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What's missing?
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What's missing?
Noem's been job-mogged?
05.03.2026 19:40 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1
...which is why Pixar's "Hoppers", released tomorrow, might struggle to pull in the big bucks. It's a charming, original film though and it's nice to see them taking risks
www.economist.com/culture/2026...
In 2024 "Inside Out 2" became the first animated film to take over $1bn at the global box office. Last year "Ne Zha 2" raked in over $2bn and "Zootopia 2" is heading that way too. What's the draw? Being part of a franchise helps...
www.economist.com/culture/2026...
Column chart from The Economist showing a rise in the market share of digitally animated films in the US and Canada from 1995 to 2026
This week I wrote about the remarkable rise of animated films since "Toy Story" was released—look away now if you don't want to feel old—31 years ago
www.economist.com/culture/2026...
"...just use your discovery+ details to sign in and enjoy your TNT Sports plan on HBO Max. It’s that simple!"
Mate, it's a miracle I've watched any UCL games this season given I have no idea which platform I'm paying to watch them on. Adding a new company into the mix is not going to help.
Book Day was just featured as a major news item on the radio, with a lengthy quote—including dog impression—from the newsreader's five-year-old. It's gone too far.
05.03.2026 09:07 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0They'd better say thank you
05.03.2026 08:07 — 👍 49 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 0Did you catch the flash frame during the credits?
04.03.2026 20:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0So it's a vibes war then
04.03.2026 20:02 — 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Data/design folks, what is your favorite visual that focuses on the human cost of violence, tragedies and disasters? The most emotionally impactful visualization? The most visually striking?
Please share! I'd like to get as many examples as possible.
You won, Wolves. Enjoy the points. I hope they makes you very happy. Dear Lord what a sad little life, Wolves. You ruined my night. Completely. So you could have the points.
(srlsy, well played wolves, happy for you, not sad at all)
On the plus side, maybe Labour will steal some Green policies now
03.03.2026 08:48 — 👍 15 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 2Don Draper
02.03.2026 17:07 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Moo Deng getting brutally cute mogged by Arizona Zoo pygmy hippo
01.03.2026 22:57 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Trump's war room, in which there will be no fighting
"Okay, who changed it to 'Eric'?"
28.02.2026 23:00 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1
LFC 5 - 2 WHU
It all came good in the end
28.02.2026 19:10 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Amazing, that's very cool. Loved Houllier.
28.02.2026 19:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It was our pleasure, and apologies for last week's Brink's-Mat-level thievery
28.02.2026 19:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Two goals Jeremy?!
Making it hard for ourselves by providing two goals for them to score in. Naive from Slot.
28.02.2026 14:40 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0I also saw a singular magpie and a broken mirror but they don't mean anything
28.02.2026 14:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Car with LFC numberplate
Auspicious numberplate on the walk up to Anfield #YNWA
28.02.2026 14:08 — 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0Bad day to be called Eric Fury
28.02.2026 10:36 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1So far in 2026, America has launched a military strike on 22% of Saturdays
28.02.2026 10:10 — 👍 100 🔁 42 💬 3 📌 6
Back as Playfair in @economist.com today (subs) with another mildly topical puzzle.
Includes:
Awards show starts to broadcast apologies for Tourette’s activist shouting (6)
Donna married incredibly powerful man (8,4)
www.economist.com/interactive/...
The lyrics ("F'ed in the A with a D") match the notes (F, A and D)
Cheeky example of prosody from Ben Folds, as seen in this interesting video
vm.tiktok.com/ZNRa6W7SX/
It only bloody works (note that I hadn't played Snake for approx. 20 years when recording this demo)
27.02.2026 15:29 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I said "make snake" and it made the popular Nokia game Snake
I tried "snake" and it needed clarity so I said "snk" and it made the popular Nokia game Snake
Trying to find the fewest number of keystrokes needed to get Codex to build a game
27.02.2026 15:29 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Thank you!
26.02.2026 22:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Chart of metal prices
My antimony pays for Bismuth's dysprosium addiction and Indium's trip to Tellurium to get her tungsten pierced
26.02.2026 21:31 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0