David Stainer

after careful study, I believe only people born between 1975 and 1995 should be allowed to use the internet

Ha. One year of play then downloaded it in a now free version (officially!) a year ago and got back into it. The perfect level of complexity before it got OTT, IMO. Also played numerous editions up to then a lot.

Championship Manager 01/02

How is it that I've never seen this image before?

I’m surprised it’s not Reform to be honest.

I’ve always stayed there in Birmingham. It’s obviously the best budget chain, no debate.

Wow, the OQL sponsorship deal really is working isn’t it.

Great book, that.

Here you are:
william-golding.co.uk/william-gold...

Please let me know when (1) is to be held so that I may attend.

Chart showing share of followers per user percentile. A user in the 50th percentile has 1 follower. A user in the 99.99th percentile has 11,241 followers.

If you have two followers, you are ahead of half of all Bluesky accounts.
If you have 400 followers, you are in the top 1%.
bsky.jazco.dev/stats

Screenshot of a post from South Wales police. Text reads: We are operating some additional Safety Buses in #Cardiff as the city welcomes new and returning students. So far this week more than 10 people, who have become vulnerable in the night-time economy, have been provided support and transport to a safe place.

Wake up Babe, a new euphemism for students getting drunk just dropped

A graphic with an England XI wearing various kits. The formation is 4-4-2 and the line-up is 1. Davis 2. Hamilton 3. Quinn 4. P Hughes 5. Powell 6. Hall 7. Cooke 8. S Hughes 9. L Hughes 10. Huckerby 11. B Hughes

We've recently learned that no England men's international was born in 1976. But what would an England team only of players born that year look like?

www.footballtriviagroup.co.uk/england-1976/

No shooting (and I’m not nearly expert enough to judge his ideas). I think this went beyond some of his further out scientific ideas and he did associate a bit with some infra dig types, e.g. an appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast. I think basically anyone who’d give him airtime.

Was it the one about the French enamel specialist?

Roger Penrose flirted with this too, as the recent biography makes clear. Didn’t go full-bore but definitely danced around the edge of it.

I’ve been waiting for a really long time for Sqwerv to be on Nugs. I can’t believe it’s finally here

Big news everyone: Sqwerv is on Nugs

Oh I love the novel It Is Not Clear Whether Or Not Aunts Prefer Blondes!

The spines of two books: Aunts Aren't Gentlemen by P G Wodehouse, and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos

Trying unsuccessfully to work out the correct conclusion to the syllogism

All on Rhythm King record too.

Bizarre isn’t it! But until they did it, I’d forgotten how extraordinarily good Megablast is. It’s pretty impressing that between them in Pop’s Greatest Year Bomb the Bass and S-Express released four stone cold classic singles (with Hey Music Lover to follow in 1989).

YouTube video by TVCream Only Connect Megablast

youtu.be/_B2kzlWqHys?...

PETE SHELLEY HOMOSAPIEN

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“I see; I myself cannot.”

Flipside a contender in the coveted Best Instrumental and Best Under Two Minutes categories.

Oh god, Cowell. I know who that refers to. I think I have this book on my wishlist. This doesn’t look at all promising.

Q: What is Bluesky’s business model?

A: Bluesky doesn’t need a business model. It was founded by the billionaire Bluford Skynard. He filled this site with slightly problematic posts as a riddle. Whoever replies to each one with a minor quibble will solve the puzzle and inherit his fortune

What an appalling take, quite apart from the politics. Thinly slicing bread is a crime against humanity. When supermarkets do it to their lovely freshly baked loves you might as well through them in the bin. Doorstep where it’s at.

Hmm. I must even then I thought it was obvious he wasn’t in the Gates/Jobs/Bezos type league and had created less of real substance, and relied more on right place/right time luck than those guys had. Agree not untalented but I think his business acumen tends to get vastly talked up by his fanboys.