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It turns out that the only thing standing between us and a version of the pentagon that closes airspace to shoot down party balloons were those diversity trainings at work

I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what

It shouldn't be a surprise by now but somehow it's still *he said WHAT??*

fucking _hell_

he's wearing all nylon sports replica kit and he's crackling with static and smelling a bit off

I'm aware of them but I have Irish heritage - have never heard reference to them in a UK context tbh

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

Chart by Neil Kaye showing the lengthening and shortening of daylight hours in southern Britain each week through the year. Each bar represents how much daylight is gained or lost each week. The line is roughly a sine curve (head blown emoji), with the fastest daylight gains in Feb, March and April, and the fastest losses in Aug, Sep and October.

A quick reminder of what #BigFebruary is about…
Thanks to the magic of the cosmos, we start gaining daylight much faster in Feb than in Jan. Over 20 mins a week - setting us up for Spring.

This chart is by @neilrkaye.bsky.social and is one of my all time favourites.

A red squirrel on the ground. It almost looks like it is in superhero pose with one front paw and one back paw on the ground. The other front and back paws are raised in the air, its head is forward ready to run towards the camera.

What we all need to see is a red squirrel in a power pose.
You're welcome.

Ice luminaries on Lake Nokomis, which is on a flight path from MSP airport. #ICEout

wrote about the camps for my newsletter this weekend www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

Visit of the Prime Minister of Denmark 22nd Jawary 2026 We'll get by with a little help from our friends

Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today

Agree, but unlike Yorkies, girls are allowed.

It's currently one of the fruit bag options at my nearest McD's (Lancaster UK) - sometimes it's melon but the pineapple sticks are a joy

My top McD's tip is order a double Filet O'Fish with extra ketchup at 11.01 (the minute after the breakfast menu switches to the all day menu in the UK so it's sat around for 0 minutes). With a pineapple stick instead of fries, and a flat white.

I was staying with my then bf in a backpacker hostel in Malaysia in my early 20s and I got typhoid - the family running the place moved us to a cooler room, she put iced flannels on me, gave us free water, he drove us to the hospital when I didn't get better. I wrote to them for years.

"unprompted review"
This is excellent!

I'm good thanks. I think I probably won't move to the country where the authorities pump out neo-Nazi memes and masked militias roam the streets.

I spoke to the Secretary-General of NATO, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz and Giorgia Meloni.

Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.

Resistance 101

People in Minnesota are now using their car key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.

Give a man a fish. Maintain unbroken eye contact. Do not say a word.

This is absolutely excellent

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DHS notice of inspection

DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.

In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.

The front of a nail salon called "Nail Shop Near Me"

Incredible piece of Search Engine Optimisation

Sweeeeeeet

I can smell that carpet from here

Including up the side of the bath

Those drawers are going to need wrenching open and ramming shut, this is such a British kitchen