To bring an end to the drought, Andy Burnham should announce a series of new bank holidays throughout August. That usually does the trick.
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Angus Main
Профиль VivelyTechnology / Creativity / Experience - Lecturer and Researcher - Cambridge and London, UK
There must be a “That’s Amore” joke in this, but I can’t work it out. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Drifting SpaceX rocket heading for accidental collision with moonScientists and sky gazers will watch intently as rocket’s upper stage slams into lunar surface on Wednesdaywww.theguardian.comI don’t think anyone could have predicted that the big companies of the Information Age, who built billion dollar industries on providing people with useful information, would pivot their whole business to “lying, and providing tools to make all information indistinguishable from lies”
Joseph CoxNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
Apropos of nothing, a line from Wodehouse came unbidden into my mind.
Financial TimesCitadel’s swoop for the bulk of Situational Awareness’s public stock holdings, which were once estimated at $16bn, beat out rivals Millennium Management and Jane Street and marks one of the largest and most sudden stock transactions in Wall Street history. ft.trib.al/cwk9bpK
The whole clip on YouTube is fantastically awkward youtu.be/Q94RilviBbk?...
John Rain🥇Best back up dancer in the world revealed at the end. This used to be a proper country.
The British Museum should do a Spot The Penis activity sheet. If you cross them all off you get a sticker at the end.
Catherine WeirdIs this why everybody is rushing to see it. For the Norman and Saxon todgers. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I wonder if this is a Ronald Searle?
Old UK Print AdsJul 1953: Premium Petrol ad from Shell «fill up and feel the difference»
Seems bad, but I’d like to think I’d notice of any of you guys suddenly stopped talking about Doctor Who and TOTP reruns, and started praising Russian expansionism instead. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/b...
Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread PropagandaThe company said it was fighting Russian efforts to hijack real users’ accounts to post fake content, an apparently novel tactic.www.nytimes.comCalling science a ‘myth’ is not public service broadcasting.
Scott BryanChannel 4 has announced documentary “The Great ADHD Myth?” It “seeks to determine whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct.”
Greggs is basically doing what Time Trumpet predicted about Tesco. How long until Greggs invades Denmark? youtu.be/0PSyiRXIEyc?...
Tesco invades DenmarkYouTube video by kelpfootyoutu.beIan MoodyGreggs sales jump as iced matcha lattes and chicken rolls become heatwave hits. Rise to £1.1bn in first six months of year for bakery chain largely down to opening of new stores. www.theguardian.com/business/202...