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"The 1,000-year-old village was requisitioned in the 1960s, first in a reforestation plan and then as an army training ground. The Castilla-La Mancha regional government accuses Fraguas Revive of illegally occupying the site, which lies within a natural park."
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'Current Activity'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"Although the northern lights, or aurora borealis as they are technically known, originate in solar activity, they have occasionally been seen beyond the polar regions for thousands of years. Even the Ancient Greeks and Romans knew of them from appearances over their native lands."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpZ5STahhPE
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64754879
"So it was all an illusion. Schrödinger’s Brexit, yet again. Fantasy heaped on fantasy. It was also about the only sensible piece of politicking the government had done in the last eight years."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgid1me8POs
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/27/city-northern-ligh...
"New space rules will need to come fast to support commercial space stations and moon settlements, and guard against swiftly-growing space debris."
https://www.space.com/national-space-council-moon-bases-space-junk-regul...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFYFxyMgdZM
Tolerance.
'Landscape Gardening'
Submitted by Captain Qahn on
“Doing some physical activity is better than doing none. This is also a good starting position – if you find that 75 minutes a week is manageable, then you could try stepping it up gradually to the full recommended amount.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC0eBiw6lg8
"A tiny portion of England is open to the public, and many people feel excluded or alienated from even that silver."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/28/magic-the-gathering-card...
"Magic: the Gathering, now owned by the Hasbro subsidy Wizards of the Coast, released its first cards in 1993. Thirty years later, the nerdy hobby has become a pop-culture phenomenon."
Spring has Sprung.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-64811223
"Reading from the standard-issue old folk’s script here, have you heard the music they listen to? What a racket! Stick those great big headphones on, will you? Why do they have it on so loud? It’s not as if you can hear any of the words!"
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/scarborough-fair-needs-...
California Dreaming.
"... placing daffodils and spring onions next to each other sparked concerns that customers could mistakenly eat the poisonous flowers."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO5fmX65QXk
Dallas, Moi?
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/whitby-councillors-conc...
pmsl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsRFHJuBdII
'Exciting Ergonomics'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"“If you said to someone 50 years ago, I’m gonna go and look for life in the outer solar system around the gas giant planets, people would have thought you were mad because there was no reason to think that it was a reasonable proposition at all ..."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/05/could-jupiters-icy-moons...
"Explain that to your children as they wonder what happened to all the salad. And their future prospects."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GMjH1nR0ds
"Even if he holds the red wall’s attention for a moment, all it will take is another Farage fascist-lite to roll up with a frothing pint and a pair of Vera Lynn’s stained knickers on a stick, promising all the kingdoms of the Earth, and the red wall voters will be off."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/05/brexit-has-reverse...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCNbdYd9K30
"Although Jupiter takes 12 years to complete an orbit, its day flies by in just under 10 hours. Known as a gas giant planet, Jupiter has no solid surface; the extensive atmosphere of hydrogen and helium simply gets denser the further down you go until it behaves more like the liquid metal mercury than rock."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64854720
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTdQslSLvls
"Each day of delay after the launch window opens means that more fuel will have to be expended to reach the target. The more fuel it takes to get to Jupiter, the less likely they are to get really close to Ganymede."
'Flap Jack Day'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"Next Tuesday (14 March) will see the last ever meeting of Scarborough Borough Council's cabinet. After 49 years providing local services on the Yorkshire coast, Scarborough Borough Council will cease to exist at midnight on 31 March."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64818864
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVhJ_A8XUgc
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/scarborough-town-counci...
""The starting point for any decisions about control has to reflect the situation that the wreck is owned by somebody," said David Mearns. "It's not that Zaz is necessarily opposed to what might be decided but she has to have a seat at the table.""
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CduA0TULnow
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/05/ernest-shackleton-endura...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c1zYBeP6ms
Expedition dogs?
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/Merchandising_Guidelines...
"... one of the perks of working in space administration is the merchandise."
