Riffing off something on Twitter: So now Challenger 2 and T-90 tanks are fighting fascists in the second battle of Kursk! ;) (View Post)

On the railways: one western pro-Ukraine commentator, and annoyingly I cannot remember which one, has been predicting Russian railway logistics would eventually fail. The reason? Bearings. He claimed… (View Post)

My default position on 'research' about Stonehenge, especially when it is something new and controversial, is extreme scepticism. I can believe the bluestones come from the Preseli Hills, a… (View Post)

Some of our neighbours have ultrasonic cat repelers in their gardens. At least I'm told they have; I can't hear them, but Mrs J and our son can, and find the noise almost intolerable as we … (View Post)

Or because he is, in fact, a shit. I'm not jealous of him; I think his own insecurity is why he has to shower us with monotonous stories of his travels, where he sees little and learns less. I h… (View Post)