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BBC News covered the emergency alert and also decided it was Hammer Time
September 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
BBC News covered the emergency alert and also decided it was Hammer Time
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Muenster is Mexican. Read how and why that came to be in my latest for @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/food/muenste...
In El Paso, an Unlikely Cheese Reigns Supreme
Originating in medieval Alsace, this semisoft, orange-rind cheese is commonly used in Mexican dishes in the modern border region.
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August 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Muenster is Mexican. Read how and why that came to be in my latest for @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/food/muenste...
what is the point of BA? worse service than Ryanair, more expensive to pick a seat, and they seem to cancel the flight a third of the time
August 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
what is the point of BA? worse service than Ryanair, more expensive to pick a seat, and they seem to cancel the flight a third of the time
a bleak look back at England in the 80s, which unfortunately feels closer to now than in the 00s and 10s youtu.be/VwNWUNykqAs?...
Living in Britain in 1984 | Forty Minutes: Voices in a City | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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August 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
a bleak look back at England in the 80s, which unfortunately feels closer to now than in the 00s and 10s youtu.be/VwNWUNykqAs?...
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This @davidwondrich.bsky.social is magnificent, a marvel, the best piece of food and drink writing I've read in ages, a great respite from a stressy news world, amazing:
punchdrink.com/articles/coc...
punchdrink.com/articles/coc...
Why Is My Drink So Damn Weird?
When every cocktail is an experiment in novelty, ordering feels like a gamble. But if history teaches us anything, it’s that this era won’t last forever.
punchdrink.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This @davidwondrich.bsky.social is magnificent, a marvel, the best piece of food and drink writing I've read in ages, a great respite from a stressy news world, amazing:
punchdrink.com/articles/coc...
punchdrink.com/articles/coc...
In other sandwich news, hearing about the schiacciatefication/foccacification of seaside tourist towns all around Europe (except Italy). I guess it’s the next step from the burrata menu takeover. Seems entirely instagram and tiktok driven.
August 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
In other sandwich news, hearing about the schiacciatefication/foccacification of seaside tourist towns all around Europe (except Italy). I guess it’s the next step from the burrata menu takeover. Seems entirely instagram and tiktok driven.
how is it, with all the new hip sandwich places in London, nowhere makes a pan bagnat
August 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
how is it, with all the new hip sandwich places in London, nowhere makes a pan bagnat
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what is the most unique museum u have visited
for me possibly the ramen museum
for me possibly the ramen museum
more museums should provide fries at the end tbh
The fries museum in Bruges talks a bit about all the many (many) kinds of potatoes out there. There are a lot!
(It’s a fun museum. Also you can get fries at the end. And the chocolate museum nearby is also great!)
(It’s a fun museum. Also you can get fries at the end. And the chocolate museum nearby is also great!)
August 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
what is the most unique museum u have visited
for me possibly the ramen museum
for me possibly the ramen museum
feels like frozen food is the frontier that Brits can’t cross, such a shame with Picard and things like this youtu.be/YXCcUBBoMZ0?...
Exploring Japan’s Wild Frozen Food Store 🍜 🍈 🍣
YouTube video by Experience JAPAN
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July 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
feels like frozen food is the frontier that Brits can’t cross, such a shame with Picard and things like this youtu.be/YXCcUBBoMZ0?...
retreating from the heat to the east (anglia)
July 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
retreating from the heat to the east (anglia)
it’s not flying ant day, today seems to be locusts
July 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
it’s not flying ant day, today seems to be locusts
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This is a great piece, a little bit for the weirdness of its supposed topic, but mainly for the list of truly weird places around the world who thought they'd benefit from a Giant Michael Jackson statue. A 1970s miniature recreation of South Africa! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Where are Michael Jackson's giant HIStory statues 30 years later?
The King Of Pop had 10 statues made in his image in 1995, but where can they be seen three decade later?
www.bbc.co.uk
June 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is a great piece, a little bit for the weirdness of its supposed topic, but mainly for the list of truly weird places around the world who thought they'd benefit from a Giant Michael Jackson statue. A 1970s miniature recreation of South Africa! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
some of the funniest people on the funniest show, Aus and NZ panel shows are killing it youtu.be/8KCfw0NBg08?...
Comedians play ridiculous job guessing game | Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee | ABC iview
YouTube video by ABC iview
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June 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
some of the funniest people on the funniest show, Aus and NZ panel shows are killing it youtu.be/8KCfw0NBg08?...
the New Yorker (and Danny Meyer) take on spinny bars archive.is/a3248 (I’ve been fascinated by the NYC Marriott for ages, but never went)
archive.is
May 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
the New Yorker (and Danny Meyer) take on spinny bars archive.is/a3248 (I’ve been fascinated by the NYC Marriott for ages, but never went)
thanking the filipino vote. quite a lot.
May 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
thanking the filipino vote. quite a lot.
I think you *really* have to understand the last 500 years of Italy to get if this is nationalist, defeatist or friendship across nations #eurovision
May 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I think you *really* have to understand the last 500 years of Italy to get if this is nationalist, defeatist or friendship across nations #eurovision
did mainland Europe get Lord of The Rings ten years after everyone else? #eurovision
May 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
did mainland Europe get Lord of The Rings ten years after everyone else? #eurovision
Portugal don’t want to win and know they’re not going to the final #eurovision
May 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Portugal don’t want to win and know they’re not going to the final #eurovision
I hadn’t quite appreciated that the Swedish entry is (at least partly?) in Finnish. Is this cultural appropriation? #eurovision
May 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I hadn’t quite appreciated that the Swedish entry is (at least partly?) in Finnish. Is this cultural appropriation? #eurovision
not sure if it’s the production or the size of the stage, but everything’s feeling a bit underpowered so far #eurovision
May 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
not sure if it’s the production or the size of the stage, but everything’s feeling a bit underpowered so far #eurovision
my assessment of this is that we have conjured a deceptively eloquent talking crab, that we are now allowing to press buttons www.quantamagazine.org/when-chatgpt... via kottke
When ChatGPT Broke an Entire Field: An Oral History | Quanta Magazine
Researchers in “natural language processing” tried to tame human language. Then came the transformer.
www.quantamagazine.org
May 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
my assessment of this is that we have conjured a deceptively eloquent talking crab, that we are now allowing to press buttons www.quantamagazine.org/when-chatgpt... via kottke
this is a nice thing to have on in the background, especially on a sunny day (still has a tinge of Scarfolk) www.youtube.com/live/aUWbiyX...
👑🅻🅸🆅🅴👑United Kingdom Sea Shore Live Webcams Tour⛱️Scotland/Wales/Cornwall/Devon🌅/England/Norfolk
YouTube video by WebcamGreece
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April 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
this is a nice thing to have on in the background, especially on a sunny day (still has a tinge of Scarfolk) www.youtube.com/live/aUWbiyX...
if you have 20 minutes you can learn the history of strawberries youtu.be/qJQaPvExfto?...
How Strawberries were Accidentally Invented
YouTube video by Tasting History with Max Miller
youtu.be
April 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
if you have 20 minutes you can learn the history of strawberries youtu.be/qJQaPvExfto?...
the pronunciation in this package is right between bbc rp and 80s/90s vernacular and US twang/slang (also I miss The Money Programme) youtu.be/O9pL9Kug9Ms?...
1982: The BOOM in PIRATE VIDEO | The Money Programme | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
youtu.be
April 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
the pronunciation in this package is right between bbc rp and 80s/90s vernacular and US twang/slang (also I miss The Money Programme) youtu.be/O9pL9Kug9Ms?...