The Bronze Age
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"I was born with abnormally large feet and, yes, my car keeps falling apart, but only because I’m a dangerously negligent driver."
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/ticketing-changes-for-n...
"In the UK the clocks go forward 1 hour at 1am on the last Sunday in March, and back 1 hour at 2am on the last Sunday in October ..."
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/mar/08/renting-eviction-ne...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC8SPG2LwSA
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/mar/08/why-are-clowns-so-terrif...
The 'Wild Garlic'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
""There are better sites in urban Scarborough. "This does not fit the vernacular of the village and we have nothing that looks even vaguely like this in our village.""
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/09/dream-job-countrys...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkC2JgC9CR4
"... the plan would lead to "health tourism" and would not benefit local people."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfisgGuuUD8
"If he hadn’t the means (or, I wasn’t brave enough to add, the inclination) to fix anything, what did he do all day apart from drink tea?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO17qOosaE0
"If that’s how it feels, then I am in no place to judge them, not least because the work I do is, frankly, often some combination of well-rewarded, rewarding, exhilarating, fascinating and even glamorous. And also because, disgracefully, I do a fair amount of moaning myself."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjFoQxjgbrs
"In the meantime, before I’m too old to walk all day, wield a strimmer, or learn how to mend a stile, I’m determined to make one of those path officer jobs my own. I’ll supply my own strimmer if necessary. And I’ll power it down to tell any passing walkers how happy I am in my work."
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/mar/11/christopher-eccleston-ma...
Dodger.
'An Awkward Start'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"It can be very easy to switch off and ignore all this, but being able to put these numbers into context and understand what they really mean is vital to our role as informed citizens. Here are some mathematical tricks and ideas that can help you make better sense of the world."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/12/how-to-read-the-news-lik...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxN1T1uxQ2g
"The element’s global importance lies in its use to help crop growth. About 50m tonnes of phosphate fertiliser are sold around the world every year, and these supplies play a crucial role in feeding the planet’s 8 billion inhabitants."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/12/scientists-warn-of-p...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MPbR6Cbwi4
"Dreams are something you have to believe in..."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/13/the-international-...
"And I suspect some of you would be quite interested in sharing them squirrels with our community team who are looking to put together a piece in time.."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/18/ed-miliband-target...
Always check the 'detail'...
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"discuss the importance of a privacy-enhanced infrastructure and creating an internet that is private by default"
Imaginary Constructs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuWkcKbBQkg
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/movies/emily-review-bronte-wuthering-...
"Working briskly, O’Connor sketches in Emily’s world with pictorial beauty, economic scenes, naturalistic conversations, meaningful silences and ricocheting gazes."
Dan, Who?
"The book has yet to be published in the UK but it mirrors concerns recently raised by British scientists."
"I condemn you to drink tea made in a microwave for the rest of eternity…"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlOB3UALvrQ
Count your Blessings...
And someone just said, would you like a bag with that....
Social Engineering.
And that's the nicest thing I've heard all day.
The Quietly Annoyed.
'Flexible Export Limits'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
""It will be all about making sure the infrastructure at HMAS Stirling can accommodate the increasing visits and the rotational forces, and when they arrive in the early 2030s, our own nuclear-propelled subs," Judith said."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/13/svb-collapse-2008-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omc5dWU06xk
"Experimenting with different instruments, they discovered the average note lasted around eight seconds due to the conical shape of the steel lighthouse."
An El Nino Watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRivqpinXRM
"With its towering steel walls and soaring spiral staircase, the lighthouse has become a unique sound chamber to capture the rich and resonant tones of a variety of musical instruments."
Rudyard Kipling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcUs5X9glCc
'Wax & Wayne'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"Pillar 1: Enterprise: is the central pillar of this strategy, focused on supporting the growth of businesses in North Yorkshire building on our existing and emerging sectoral strengths, and increasing innovation and productivity throughout the economy."
