Sudge
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New Chinese zodiac just dropped.
2025 is ‘year of the octopus’ as record numbers spotted off England’s south coast
2025 is ‘year of the octopus’ as record numbers spotted off England’s south coast
Milder weather led to a bloom in the invertebrates in south Cornwall and Devon, wildlife charity says
Record numbers of sightings of one of the world’s most intelligent invertebrates over the summer have led the Wildlife Trusts to declare 2025 “the year of the octopus” in its annual review of Britain’s seas.
A mild winter followed by an exceptionally warm spring prompted unprecedented numbers of Mediterranean octopuses to take up residence along England’s south coast, from Penzance in Cornwall to south Devon. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
New Chinese zodiac just dropped.
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It's
Christmas
When
In the darkest
Of nights
And fleeting days
We bring nature
Inside and decorate it
With lights and
Memories of of hope and
Remember us at
Our very best, with goodwill
To all men
It's
Christmas
When
In the darkest
Of nights
And fleeting days
We bring nature
Inside and decorate it
With lights and
Memories of of hope and
Remember us at
Our very best, with goodwill
To all men
December 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
⭐
It's
Christmas
When
In the darkest
Of nights
And fleeting days
We bring nature
Inside and decorate it
With lights and
Memories of of hope and
Remember us at
Our very best, with goodwill
To all men
It's
Christmas
When
In the darkest
Of nights
And fleeting days
We bring nature
Inside and decorate it
With lights and
Memories of of hope and
Remember us at
Our very best, with goodwill
To all men
The Joker in the best Batman film should be a cross between John Mulaney cira Kid Gorgeous and Anthony Jesselnik. He needs to be majority old timey showman vibes that suddenly crosses into terror
December 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The Joker in the best Batman film should be a cross between John Mulaney cira Kid Gorgeous and Anthony Jesselnik. He needs to be majority old timey showman vibes that suddenly crosses into terror
The top three here are centre right, hard right or far right. The most popular is the left wing candidate who doesn't get remotely as much media coverage/sympathy. Treated equally, yes, you will see popular politicians. Just not right wing ones.
I seriously wonder whether it is now possible in the UK for any politician to be truly popular or any government to be deemed successful
Latest party leader net favourability ratings, December 2025
Kemi Badenoch: -26
Nigel Farage: -35
Keir Starmer: -54
Zack Polanski: -6 (49% DK)
Ed Davey: -10 (38% DK)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Kemi Badenoch: -26
Nigel Farage: -35
Keir Starmer: -54
Zack Polanski: -6 (49% DK)
Ed Davey: -10 (38% DK)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
December 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The top three here are centre right, hard right or far right. The most popular is the left wing candidate who doesn't get remotely as much media coverage/sympathy. Treated equally, yes, you will see popular politicians. Just not right wing ones.
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Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’
Just remembered the "you either die a hero or live long enough to be the villain" quote from dark knight and for angry all over again. Just a nonsense line.
December 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Just remembered the "you either die a hero or live long enough to be the villain" quote from dark knight and for angry all over again. Just a nonsense line.
Every time I remember that there's a superhero deconstructionist comic called Power Fantasy I want to kick a bin.
December 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Every time I remember that there's a superhero deconstructionist comic called Power Fantasy I want to kick a bin.
Every now and then I think about X-Men 2 and how they built up Iceman. At the film's climax, a dam breaks and everyone is about to be engulfed by a huge wave. Of water. Which freezes notoriously easily. So of course they have Iceman sit in the jet while Jean Grey stops the wave.
Keeps me up nights.
Keeps me up nights.
December 17, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Every now and then I think about X-Men 2 and how they built up Iceman. At the film's climax, a dam breaks and everyone is about to be engulfed by a huge wave. Of water. Which freezes notoriously easily. So of course they have Iceman sit in the jet while Jean Grey stops the wave.
Keeps me up nights.
Keeps me up nights.
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this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
The best Star Wars film. I won't die on this hill, my enemies will.
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI was released on this day 8 years ago
December 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The best Star Wars film. I won't die on this hill, my enemies will.
Look it's obvious, but the delivery of "Lick My Love Pump" is one of the greatest comedy moments in history.
In honor of Rob Reiner, please tell me your favorite line-reading from THIS IS SPINAL TAP
December 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Look it's obvious, but the delivery of "Lick My Love Pump" is one of the greatest comedy moments in history.
There is a midpoint here, honestly. The most dangerous thing about driving is losing concentration, so the more things the car can do to free you up to make safety observations, the better. But these guys been so deskilled that without the tech they're basically a liability on the road.
tesla owners admitting without shame they don’t know how to drive anymore
December 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
There is a midpoint here, honestly. The most dangerous thing about driving is losing concentration, so the more things the car can do to free you up to make safety observations, the better. But these guys been so deskilled that without the tech they're basically a liability on the road.
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
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In honour of Rob Reiner, have David Moore's thread on the best sword fight in movie history and exactly how nerdy it is.
As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
a man reading a book to a young boy
Alt: a man reading a book to a young boy
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
In honour of Rob Reiner, have David Moore's thread on the best sword fight in movie history and exactly how nerdy it is.
