Don’t know of you’ve seen this. It’s my comfort food. The present regime won’t have a video about redemption.

Aussies all over us like NAAFI aftershave!

Still going strong. One of the greats.

Watched an old 1980s tv drama of Hitler and the Reich’s last days, The Bunker (CBS, 1981). Anthony Hopkins was outstanding as the fuhrer.

McCullum said ‘technique’s overrated’. It’s not though is it. #Ashes #Gabba.

This is not just a collapse in batting terms, it’s the collapse of a regime. #Ashes #Gabba #ECB #RobKey #McCullum

What the absolute fuck is the #FIFA #PeacePrize?? #WorldCup. #FIFA riddled with corruption. I don’t even follow the sport but billions do who deserve better than this. #Sport

Is it only me that sees #Putin peering out from the culvert, bottom left?

Absolutely this. Two essentially non-football nations on the the bounce have financially controlled #FIFA and the #WorldCup. Where’s the African continent?

#Ashes #Gabba It begins. 2 down now. All on Root again.

#Trump all over football like a skidmark.
#WorldCup #Soccer

Apparently #Trump is getting increasingly angry about reports about his mental health and cognitive decline. Doubtless it’s just fake hard psychological fact.

Cécilia Payne : au cœur des étoiles En 1925, Cecilia Payne bouleverse l’histoire de l’astrophysique en comprenant pour la première fois que les étoiles ne sont pas composées de la même façon que la Terre. S’il a fallu quelque temps pour...

A 16h sur @franceculture.fr Sciences Chrono raconte comment l'astrophysicienne Cecilia Payne a découvert la composition des étoiles. Une découverte fondatrice pour l'astrophysique moderne qui n'a pas empêché à la chercheuse d'être maintenue dans l'ombre www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

Exclusive: Rep. Jim Himes Discusses Video of Boat Strikes After viewing footage of the Venezuela boat strikes, Rep. Jim Himes says the United States killed shipwrecked men who posed “zero threat"

Kingsley Wilson, Defence Dept press secretary, addresses rightwing (and far right) press corps having edited mainstream media out of the door. She blithely confirms that Hegseth and Trump signed off on the #WarCrime #Venezuala. How will this evil regime end?

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Winter service time #MTB #Vtt

“This is horrible. It's Perth revisited.”
— Aggers on #TMS
#Ashes #Gabba

What worries me is that there is a public appetite for it.

Be humane Be vegan 🙏

Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”

He must pay for this along with military leadership that were involved.

Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details newrepublic.com/article/2039... via @newrepublic.com

To win at the #Gabba England needed a lead of 100 and then bat Australia more or less out of the game. Neither of these possibilities will happen. #Ashes. We are too poor too often. Too many bad sessions with bat and with ball.

Artwork in greys, white and black of the front view of a reindeer with head turned to the right, the creature has thick fur and large antles, the background is dark grey

'Inky drawing of a reindeer' by Scottish artist, Kerry Phippen #WomensArt

Dreadful from England throughout the session. We’re quick to call this particular Aussie attack second-rate, apart from Starc obviously, but we have been awful in nearly all aspects of the game. Good catch by Atkinson is the one box we ticked. #Ashes #Gabba

Poor start from England’s bowlers with keeper Smith dropping Head!
#Ashes #Gabba Australia are seriously motoring in reply to England’s 334. Smith having a dreadful tour with bat and gloves.

Today is World Wildlife Conservation Day!

Developing effective wildlife conservation strategies (especially for wild cats) is increasingly urgent as habitat loss continues to threaten species persistence worldwide, with consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem health.

No excuse ;)

#Chagall Midsummer Night’s Dream
By dear friend, #poet Sue Davies, from her first published collection. #poetry.

Moon arcing from the east.
#photography

Wow. God’s Port Our Haven. I’m a Gosport boy and will have bad words said against it. :) So much potential ruined by Tory councils who let the needy rot.

How will we come to categorise this era?

Had to ChatGPT (free app) “New atheism”. It seems uncannily like good old fashioned atheism to me, eg. à la Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens. Incidentally the term ‘neo-Darwinist’ applies to the first two who were also (according to ChatGPT) new atheists.