"Councillors had been expected to approve the scheme, but instead they recommended Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove dismiss the plans. The need for food production must not be ignored in the pursuit of green power, they urged."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-67054731
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVRunwyoTMA
"Pillar 2: Infrastructure: equipping our town centres and places to thrive in the 21st century, and realising the vast potential that our strategic development sites offer with investment in transport, housing, digital and energy infrastructure to enable sustainable growth."
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/oct/10/a-wild-walk-on-hadrians-w...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWpKg_qXDLI&list=RDfWpKg_qXDLI&start_rad...
"He said some of the chunky chocolate pieces, each of which carry Rowntree's name on them, were visible due to tears in the silver foil covering them."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab_iMq06xEw
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62750x7dd6o
The 'Fifth' Element
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"The authority’s leader Councillor Carl Les said the panel’s recommendations had been generated from the evidence provided by 23 elected members about their workload following the launch of the unitary authority in April."
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/north-yorkshire-council...
https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/your-council/parish-and-town-councils
"The 80/20 rule states that 80% of results come from 20% of efforts, customers or another unit of measurement. When applied to inventory, the rule suggests that companies earn roughly 80% of their profits from 20% of their products."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-67428310
"“We do see people leaving low wage jobs,” she says. “They are going and starting businesses, and the businesses are doing great because there’s money around.” This unexpected wave of entrepreneurship has also had a positive impact on those taking jobs that pay wages, as a shrinking of the available workforce has led to an increase in salaries."
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/nov/16/ai-is-coming-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psuRGfAaju4
"The distinction between a machine and a robot or between a computer program and AI is still not clear.”"
Never Surrender your 'Toys'...
https://www.artshub.co.uk/news/features/how-to-pitch-your-work-to-a-fest...
"‘So we engage younger curators, and that certainly has physical theatre, if not circus, within that. But it’s on a scale that can happen in these kind of interstitial moments and smaller pieces that can move around quite quickly, which our other works don’t really have at the moment – that capacity.’"
So, Erm ... is the Leader of NYC suggesting that only One Fifth of the 'Elected' actually do Anything?
And, Why does he have to talk in Riddles all the Time?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yivLt9cTaio
'Social Historians'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"David Skaith has been shortlisted to the final two Labour candidates for York and North Yorkshire Mayor. Labour is expected to announce its candidate in the coming weeks.
They will join Conservative candidate Keane Duncan, Green candidate Kevin Foster and Independent Keith Tordoff. The Liberal Democrats are yet to announce a candidate for the election on May 2, 2024."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC19kwABFwc
"Witchcraft became a listed profession in Romania in 2011, when the Ministry of Labor decided to include it in the Official Profession Registry and oblige fortune tellers, astrologers, witches and healers to register their businesses and pay taxes. Several bills to regulate their activity failed to pass in the previous year, after groups of self-proclaimed witches, fortune tellers and healers protested at the Parliament, cursing the MPs who had submitted the bills."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMLk_T0PPbk
“This job is not to be done with receipts,” Queen Campina told the media in 2010. "
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/25/wordpress-preserve...
"“Nothing’s wrong,” he replied. “I’m just wondering how we can ensure that these scans will be available to readers in 400 years’ time when Google is no longer around. Because it won’t be.”"
Big Ears.
'Titles on Steam'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"The former Conservative deputy prime minister told the BBC's Politics North he had "great sympathy" for mining communities, many of which were devastated by unemployment. But he insisted the closures were economically necessary."
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/feb/28/in-a-toxic-online-world-wa...
"Not only were they not particularly famous, but they weren’t even the most famous band with way too many instruments."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEPfM3jSoBw&ab_channel=OwlKitty
"In fact, Women’s Day has been observed since the early 1900s – a time when women were starting to campaign for equal rights."
https://www.fixradio.co.uk/features/international-womens-day-2024/
lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-Z7CczgXgI&ab_channel=OwlKitty
"As previously happened with football, where managers have become main characters, the F1 money guys have realised that the actual sport only happens for about 90 minutes, while big bits of its aspired-to global audience are asleep."
