What's going down in the 'hood?
The latest entries into this pit of despair
- Keep it in the family
- 24 April
Old King Cock has awarded top gongs to his son, daughter-in-law, and wife. But this is not for simply doing the day job. Oh no. According to the BBC's royal(ty) correspondent, this move
(more…)will be seen as an acknowledgement of those keeping up official duties when royal numbers are diminished
. Hmmm I'm not sure how that's different to their day jobs, such as they are, but ne'ermind.
politics- Happy hippo
- 24 April
After seven years and a DNA test, a male hippo at a Japanese zoo has been confirmed to be female. But this is not because he/she is transgender.
(more…)- Arrogant pollie vs 'arrogant billionaire'
- 23 April
I have in the past expressed my antipathy for Elon Musk as a filthy-rich twat who makes ugly electric vehicles and interferes in the politics of nation states. But I've warmed to him in his new role as defender of free speech and pricker of hubris. And none so much as him going in to bat against Australia's government and eSafety Commissioner over their nanny state censorship.
(more…)- politics; teh soshull notwerk
- Marathon woman
- 22 April
For those for whom this sort of thing is their sort of thing, the London Marathon was a thing over the weekend. It's not mine, so it'd completely passed me by. And would've continued to do so, if it weren't for the lead on the BBC's home page:
(more…)Jepchirchir wins in women's only world record time
.- sport
- Willow-the-wisp
- 19 April
On the passing of his
(more…)favourite human
, Warwick Davis paid tribute to his wife of 33 years, Samantha. Among other things, he noted:Without Sammy, there would have been…no Willow series
.- celeb; obituaries
The latest updates to past woes
- Ranking officer
- 23 April
It's been fixed now.
(more…)- BBC editorial standards: how many monkeys does it take…?; I, pedant
- Harsh, but fair
- 19 April
The second question in this week's quiz concerned the announcement of the UK's first fully blind overseas ambassador, asking to which country she was being posted: Serbia; Slovakia; or Slovenia? I couldn't help but think the second and third choices were part of an unintentionally cruel joke, confusing the names of two countries that differ by only two letters for someone who's visually impaired. But then if she's truly blind, it wouldn't matter anyway.
(more…)- in the news; random thoughts & brain farts
- They come as a pair
- 19 April
Oh, this is interesting, albeit mildly. Sweeney, or rather her
(more…)representative
, made a rebuttal to Baum's comments which was reported in Variety. And this is where the BBC picked up on the story.- celeb; wit & wisdom of the comments section
- Woke Scrabble
- 17 April
I'm pretty sure the recent accusation of Scrabble going woke only applied to the dumbing down of Scrabble Together as being
(more…)less intimidating and made for Gen-Z
whoprefer a less cutthroat game with more opportunity for collaboration
.* But there was a bit of a spat a couple of years ago, when419
.offensive
Scrabble words [were banned] on the orders of game owners Hasbro and Mattel- random thoughts & brain farts
- The trials of trivial celebrities
- 13 April
If the question is
(more…)How many subscribers does Paramount+ have?
, the answer appears to benot enough
. Although rumours of Paramount being up for sale have been around for a while, shit just started to get real.- celeb; teh soshull notwerk