The invidious replacement of fried bread by hash browns is, for me at least, wholly symptomatic of England's decline.
First thing we did upon landing in Manchester was go get a full English and it’s so beautiful I take back everything bad I’ve said about British food this slapped
July 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The invidious replacement of fried bread by hash browns is, for me at least, wholly symptomatic of England's decline.
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Apparently it’s 10 years today since I discovered that adding googly eyes to the tap on a wine box makes it look like Shaun the Sheep.
July 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Apparently it’s 10 years today since I discovered that adding googly eyes to the tap on a wine box makes it look like Shaun the Sheep.
I wore socks and sandals by accident when I went to the shop tonight and the security guard followed me around.
June 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I wore socks and sandals by accident when I went to the shop tonight and the security guard followed me around.
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Playing around with a close-up B&W edit of the best footage I have ever captured on this Earth. Hoping compression doesn't prevent y'all from seeing the incredible rain of debris.
Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala (March 2023)
Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala (March 2023)
June 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Playing around with a close-up B&W edit of the best footage I have ever captured on this Earth. Hoping compression doesn't prevent y'all from seeing the incredible rain of debris.
Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala (March 2023)
Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala (March 2023)
This is probably my favourite account on here. The morning rush hour is the perfect start to my day.
Mo knows it’s hot and time to find shade and drink plenty of water
June 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This is probably my favourite account on here. The morning rush hour is the perfect start to my day.
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Here's how you remove Google AI from your mobile devices.
June 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Here's how you remove Google AI from your mobile devices.
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Beloit, WI revitalized its waterfront and chose this way to celebrate it: by bringing to life Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."
June 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Beloit, WI revitalized its waterfront and chose this way to celebrate it: by bringing to life Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."
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Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I've been listening to these on the commute this week and really enjoying them.
I've been listening to these on the commute this week and really enjoying them.
Strong Message Here - The Tepid Bath of Managed Decline - BBC Sounds
Armando Iannucci and Helen Lewis take a dip in the tepid bath of managed decline.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I've been listening to these on the commute this week and really enjoying them.
I've been listening to these on the commute this week and really enjoying them.
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Chucked off the train at Newcastle because a tree blocks the line North to Berwick where I was supposed to be picked up. Don’t suppose anyone happens to be driving from Newcastle to Melrose and can give me a lift?
June 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Chucked off the train at Newcastle because a tree blocks the line North to Berwick where I was supposed to be picked up. Don’t suppose anyone happens to be driving from Newcastle to Melrose and can give me a lift?
Serviced the car. I smell of swarfega. Feeling pretty manly.
June 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Serviced the car. I smell of swarfega. Feeling pretty manly.
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I am selling this canvas at a special price of £225 to help raise funds to send a local girl to Namibia to work in 2026.
www.mickoxley.com/product/orig...
www.mickoxley.com/product/orig...
June 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I am selling this canvas at a special price of £225 to help raise funds to send a local girl to Namibia to work in 2026.
www.mickoxley.com/product/orig...
www.mickoxley.com/product/orig...
The best thing that happened today was walking past a hedge, and accidentally disturbing a family of freshly fledged blue tits. They all fluttered around and chirped in alarm and then vanished again.
June 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The best thing that happened today was walking past a hedge, and accidentally disturbing a family of freshly fledged blue tits. They all fluttered around and chirped in alarm and then vanished again.
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One of my favorite Bible stories is the one where that leper came to Jesus asking for healing and Jesus said why bother "we all are going to die."
June 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
One of my favorite Bible stories is the one where that leper came to Jesus asking for healing and Jesus said why bother "we all are going to die."
Well this is lovely.
May 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Well this is lovely.
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Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
May 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
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I assume we know when the Liberal Party conclave has elected a new leader when we see white bloke emerging from the building
May 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I assume we know when the Liberal Party conclave has elected a new leader when we see white bloke emerging from the building
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This is a hell of a fascinating thread. Remember, real science and history is was weirder and cooler then any conspiracy theory.
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
May 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This is a hell of a fascinating thread. Remember, real science and history is was weirder and cooler then any conspiracy theory.
I recall hearing that when Bobby and Jackie Charlton were playing in the final of the World Cup, their fatha was putting in his shift down Ashington Pit.
Last man out, final shift at Woodhorn Colliery, Ashington, Northumberland, 1981, photo by Mik Critchlow (1955-2023).
May 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I recall hearing that when Bobby and Jackie Charlton were playing in the final of the World Cup, their fatha was putting in his shift down Ashington Pit.
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Just lifted the toilet lid and discovered a fly in there. Obviously going to have to put a spider in the toilet to deal with the fly situation but I'm a bit worried about the escalation. Where would I even purchase a horse in this economy?
May 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Just lifted the toilet lid and discovered a fly in there. Obviously going to have to put a spider in the toilet to deal with the fly situation but I'm a bit worried about the escalation. Where would I even purchase a horse in this economy?
I remember a Sunday morning in March shooting clays and the hares were so busy being mad, they were running round the field we were shooting in.
I don't think any decent sportsman/woman would think this unreasonable.
I don't think any decent sportsman/woman would think this unreasonable.
May 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I remember a Sunday morning in March shooting clays and the hares were so busy being mad, they were running round the field we were shooting in.
I don't think any decent sportsman/woman would think this unreasonable.
I don't think any decent sportsman/woman would think this unreasonable.
I saw my first swallow of the summer today and it made me feel joyous.
April 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I saw my first swallow of the summer today and it made me feel joyous.
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Duelling red deer stags, Rien Poortvliet.
April 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Duelling red deer stags, Rien Poortvliet.
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Napoleon's Toothbrush, c.1805. Napoleon brushed his teeth regularly using opium-based toothpaste. His toothbrush has a silver gilt handle and bristles made of horsehair, which would have been very rough on the gums.
Photo: Wellcome Collection, London
Photo: Wellcome Collection, London
April 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Napoleon's Toothbrush, c.1805. Napoleon brushed his teeth regularly using opium-based toothpaste. His toothbrush has a silver gilt handle and bristles made of horsehair, which would have been very rough on the gums.
Photo: Wellcome Collection, London
Photo: Wellcome Collection, London
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Shelly-Ann racing in her kid's Parents Day race at the school is the funniest thing I've seen all week LMAO
April 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Shelly-Ann racing in her kid's Parents Day race at the school is the funniest thing I've seen all week LMAO