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/bridlington-veterans-co...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3rQ3328Tok&ab_channel=OwlKitty
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-68472142
"The American author Washington Irving became aware of the tales and was the first person to link Gotham in England with New York in the US."
'You Can’t Uneat the Apple ...'
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/05/why-barbie-should-win-the-b...
""Mr Cawkwell was clearly not one of those."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdA82prVlAw
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-24760791
"Woodsmith, the UK potash mining project formerly known as Sirius Minerals, has a rare gift for irritating absolutely everyone. Anglo’s £504mn buyout of Sirius 2020 was hated by shareholders on both sides. The need for a new owner was because its previous rescue attempt was scuppered first by an indifferent government, then by spooked bond investors."
https://ftalphaville.ft.com/content/df500658-27db-490e-b249-ab2f10eb5ba7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWzRKxhpPA0
"The NYC portal is located on the Flatiron South Public Plaza at Broadway, Fifth Avenue, and 23rd Street, one of the Big Apple's most dynamic intersections."
Pirates of the Penzance.
""Portals are an invitation to meet people above borders and differences and to experience our world as it really is - united and one.""
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crrj4v9wre8o
Golden Balls.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0zg5xrrnqo
'Snag the Week'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"The Tories have known the game is up for some time now. They can read the polls as well as the rest of us. They are facing electoral wipeout. It’s not totally out the question that they might even be the third largest party after the next election."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/17/tory-mps-limp-into-pmqs...
https://www.fixradio.co.uk/fix-feed/construction-news/post/tradespeople-...
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/apr/17/mammoth-review-this...
So Erm, if I left my wheelie bin in the middle of the road for two weeks would it get a ticket?
"These regional mayors do a fantastic job and are completely accountable with never a hint of sleaze: look at the marvellous Ben Houchen on Teesside."
Karma Geddon.
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/doubts-about-when-scarb...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSil3In4-U8
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/24254821.salaries-new-mayor-combined-au...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdmGMvZGCu0
'Binary Digits'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/north-yorkshire-police-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxQ_yaq0QmQ
"A crowd of mountain climbers were left stuck on the summit of Mount Everest as snow and ice slid off the world's highest peak, leading to the disappearance of two climbers, including a British man."
https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/24/shatner-pine-or-a-k...
Anyone seen a rather large Comet ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gib916jJW1o
"The property comprises a former educational building, which was most recently used as part of Yorkshire Coast College before closing in 2017. The building originally opened in 1902 as a municipal school and includes many designs and architectural features from the architect Edwin Cooper. The property has also been Scarborough High School for Boys from 1922 to 1959, the Westwood County Modern School and later became part of the College.
The property was listed in 1973 and retains a wealth of character and history. Planning was obtained in 2021 to convert the vacant building into 28 residential apartments and co-working space in the former theatre. There is also planning to erect a block of 22 new apartments to the rear of the existing building on the site of the former ceramics building.
There has been extensive preparatory works undertaken to the existing building and surrounding site to date, providing an exciting opportunity for buyers to take advantage of the works undertaken to date and complete this development."
lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYIaWeVL1JM
""Above all else, we must preserve the freedom of our stages and spaces for open debate and discussion, where audiences can hear a range of perspectives."
https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/environment/historic-westwood-...
"The Theatre in the Round at Westwood opened with a revival of Alan Ayckbourn’s Mr Whatnot on October 26 1976, and staged the world premiere of Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black before it transferred to become one of the most famous plays in West End history.
SJT moved home in 1996, making room for the Yorkshire Coast College campus and Scarborough School of Art. The three-vomitorium theatre design and shape was created for the move to Westwood, and was then reproduced exactly at the new Stephen Joseph Theatre venue, at the former Odeon cinema on Northway. Famous alumni of Westwood include novelist Storm Jameson and author Leo Walmsley."
That's Art Jim ... but not as we know it.
