Couldn’t disagree more. Contactless payment on the tube is gloriously simple and fast. Still think it’s a minor miracle of the modern age. No queuing to buy tickets. No coins, change, no fishing around to find your ticket at the gate. All works seamlessly via your phone or watch.

Top fact: The writer of Edge of Darkness was the elder brother of the creator of the sweeney.

again, what is driving them insane is that winning 49.5% of the vote in a close election has not granted them total dominion over american life and culture. the idea that life might go on more or less as before. that we might enjoy a bite to eat and ball our special someone tonight offends fhem

The Citroen Ami. (Not sure that necessarily qualifies as a car but it is ace.)

It’s really rather good. Still have fond memories of a deeply silly promo you did for our adtech company around 10 years ago.

Same, watched this the other day. It’s a pleasingly silly mission and the seriousness with which he commits to it really gets you invested.

Many years ago some enterprising soul carved the word “FROTTAGE” into a hornbeam in Highgate Woods. This pic is from 2020, it’s almost disappeared now.

How terribly sad and wrong. As you say, fuck cancer. A lovely tribute.

Quite looking forward to Project Hail Mary youtu.be/m08TxIsFTRI?...

I miss my old gameboy. Such a brilliant little machine. Still got a 2002 PSP floating around somewhere and a DS, might have to resuscitate them.

Unbelievable

Oh this reminds me of the finest ever product teardown, courtesy of AvE: youtu.be/_Cp-BGQfpHQ?...

I was lucky enough to dine at the restaurant in 2015 when they opened it for the 50th anniversary. Such a remarkable building.

School, Bodenham, Herefordshire, early 1980’s, only five foot four.

Agreed. DCO can be done so much better than this.

Crikey. That is deeply chilly. Was up on Cairngorm last June when it got a bit nippy but nothing like as extreme as that looks.

Happy Christmas to you all. It’s a very similar situation in the Mundy household, and I couldn’t be happier. So glad you’re better.

Oof. That sounds deeply unfun. I hope it’s not too ghastly and you’re back on form soon.