Graham M.

Yep, old London Bridge with guns on. And floating. Has anyone made this into an RPG yet? *

(* role playing game, not rocket propelled grenade)

China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising

The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."

Once again the magisterial position of "don't know/don't care" on a pointless question commands a clear majority of the British public. cc @ciaranm.bsky.social

just....enjoy this

Which one is more English?

A map of part of Britiain and northern europe showing loads and loads of roman roads, picked out in red.

Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓

itiner-e.org

We might have to have a lie-down.

Lower migration is bad news for the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out, and that the recent collapse in immigration will harm the UK's economic p...

"There is simply no sign of a fiscal catastrophe from the 'Boriswave'. Recent migrants are very likely to be employed, paying tax and seem to be contributing to British society..it will help, rather than hurt, Britain’s fiscal position."

Analysis by @lgilbert.co

ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...

Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.

Trump ignoring everything going on behind him

“..You look down and see a tortoise. It's crawling toward you... for the last time will you sit down”

In fact, given your services to pubs, they should be giving you the pints and halves free of charge.

Surely £8.20 should buy you 8 pints and a bag of crisps.

Well done for trying to have a meaningful conversation about it.

Another fruitless conversation this morning. Every time someone mentions that animal agriculture requires more land in aggregate than low animal ag someone chips in about the horrors of crop monoculture ignoring that most crop monoculture (and synthetic N) goes into animal feed.

Heritage at Risk: Latest Findings | Historic England Explore key trends revealed in our latest Heritage at Risk Register and explore the latest news on Heritage at Risk in your region.

Happy #HeritageAtRisk Register Day to all who celebrate it, that is neglectful owners, dodgy developers, kick the can into the long grass officials and don't give a f*ck its the past not the future politicians.

This year 129 entries were removed in a good way, however 138 entries were added.

I have this hypothesis that the amount of malice in any dog is the same as one Standard Metric Wolf, shoe-horned into what is *usually* a much smaller package. Which is why Chihuahuas are the worst: they still think they're wolves, and the body dysmorphia drives them psychotic with rage.

A rain-slick backalley containing two men, both tall and dressed predominantly in black, each walking a cat on a leash

Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover

The chemistry of the colours of fireworks Click to enlarge The colours in fireworks stem from a wide variety of metal compounds - particularly metal salts. 'Salt' as a word conjures up images of the normal table salt you probably use every...

Ooh! 🎆
(1/3)

www.compoundchem.com/2013/12/30/t...
Via @compoundchem.com

#BonfireNight #November5th

What if there was a consensus on the tax reforms the UK needs?

What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation?

The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?

When a plan's not a plan, and a revolution isn't a revolution - European High Speed Rail - Jon Worth Today the European Commission released its “plan to accelerate high-speed rail across Europe” (press release here). Only it’s not a plan. And Community of European Railways (CER), the state owned rail...

At one level today has been professionally good - it's rare to be quoted in FT www.ft.com/content/1405... and The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

But the Commission's high speed rail plan leaves me rather unimpressed - and I'm the only one daring say so jonworth.eu/when-a-plans...

A wide shot of the Orangery at Tyntesfield which is housing a display of around 2,000 pumpkins. There are three large piles of pumpkins arranged in tiers by colour from green to yellow, blue and orange. The room has three arched windows at the back and a fully glass ceiling.

A close-up of the Tyntesfield pumpkin display clearly showing the tiers of different colours. There is light orange on top, green in the middle and deep orange on the bottom.

A close-up of the Tyntesfield pumpkin display showing all the different coloured pumpkins - yellow, blue, white and orange.

Oh my gourd! Tyntesfield near Bristol is giving us pumpkin to talk about.

Around 2,000 pumpkins from more than 50 varieties grown in the Kitchen Garden make up this year's autumn arrangement.

Photos: Bob Fowler

Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.

news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Another Reform councillor has quit the party. Isabella Kemp now sits as an independent on Kent County Council.

By my calculation, that’s nine Kent Reform councillors gone since May.

Joke party of amateur hobbyists.

Basic competence is such an underrated quality.

I have a radical idea.
Ban polling, at least on the question of how people would vote at the next national election, until 18 months before it takes place.

I am only half-joking.

No boat crossings at all in the last 7 days.

The BBC hasn’t sent this to our phones as breaking news.

And apologies, i did see the thread originally but hadn't realised you'd done a full rebuild from scratch after completely building v1.0... very dedicated!

Nice final result. Are you touring it?

Excellent! "Be prepared to throw one away" is a common idea in software*, and you reimplemented your prototype rather than bugfix it.

(* Fred Brooks, 'The Mythical Man-month', chapter 11, plan to throw one away)

Caption: Despite his status in the mathematics community, Torus never stopped feeling inferior to his more delicious relatives, Doughnut and Bagel. Image: A wireframe torus with arms and legs waves awkwardly to a donut and bagel. From 'Physics for Cats' by Tom Gauld - order it at www.tomgauld.com

One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish editions. I am in Spain this week launching the book - come along! www.tomgauld.com

"Crucifixion?"
"Nah, freedom for me"
"Oh jolly good, off you go then"