You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

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People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home.

I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain.

They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.

Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.

@nataliehaynes.bsky.social had a great night with you in Cambridge this week thank you! Please do tshirt merch! I would have loved a Medusa or Jason tshirt.

Are you young, highly educated and driven, and want to contribute to our stagnant economy with its aging population and low productivity? Well out you go

Idiot pedophile crashes economy.

I'm not saying that Vance has angered God, but if he offers to pray for you, it might be best to politely decline

@nicmiller.bsky.social Hello! My son is 16 next month and wants some cooks knives, as he loves cooking. Any recommendations for a starter reasonably priced make please that can easily be added to as he learns?

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Anti-Musk sentiments continue to rise worldwide.

Tesla’s reputation continues to fall. #EndOligarchy #BoycottTesla

Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

Etymology of the day is ‘jargon’, from the Old French ‘jargoun’, meaning the ‘chattering of birds’.

This is a 397-year-old Greenland Shark, born in 1627! It is the old living vertebrate known on the planet. In his younger days he went drinking with Charles II, Isaac Newton and JS Bach. He once told Samuel Pepys to "fuck off, diary cunt".

Don't write off the elderly, they've led quite a life.

Word of the day is ‘hibernacle’ (18th century): a hibernating animal’s winter retreat.

I believe it works on a human level too.

Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:

Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47

Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429

Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3

Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2

Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0

Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0

It’s so quiet, and calm, and unranty!