Paul Stevenson

Ah and a quick search tells me there are only about quarter of a million Brits living in Spain. So not so many on a migration level scale.

I would love to know the effect on net migration if, say, all British migrants living in Spain but without “A-Level” standard Spanish had to return to UK.

Just received my "Long Service Luncheon" invitation from my employers. 25 years ...

long list of delayed trains

wouldn't suggest trying to get a train out of Waterloo right now

On The Road Again - WIllie Nelson (6)
On The Road again - Canned Heat (10)

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

If you are afraid of how someone might respond if you _don’t_ give them a *peace* prize then that says something about whether they deserve a prize for peace.

Dying industries gonna leverage whatever power they can

Here’s one I saved earlier

He is named after the archetypal heinous activity (when perpetrated on kids)

I think eye area but hard to be sure

Got stung in my eye by a wasp while I was cycling to my ice skating lesson this morning. Ow!

The comments on this observation are just … has bsky become X already?

what a great song

Mince pies and Christmas cake, bought today from Waitrose.

It’s the start of the annual three month period when I put on weight

words in today's quordle solutions: STINK GROIN TUBER DROOP

Oh come on quordle. No need to get personal

I had a flash of inspiration when hearing the phrase “Suck My Balls” from South Park that it would actually make a great name for a sweet shop specialising in gobstoppers.

Headline from a 1961 issue of Disc magazine reading Now they can even amplify a flute!

The scientists of 1961 were PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES

Not nearly as bad, but …

“Pee po belly bum drawers”

I work in a Math & Physics faculty in a University. The kind place many of us have found our home

I’m glad I’m not Russian. Hope I haven’t missed his point.

I got married in Croydon and stayed in the old airport building hotel the night before. Long time ago, but not as long ago as 1956

Advertisers! Can I just post somewhere for the record that I neither have toenail fungus nor want to see pictures of toenail fungus? (This is just going to make it worse, isn’t it?)

Forget autism. What causes narcissism?

There are hardly any radio stations left that look like the radio stations you imagine in your brain, with actual turntables and moody lighting, but Soho Radio is one of them. And I'll be using them EXTENSIVELY between 6pm and 8pm. Join me, why don't you?!

"née Hardon"

Marshal Pétain's wife's maiden name ...

Impressive to have a number wider than the icon

I mean, yes, there is a Fastest and a Fewest Emissions route. Be bold, Apple Maps, and label the other route. Slowest? Only Go This Way If You Are Having An Affair With Someone In Amiens?