Hilariously Bond is portrayed as being somewhat forward thinking for the time, as he listens in to a conversation between a black couple and remarks "why, they're just like normal people!"

And yet toned down from the book, which features a chapter titled "[n-word] Heaven"

Choosing to assume the 5 star reviews are from columnists wanting an easy source of content.

Saw one person defending her saying "if they don't have medicine in them why else would my mom tell me not to take someone else's glasses from them and put them on?"

Nailed it.

Love the three planters on the left attempting to disguise a garage conversion.

Sorry* to lower the tone but I'm loving that there are pictures of four different bedrooms, all with armchairs facing the bed.

*not particularly

The underwhelming sequel to Black Bag.

"Shamima Begum goes for a job interview" has potential as a Viz bit.

Scrubs truly is the nostalgia killer. A combination of the show going off the boil and the DVD/streaming versions lacking a lot of the music because they didn't get anything but TV clearance.

This is bringing back memories of the guy demanding journalists have a second source to back up something briefed out on the record by the then Labour leader's spokesman.

There was a lively debate a while back about the fate of an Argentinian submarine during the Falklands War. It ended with one poster replying "I'm the pilot who dropped the depth charges"

It has been a terrible day to be literate. On the "misery loves company" basis, have this:

That probably exists. The alt-health/fitness influencer field is full of fruitcakes, beyond your standard antivaxer stuff I've seen anti glasses, anti sunscreen, anti vegetables, anti toothpaste...

And time and time again it ends up at least adjacent to right-wing (US) politics.

TIL Nina Simone died in 2003. I had no idea; if asked I'd have guessed decades earlier.

When inside government, according to Bernard Woolley in Yes Minister:

I give confidential security briefings.
You leak.
He has been charged under section 2a of the Official Secrets Act.

Always fun when you finally connect at Glasgow Central only for the connection to drop as your train pulls out, because you were actually connected to the train on the next platform.

How long have you got?