Music (mainly prog rock) and veggie loving, geeky cat butler living in Hertfordshire UK. A lover of all things LOTR (since I first read it over 50 years ago) scifi and what have you. Ex soldier (Royal Artillery) and other trades ;-)
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Conservatives plan to bring back mandatory National Service (www.bbc.co.uk)
Time to ditch Amazon Prime? (www.bbc.co.uk)
This will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back for me.
The problem with GIMP (www.spacebar.news)
New breakthrough may let us charge smartphones in 60 seconds (bgr.com)
What if charging your phone took less time than brushing your teeth? A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences could very well hold the key to a next-gen charger capable of recharging your phone in just 60 seconds....
'Why Do You Hate Young People So Much?' Rishi Sunak Skewered By Student (uk.news.yahoo.com)
‘No one going to jail’ for avoiding UK national service, says Cleverly (www.theguardian.com)
So… not compulsory then? Or do you just get fined or something? Anyway, earliest policy U-turn of the Conservative campaign so far - will it be their best?
GUILTY ON 34 COUNTS (www.washingtonpost.com)
You crooked motherfucker
Britain’s Conservative Party Is Facing a Historic Defeat (jacobin.com)
When Britain’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak, stood in the pouring rain last week to announce a general election, there could hardly have been a less auspicious beginning to the Conservative Party’s campaign. In the space of a few days, it has gone downhill from there....
UK cabinet minister calls shoulder surfer ‘little weirdo’ (www.theregister.com)
In setting the date for the UK’s next general election, prime minister Rishi Sunak this week essentially announced the start of open season for political reporters all hunting for the top scoop of the day by any means necessary. He may need, however, to brief his ministers on basic opsec if he’s going to stop any more...
What's the closest any animal species has come to evolving to have telepathy?
Adobe roofies all of their customers (Louis Rossmann's reaction) (www.youtube.com)
Even though there are already a couple of other threads about this Schweinerei, there wasn’t a good place to insert this into the discussion, and for those unfamiliar, this video’s a good starting point.
Waitrose only major supermarket with majority Tory customers, polls show (www.theguardian.com)
Nigel Farage expected to declare he is running for parliament (www.independent.co.uk)
General election: Tories announce 'Triple Lock Plus' pension allowance (www.bbc.co.uk)
Starmer unveils ‘GB energy’ logo – a stock graphic for 57p that ‘looks like it’s farting’ (skwawkbox.org)
Rishi Sunak says sorry for leaving D-day events early to record TV interview (www.theguardian.com)
Rishi Sunak has apologised for leaving D-day anniversary events early to take part in a TV interview, admitting it was “a mistake not to stay in France longer”....
How do I make my bread really dark?
Am trying to make a dark rye loaf like you’d find on a stall or in a shop. Not the really dense ‘pumpernickel’ style but round or oblong tin shaped....
It's taken two years (beehaw.org)
She loves these throws. And as long as I keep my ankles crossed and legs still, she’ll stay....
New budding author (atulipinacup.substack.com)
My daughter is studying Creative Writing and English Literature at Birmingham (UK) University. She’s put together some pieces on Substack. Most of them are over my head, but this one hits right in the feels. Apart from a couple of technical inaccuracies, it’s spot on. Hope you like it ;-)
Well, this is inconvenient.
Won’t be doing any laundry just yet then....
Found in Aldi UK (beehaw.org)
The best of both worlds....
Farewell King Theoden (www.bbc.co.uk)
😢
Espionage: In seemingly the first case of its kind, the US has charged a Chinese national with using a drone to photograph a shipyard where the US Navy was assembling nuclear submarines (www.wired.com)
The United States Department of Justice is quietly prosecuting a novel Espionage Act case involving a drone, a Chinese national, and classified nuclear submarines....
I always wondered what was inside an egg! (beehaw.org)
And now I know.