Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"You’ve got to be a bit careful here. Your carpets, your sofa and your walls are all grey. You’ve got these big windows and outside the clouds are grey. Your hair is grey and so are your clothes. Your disposition’s a bit grey sometimes, too. You’re blending in. I can barely see you. You might have to put on some hi-vis.”
"After MDMA hit the UK in the late 1980s, the press dubbed it the “second summer of love”. Underground raves, acid house music and smiley-face graphics fueled a new youth movement. “MDMA didn’t reform the UK, but it did change some social norms: men were hugging for the first time, or people from different socioeconomic stratospheres were partying together, instead of looking down on each other,” Nuwer said."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/28/everything-in-our-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ExqHqfp0YY
https://www.talktofrank.com/drug/ecstasy
""It could tell us if Einstein's theory of gravity is wrong; it may tell us about what dark matter and dark energy, the mysterious stuff that makes up the bulk of the Universe, really is; and it could give us a new window into new theories of physics.""
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDQImyHJQtA
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66039810
Wotdyamean, no further Exploration.
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Who Shot JR?
Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"By the time the paperback was coming out, though, John was teetotal. What follows is the conversation they had about how their paths crossed and, later, branched apart."
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/12/moderation-or-total-abst...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98M3Az_ku4A
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/12/gove-department-hands-ba...
"The verb collaborate means to cooperate or work jointly with others.
The verb corroborate means to strengthen, support, or confirm with evidence."
Know your Gnomes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKSUdQXjUMI
“Every child plants a potato and every child digs it up,"
No Smoke, without Fire.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/17/doppelganger-a-trip-into-t...
lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxiwlSshZPM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67770731
Moors Messenger
Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"Whilst it’s useful to understand what factors might be driving emissions (or habitat loss) in the National Park, pointing fingers leaves audiences that are vital to the achievement of goals feeling marginalised and threatened. Instead, as we continue down the path towards net zero and ‘30 by 30’ we should ask ‘what more can I do’ or ‘how can I work harder’ for nature and our climate?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGc0ruN1eYQ
https://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/about-us/our-service-to-you/moors-mess...
"On Monday, the space agency said its huge dish in Australia's capital, Canberra, was trying to detect any stray signals from Voyager 2. This was when the first faint "heatbeat" signal was heard."
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/2642775/historic-ufo-sighting...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ0Q-4VVuAk
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66408851
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9p6FU9rJ7Q
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66317706
"“What a fascinating life I have led thus far,” I say, looking over at the middle one, who is opening envelopes from a separate pile."
'Marble Bars'
Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"Carl Les has been recognised for his services to local government. “I was really surprised in a way,” he told The Press. “You don’t go through life expecting to get an honour. “I was really pleased.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/29/mps-on-the-hidden-toll-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddocfBVLM6U
"Cllr Les led North Yorkshire County Council from 2015 and continues to lead the unitary North Yorkshire Council which came to power in April. He has represented the Catterick area for over 20 years. Cllr Les has been a member of the North Yorkshire Police Authority for 15 years and now chairs the Police and Crime Panel. Apart from being a councillor he brings his professional business experience from working in the tourism sector."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTpCheX46wI
https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/24017550.north-yorkshire-council-bo...
"Ms Mellor was awarded a BEM (British Empire Medal) for her services to public libraries, also including Flamborough in East Yorkshire. Meanwhile, Professor Julian Daryl Richards, a professor of archaeology at the University of York, was made an OBE for services to heritage and digital archiving."
Enjoy :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1h_FcW2pIM
GSTQ
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'Junkies & Jollies'
Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"The maximum penalty for selling or supplying class A's is life imprisonment. Cleverly’s decision follows the discovery that several victims of deadly drug poisonings had nitazenes in their system. Nitazenes are synthetic opioids, meaning they are similar to the heroin and morphine refined from opium poppies but made entirely in a lab."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHxDZSi83mI&ab_channel=SamJ
"North Yorkshire has lower instances of crime per person than the English average with the exception of Bicycle theft."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/27/britain-us-synthet...
"In the post-war, we followed The USA because it was a generally progressive country, despite its obsession with arms and anti-communism. Now it's a Republican-dominated shithole, we should definitely stop looking at it for new ideas."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUarVTOsWy8&ab_channel=Aut0five
"The lesson should have been learned comprehensively after the abject failure of prohibition..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5qZrrovpuw&ab_channel=GeoffCastellucci
Sleep Tight.
"Lord Sharpe of Epsom, told the Lords: "So much of the business at the Home Offices is difficult, so it gives me particular pleasure that my last outing basically enables people to get properly on the lash.""
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd11d37rpw9o
'A Dictionary'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"She said there were three considerations before announcing the Word of the Year: "What word was looked up the most, or spiked? Which one really captures what was happening in that year? And what is interesting about this word from a language point of view?""
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj6k04l695ro
""The only time it is reported is when a big vehicle gets wedged under the bridge."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsTKEQzLkmw
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c774mzyrp84o
"The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said "hydrocarbons and seawater" had been found on bags holding the material."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czr72kr47r0o
"In King Lear, the Duke of Albany denounces Edmund for his “heinous, manifest, and many treasons”, while Twelfth Night’s tragi-comic figure Malvolio delights in supposed praise of his yellow stockings from Olivia, saying: “And in this she manifests herself to my love.”"
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/20/celebrities-make-manifest-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hqFP30ie-o
Never, Mind.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2062g4dzwro
""Yes, everything dissipates eventually but that's not without massive detriment to our local environment," he said."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/21/angela-merkel-i-mistook-do...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Ds-FXGGQg
"A "viral" video of the candy-coloured display was spotted by the director of Wicked, Jon M. Chu, who wanted a genuine tulip field in his Wizard of Oz origin story."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvglmq5gzl4o
Thou Must not be a Drama Queen.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/apr/07/which-celebrities-are-ly...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=129kuDCQtHs