Nathan Trout
@nathantrout.bsky.social
When both sides on University Challenge are Oxbridge colleges
November 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
When both sides on University Challenge are Oxbridge colleges
Painting band murals on Manchester bars has to be the UK’s most recession proof industry.
July 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Painting band murals on Manchester bars has to be the UK’s most recession proof industry.
If any of the Oasis shows were televised I’d watch but there’s something weird to me about people stood streaming it from their phones and the people wanting to watch that.
July 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If any of the Oasis shows were televised I’d watch but there’s something weird to me about people stood streaming it from their phones and the people wanting to watch that.
At an away day just before Christmas one of the girls from another office was saying she felt sick and was on soft drinks at the pub after. Come back now and she’s about to go on maternity leave. That’s what us writing professionals call foreshadowing.
July 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
At an away day just before Christmas one of the girls from another office was saying she felt sick and was on soft drinks at the pub after. Come back now and she’s about to go on maternity leave. That’s what us writing professionals call foreshadowing.
Is there a more uncomfortable scenario than a stranger falling a sleep and flopping onto your shoulder on a train?
July 3, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Is there a more uncomfortable scenario than a stranger falling a sleep and flopping onto your shoulder on a train?
Regardless of the verdicts it’s clear that Sean Combs abused women around him and people around him enabled it because they profited on his continued success.
July 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Regardless of the verdicts it’s clear that Sean Combs abused women around him and people around him enabled it because they profited on his continued success.
The juries in the Australian mushroom murder trial and the Sean Combes trial going on the same day is interesting. Is anyone taking bets on which one gets a verdict first?
July 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The juries in the Australian mushroom murder trial and the Sean Combes trial going on the same day is interesting. Is anyone taking bets on which one gets a verdict first?
Two years ago in Finsbury Park making friends with strangers and watching Idles and Jamie T. Now I’m in Curry’s unable to decide what hoover to buy. Life comes at you fast.
June 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Two years ago in Finsbury Park making friends with strangers and watching Idles and Jamie T. Now I’m in Curry’s unable to decide what hoover to buy. Life comes at you fast.
Wiggling you mouse on a Teams meeting to see how long is left then remembering it doesn’t work like a YouTube video.
June 19, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Wiggling you mouse on a Teams meeting to see how long is left then remembering it doesn’t work like a YouTube video.
The illusion of free choice
May 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The illusion of free choice
I’m not a doctor but I’m quite surprised a bladder has never been transplanted before given how long they’ve been transplanting other organs.
Surgeons in Southern California have performed the first human bladder transplant, introducing a new, potentially life-changing procedure for people with debilitating bladder conditions. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/h...
May 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I’m not a doctor but I’m quite surprised a bladder has never been transplanted before given how long they’ve been transplanting other organs.
It’ll be interesting to see how Labour plays it if Trump goes all in on bringing the film industry back to the US as it creates a conflict between their desperation for a trade deal and their policy of giving Universal everything they want in exchange for Taylor Swift tickets.
May 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
It’ll be interesting to see how Labour plays it if Trump goes all in on bringing the film industry back to the US as it creates a conflict between their desperation for a trade deal and their policy of giving Universal everything they want in exchange for Taylor Swift tickets.
Where do the Treasury think Defra’s funding comes from?
May 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Where do the Treasury think Defra’s funding comes from?
The UK should adopt proportional representation just so we don’t have the have by-elections and the subsequent media circus when a single constituency protest votes with a reduced turnout.
May 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The UK should adopt proportional representation just so we don’t have the have by-elections and the subsequent media circus when a single constituency protest votes with a reduced turnout.
A Papal conclave, the P Diddy trial and the start of the test cricket season all in the same month. What a time to be alive.
May 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
A Papal conclave, the P Diddy trial and the start of the test cricket season all in the same month. What a time to be alive.
Bloke at the tip is in a full suit And tie trying shift a massive chest of drawers. He’s having to get the staff to help him. Poor decision making.
April 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Bloke at the tip is in a full suit And tie trying shift a massive chest of drawers. He’s having to get the staff to help him. Poor decision making.
People talking about the Mandela Effect is so funny to me because it’s named after something of massive geopolitical importance, but ever other supposed example is just something like one line in a film being slightly different.
April 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
People talking about the Mandela Effect is so funny to me because it’s named after something of massive geopolitical importance, but ever other supposed example is just something like one line in a film being slightly different.
I am pleading with the UK Indian takeaway industry need to come together and reach a consensus about whether popadoms are free as standard.
April 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I am pleading with the UK Indian takeaway industry need to come together and reach a consensus about whether popadoms are free as standard.
AI generated content is so weird because on one level it is mind blowing what it can generate even compared to what was accessible from just a few years ago but at the same time it’s all quite shit.
April 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
AI generated content is so weird because on one level it is mind blowing what it can generate even compared to what was accessible from just a few years ago but at the same time it’s all quite shit.
Is AI the reason trying to search public transport journeys on Google maps is a disaster nowadays?
March 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Is AI the reason trying to search public transport journeys on Google maps is a disaster nowadays?
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Embarrassing for modern classical composers that none of them are considered as good as a guy who died in the 1700s. Like being an automotive engineer and getting smoked by the designer of Fred Flintstone’s car
February 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Embarrassing for modern classical composers that none of them are considered as good as a guy who died in the 1700s. Like being an automotive engineer and getting smoked by the designer of Fred Flintstone’s car
Can’t think of more needy behaviour than setting up an Instagram account where you go to find the best pint of Guinness in your city. It tastes exactly the same everywhere. One of its few selling points.
February 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Can’t think of more needy behaviour than setting up an Instagram account where you go to find the best pint of Guinness in your city. It tastes exactly the same everywhere. One of its few selling points.