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Scientist learns he has won Nobel prize while on digital detox in US mountains Fred Ramsdell’s wife switched on her phone and screamed – it was full of messages congratulating her husband Out on a digital detox in the western US backcountry, scientist Fred Ramsdell was startled when his wife let out a yell. He feared she had spotted a grizzly bear, only to discover a far better surprise – he had won the Nobel prize in medicine. The Nobel committee had been unable to reach the immunologist, whose phone was on airplane mode as he was on a hiking and camping trip, but finally got through to the couple early on Tuesday morning, Swedish time. Continue reading...

Scientist learns he has won Nobel prize while on digital detox in US mountains

/adds to lexicon/

YouTube video by Taylor Swift Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia (Official Music Video)

I'm not all that familiar with her music, but I quite like this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko70...

Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable The Nobel committee has been unable to reach a winner of this year’s prize for medicine who is “living his best life” on an “off the grid” hiking foray. Fred Ramsdell shared Monday’s prestigious prize with Mary Brunkow of Seattle, Washington and Shimon Sakaguchi of Osaka University in Japan for their discoveries related to the functioning of the immune system. Continue reading...

Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid

Down and Out message about closing up shop

Down & Out Books is going out of business.

70 UP: DOCUMENTARY SERIES SET TO RETURN TO ITV IN 2026 FOR TENTH FILM The acclaimed 7 Up documentary series will return to ITV1 and ITVX in 2026 with its tenth film, 70 Up.The award-winning documentary project started in 1964 and followed a group of individuals every se...

This is a welcome surprise: www.tvzoneuk.com/post/70up-it...

Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 54 The collapse of the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school is the country's deadliest disaster this year.

Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 54

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu Resigns Sébastien Lecornu stepped down less than 24 hours after he had formed his cabinet.

Breaking News: Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu of France resigned in a surprise move that came less than 24 hours after forming a cabinet.

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work in Peripheral Immune Tolerance Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded the prize on Monday.

Breaking News: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their work on immune systems.

Breaking News: Jilly Cooper, the British romance novelist who sold millions of copies of her “Rutshire Chronicles” series, died at 88. nyti.ms/46K8nac

Lithuania: Balloons used to smuggle cigarettes shut Vilnius airport Officials say 25 weather balloons carrying thousands of illicit cigarettes from Belarus were detected.

Lithuania: Balloons used to smuggle cigarettes shut Vilnius airport

At what point does a governor call up their National Guard to oppose the deployment of an out-of-state National Guard?

Title: One door leads to freedom, the others to certain death. You may ask one question. Image: Three guards with shields and speard stand in front of three doors. One guard sits at a folding table working at a typewriter, his shield and spear leaning against the wall. Caption: One guard always tells the truth, one always tells lies, and the third always tells an entrancing story that blends reportage with imagination in an attempt to reach a deeper authenticity by moving beyond the narrow categories of fact and fiction.

A riddle for @theguardian.com books page.
p.s. My new book 'Physics for Cats' is out this week in bookshops and online. Details at www.tomgauld.com

It’s Banned Books Week. Let’s check in?

First they banned books in schools to “protect the children.”

Then they banned books in govt libraries to “stop the spread of DEI.”

Then they made laws to keep LGBTQ+ and 🌶️ books out of bookstores because “it’s immoral.”

Asahi restarts beer production in Japan after cyber-attack Japan's biggest brewer has restarted six factories that produce its popular Super Dry beer.

Asahi restarts beer production in Japan after cyber-attack

OpenAI Agrees to Use Computer Chips from AMD Weeks after a $100 billion agreement to use computer chips from Nvidia, OpenAI has signed a similar deal with a rival chipmaker.

Breaking News: OpenAI announced a billion-dollar purchase of computer chips from AMD, weeks after saying it made a similar deal with a rival chipmaker, Nvidia.

Skydiving Instructor Dies After Being Separated From Student, Officials Say The student, who had minor injuries, was rescued after being lodged in a tree in Nashville. The instructor was “presumed to have fallen from the sky without a parachute,” the police said.

A skydiving instructor was found dead in a wooded area in Nashville on Saturday after he became separated at the plane from his student, who was rescued alive from a nearby tree, the police said.

Houston Fire Department on scene after downtown high rise explosion This is a developing story.

This is a developing story.

Two characters from the Star Wars show Andor talking about how the enemy isn't even putting in an effort to lie anymore because they no longer need to.

Bear Fatally Mauls Camper in the Ozarks in Arkansas The authorities, joined by local hunters and their dogs, are searching for the bear after a 60-year-old man was found dead.

A black bear is believed to have fatally attacked a 60-year-old man from Missouri whose body was found on Thursday near a campsite in Arkansas, officials said.

John le Carré's real-life network of spies and gangsters fed him secret material The celebrated author, who died in 2020, was known for writing spy novels with an attention to detail that made the murky world of espionage seem terrifyingly real.

“Shadowy network of informants” 🤣🤣🤣

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Taylor Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ Promotional Film Collects $33 Million “The Official Release Party of a Showgirl” drastically outperformed “The Smashing Machine,” a vehicle for Dwayne Johnson, known to fans as the Rock.

Taylor Swift’s “The Official Release Party of a Showgirl” was easily No. 1 at the box office this weekend, selling an estimated $33 million in tickets at theaters in the U.S. and Canada from Friday through Sunday, according to Comscore.

Texas family gets surprise as NASA equipment lands on farm The family thought it was just a balloon—until NASA called.

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Sanae Takaichi set to become Japan's first female prime minister Takaichi is a long-time admirer of Margaret Thatcher, but many female voters do not see her as an advocate for progress.

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Patricia Routledge: Keeping Up Appearances star dies at 96 She also starred in Alan Bennett's TV monologues and played the BBC's amateur sleuth Hetty Wainthropp.

It’s pronounced boo-kay

With cardboard Stephen King

Look who I ran into at @murderbooks.bsky.social last night. (Photo credit: @richardchizmar.bsky.social)