Jodrell Bank in Cheshire, the world’s largest steerable dish radio telescope at the time (now the third largest). was switched on in 1957 on this day. Built by Bernard Lovell, it was the only radar device that could track the carrier rocket of the Soviet Union’s Sputnik I.

I had a fess published a few years ago about how I couldn't connect with my lifelong pals cos all they wanted to do was booze and take coke. I told them how I felt, turned out they thought the same and now we climb Munro's on Sundays. Lads, talk to your pals.

Holy cats these little shits could have asbestos in them. Nothing says Halloween like mesothelioma.

As Attorney General, we stand firmly behind the International Criminal Court and its vital work in holding perpetrators of international crimes to account. I disagree with the sanctions on the Court. I will continue to protect international law and defend its independence.

This a million times. People of colour being dragged on to debate maniacs about imaginary labels & race science is an abomination. proper ‘how German are you’ Nazi shit Note that people like me with white migrant parentage never asked to defend our identity Englishness. Is. A. Made. Up. Thing

I'm already getting emails claiming that synthetic folic acid added to flour causes cancer, amongst other fun claims.

Holborn & St Pancras By-Election Result: 🌹 LAB: 45.2% (-3.7) 🌍 GRN: 32.8% (+22.4) 🌳 CON: 7.1% (-0.1) ➡️ RFM: 5.9% (-0.2) 🔶 LDM: 3.4% (-2.4) ◼️ RES: 2.5% ⚙️ WPB: 1.2% [1/2] No Inds (-18.9, -1.6, -0.1, -0.0), or SE (-0.2) as previous. Labour HOLD. Changes w/ GE2024.

God. We wasted an entire season of Origin Story telling the story of this word, when we could've just checked in with James here.

This does in fact seem obvious to everyone apart from the people who came up with the policy.

I'm sorry if this is obvious but the Tory proposal to exempt family homes completely from IHT will lead to 1] pensioners buying the biggest houses they possibly can 2] pensioners refusing to downsize which can only be bad news for younger families trying to buy family homes

Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.

okay so this anecdote in Margaret's obituary has me crying because this is exactly what it's like being in tech and trying to anticipate failures and having men basically tell you you're being hysterical and then you have to fix it later

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A woman (30s?) in a pale blue felted witch hat, wearing a fluffy blue jumper and small circular spectacles is sitting on a bench. Gazing out at people coming and going on a sunny morning. A faint, enigmatic smile on her face.

You see all sorts in Heysham.

What you need to know about changes to the state pension 👇 The most important one: it will keep rising every single year.