Lord Smelliot

the pond at aylesbury police station looking dry

ooh! about the right size. looks a bit dry.

My sister had Aylesbury duck at her wedding. Was probably the last one.

Brilliant. Back in my yoof there were a few at the police station but I’m long gone and they might be too.

What's with all the ducks?

Pretty sure it’s not happy either. You missed that bit.

If you say “accuracy is paramount. Do not make up data”, it will “sure thing boss!” and continue to lie, happy that it told you what you wanted to hear.

Books. I’ve been chewing through them during the Dark Times.

Independence Day Resurgence in Disney’s Celebrate Black Stories section.

🤔

If you think about it, the very best books are really just extremely long spells that turn you into a different person for the rest of your life

Reported.

He seems nice.

Historians: this is the archaeological equivalent (morally if not legally) of cutting pictures out of medieval manuscripts in a library and selling them on eBay.

Art by John Berkey for Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4 (1972). It was also amongst a number of artworks purchased by George Lucas to use as the visual background to try to get movie studios interested in funding Star Wars.

Concept art for Battlestar Galactica (1978) by Ralph McQuarrie

Aren’t they?

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I hope that *he dies
Having a pooh
#ValentinesDay
*not my OH

A large, intricate matte painting depicts the deep, circular interior of the technical shaft of Cloud City, featuring thousands of tiny glowing lights and structured panels that create a vanishing point perspective toward a dark center.

The Empire Strikes Back (1980): No, I am your father.

Matte painting by the legendary Harrison Ellenshaw.

Damn Clams.

Brilliant.

What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it

Dublin City Council has published the pre‑planning design for #GrowCollegeGreen.
The updated design creates a safer, greener&more accessible public space–shaped by thousands of submissions and extensive engagement since 2024.

Open until 11 March 2026.

Have your say→ engage.dublincity.ie

Yet another named storm for Spain and Portugal. #StormOriana named by Spanish Met service for wind and rain Friday and Saturday with some very strong gusts in East of Spain Saturday. We think we have it bad but they are up to the letter O for storms😬

Brad Pitt shooting One For All a thriller about a man racing against time to spend vouchers as they're losing value but hardly any shop he likes will take them.

Bloody Beaker people coming over here, stopping us slurping out of puddles on our knees.

Mate, it was 1066. Move on.

I drew a face on a paper plate. Who could even begin to understand how it perceives the world or what it dreams of?

This dating is corroborated by the presence of stone tools at the site, rather than earlier and less effective helium ones.

Carbon Dating
https://xkcd.com/3205/

This dating is corroborated by the presence of stone tools at the site, rather than earlier and less effective helium ones.

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3205