David Maloney

Traditional sketch of a floating rock in which someone has made their home. In the back are smaller rocks with torii gates on top. In the far distance, chinese inspired round mountains

Floating mountain home

Should have gone with one of his famous catchphrases like "short back and blow your fucking head off"

Hardly seems fair, considering you threw a ball for your dog.

I don't know the answer exactly but somehow my Google feed has decided I like BBC local news website stories and I am seeing a lot of this kind of thing.

Denmark Hill another sly one on that line

@secondmentions.bsky.social

Arnie's old antagonists

Film rhymes: reimagine films with rhymes, e.g. Rocky the Jockey, Star Wars Parkours, The Truman Centipede, etc

Another Connections streak halted by my lack of knowledge of American culture

The old star signs are shit, give us some new ones for a better zodiac

Crikey Finland

Snorkeling

10 of the best places to snorkel on the UK coast The authors of a new marine guide share their favourite spots to catch a glimpse of submerged species – plus tips on how to snorkel safely

www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

Lovely article about snorkelling around the coast of Britain.

Can't stand these people who try to guess your star sign

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For example, this ward in West Northamptonshire saw more votes than the size of its electorate because it was electing three councillors.

I don't wish to complicate your helpful analysis, but I have a question. How have you handled multiple votes by the same person? For example, if I live in a three councillor ward, I get to make three votes. If I am also electing a mayor, that could be a fourth vote.

20 Men

I do this with video games

Might be interesting to cross tabulate support for local rugby league teams and local football teams, though probably more relevant in the Wigan / St Helens / Warrington / Leigh areas than in south Cheshire

Lemon yellow moth

This morning's bathroom guest

Came here expecting to see a load of "well actually" from combat nerds and the like, an was pleasantly surprised by its absence

Searching for Dune online, and my phone autocompleted to Dunelm.

That's stunning. Was it inside the house?

Signing up for a second account in this kind of situation is now the primary use for my hotmail.

Visionary

First, I really enjoyed this thread, thank you. Second, is the Easter egg sized scotch egg made up of a really big egg (ostrich?) and a normal thickness of sausage meat? Or is it a normal sized egg in the middle of a very thick layer of sausage meat?

...but when they show up for court hearing to have the fine dished out, the court turns out to be a fake as well. And then the police arrest the fake court officials for impersonation, but then those police turn out to be fakes, and then it ends with a big dance number

Connections is tough today

For a moment I was confused and thought you were being compared to the skin flick producer from the Big Lebowski, Jackie Treehorn

YouTube video by Belle & Sebastian - Topic Women's Realm

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Knowing that Women's Realm is a magazine has improved my understanding of this song considerably. Great photo.