The Eurowazzock Cometh

I have underpants that are older than Max Dowman.

What this is (like so much in the publishing industry right now) is prioritising shit books by famous people that will briefly sell a lot then be forgotten over books with steady longevity by writers who've spent years learning their craft. It's money-grabbing cowardice & book lovers see through it.

And proof that FPTP is unfit for purpose. The fash could win outright on around 35%.

Reform UK government would replace top civil servants with policy ‘believers’ Exclusive: Senior party figures conclude outsiders or existing senior staff deemed more suitable should take over from current permanent secretaries

A government with no effective challenge on policy formulation or implementation would not end well, as we're witnessing elsewhere with belief-based policy.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Everyone knows it was Man U in 73/74, even allowing for Tommy Docherty. Football was not invented in 1992.

I have this one, cracking little time capsule of holiday camps of the time. Very enjoyable little programmes that Harriet Crawley made in this series turning her hand to various things, would like to see more of them.

Signed by Jesus himself!

If tiger can go for $11.5m, this 1/1 should fetch double

RIP Habermas, whose death follows that of his beloved Public Sphere

Moved data to eurosky.social now. Nice and easy to do too. Eat my dust, Yanqui capitalist running dogs!

Is this Abla reopening for business under a new name, like those extremely dodgy "American candy stores" in Oxford Street?

Oh god, Rapert Myers is at it again. Can't someone just put him in an elastrator?

A great photo of a musician.

‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities - and society at large

I'm one of many professors quoted in this report from Alice Speri. I really appreciate The Guardian taking an angle which has basically eluded every other major outlet.

This from Preston (UK) 1972 Guild celebration is so Legz Akimbo: "hi grandma? Yeah, we want you to sit on the back of a lorry being old and illustrating how those about to die need Jesus yeah? My sister? She's playing a degenerate hippy slut..."

Retired doctors could be recalled if UK goes to war Whitehall is considering a plan to help the government cope with mass casualties in the event of hostilities with Russia or Iran

That whirring sound is consent being manufactured.

Just recalling that the foolish, hubristic Crassus, the most corrupt man who came to power in Rome, money from extortion and property speculation, met a grizzly nemesis at the hands of the Parthians. Following ill-advised expansionism.

The Parthians ruled lands in modern Iran.

No reason.

Listen To This Mystery Radio Signal From Day One Of US-Iran War | RFE/RL Exclusive YouTube video by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

As a child of the Cold War I'm absolutely fascinated by stuff like this:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlcI...

The Barney Miller pilot has a young kid steal Fish’s gun and hold the precinct hostage. The second episode has a guy sneaking a bomb into the precinct. This show is somehow more dangerous than Grey’s Anatomy per capita so far. @aligoodman.bsky.social

A 1984 single from Orson Welles at his gruffest and gravelly best – I Know What It Is To Be Young (But You Don't Know What It Is To Be Old)

Send Milburn to Yekaterinburg.

Beautiful Ikarus bus!

The importance and benefits of drinking orange juice is promoted by #CharlieChester at 6:35pm in FOOD FLASH CHESTER ORANGE JUICE on #TPTV

"I'm American, I'm loud, I'm obnoxious" Rich Ricci celebrates his win of the Cheltenham Gold Cup with Gaelic Warrior.

Hegseth just announced that “training for US Military senior officers will now consist of just watching the Leroy Jenkins video a few times”

Photo of an estate agent branded as a Conservative Campaign stunt

"What do voters like?"

"Erm... estate agents?"

Winston Churchill's Otter Fursona is the best compromise.

Come on, Keiji Haino, there's still time to do this!

The DoD and Congress defunded the agency responsible for identifying and returning the remains of the pilot and crew of the KC-135.

Rory will never let you down.

The best ones here are stuff like Robert Plant popping round to see someone's laminate flooring, and Grace Jones giving someone a 12-pack of Fosters. Love mundanity.