I keep reading about a "black hole" in the British economy. Are other colours of hole available? If not, couldn't we just call it a hole?

@news.sky.com It's a very bad event, but going on and on with little or no actual news on tonight's news is just tedious.

Phon-CompLing says it exists for "anything and everything phonetics, phonology and comp ling". I keep looking for posts on phonetics and phonology, but it's all about AI and LLM's. Has the theme changed?

Quiet beach at Waxham, Norfolk yesterday

If 6 people die in a car crash it barely gets a mention in the news. If 6 people die in a helicopter, news schedules are cleared for breaking news and police press conferences are broadcast at length. What's the reasoning here?

Wondering when Trump plans to start bombing Kyiv

Good to be back in our holiday house in La Livinière after a long frosty drive down through France

Our Labour government seems obsessed with saving money by going back to austerity measures. Not a penny for desperately needed things like social care, support for young people, justice.

Great to see Notre Dame de Paris restoration completed, but why did they have to spend all that money and time replacing the silly spire that Viollet-le-Duc stuck on it in the 19th Century?

Feeling embarrassed that the British government won't talk about returning the Elgin Marbles to Greece

During the Cold War Russia produced wonderful musicians, dancers, writers, in spite of the terrible regime they lived under. In my own little field, #phonetics, Ludmilla Chistovich and her Leningrad group produced ground-breaking research for many years. What does present-day Russia offer?

I love bread, specially the seeded wholemeal I make with my own recipe. But I have to confess that I just can't get to like the #sourdough that's on offer in breadshops and restaurants I go to.

Phon-CompLing: I can see lots of interesting stuff on AI and LLM's but struggling to find Phonetics or Phonology topics.

So good to hear of the positive experience of the assisted dying process in New Zealand, on Times Radio this morning.

Good to see that #phonetics has a good following here!