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Rhymer Rigby @rhymerrigby.bsky.social · 1h

Also the M&S feels like something out of Minsk in the late 80s.

Although, TBF, the famous "trainer triangle" is pretty good, if you want trainers

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Rhymer Rigby @rhymerrigby.bsky.social · 11h

Yh, Tenet is just too much. I think we watched it in one of the breaks in between COVID lockdowns in a cinema with about 4 other people

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Rhymer Rigby @rhymerrigby.bsky.social · 12h

Yes, very much agree with this.

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Rhymer Rigby @rhymerrigby.bsky.social · 12h

I think Tenet is just too much (and probably a sort of worthy failure). But I still quite enjoyed it.

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Rhymer Rigby @rhymerrigby.bsky.social · 12h

Fair enough - each to their own. I'm often a bit surprised by how much I don't like it. Esp as I think some of his other films are great - and even like Oppenheimer.

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Rhymer Rigby @rhymerrigby.bsky.social · 12h

The best ending is the one that happens 20 minutes in when you decide to watch something else...

Rhymer Rigby @rhymerrigby.bsky.social · 12h

Each to their own but I really don't like it. Ponderous, sentimental, terribly serious and yet weirdly silly. Inception, by contrast is great fun.

Rhymer Rigby @rhymerrigby.bsky.social · 12h

Trying to watch Interstellar but it really is very dull and pompous compared to Inception, The Prestige, Memento, etc...

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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 15h

Says it all.

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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 19h

This is a jaw-dropping, terrifying number. The CDC's workforce has decreased by 3,000 people since January.

A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.

www.wired.com

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Zanny Minton Beddoes @zannymb.economist.com · 21h

The world has become dangerously dependent on American stocks, Gita Gopinath writes for @economist.com. Gita’s striking, if alarming, take is really worth reading

The Economist @economist.com · 21h

“Though technological innovation is undeniably reshaping industries and increasing productivity, there are good reasons to worry that the current rally may be setting the stage for another painful market correction,” writes Gita Gopinath in a guest essay

Gita Gopinath on the crash that could torch $35trn of wealth

The world has become dangerously dependent on American stocks, writes the former IMF chief economist

econ.st

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Rhymer Rigby @rhymerrigby.bsky.social · 18h

Very niche post. I watched all of "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (probably 3x) as a child. But I've never seen the intro for the cinematic pilot. This is basically Buck being frozen for 500 years and spending all that time dreaming of 70s hotties in silver catsuits
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BINi...

www.youtube.com

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The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · 1d

James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 1d

Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this

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Rhymer Rigby @rhymerrigby.bsky.social · 1d

Neighbour came over the other day, needed 2 hard copies. Felt well validated.

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Rhymer Rigby @rhymerrigby.bsky.social · 1d

Telegraph

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Rhymer Rigby @rhymerrigby.bsky.social · 1d

NGL, at this stage in the wild swimming cycle, I reckon splitting up would've been the more interesting and original choice

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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 2d

Great stuff from @stephenkb.bsky.social And while I think the Brexit was a disaster denialism is clearly most pronounced in the Conservative Party, it continues to affect the rest of the political spectrum in the form of we have to make the best of it / the situation will never change etc.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 2d

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool on.ft.com/4qarx21 | opinion

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

on.ft.com

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 2d

At the other end of the spectrum, when my dad was ~17 he did well in an event for young chemists and the prize was a trip to an asbestos factory.

Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 2d

My 9yo is going on a school trip to Abba Voyage this week for a tenner, which I'm just throwing out there as the best school trip I've ever heard of

Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 2d

Inexplicably, my son’s very standard state school - in a mixed area, not a particularly affluent one - arranged a £4K trip to Kenya last year. I keep meaning to do a story on the astonishing escalation of the school trip.

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Rhymer Rigby @rhymerrigby.bsky.social · 4d

Made sambal

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Rhymer Rigby @rhymerrigby.bsky.social · 6d

Links to "Buy, Run, Build - A Guide to Entrepreneurship through Acquisition" by Charles Skinner which is published on the 16th

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/buy-run-b...

www.amazon.co.uk/Buy-Run-Buil...

Buy, Run, Build

'This book is fun to read, exciting to apply, and profitable to implement.' John Kay, economistBuying an established company – rather than creating a start-up f…

www.bloomsbury.com

Rhymer Rigby @rhymerrigby.bsky.social · 6d

"Buy, Run, Build - A Guide to Entrepreneurship through Acquisition" by Charles Skinner is published next week (16th) by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

It’s a must read for anyone interested in becoming an entrepreneur, running their own business or taking the next step (links in next post)

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 6d

Worried about Trump getting the Nobel Prize? These slow-cooker reindeer tacos will make you feel like you're in Oslo.

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Rhymer Rigby @rhymerrigby.bsky.social · 6d

I own the Bike of Theseus. Every single component has been replaced, except the frame and the handlebars. The frame looks old and knackered which means I'm not afraid to leave it locked up. But the components are those of a £1500 bike. My nemesis is a thief who knows this and breaks bikes down.

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Rhymer Rigby @rhymerrigby.bsky.social · 6d

Not much cheaper then my wife's car service. But TBF, I need new brake pads, a new chain and cassette, new cables and possible new hub bearings. And it's all reasonably good quality stuff.

Rhymer Rigby @rhymerrigby.bsky.social · 6d

Last time my chain snapped Ladywell put it back together for a tenner so they are very much in my good books.

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