Nick M

Interesting thread! On your general lessons, are you aware of this paper? doi.org/10.1177/0003...

Half term!

Screenshot from Google Maps of an area with warning signs and tidal times, relating to the article where some people used ChatGPT to look up tide times for an island that you can reach at low tide got stuck and almost drowned trying to swim back to shore.

I know this area well and the crazy thing is that there is a live information board about the tide times that you have to pass and it's plastered with warnings about what to do if you get stuck. You can see it on Google Maps.

After that, just Fa.

Victory for Big Beef

See the "First they came for..." poem which doesn't start with "First they came for...everyone".

Police investigate break in at much-loved national museum Museum officials after expressed their shock at the 'targeted attack'

If you are offered pieces of gold Bronze Age jewellery by a bloke down the pub, police in St Fagan’s would appreciate a call following a burglary at the National Museum Of History.
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Sarcastic cheer when someone drops a pint in the pub #RealBritain

It's so weird! Imagine getting that note through the door when you got back: 'Sorry we missed you. Your box of dirty smalls has been left with your neighbour".

Second place for me was the person who said take strictly one pair of shoes to be super efficient but if you need trainers you can buy some and send them to your home separately to save carrying them back.

When he finally coughs up what are the bets he'll pay with a huge bag of 1ps and 2ps?

But will we have legs?

@dandekadt.bsky.social

'Basically' doing some heavy lifting there

In the right pic the modal class is 'Mode' 🙃

Cardiff Council's 'Travel advice for major events' page: www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/resident...

"I was once unable to brush my teeth for two days due to being logged out of my toothbrush"

Also, as a member of the Lords she's a Baroness 🤓

Horrified by eating with hands but somehow okay with walking around their homes with their outdoor shoes that are covered in dogshit and mud?!

They could simplify things a lot by saying "Pendolino is the one that makes people feel sick".

Happy birthday! Coincidentally made your Ohn No Khao Swe recipe today. Delicious!

Pob lwc! Croesi bysedd am newydd dda.

Why the @nytpitchbot.bsky.social of course!

London friends and colleagues: please take a look below and help find Tony

coat of arms of the london school of economics and political science

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Free *SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD* Lea Ypi grew up in one of the most isolated countries on earth, a place where communist ideals...

For end of Cold War Albania try Free by Lea Ypi. Have also heard Beyond the Wall: A New History of the German Democratic Republic 1949-1989 by Katja Hoyer is good.

Britain is struggling to accept the end of Atlanticism The ‘special relationship’ has underpinned the UK’s security since the Suez Canal debacle — but the world has changed

Great episode again, thanks to you and Helen. Wonder if you have some listeners at the FT... www.ft.com/content/762c...

Screenshot of video of Jamiroquai song Virtual Insanity, which looks a lot like the terribly designed bridge being discussed in this thread

Happy birthday!

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🚨 Early Ep Release! "The German Election: Friedrich Merz, “Independence” from America, and the Rise of the Far Right" 🇩🇪

Helen Thompson and I discuss the implications of Germany's seismic election.

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