Rob Kendrew

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mattchorley.bsky.social had a complete shocker of an evening - not commenting or xalling out Farage’s patronising misogyny towards Mishal Husain, allowing Reform’s Leila Cunningham virtually free rein to shout down everyone else and spout her racist viewpoint and then lost it at the shambolic close.

They showed it on Newsnight last night without calling out the misogyny. mattchorley.bsky.social had a complete shocker of an evening allowing Reform’s Leila Cunningham virtually free rein to shout down everyone else and spout her racist viewpoint and then lost it at the shambolic close.

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?

He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.

So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

The Amazingly Atmospheric Orford Ness Looking like a bomb's hit it (which in many ways it did...)

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An absorbing and enlightening read.

U.S. Dept. Of Retro Warns: 'We May Be Running Out Of Past' WASHINGTON, DC—At a press conference Monday, U.S. Retro Secretary Anson Williams issued a strongly worded warning of an imminent "national retro crisis," cautioning that "if current levels of U.S. ret...

This old Onion piece from the 90s is funny but also incredibly on point with its cultural prescience. cc @bencollins.bsky.social

Must try to catch that. Loved the Hokusai one a couple of years ago. We’ve had a large framed Van Gogh version of the Hiroshige rainy bridge picture on our wall at home for over thirty years!

You lost me at Comic Sans…

Do I need aTortoise sub to read it or will my 7 Day Digital Guardian credentials work? Nothing received from GMG regarding this diminution of what I thought I was paying for.

Trump’s policy on China is a strategic blunder US will pay a high price in both wealth and influence after underestimating Beijing’s resolve not to be pushed around

Trump’s policy on China is a strategic blunder

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Spot on from the University Chancellor.

Just discovered the entire 12 seasons (22 episodes each) of NYPD Blue on Disney+. Oh joy of joys! Stands up pretty well still. Looks stunning on a decent telly and subtitles mean I can finally figure out what’s going on. Hail Kelly, Sipowiz, Fancy, Simone, Medavoy, Martinez… Time to dig in.

Don't you ever ask them why
If they told you, you would cry… (Nash)

The perils of AI. Check your sources. Just “researching” for a talk I’m doing tonight.

Not bungee jumping??

My kind of statistic.

This interesting and useful warning about the creeping monetisation of unwanted AI does not have its credibility enhanced by the great big ad for ChatGPT plonked in the middle.

Really like Truck Store in Oxford but they’ve omitted Frome’s Raves from the Grave. My first LP was Beatles White Album from WHSmith back when it was a serious shop.

@bristolbeacon.bsky.social Are you seriously putting on two Americana giants on the same night but clashing - Sturgill in the Beacon and Chuck in the Lantern? Scheduling insanity on March 2nd!

Shakey start to the New Year for Glasto. He'll have to go some to top his last appearance.
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@deck.blue Would love to use your product but your impenetrable login and verification thing has defeated me. It’s asking for a verification code but no facility for a resend and even generating a new app password won’t fix it. Sayonara.

Clive James

Maybe the ire emanates from the fact that the game is identical to the Connecting Wall which has featured in the UK TV gameshow Only Connect long before it ever appeared in the NYT. Stretches coincidence somewhat…

Not available in UK yet.

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Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged £7.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but £16.99 for a completely blank notebook?