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Have never read a bad book by Mary Beard and I’m not starting now. Detailed, learned, sceptical and stylish. I love Mary Beard, me. The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found by Mary Beard. Picked up in the lovely second-hand bookshop in Carnforth #books #booksky #bookreview

On a park bench, gorging too ravenously and too deep, I scalded myself upon the molten filling of a chilli beef pasty. These are the moments you know are still truly alive. #food #life #pasty

Enjoyed this. Very clear, lucid and even-handed account of the trial and execution of Charles I. If more kings throughout history had suddenly ceased to need a hat, the world would be in a better place. The Trial of Charles I by CV Wedgwood #booksky #books #bookreview

Destroying books so that machines can produce inferior copies of them. What a time to be alive

What if….no

Jodrell Bank to be closed for want of £2.8M a year, which is probably less than the government spends on mandrills #SaveJodrellBank

Closing Jodrell Bank to save £2.8 million, which is about the cost of 5 metres of High Speed 2. Bargain! A daft comparison, obv, but the cost of Jodrell Bank is a rounding error compared to some bits of govt expenditure. #SaveJodrellBank

Cheer up, The North! Jodrell Bank is closing but at least we got a door with a number “10” on it. #SaveJodrellBank

A real “stick in the spokes” moment if the UK government shuts down Jodrell Bank. Literally closing a door to the future to save, in real terms, pennies. Just impenetrably stupid. Maybe there is no one in the Cabinet who ever looks up. #SaveJodrellBank

A “historically accurate” version of The Odyssey” made using Grok? This will bend spacetime through the density of its shitness

Happy “Projectile Diarrhoea Month” to all Americans who celebrate.

Apparently, environmental collapse isn’t happening quickly enough for some people. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

SpaceX and AI startup wealth fuels demand for private jetsNewly minted rich and those anticipating huge IPOs are fueling buying and charter spree in the private jet sectorwww.theguardian.com

I’m wearing shorts to work, in case you are wondering how the climate emergency is going.

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