I went to mass at the episcopalian cathedral in New York recently, and had to go through a metal detector and bag search (by an armed guard) to get in. As a Brit I was shocked.
Best idea so far.
💶One upside to the whole banknote row. I have only just discovered that the bridges on the back of Euro notes are fictional. Probably because some country (with rubbish bridges) would feel left out.
But... 1/2 🧵
No. Leave us alone.
americans would be terrified if we knew what a "litre" was
I love being English.
Marco Rubio wearing a navy suit and black dress shoes. He's looking down at his feet.
"i think he bought the wrong size"
2026 Frank Sinatra: Stop spreading the news
I went to a carol concert last year where someone was wearing a Bitcoin Christmas jumper. Imagine. This movie looks amazing. #welcometotheocbitch
the whole purpose of the post-menopausal woman is to prevent the rise of generative AI
Aforementioned dog. Best boy.
Here is a photo of my dog being A Very Good Boy, to distract from the horrors.
I know the answer is 'because nobody cares about women or the harms they suffer' but I am still shocked anew at the depths to which this happens every day. Now I need to go and hug my dog to cheer myself up.
From Mandelson's vetting form - how the heck was the third paragraph not enough to immediately get his name struck off any and all Government job lists forever?!
i actually understand how important the strait of hormuz being closed is because i've seen star wars: episode i: the phantom menace (1999)
The troubles
I asked Kemi Badenoch's spokesperson why she objected to British wildlife being on new UK banknotes, and this was the answer.
“It says it all that Rachel Reeves is replacing Winston Churchill on our banknotes with a squirrel” might be one of the most unintentionally amusing political quotes of all time.
A special prize to anyone who protests about animals on banknotes *WHILE USING AN ANIMAL TO REPRESENT THE MYTHICAL GREATNESS OF THE NATIONAL CHARACTER*
My humble submission to the new Bank of England with concepts for the new bank notes to please both sides.
I have to say I didn't have 'leader of the opposition denies hating hedgehogs' on my list of things likely to happen today
80s singer Thomas Dolby on raising queer kids: "the eldest is trans, the middle is a lesbian, and the youngest is a drummer"
The 3 genders
The scene: a tiny office somewhere in Whitehall; several grey suited government officials in a state of some stress.
‘How can we possibly distract everyone from the release of the Mandelson papers?’
A hand is raised…
‘What about badgers on banknotes?’
Email from Peter Mandelson to Jonathan Powell in 2002, pushing for Tony Blair to meet his friend Jeffrey Epstein, insisting that "he is safe"
The Bank of England are putting animals on bank notes, are you ready for this @themerl.bsky.social
Yep, me neither. And someone I manage to survive in the world just fine!
What with Blair on ‘getting involved in Middle East wars of choice’ and now this, I feel we’re just in need of George Osborne to chime in on ‘how public services feel underinvested in’ to get the full caboodle of unwanted advice.
A cartoon by Ron Cobb (1975), showing a shadow of US B-52 bomber above cratered landscape. Two people who look like Vietnamese peasants look up; one says “they’re having problems with their economy again.”
This is from 1975.
