Karlheinz Stockhausen at Disneyland, Anaheim (California), 1966 (Photo Betty Freeman)

No British PM will ever be seen with an umbrella again

The thing you have to remember about the Olympics is that it’s like the Iliad: it gets much better once the fighting starts but you have to sit through a bloody long and dull catalogue of the ships first.

Fun fact: King Herod the Great was President of the #OlympicGames

They routed the pleasure complex through the main sewer.

You probably know the start of this Olympic story, but do you know how it finished? This photo is of Eric Moussambani, aka 'Eric the Eel' from Equatorial Guinea, competing in the 100m Freestyle event at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, alone. Why? /1

The BBC has posted on why they aren't able to cover every single sport this time. TL;DR: they were outbid and couldn't justify that much licence-fee payers' money. Which seems reasonable to me bbc.co.uk/sport/articles…

Some people still have faith in the government's ability to deliver large scale IT programmes

Strongly believe that the BBC should bring back Grandstand to show Olympics sports on weekend afternoons through the year. They can't afford the big sports any more anyway.

Never even liked tennis anyway.

#Belfast - There has been a multiple car road traffic collision on the M2 adjacent to York Gate train Station. The two outer lanes 4 and 5 are currently obstructed. Please allow extra time for your journey. (18:48)

Northern Ireland has developed a vocabulary which can apply to the moment such as ‘recreational rioting’ & ‘sneaking regarders’.

Should be a caper movie in which the team is composed of out-of-work Olympic gold medallists, each of whom must harness their particular skill to steal the loot eg fast running, high jumping, sharpshooting, pummell horse, synchronised diving etc I would call it THE OLYMPIANS.

"During his years undercover as an extremist, this man even infiltrated Al Qaeda itself, according to four former CIA officials. Intelligence he gathered was repeatedly briefed to the CIA director and the White House". rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

Robocop and The Terminator [🎞️ Simon Doolan] x.com/i/status/18237…

It seems radical to imagine a better future these days. We've a government committed to misery for Sensible Reasons.

ANGUS!! BLOW ON YOUR THISTLE WHISTLE!!

Oct 13th - The #hackers discover that the Da Vinci virus was a distraction for a hidden worm designed to steal $25m, and the virus is going to capsize an oil fleet the next day as a distraction for the theft. 📽️📅 Hackers (1995)