Trump says Venezuela "completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America". Didn’t know his navy could sail on land as well at sea.

Remember folks to hold your child’s hand when on an escalator

John Bardeen’s wife Jane in 1949 worrying about him taking a job at Oak Ridge: “The rising anti-intellectual sentiment makes any service by a professor or scientist a risky business. Let’s hope we’re not heading towards a fascist state”. (From Hoddeson & Daitch, True Genius). History repeats itself

This toy parade for Trump reminds me of taking a child on a beach donkey ride or driving your dementing granny round the block before bedtime.

RIP Allan Ahlberg
“Peepo” is a masterpiece

Discovered a single antiquark in Lidl, and of a new flavour (does this hint at new physics?). Hoping to find a magnetic monopole in Aldi next.

The other Italian speaking pope with links to Chicago

No response yet from Denmark but I suspect it will be “Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha”