bless liam, nobody could make me hate him

Parts fell off two Boeing planes in flight this week. This could be why.

About a decade ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in honour of Shakespeare's birthday, here's what I found.

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'hysterical realism' was a very snappy coinage that was not taken up by others because it didn't persuasively describe the disparate critical objects; also most of us even in the year 2000 already understood that 'hysterical' as disapprobation was irredeemably misogynist-coded

One of the funniest Prince stories is the time he met Matt Damon in 2007 at the London premiere for The Bourne Ultimatum.

this is literally why the Labour Party was formed, and all the usual people are furious about being reminded of it

RIP Daniel Dennett. A brilliant and convivial writer 🖤🤘🏻

New! If you haven't already seen it elsewhere, here's our latest #TheApprentice video

this has made my day

what a silly argument. Stevie was a great guitarist; Kurt was a great songwriter

thinking of pivoting to a lucrative career buying cigarettes for 15-year-olds

i have noticed of late that nobody knows what words mean any more

British electricity mix at 3pm on 15th Apr 2024

🏭Gas 2.6% Biomass 3.7% Coal 0.8%
🍃Wind 46.6% Solar 22.1% Hydro 1.9%
⚛️Nuclear 16.6%
➡️Imports 4.6% Other 1.2%
🪫Storage 0.0%

🔌Generation 32GW
🌍Carbon intensity 50 gCO2e/kWh
vs 50-100 gCO2e/kWh target by 2030

here i am in the Torygraph on the long (and unconcluded) battle over the meaning of quantum physics telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fict…

Pretty solid evidence that udio is illegally trained on copyrighted content. This was prompted to sound like The Beatles. No way it could've gotten the vocals and style this dead-on without the right source. Heads up, Universal Music Group & Sony Music! Paul McCartney Yoko Ono

Math is beautiful ✍️

I can never curb my innate jealousy for a group of absolute fucking heroes heading off on holiday or a sporting event, and getting totally shitfaced at a ridiculously early hour and carrying on the rest of the day.

I look at them in awe and envy and wonder where my life’s gone.

i 🖤 Bill McKibben the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-e…