Note to self: It is now Friday.
From: @nullifidian
https://qoto.org/@nullifidian/110348855681799346
At this point, you have to doubt whether the Met find their own arseholes with both hands and a good map. #London
"Coronation: Royal fan held for 13 hours after being mistaken for protester"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65567316?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Star Wars film pitch:
A garbled communication is intercepted from Yoda. A few locations and people can be made out, but no full sentences, except for one, right at the end:
"Nothing is what it seems to be"
Two young Jedis go on an epic quest to uncover the secrets and put a stop to whatever nefarious plans might be being hatched. Eventually the discover that there are no nefarious plans and nobody is doing anything untoward at all. They track down Yoda and tell him there was nothing to worry about. Yoda replies, "yes, told you I did".
~ Fun fact ~
There's a contest for all five of the Eurosenses!
* Eurovision is for original songs, of course
* Eurolfactory is for industrial design history trivia
* Europroprioception is for gymnastics
* Europrecognition is NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WHO TOLD YOU WE EXIST, and
* Euroecholocation is for masked crime-fighting
WOOT!
The PARC historical file archive is on line!
https://computerhistory.org/blog/a-backup-of-historical-proportions
Things must be bad if the UK economy is getting help from Project Quantum Leap. https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-names-sam-beckett-new-treasury-chief-economic-adviser-2023-05-10/
Geriatric antiscience billionaire works so very hard by digging a hole and talking at new science laboratory with budget half that of his one-day magic bejewelled hat party.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-65536806
“Driver becomes Somerset Gimp’s latest victim” is one hell of a headline.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/somerset-gimp-arrested-weston-police-b2336081.html
(This is of course a trick question, the Metropolitan Police are happy to arrest you whether you have done a crime or not.)
Orkney Council ends voting privileges for religious appointees https://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2023/05/orkney-council-ends-voting-privileges-for-religious-appointees?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Not just common-or-garden variety fascists, but christofascists.
Can’t say I’m surprised.
From: @Letha_Hughes
https://mastodon.online/@Letha_Hughes/110343430850669792
ICYMI: Cabinet ministers to speak at Christian nationalist conference https://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2023/05/cabinet-ministers-to-speak-at-christian-nationalist-conference?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
The #Republic arrests, next stage:
Monday (last) night a Chief Inspector from the Met & 2 other officers visited Graham Smith, who was arrested but not charged during the #Coronation, to 'apologise' for the six arrests of Republic/Anti-monarchy demonstrators.
Smith: 'I said, for the record, I won’t accept the apology. We have a lot of questions to answer & we will be taking action'!
The Met have also now acknowledged Republic had been working with them so the protests could go ahead.
Saying that, if the animation has been churned out on refitted Amigas, I might be somewhat more enthused… 😁
#Babylon5Reboot is in the bag and coming out soon…
🤩
… and it’s an animated movie.
😐
Sauce (@straczynski birdsite): https://twitter.com/straczynski/status/1653799076641779712?
Physics geek, dev nerd, science fan. Esperantisto. Secularism, blasphemy & sarcasm. Evidence or STFU. Plant hater. Caveat lector. Enthusiastic cat and dog dad. RT≠︎👍 Slowly moving widdershins into #InfoSec