Today in 1833, 193 years ago: United Kingdom forces land on the Falkland Islands and expel the Rioplatense administration. The dispute over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands begins, in the next century the South Georgia Islands would be added to the chimera and in the following years the South Sandwich Islands. #OnThisDay

Happy International Twist Your Seatpost Day to all who celebrate! And that should include everyone who has a seatpost. It’s very simple to play along: Loosen your seatpost clamp Twist your sa…

Attached: 1 image Fun fact, Metropolis is set in 2026

Attached: 1 image This will happen in the next twelve hours. If for no other reason than it gives me a specific task to do whilst drinking coffee after actually staying up after breakfast for a change. It will also give me a place to vent my frustration with what is now last year’s sub-par attitude for 365 days as part of its remit to serve the world. Frankly, the year was entirely sloppy and didn’t even seem to be trying. Someone should have given it a sound thrashing around March in an effort to make it shape up before it made a complete balls-up of the entire job (which it certainly did). Bah! [:: *turns off-stage* ::] SIMPSON! Go out and beat a peasant for me, there’s a good chap? Anyway… give me about eight or ten hours minimum.