But we can all agree that women are a big problem. Who invented them? Basically noise, disrupting my perfect TED talk

He's so not increasing those dudes' economic power.

seriously, this person is an idiot

We'll keep it going for as long as we can

Honestly, it's the thing I've learned most from, and the most rewarding and free-est aspect of my intellectual life - and I'm just a football account. The regard for authors AND (over-stretched and generous) reviewers is wonderful.

Absolutely - Bergkampesque

He would have been the brother-in-law of a Tudor

In fairness, I don't think the clarification was needed - rugby union is 'rugby; rugby league is 'league'. But you both agree on that. No-one ever needs to watch rugby - league is good. But Gabriel would excel in any and all of these codes.

She's going to get us over the line 🙏

Grandpa!

I have no idea who this post is supposed to appeal to. But it’s not women

And I'm sorry, when I read 'academics like me need to face a hard truth about our own desires', I read 'academics like me' as 'men'.

Terrible self-own imo. Imagine the indignity: 'You can hold an endowed chair and still waste time arguing with an administrator about whether the hotel cost was “reasonable”.' Pathetic social climbing is not 'deeper than greed or libido' (libido!) They were puerile creeps who also liked freebies.

I'm so with you. Thanks for sharing this.

Rice and Mosquera, for me

Herbert Morrison wept

Unless I’m pretending to be surprised while pretending to crack an egg in my kitchen in Wiltshire, in which case, come on in

In fairness, I’m always asking for the same

He did excite, though

No

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

I used a dial-up internet from a phone plug to follow David Beckham's alleged affair with Rebecca Loos. The world would be so much better if we had to dial up the internet

They should bring this back

I have never worked out how to turn on high beam

lay-bys

Yes, having to wait, or not getting through, calling long distance

aerogrammes 💓

Pagers are too advanced for me, but ringing people. with coins, on a telephone in a restaurant/bar, and they either know you're coming to them, or they come and meet you.

I think ‘just not care’ is the only reasonable answer