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Surely there has to be some room for Fairytale of New York in that battle?

J. Draper has a great video about American Girl Dolls, even though her usual focus is London. (She manages to make it be a video about London, by dint of sheer force of will.)

Adam Chase on an aeroplane looking shocked. He's wearing a baseball cap and a black face mask.

I see a very clear Ben with the bright colours. Not sure about the other two.

Ah. I went poking around his YouTube, because that's the only place I'm aware he posts. I'll have a quick look, because I'm curious to see what he thinks of it.

When did this happen?

I've seen it in action, in the place I used to work.

Where a building is broken up into separate residences or offices, the building as a whole gets an eircode, and so does each individual apartment or office within, even if they all share a letterbox.

The main reason is that there are a lot of houses built to no obvious pattern, so the random system doesn't get out of sync as new houses are built. And the routing keys are also weird because the country is bilingual, so they aren't drawn from either language.

Taskmaster AU's studio is in Australia, but the house is in New Zealand. (It's made by the same production company as TMNZ, and uses the same set.)

So, I'm going to have to stop reading Ask a Manager, because Alison Green openly supports genocide. What a pity.

I loved this, but am hurt that your discussion on "the best form of tag" never mentioned my beloved World Chase Tag.

Definitely. Typst's sane syntax is a massive boost.

It’s been ten years since the publication of The Shepherd’s Crown, the last book Terry Pratchett completed before he died. Once the spine on this one was cracked, there were no more new Pratchetts to look forward to, and I know a lot of Discworld readers who were, understandably, with that sad reality in mind, reluctant to finish - or even start - this one because it felt like the final closing of a door. But I also know that Terry wanted his books to be read and enjoyed far more than he wanted them kept on a shelf. And as time passes it becomes ever more apparent how much the Discworld books reward re-visiting, perpetually revealing something new, literary gems Terry had hidden away for a second or third, or even more, re-read. Every Pratchett is to some degree an unread Pratchett, including the ones you’ve already enjoyed and including The Shepherd’s Crown. So the greatest way to honour Terry’s legacy is to pull that book you’ve been saving off the shelf, make a nice cup of tea and settle down to read the story he wrote for you. Enjoy. Rob Wilkins Wiltshire, August 2025

On 27th August 2015, The Shepherd's Crown, the last book Sir Terry Pratchett completed before he died, was published.

To mark the ten year anniversary, we have a message from Rob Wilkins:

Series, Jason.

Julian's withering put downs were magnificent.

Taskmaster is unusually good at giving chances to less-known comedians. If 1 in 5 are from Oxbridge, that's probably far less than other panel shows.

Croissants, if they fit the rules. They're fairly light..

I honestly think I have watched one single episode of scripted TV ever in my life. (It was Matt Smith's first episode of Doctor Who.) I watch films occasionally. I tend to be of the opinion that plot belongs in books, and TV is for panel shows and quiz shows.

Extracting text from PDFs is actually really, really difficult, and I'm not sure that LLMs would reliably help.

www.marginalia.nu/log/a_119_pdf/

Team anxiety!

Israeli strike kills at least 10 children queueing for medical treatment in Gaza Children among at least 15 killed in attack that NGO says was ‘blatant violation of international humanitarian law’

If you do not empathize with this suffering you are dead inside.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

YouTube video by World Chase Tag WCT7 - US Series Finals 🇺🇸 - Day 2

Anyone else watching the World Chase Tag livestream at www.youtube.com/watch?v=cinx... #WorldChaseTag #Parkour

I like how it implies that "Jet Lag: The Game" is Breadtube.

This is *such* a good essay, mostly about AI slop, but also about some broader social trends.

I'd suggest contacting @nebula.tv if you want to tag someone.

I once saw someone turn up late to an online meeting, because they'd used ChatGPT to convert the timezone for them.

How would spicy autocomplete know how to convert timezones? Why would anyone trust it to do that? People are weird.

Be careful! They've started segments too now!

YouTube video by JimmyTheGiant How Fox STOLE a Sport.. and got away with it

They seem to have been liberally inspired by WCT, it must be said.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pex3...

Do you think World Chase Tag helps or hinders parkour in the media?