Jim Mann

The expert ham sniffer of Spain is "at the limit of human possibility" smelling 800 hams a day to make sure they are perfect for Christmas. "I will find a way to sniff 801. Perhaps 802 is possible." wsj.com Think Santa Is Busy? Ham Sniffers Are Pushing Their Noses to the Limit 8:00 PM - 20 Dec 21 SocialFlow

I like to imagine that there is a rivalry between two top ham-sniffers: one, a meticulous keeper of precise traditions, the other a brash bad-boy with a colossal nose.

“How you die does not redeem how you lived.”

YouTube video by Lightwell Lightwell #VirtualSet Reel 2025 - BBC, ITV, Discovery+, ABC

The updated Lightwell reel...
Virtual sets, designed to make the most of every second of screen time.
youtu.be/3gVfMY0rOo0?...

Thats a bit harsh.
Could've used seamster/seamstress, tailor, sewist, or stitcher.

I think it would be good to get some women in charge of the countries that have nuclear weapons. Women talk to each other. Women can be reasonable. Enough with the macho men and swinging dicks.

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

Imagine being against asking for consent to any other industry or person. Any other comparison we immediately understand it's wrong. And yet techbros and their AI grift expect to get an exemption.
www.theverge.com/news/674366/...

Hopefully an entire issue devoted Andor???

Checking in to Linkedin seems to be turning into a daily update of whatever inconsequential regional award night/ceremony has just been held. These are simultaneously hard yet fertile times for a cynic.

Star Wars + Production Design + Andor + Architecture. Perfect start to the weekend! www.starwars.com/news/andor-s...

I thought they were christmas decorations on first look

I concur with this important message

Ah heck, I promised myself I wouldn't join another kickstarter, and then this appears...

I Love it. You could tell me I played it in an arcade in 1991 and I would believe you.

AWESOME and not before time...although keeping us waiting waiting until 2026😭

So many movies I haven't seen, but the poster is calling out to me,like a siren...

😂

SO VERY TRUE!!!

I don't get the tea thing that afflicts my compatriots. It strikes me as being a bit like reverence for the monarchy.

Epic idea

“Mundus sine caesaribus” is the Latin phrase of the day…

When the article talks about it not being reported in the same way that a factory closure would, they aren't wrong. This article is the only time I've seen it in the news that isn't from the trades.

It is the worst I've know it in 20 years. I'm managing, but I'm having conversations with people who have been struggling, and hearing of people that have been really struggling for over a year.

I checked, and the math really is correct. This is insane…

I’m not necessarily saying humans are too dumb to be worthy of our spot at the top of the food chain but I will say that if there were 100 gorillas and one gorilla took 55% of all the bananas the other gorillas would beat that gorilla to death with their bare hands.

Personally, I was always awed by Kevin Costner's thoroughly authentic Nottinghamshire accent in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
Unfortunately non of the locals speak with that accent anymore.

YouTube video by Star Wars Andor | Season 2 Trailer | Streaming April 22 on Disney+

I am so looking forward to this!
Star Wars done the way it should be done.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE4w...

The sky at the coaching session the other night…exquisite!

"I can explain it for you, but I cannot understand it for you"😆

A diverse flight crew of a gay guy, a Black man, and a woman

A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼

Did you even need “like” before “a cult”?