Still light at 5 past 5!

Just my luck, my 250 million year old salt has expired

On Gabriel Batistuta’s birthday, a reminder of when he broke the speed of light at Old Trafford. Clive Tyldesley’s disbelief in the commentary box sums up the absurdity of the strike. Batigol. You magnificent beast.

A smaller WD-40 can is a peak dad move.

Perfection.

Beautifully camouflaged Common Snipe feeding in flooded reed-stubble at Minsmere, Suffolk, yesterday - you can't get much better views than this! (3rd February 2026) Graham Appleton Brigit Strawbridge

One of the voices of my childhood - RIP.

Just saw a tweet with a George Clinton talking about how the Beatles were his favorite band, which reminded me of this quote he once gave me

I’m dying over this email newsletter from The The Spectator that mistakenly recycled this subhed from the day before (for an article that was actually about Iran)

Great pic of the Somerset Levels and Burrow Mump this morning. By Robert Harvey via Facebook

The Binghamton Press, New York, February 9, 1926

Mark Hughes Rotterdam, 15 May 1991.

For many people their image of a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) is a straight telegraph pole-like tree with no side branches. That's because they are grown like that in commercial plantations. In a native forest like Glen Affric here, they have abundant branches & real character.

The worst thing about Radcliffe, Trump, Musk, Tice etc is that they’re wealthy beyond all comprehension, life couldn’t have dealt them a better hand, and all they ever do is fucking complain about shit. How about just enjoy your fucking life? And maybe pay some taxes to help out?

Read the AI article. Never any discussion that, you know, you don't have to lay off all your workers just because a computer can do their job now. Capitalism, woop!

Don’t even joke lad

Cartoon

Dentist: “how's school going?” Also Dentist: (Right after asking)

[at the bar] yeah that’s my boy over there. he’s a little evil but he’s cool [sees him making hand signs while muttering an incantation to himself] excuse me for a second

Neil Young to CSN