Correct politicalness.

Does the USA really deserve a presidential race between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders? Pur-lease.

The purge begins...

Robert Lewandowski is a good striker.

Using drones to build a rope bridge.

Nigel Dodds MP saying what needed to be said about the new Shadow Chancellor.

Is Pope Francis really how he is depicted by most of the ( Read more... )

The Sci-Fi Airshow

Calling the new Shadow Chancellor a "nutjob" is apparently not allowed. I can think of plenty of other things to call him, but I’m guessing they’re not allowed either…

Is it really worth spending £11million per pylon to put power cables underground?

"Dear Self-Published Author: Do NOT Write Four Books a Year"...

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2019 Champions League Final

Manchester United 3 - 1 Real Madrid

MUFC goals: Shaw, Falcao, Bale
Real goal: Otavio

United team (4231)

De Gea
Danilo (Pique), Jones, Rojo, Shaw
Koke, Thiago (Herrera)
Bale, Januzaj, Munir (Di Maria)
Falcao

For my own future reference as much as anyone else's. The fix for this error is contained in this video:

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I've just finished the second season of The Walking Dead (the computer game that is, not the comiic book or the TV series).

Shit, I mean there's grim, there's dark, there's grimdark, and then way, way beyond that, there's season 2 of The Walking Dead.

Really, really bad eyebrows.

Social Justice Warios

How to get rich from tidal energy.

How come Jeremy Paxman is allowed to ask tough questions but Kay Burley isn't?

The Pecking Disorder

Tblisi flooded. Zoo animals escape. Hilarity (and some terror) ensues.

Remember last month when New York was underwater? No?

The Social Mobility and Child Poverty ( Read more... )

Even if the minimum wage doesn't hit jobs, it hurts the poor.

Why Netanyahu won.

How to roleplay during RPG combat.

How diverse are the English?

More on that British DNA study.

Historiography in RPGs.

Of the Rings of Powerpoint and the Third Age

Christianity didn't nick Easter off the pagans.

Fluid dynamics is weird.

One of my ambitions in life is to come ( Read more... )

Worried that you might avoid tax? This helpful guide shows you how to avoid avoiding tax.

Does going to court to change your dead millionaire father's will so you pay less inheritance tax count as "avoiding tax"?

Interesting reviews of all the Gollancz SF Masterworks so far.

5 Misconceptions About #GamerGate and the Truth Behind the Myths

Five Actors ( Read more... )

Really fecking enormous container ships!

Dungeons & Dragons Saved My Life, in The New Yorker!

Headline of the month: "Mysterious Giant Sharks May Be Everywhere"

The Seven Deadly Sins

Charlie Elphicke. Yet another illiberal politician who doesn't understand what free speech means.

Science fiction film (Interstellar) leads to new scientific discovery.

Sir ( Read more... )

Brilliant new Blade Runner theory about Deckard, Rachael...and Gaff.

Scotland to be covered in tinfoil.

You bake. You roleplay. You NEED this. Now.

A Conservative - Labour coalition in 2015 is more plausible than you think.

How to complete Snake.

Trying to explain the American academic jobs market.

Is getting milk delivered by a milkman really so unusual ( Read more... )