Mike South

I don't know that I'd call it luxurious, but it was lovely. We stayed at The Vincent in Valetta. Had a lot of character.

Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life.

And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should

Someone on Reddit called me a Boomer. I'm 38!

Oh please read this thread & show it to people.
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As an anthropologist, I'm inclined to try to understand stuff that looks like magical thinking rather than mock it, but proposing to build a God and then expecting him to tell you how to get rich is really testing all of my professional training...

Now let the song begin, let us sing together
Of sun, stars, moon and mist, rain and cloudy weather,
Light on the budding leaf, dew on the feather,
Wind on the open hill, bells on the heather,
Reeds by the shady pool, lilies on the water...

Post-work bike ride along the undercliff path, through Rottingdean and Woodingdean, and back again. Cycling away work stress, taking in some lovely views and sea air. Works wonders.

Hey aren't clouds supposed to be on the outside?

At the Regia Anglorum Festival 2025, hosted at Wychurst.

Photos by Jenn.

okay and here is my ‘sounds like a shitpost but it’s genuine’ UK heatwave tip: if there is a Saxon or Norman church near you, and it’s open, go sit in it. not gothic, they have too many windows, get you some thick stone walls with some high up tiny windows. they stay cold. and you can just sit there

Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin' The violin is smaller than a human hair and has "laid the groundwork" for future research.

Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...

My Cromwells and Fireflies need to do some marksmanship training.

You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? The perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility.

duolingo recently declared they are now an AI-first company. well, here at The Museum of English Rural Life, we pride ourselves in being EI-first. EI EI O

At Shoreham Fort for the 80th anniversary VE day beacon lighting. Lovely work from @garybaines.bsky.social and the team there.

The grave of Sgt W. T. McDonald, RAF, Brookwood Cemetery.
"Mother, I've weighed the risks which I prefer to living in a world dominated by Nazis. Bill"

Red Mars on the left, straight out from the corner of the sign, and bright Jupiter over on the right.

Popped out on my bike to catch the sunset, and could see some of the planetary alignment as the skies darkened. Venus very clear and bright, with a faint Mercury just above the banks of cloud on the horizon. Most of the rest of the alignment are around or below where Mercury is but too faint to see.

Cribbed from LinkedIn.

Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website "THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."

Scoop: The databases powering DOGE.gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it:

www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...

Very nice! Crisp and colourful.

Painted a 15-strong unit of classic Warhammer Dwarf Ironbreakers recently. Red means stop!

Hear, hear.

Yes but is the ending (I can't wake up)?

These were a lot of fun to make!

I desperately needed to get out of the house earlier, so grabbed my camera bag and headed to Beachy Head for the sunset.

Repost a gif describing your exit from Twitter.

I was out on a very windy walk with @gemsthbtn.bsky.social earlier today, who took some photos of me taking photos.