"The Voyage Home (1930) The Triumph of Time II"
Oh go on then... ;-0
https://artsfuse.org/120333/fuse-book-review-the-remarkable-life-of-stor...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/dec/22/quentin-tarantino-star-trek...
Strange New Worlds
"According to the latest Department for Education data, England and Wales saw the largest number of suspensions on record for one term last spring."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjPmG-cWZCQ
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/13/labours-ma...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikJCO_FrQQ8
"Never in the thick of things..."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3gelq25yyzo
One Small Step ...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/04/britain-didnt-v...
Spose I oughta take another Meteor reading...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC5ca6Hsb2Q
'Blackpool Rock'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"We were lucky with the weather: it was a bright but cold day in July. Those are the Swaledale Hills in the background. With that upland hill-farming landscape, you really have to work with the biodiversity of the land, so we were talking about that, and soil health, and how they do rotational grazing. The instrument Annie is holding is what she uses to dress the sheep at the shows – it helps to tidy them up. The stand is used to prepare for shows, too. It keeps the sheep in one place."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/15/hows-this-...
"“It’s rather simple. Respect people’s boundaries. Be friendly but don’t try to be friends. Treat someone as they would like to be treated. Then clear off and leave them alone.”"
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/24393825.richmond-emergency-crews-calle...
"“It took a big multi agency effort... "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkekqVPIc2M
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c511z0n9gr5o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSEsYb3-CPM
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/council-calls-for-envir...
Never Smile, At a Crock O'Dial
It's Ironic.... ;-0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgnClrx8N2k
"The Secret Barrister’s debut novel provided exactly that."
https://drillordrop.com/2026/02/26/breaking-minister-declines-to-decide-...
'Signs of Life'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"A French online petition urging Macron to demand Watson’s release has garnered almost 670,000 signatures in eight days."
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/article/2024/jul/30/arts-rescue-labo...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSx8Jobx-Gs
"A spokesperson for the ministry stressed these punishments are general information and do not refer to any specific case, adding they may apply to both principals and accomplices."
"The event will take place this weekend, on Sunday 4th August 2024, from 11am to 3pm, at the shelter on Marine Drive.
Experts from the Sea Watch Foundation, Scarborough Porpoise, and Citizen Fins will be on hand to help everyone identify and learn about these magnificent creatures. Equipped with binoculars, the experts will share information about spotting wildlife along the coast."
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/national-whale-and-dolp...
"It’s a little win to set you up for the day, a few minutes of frictionless fun."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF2F7hiOsuc
https://www.theguardian.com/games/article/2024/aug/01/crushing-it-why-mi...
Well that was Fun...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn7iqDIBzSc
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c7202851dg8o
'Flower Power'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"My last couple of trips involved so many late-night sessions in front of Booking.com, so many hours browsing Instagram recommendations and Lonely Planet listicles, that by the time I was squirting shampoo and conditioner into 100ml containers, I was not so much eagerly anticipating a getaway as anxiously wondering whether I’d optimised the itinerary. Then, if I did have a disappointing experience abroad, I felt like it was my own fault: I must not have done enough research."
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/article/2024/aug/03/im-off-on-holiday...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtkI-PcS2As
https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/aug/03/astrobiologist-n...
""Usually you think of icebergs as being transient things; they fragment and melt away. But not this one," observed polar expert Prof Mark Brandon."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd168081wxvo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cnIf37xym8
"“But the thing to do in a situation like this is not to, I won’t say hide anything because they’re not doing that, but to be much more open, especially with the media, because the media is going to make this out to be as dramatic as possible.”"
https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/aug/04/nasa-boeing-astr...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx1_6F-nCaw
"I don't recall the late Queen making statements in times of rioting?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVqR2PwX428
Good Old Mum's Net.
"Looking at the footage on telly, last thing it needs is elderly bloke in an ermine frock and a crown wagging his pudgy fingers at folk."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/aug/05/democrats-...
The Wrong Ear.
'Tangentially'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"With bellends like these, who needs frenemies?"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/24/flat-cap-jeremy-cl...
