Matt Rees

Pourquoi les vins sont-ils de plus en plus alcoolisés ? | Le Grand Continent L'augmentation de la teneur en alcool des vins, due au réchauffement climatique, incite de plus en plus de consommateurs à se tourner vers des alternatives moins alcoolisées. Cette tendance s'ajoute à une évolution déjà marquée : la consommation mondiale de vin est en baisse et est revenue à son niveau de la fin des années 1990 en 2023.

Pourquoi les vins sont-ils de plus en plus alcoolisés ?

I'm proud of my little middle-grade book series: Montgomery Schnauzer P.I.!
Ideal read for ages 8-10, but enjoyable by all ages. Also very well received by reluctant readers.

Please check me out at montgomeryschnauzer.com

The difficult balance of intimacy and independence – Kahlil Gibran on the secret to lasting love www.themarginalian.org/2016/09/27/k...

Today in 1184 Henry VI of Germany was having a strategy meeting when the wooden second storey floor collapsed. Most of the courtiers fell through into the latrine cesspit below the ground floor, where more than 50 drowned in liquid excrement.

Martin Cruz Smith obituary: author of acclaimed thriller Gorky Park Novelist whose bestselling 1981 work made Moscow accessible to western readers at the end of the Brezhnev era dies aged 82

Until now, the best living crime writer. The voice he created in his Renko books bears comparison with Chandler. My favourite has always been « Wolves Eat Dogs ».

Martin Cruz Smith obituary: author of acclaimed thriller Gorky Park

www.thetimes.com/article/ec5c...

Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein: A Quiz 1. Were Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein friends? A. I don’t know. B. If by “friends” you mean that the two men partied together at Mar-a-Lago, tha...

Some hilarious comfort from @devorahblachor.bsky.social

Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein: A Quiz www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/don...

In Our Time - Paul von Hindenburg - BBC Sounds How the cult of personality around this German WWI figurehead helped usher in Hitler.

Enjoyed listening to this podcast about a tall, fat, vain leader who betrayed everyone, blamed others for his failures, manipulated the media, facilitated the rise of the far right, and listened to the advice of a notably stupid son.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

What Your Myers-Briggs Type Says About Whether You’ll Take the Myers-Briggs Test KEY: I/E: Introvert / Extrovert N/S: Intuitive / Sensing F/T: Feeling / Thinking P/J: Perceiving / Judging - - - INTJ: “The Nerd Emperor” – Inste...

"INTJ: 'The Nerd Emperor' - Instead of taking the Myers-Briggs test, you’ll write a lengthy Medium post explaining why you refuse to take the Myers-Briggs test."

Embedded Chinese tech ‘could freeze cars and traffic lights’ The former head of MI6 has warned MPs that Chinese-made microchips in UK infrastructure could be exploited to cause blackouts and ‘immobilise London’

I invented this concept for my novel China Strike in 2017. Nice to see tech catching up with me.

Embedded Chinese tech ‘could freeze cars and traffic lights’

www.thetimes.com/article/a17e...

AI Agatha Christie adds suspense to BBC crime-writing course The concept will draw on the processes the multibillion-selling author used to write her 66 detective novels

A different kind of ghost writer…

AI Agatha Christie adds suspense to BBC crime-writing course

www.thetimes.com/article/315c...

Would You Like Us to Spend Your Tax Dollars on Meals on Wheels or a Billionaire’s Yacht? Please take a few moments to let us know how you’d like your tax dollars spent by the Trump administration. 1. It’s important to me that my money s...

Would You Like Us to Spend Your Tax Dollars on Meals on Wheels or a Billionaire’s Yacht? www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wou...

UK’s oldest Indian restaurant could close in row with Crown Estate Veeraswamy has been a fixture on Regent Street since 1926, but it has been told its lease will not be renewed amid a planned renovation of Victory House

As if the Crown hasn’t already done enough to Indians generally… Go and eat at Veeraswamy’s while you still can. It’s the best Indian food in London.

UK’s oldest Indian restaurant could close in row with Crown Estate

www.thetimes.com/article/3168...

Good old Matt.

Just when my cholesterol has gone up and I’m told to lay off the fromage…

So much of what passes for comment in Britain is just liquid garbage. These people should not be allowed to pollute the common weal in this sickening and deliberate manner.

A photo of the front cover of issue 1646 of Private Eye magazine. The headline reads "ADOLESCENCE" in bold red text, followed by a subheading: "A SHOCKING STORY OF TOXIC MASCULINITY, BULLYING AND ONLINE BRAINWASHING THAT LEADS TO TRAGEDY." The cover features three images of Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, and Elon Musk, each wearing MAGA hats, with their names captioned below. The bottom text asks, "WILL THESE DANGEROUS TEENAGE BOYS ALL END UP IN CELLS?", drawing a comparison between political figures and wayward adolescents.

Adolescence. Will these dangerous teenage boys all end up in cells?

The new Private Eye is out now

a meme featuring George Smiley confronting Bill Haydon who admits that Karla added him to the group chat

Not mine, but it made me laugh.

Think @harkaway.bsky.social needs to change that next Smiley novel.

Amazon Prime streamer screen showing description for Dog Day Afternoon “a man takes mistakes at a bank in Brooklyn. Unfortunately I do not have enough information to summarize further within the provided guidelines.”

Oh damn Prime actually published their failed chatgpt prompt in the description

Uphill Struggle, by Lynne Arnison, Scarborough-based artist. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

Diluted Holocaust memorial betrays the Jewish story Opponents of the proposed Holocaust memorial adjacent to the Palace of Westminster are aghast about the diminished version of the original concept. Not only have plans for a huge underground complex

Diluted Holocaust memorial betrays the Jewish story

www.thetimes.com/article/26ad...

Biggest problem with Dem leadership and the consultant class and people with influence? They’re control freaks who insist on top down messaging that is optimized for safety.

What first attracted Donald Trump to alleged rapist Andrew Tate?

Drawing criticism… That’s the whole point of doing it. The world is being trolled.

Thinking of growing a moustache over the mourning period.

Has the technology secretary Peter Kyle been ‘captured’ by Big AI? Labour has been accused of kowtowing to big business interests at the expense of Britain’s creative industries

Like all Blairites, this one thinks he knows better than anyone else and is easily impressed by business people who make a lot of money.

Has the technology secretary Peter Kyle been ‘captured’ by Big AI?

www.thetimes.com/article/2eda...

AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.

It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right argues @garethwatkins.bsky.social newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

Edinburgh University to seek £140m in savings Unions said the plans would result in "devastating cuts" and called for Edinburgh University to use some of its assets instead.

Today's university slashing and burning is Edinburgh, where about 10% of the budget will be cut. There'll be another case every single day until UK govts actually do something. A country so stupid it actively trashes one of things it's good at and famous for.
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We should be grateful. Imagine the shit he’d pull if he was focused.

Labour’s AI vision is creative theft A plan to overhaul copyright laws will bring economic devastation to one of our most valued industries and rob individuals of the moral right to their work

Either Labour is really stupid/panicked, or someone has taken a massive bung. Because the government’s approach makes no sense.
Labour’s AI vision is creative theft

www.thetimes.com/article/cbff...