future, @naomialderman.bsky.social , or am I too perennially online and seeing internet culture everywhere? 😅 Anyway, it's a good listen so far, would recommend.

You can't withdraw someone else's comment from the record. You can offer them the chance to withdraw it (although that doesn't change the fact that they said it) or you can apologise to listeners for it having been said. This gives Johnson too much credit (as he would never withdraw this).

Iñaki Godoy. Now that would be a Bond I would queue up to watch.

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Absolutely this. I want to know how my leaders are arriving at the decisions they arrive at, and recognition of the fact that there are always trade-offs. The decisions should be driven by analysis of costs / risks, the appetite for which should be driven by the government's clear vision.

I have seen a lot of NIMBY selfishness in my time, but "my convenience matters more than cancer care" is a new low. Quite seriously tempted to email them and tell them as much.

"But Dumbledore, what about Bluesky?" "It has enough users to set its affairs in order, but in time it will die. But do not worry, after all - to the well organised social network, death is but the next great adventure"

And watch out when you don't use it. You might end up writing about a vegan meal which is a disappointing experience for people who love eating meat and your dog

A sad day for Strickland fans everywhere. Hope he's slacking off somewhere nice now. But a reminder for us all to (re)read @ryannorth.ca 's epic work of literary criticism, B^F. btothef.tumblr.com/tagged/bttf/...

Wait until he hears about Monday Thursday.

In other news Napoleon slams Otto von Bismarck for avoiding conflict with the Russian Empire.

Good summary from Naomi. I'm surprised the people saying "he should at least do a proper apology" don't consider how unbelievably mentally exhausting it would be for people with this variety of tourettes to have to constantly apologise "properly" for something they cannot control.

I know a lot of people think Microsoft Excel is a dreadful piece of software, but I would rate it October 10th.

Nadhim Zahawi feels unsafe because he walked past a man that wasn't violent.

Ella Baron's chilling reflection on the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapollis.

Um. Isn't that £5k supposed to be spent on, you know, educating the child? I know I'm in danger of reductio ad absurdam, but if you spend £5k on marketing to gain £5,500 in central funding, but now have an extra child to teach, that's not a win, is it?

I agree, so long as housing density isn't at the expense of community spaces. We've had lots of new housing in N. Bristol (which is good), but in a quest for density (and it's friend, profit) the developers have forgotten things like retail space, green space, restaurants, cafes, room for clubs...

I think it's very important that Rupert Lowe's "Million Nonce March" gets widespread media coverage. Critical to amplify diverse voices.

I know a child, born in France, who came to the UK aged 5, speaking no English. They are now 7 and are as fluent as any child you could meet. I wouldn't know English was their 2nd language if i hadn't been told. The BBC would suggest this child "doesn't speak English fluently".

I really love everyone that says "Duolingo is rubbish because it doesn't teach as well as a human". Of course it doesn't. That's not what it's for. And it's £90 for 5 people per year! How much in person tuition are you expecting for that! DL doesn't teach you to fluency - that's not its goal.

Is it too early for the greatest Christmas mash-up of all time? It's never too early.

I don't know what time you record, @andrewhunterm.bsky.social , but The Naked Week has one job this week. Show the necromanced potato that some parts of the BBC do still have a spine!