Dreadful about Rob Reiner. I hope he knew how admired he was, how devastated people would be at his passing.
And man, talk about range! Princess Bride, Spinal Tap, Misery, A Few Good Men. Just quietly polymathing genres with hit after hit.
And man, talk about range! Princess Bride, Spinal Tap, Misery, A Few Good Men. Just quietly polymathing genres with hit after hit.
December 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Dreadful about Rob Reiner. I hope he knew how admired he was, how devastated people would be at his passing.
And man, talk about range! Princess Bride, Spinal Tap, Misery, A Few Good Men. Just quietly polymathing genres with hit after hit.
And man, talk about range! Princess Bride, Spinal Tap, Misery, A Few Good Men. Just quietly polymathing genres with hit after hit.
There bravery and then there's whatever this guy has. Bloody hell.
Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
WATCH: Bystander disarms active shooter at Bondi Beach in Sydney
December 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
There bravery and then there's whatever this guy has. Bloody hell.
John Shea is a chronically overlooked Lex because he was in L&C. His monologue about his disappointed in himself he was because he had to kill someone was peak Lex
I came up with a theory last night that there are two types of Lex Luthors we generally see on screen: Weird Little Guy Lex and Kinda Hot Actually Lex.
Movies tend towards Weird Little Guy and TV shows tend towards Kinda Hot Actually starting with John Shea in Lois and Clark...
Movies tend towards Weird Little Guy and TV shows tend towards Kinda Hot Actually starting with John Shea in Lois and Clark...
December 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
John Shea is a chronically overlooked Lex because he was in L&C. His monologue about his disappointed in himself he was because he had to kill someone was peak Lex
I don't want to speak to my alive grandmother now.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I don't want to speak to my alive grandmother now.
I mean the obvious answer for me is Superman so I'll leave that out for this question.
I'd love a crack at Power Rangers, which ticks all my boxes of superheroism, angsty teens, kaiju and mecha. Babs Tarr would would kill on that book.
I'd love a crack at Power Rangers, which ticks all my boxes of superheroism, angsty teens, kaiju and mecha. Babs Tarr would would kill on that book.
Okay, you get to write ONE dream comic mini-series, featuring characters you did not create.
What character would you pick, and who would draw it?
What character would you pick, and who would draw it?
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I mean the obvious answer for me is Superman so I'll leave that out for this question.
I'd love a crack at Power Rangers, which ticks all my boxes of superheroism, angsty teens, kaiju and mecha. Babs Tarr would would kill on that book.
I'd love a crack at Power Rangers, which ticks all my boxes of superheroism, angsty teens, kaiju and mecha. Babs Tarr would would kill on that book.
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When are we to expect newspaper front-page interview features with Dr. Beth Upton about her two-year ordeal of having her right to anonymity removed and her name dragged through the mud and being decried as a sexual predator only for a tribunal to clear her and find SHE was discriminated against?
Sandie Peggie's agony...
BBC News - Scotland's papers: Sandie Peggie 'agony' as NHS board 'harassed nurse'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Scotland's papers: Sandie Peggie 'agony' as NHS board 'harassed nurse'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scotland's papers: Sandie Peggie 'agony' as NHS board 'harassed nurse'
A review of the front page stories from the daily newspapers in Scotland.
www.bbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
When are we to expect newspaper front-page interview features with Dr. Beth Upton about her two-year ordeal of having her right to anonymity removed and her name dragged through the mud and being decried as a sexual predator only for a tribunal to clear her and find SHE was discriminated against?
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It says a lot that AI “artists” are so creatively bankrupt they think writing prompts is a difficult, arduous task.
You realize coming up with a prompt is what a real artist would call “having an idea,” right?
It took them weeks of sleepless nights to have some basic thoughts.
You realize coming up with a prompt is what a real artist would call “having an idea,” right?
It took them weeks of sleepless nights to have some basic thoughts.
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
It says a lot that AI “artists” are so creatively bankrupt they think writing prompts is a difficult, arduous task.
You realize coming up with a prompt is what a real artist would call “having an idea,” right?
It took them weeks of sleepless nights to have some basic thoughts.
You realize coming up with a prompt is what a real artist would call “having an idea,” right?
It took them weeks of sleepless nights to have some basic thoughts.
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Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
Post a banger that's not in English
youtu.be/edHPVwP7MgA?...
youtu.be/edHPVwP7MgA?...
December 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Post a banger that's not in English
youtu.be/edHPVwP7MgA?...
youtu.be/edHPVwP7MgA?...
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properly nuts that Labour won a huge landslide 18 months ago and they’re already so desperate they’ve running with ‘the Greens want to sell your children heroin’
December 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
properly nuts that Labour won a huge landslide 18 months ago and they’re already so desperate they’ve running with ‘the Greens want to sell your children heroin’
Would Starmer prefer they sold drugs *inside* schools? Surely outside schools is preferable.
December 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Would Starmer prefer they sold drugs *inside* schools? Surely outside schools is preferable.