Meanwhile in classical civilization news, For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard. https://bsky.… (View Post)

Volatile and lacking intrinsic value, President Trump is inaugurated tomorrow. On the other hand, keeping the Donald busy with four years of grift and graft is one of the better scenarios for his sec… (View Post)

More recently than that- in fact, learning to cook is still in the National Curriculum; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-design-and-technology-programmes-of-s… (View Post)

Isn't there also an element with really high end restaurants that raising the price automatically increases in quality of the experience? Partly keeping out the riffraff but also because if it&#… (View Post)

Appalling as he was in many ways, Cyril Smith was right about what to do if another party pops up on your turf. (Strangle it at birth, to save the youngsters from seeing a load of ads on Google.) Now… (View Post)