I'm all for Assisted Living mesen ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFNcBB3nZok
'Mini Possibilities'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"No big deal, I decided, I can sort it out after the break. I’m not some nomophobic sheep who can’t go a week without checking their notifications. But anxiety rises like the tide. Soon I was frantically clicking “buy” and realising for once it’s not that simple."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdn10yk0k1o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEauWw9ZGrA
Hmmm...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jan/01/my-phone-was-taken-...
'Hybridisation'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"When it comes to the senses, there could not be a greater difference between Friday night chips and juicy Mediterranean tomatoes. However, scientists have discovered that these two foods are not so far from each other after all. Landmark research has found the potato evolved from a tomato ancestor nearly 9 million years ago."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn43x9042kwo
"Jellyfish are a foundational element of the aquatic food web, as they are types of plankton that form the bases of many food chains. Compass jellyfish, identified by dark stripes on their bells and long tentacles which cause a painful sting, are a particular favourite source of food for turtles, said Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, a marine conservation specialist at the University of Plymouth."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjwngn293pvo
"In opposition to STG's plans, BP's team wrote in a letter that H2Teesside was of "national significance" and would provide a "significant contribution" to the UK's net zero targets."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqNcyFNMfLM&list=RDvqNcyFNMfLM&start_rad...
lol
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cglzl1ez283o
"Know they are going to be in bed..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzLT6_TQmq8&list=RDyzLT6_TQmq8&start_rad...
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2025/aug/04/th...
The Unexpected Visit... ;-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPBdX-efYQ8&list=RDBPBdX-efYQ8&start_rad...
Planet Park.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/08/japan-two-hour-smartphone-...
Keep Busy.
'Walking in the Air'
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"Cllr George Jabbour is undertaking the gruelling challenge from St Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire in the first major fundraising drive in his role as the council’s chair. He will be raising funds for Yorkshire Air Ambulance, which is his charity of the year. He has also bought a Coast-to-Coast Passport, which was launched earlier this year to inspire walkers and boost trade for businesses on the route."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/aug/06/spaceships-design-stars-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7hq8D2FSTo
"The 140-page booklet encourages hikers to collect stamps at 29 locations along the path, including shops, pubs and visitor attractions. It includes useful local information as well as special offers from businesses along the route."
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/25370904.north-yorkshire-council-chair-...
"No amount of handheld phone-camera or grainy news footage can disguise how terrible the alien ships look. They wouldn’t pass muster on a whimsical Snickers ad."
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/06/war-of-the-worlds-remake-am...
"The tradition of undertaking the walk means walkers carry in their pocket or rucksack a pebble taken from the Irish Sea at St Bees to drop in the North Sea at Robin Hood’s Bay."
It's about time someone did somin useful..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIVDxL2lgN4&list=PLZppASF5tn2ljmp168sWVs...
The leader of North Yorkshire Council, Cllr Carl Les, said; "that's another one conveniently out of the way..."
Whatdyamean it's to be done in Stages?
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/former-army-reserve-cen...
Reinventing the Wheel.
Other than that ... exactly what the Hill needs.
""International law says you cannot simply take something that is important to the heritage of a country - be it a cultural item, a physical item, a natural item, an extraterrestrial item - out of the country. You know we've moved on from colonial times when all this was okay," Prof Sereno says."
Though must not Assume.
'True Nature'
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""These are not the actions of a legitimate protest group," Cooper said."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gj93j2r2go
"Cooper also referenced a so-called "Underground Manual" from the group, which she said "encourages the creation of cells, provides practical guidance on how to identify targets to attack and how to evade law enforcement"."
Well that took all of two seconds...
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/25395573.langdale-moor-blaze-fire-crews...
Hmmm ...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/15/post-your-questions-for-rid...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rervZv8C1yU&list=RDrervZv8C1yU&start_rad...
"So how on earth did famously rainswept England, notorious the world over for being green and wet with our national symbol pretty much a furled umbrella, come to this?"
Never, Mind.