Nigel Jones

Wouldn’t it have been easier to say Splott?

A study just carried out by me shows that 80% of Reform MPs went to private schools compare to 7% of the UK population. I am sure Mrs Pochin will want to investigate this.

Front cover of a book entitled The Adjustable Spanner – history, origins and development to 1970, Ron Geesin. Features images of several adjustable spanners. As it should, really

So, happy 10th anniversary of the publication of this book

Oh. It’s ’somebody else’s fault’ o’clock again.

Also

Let’s trust all our data and systems to crazy billionaires who by definition only think of profit

Indeed. An appalling event that, when I grew to understand it more, played an important part in shaping my world view.

Ken Burns points out that the writing "We hold these truths to be self evident" in the Declaration

was shocking, precisely because up to that moment, before this writing,

it was not self evident at all

After looking at the design of the Vampire and Meteor last week, today we get to the big guns with Hunter and Lightning (oh, and the Swift).

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Some are querying whether Andrew can renounce a dukedom without an Act of Parliament.

But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside.

Good night.

This weekend's @theipaper.com cartoon

The satisfaction of a good scratch ! Thank you to Rod Jones from Yorkshire for today's #FoxOfTheDay @rodshelf.bsky.social

Cover of Peter Pomarantsev book, This is not Propaganda. Very colourful with a white Unicorn running through a wood with a rainbow & blue sky in the background.

@peterpomerantsev.bsky.social’s book, This is Not Propaganda is good on this too.

Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies The Oxbridge-educated boffin is feted as the codebreaking genius who helped Britain win the war. But should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers be seen as the real father of comput...

Andrew Smith asks whether should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers be seen as the real father of computing 🧪
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Lost viola bow on the way from Honor Oak Station to Heathrow Terminal 2. The bow slid from its bow case somewhere along the way, possibly on the train. TFL contacted already. It weighs 68.2 grams and has got a stamped DODD next to the frog. If any info on this, please pm me.

My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.

Lanky , leggy , and beautiful ! Your #FoxOfTheDay shared by @mawgdn

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Well said, Gary Neville! 👏

I wouldn’t normally endorse AI prompts but these are indeed essential for all academics.

A club statement from Blackpool saying Steve Bruce has been sacked along with coaches Steve Agnew and Stephen Clemence. Stephen Dobbie and Steve Banks will take temporary charge.

You don’t have to be called Steve or Stephen to work at Blackpool, but it does help.

To everyone in Britain's Jewish Community: you are not alone. We will not let hate or those who spread it win. We stand with you.

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.

As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.

At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

Puma for me. A bit unfair as it wasn’t a bad helicopter, but having worked Chinooks it was a bit of a shock. At least it wasn’t a Wessex ;-)

I want to run my hand over the screen and hear the static crackle.

Pete Hegseth Is Living the Dream A man who retired as a major lectures hundreds of generals about the need to meet his standards

You won't read a better summation of the Hesgeth/Trump show than this one...

(From my subscription for you)
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Copy of Yesterday's Tomorrows: The History of Classic British Science Fiction in 100 Books (2020) by Mike Ashley

I can strongly recommend this book. Mike Ashley crafts a very engaging history of British SF from 1895 to 1966, with a mix of well known and obscure inclusions.

FCAS

George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100 Hardy, a lieutenant colonel, became the youngest Tuskegee fighter pilot at 19, and was among the first Black military pilots in the United States.

RIP George!

George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100

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Also: preorder new books whenever possible. Strong pre-sales figures encourage bookstores to stock and display books more prominently and give marketing departments ammo to argue for larger advertising budgets.

SS Stephen Hopkins shortly after her launch in April 1942. The action on 27th September made her the first American ship to sink a German surface combatant in the Second World War. 📷 navyhistory.au (Large merchant vessel with a central bridge structure and single funnel in calm waters. She’s flying signal flags and bunting from her masts)

27th September 1942. The American Liberty Ship SS Stephen Hopkins, bound for Surinam to load ore, came across the Kreigsmarine ‘Hilfskreuzer’ (merchant raider) Stier and her supply ship MS Tannenfells. In thick fog, the vessels were only 2 miles apart when they sighted each other.
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Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.

If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!

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Farage shows his absolute weakness as a Trump puppet on LBC. Asked about Trump blathering about a completely unproven link between paracetamol and autism, Farage said “I have no idea, I have no idea” and he would “listen” to RFK Jr.

He went on to say “science is never settled”.

Dangerous.