Two days running the stupid grauniad has given huge prominence to tory has-beens. Why?

It is with great sadness that I am doing what I would once have thought unthinkable. Following Salim Abdool Karim's superb Faraday Lecture 10 days ago, i have decided to return my own Faraday prize, awarded in 2014.

The silence of the Royal Society in the face of Elon Musk's rampage (a member of the RS since 2018) across US science is incomprehensible to me.

We must all draw the line somewhere in the face of authoritarian attacks and this is mine.
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@MsDropbear42 @dharmadan grauniad is no better platforming the clammy one, which one? The one that won by one vote

BRB got to stare at the list of names at the end of the latest Angela Collier vid waiting for _MY NAME_

@bevanthomas Hamadryades dryades naiades menades thyades folettes lemures gnomides succubes gorgones gobelines (n'allez pas au bois d'Ormonde)

#ravel_music

@fletch @phs @Kels_316 ow

Once again Scottish Twitter is undefeated.

Is there anything more stomach-turning than a LNP politician?

Oh, wait...

@jalefkowit The thing is that was new in my first year of high school #old

Found an old piece of lino under a great deal of mess and art materials. Decided to finish the edition. First one off the press.

Controversial hot take:

Abolish ALL copyright. Megacorps are going to steal your shit with or without copyright. At least without copyright, we can steal their shit right back.

Love seeing all the tech-y people on Mastodon but do feel a little out of my depth, every time I log on someone's posting about quarking the gibblets of their custom-built gaming Flurgatron 3000 and trying to get it to run at 764 bloops per fnurk

@abcfeeds This story is formatted so as to be almost impossible to read. Do better, Aunty

@backupbear They've all been marinated in BS for so long that they've lost any sense of sense

@jalefkowit So much meaning and imagery in so few words - thanks for sharing

What was that dream sequence in Papillon? "I accuse you... of a wasted life" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-19/kenton-cool-breaks-mount-everest-record/105309464

@timrichards I assume they can manage a decent cup of tea anyway

@godpod Sounds just like the Puritans on the Deflower

@jpm Oh noes you opened the chunky custard