After avoiding this place all morning because of trans arguments and ChatPT/AI waffle, I had faint hopes a new thread would clear the decks. No, of course not, what Was I thinking. For the love of al… (View Post)

Weirdly, I find that both 'For You' and 'Following' are a mix of people I actually follow, tweets liked by people I follow, and random stuff. So now I have to look at both lines t… (View Post)

I never in a million years thought I'd see a Randall Garrett reference on here - well done, sir! (View Post)

Very poor result for the Cons in last night's by-election in Rotherham: went from touching distance of winning a seat in 2021 to fifth of six. LibDems on the opposite trajectory: suggests some f… (View Post)

When my wife's family flew back from New Zealand in 1973 or thereabouts (they'd been sailing around the world long story), Rod Stewart sat next to them. My wife was then about 9, and she ma… (View Post)