Not even Iran or North Korea have quite sunk to the level of depravity required to live stream an execution.

In case you're wondering:

Insanity in Ireland:
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ckz6z4z57y5nt

Insanity in England:
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c65y7nl29k0et

Ugh looks like the insanity is spreading on this cold, wet, miserable autumn day. Now the shit has hit the fan on That Other Island, too.

LOL I have sported the "bare nails" look for 60 years. Nor have I ever had a manicure. Admittedly, my nails are barely better looking than those of a builder or a gardener *cough*

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpd7zw43wexo

w00t... Covid and Flu boosters booked for the 8th of October.

#GetVaccinated

A day late but avast me hearties

The problem with #tariffs is that they cease to be a problem when people find other parties to trade with.

<insert benevolent smile here>

If you were disappointed by a partial eclipse in the UK and Ireland, don't worry, there is a total eclipse coming only a couple of hours later! The Sun will be blocked from view by an entire planet!

Earth

Also known as "night time".

Look, it's not ethically defensible to select a random set of turkeys to experiment on to find out whether Christmas is bad for them.

But if the US turkeys vote for Christmas themselves, I guess we can all benefit from learning how THAT turns out.

Look at life as the inside of a box. A long life is a bigger box than a short life.

There may be an infinity outside the box but all you will ever know is the inside of this box.

If you are unhappy in your box, your only option is to work on your problems inside this box.

You cannot escape from the box.

There is no afterlife
Where I am, death is not
Where death is, I am not
- Epicurus

Noooooooooooooooooooooo

#Wordle 1,876 X/6 for 8 August, 2026 (Left Wordle)

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 298
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 91
⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 8
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 3
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1🤔
🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 1🫩

Slightly confused by the 1 beside my 5th guess. I switched to "regular" mode to try some of the letters I had not yet used but there were obviously still at least two possibilities after that.... my wrong guess and the answer?

Wordle 1,876 5/6*

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜😁
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🤔
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🫩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🥴

Oh look another UK Prime Minister who won't just come out and dismiss these "small boat crossings" for the artificially overblown "problem" they actually are. A manufactured far right "talking point" that has no significant impact on the UK economy like, say, Brexit did.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3r0v952ny3o