Pretty stark. Some way to go in the British food revolution I fear. https://x.com/amazingmap/status/2005257207135580494?s=61&t=LYVEHh2mqFy1oUJAdCfe-Q (View Post)

C'mon, nothing like several years at Fettes to confirm one's Scottishness. That notwithstanding, he seemed to have a vast lack of comprehension of Scotland. Turns out George Robertson wasn&… (View Post)

I would have tended to think it was of US origin in a hard boiled cop show sort of way. On checking I find it was slang for a condom (1939), and earlier part of a sugar refining process. (View Post)

It made me want to embrace our new AI overlords (the main theme of Today, today). Philp made achieving sentient consciousness seem a pretty low bar. (View Post)

Totally off topic, Austin Butler’s recreation of Vegas Elvis is uncanny. (View Post)