Rob Finch

Would you accept a drink from this man?

Airborne view of Long March 6A Y30 rocket plume is surreal: from deep sunset crimson and amber along the lower contrail up to the electric-blue "space jellyfish" expanding in the mesosphere, the transition reveals Earth's shadow line in real time

Nasty bug

Thursday is a paid holiday. Because Flavor Flav said so.

But we've got a kinder, gentler machine gun hand ✌️

Michael Atiyah 🇪🇬: Fields Medal 1966 (also Abel Prize 2004), for K-theory. Ahmed Zewail 🇪🇬: Nobel for Chemistry 1999, for his work on femtochemistry. Omar M. Yaghi 🇯🇴: Wolf Prize 2018, Nobel for Chemistry 2025, for his work on reticular chemistry Naguib Mahfouz 🇪🇬: Nobel for literature 1988

Tiny animals saved from the waves. #beachcombing

I am late to the Gladiator 2 discourse and not an expert, but have just watched the first 20 minutes over lunch. Wow. Wearing armour on a ship? Hello drowning. Fencing with a stubby short stabbing sword? Hmm. Ship-mounted siege towers? Has Ridley Scott ever been on a boat? So dumb. So CGI. Yawn.

you can have it all

There's a cat in the vet who sounds like he learnt to miaow on Duolingo.

🧵 Wow - this article is bordering on unhinged! Apparently the BBC is akin to a “North Korean re-education camp” for teaching children about net-zero and covering both the pros AND cons of immigration Join me for a masterclass in cherry-picking and context stripping to brainwash your own readers👍🏻

More pirate advice

Tan suit

A personal attack on one woman dressed up as pro-women's sport article 🤮

This footage shot by a tourist aboard Jacksonville Boat Charters near Amelia Island, Florida shows a leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). At 2000 lbs (900 kg) & 7 ft long (2.1 m) they're the largest turtles & indeed one of the heaviest extant reptiles on Earth. Here There Be Monsters!

Elephant Dick United States, Census, 1920

Stunning film

The best sort of comfort food: Massaman Beef Curry is #RecipeOfTheDay! I like to cook the beef in advance, let the flavours deepen, and the meat grow tender in the spicy juices, then cook the potatoes in them just before serving. www.nigella.com/recipes/mass...

the axis of weevil

Deep joy.

Right. I'm on a nightbus home. So the law is i have to tell y'all a story. So let me tell you about the time i ended up drinking with Ray Harryhausen's right-hand animator. Who we were incorrectly convinced was full of so much shit

Have you heard the press saying the phrase "High Functioning" and wondered what they mean by that? trevorship.co.uk/high-functio...

The invincible airplane

Previously:

I could complain about the state of this poster at my doctor's surgery, but... They started point 3 of the instructions on how to use a QR code with "Presto!" and now I'm desperate to meet whoever designed this! "3. Presto! Your device reads the code and navigated to the info."

The struggle is real.

Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First https://theonion.com/protestors-criticized-for-looting-businesses-without-fo-1843735351/

"One does not simply walk into...the CoOp".

"What new devilry is this?" (Etc)

Hey @beyondthebreakers.bsky.social. I'd love for you guys to do a special episode on what's happening with the RNLI in England right now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Theseus and the Minotaur This was based loosely on an ancient mosaic. I always liked the Minotaur for reasons I don't entirely want to explain. This one ended up quite nice and warm and strange and has a bottom in it. If you had this you'd be so tasteful www.chloecumming.com/chloepencilh...

"It's on Sharepoint" might be the least helpful combination of words in the language.

Pretty thrilling international. England v Czech with a very partisan crowd. Great game. www.youtube.com/live/Ev3OShE...

Lovely stuff

I got fired by Sefton Borough Council after a single morning in the late 90s. I had told the recruitment I had "worked on computers". Unfortunately, not in the very specific arcane software the council used.

At least Katie Zaccharia can now do a Goalhanger podcast with Scaramucci

no offence but why is the British public being asked about my medical diagnosis, would it also like to check out my ankles and my elbows to decide whether I really have hypermobile joints, should I cough on them next time I have a cold so they can confirm that I'm ill

Did you know some organisms have a secret identity? 🕵️ Shine a UV light on them and they can glow in a whole spectrum of vivid colours, thanks to a phenomenon called biofluorescence. 📸: T Moore [1/2]

Joffrey Baratheon vibes