@missy

they are making an impact on the Earth’s climate, they want to study past climate properly.

Crikey. I’ll bet the scientists never thought of that. Oh, hang on – they have. There’s a beginner or intermediate explainer for you to choose.

Thousands, if not millions of years ago, most of the Northern Hemisphere was blanketed in ice. Indeed t…

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@Missy

But the science is true whether you believe it or not. And nearly all farmers *do* believe it because they are living it.

@janetteB

Stubble burning has not been allowed in the UK since 1993, although not because of climate change (it’s impact is minimal, compared to coal and oil). It destroys nutrients, pollutes generally and, on a…[Read more]

@missy

Alas, for some reason the uploader has locked his account, so it can’t be seen.

Ah!

Her ya go:

@blenkinsopthebrave @janetteb @missy

Fun factette: some the scenes were filmed in Pasta Food’s factory in St Albans (they also provided research to “sell” the joke), which I went past on the bus from school every day. We were implausibly proud of its role in fake history (the factory moved to Norfolk in the late 80s).

And yes, that is Richard…[Read more]

@craig @jimthefish

And again, plus a couple of suspect registrations.

@Craig @jimTheFish

There is an intruder on the sofa.

*sneaks in*

*posts link*

*runs away*

The new Doctor Who intro is a bit shit pic.twitter.com/NhIjLjZ2n8

— Nev (@LFCNev) March 18, 2018

@XAD4 @Thane16

Indeed – that is very early.

Those of you who have followed the Dyfi Ospreys may like to know that they are running their annual camera appeal. It’s costs £20,000 a year to keep the camera running, so if you have some spare shekels to chuck in the pot it will be well spent. If you are a UK tax payer you can Gift Aid it.

@ucragnian

Try hitting something with a hammer without blinking.

Karen Gillan, director. Really nice interview.

@Thane16

Shine On You Crazy Diamond has been in my collection for…..about 35 years. 😉

@thane16

Born in Glasgow, but from Blyth, Northumberland.

@blenkinsopthebrave @thewatcher

It has been established that Doctors lose memories of future Doctors (ref: Day of the Doctor) and that even future doctors can bury the memory of entire regenerations (ref: War Doctor). This is canon.

@bluesqueakpip @tardis123

They have Clara’s memories of him, including when, how and why he lost his memories of…[Read more]

Genuinely saddened by the death of Dolores O’Riordan. 46 is no fucking age. Anglo-American pop and rock, but with a unwavering Irish accent.

Cute teen-angst love songs:

Or,  Zombie was a real raw, angry response to the Warrington bombing.She was 23 hen she sang it on…[Read more]

To those who followed the long-running Buffy threads and blogs, Elize Dushku needs no introduction. But she was also a child star before that. She posted this today. It is about the most horrific thing you will read any time soon.

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialElizaDushku/posts/1769957739689557

@ichabod @mudlark

They did what they could in the time given, but I wish the touch had been a bit lighter.

But my point is that the touch was light (and the “smacked bottom” straight out of canon – a thing which sparked a million slash fictions, apparently). The other stuff – whether casually assuming no Polly meant no cleaning, or the key to the…[Read more]

@mudlark

but she nevertheless irritated me considerably; and though Sarah Jane was a further step in the right direction, I  still wasn’t wildly impressed.

But is that not just your – avowed – privilege speaking? As small a step as it was, the girls on the council estate where I grew up – few of whom would end up at the Girl’s Grammar – were gi…[Read more]

@thane16 @mudlark

FWIW, I’m not at all convinced that the sexism was over-egged. I just think it seems that way because, outside the troll-o-sphere, is has become as entirely alien to us as driving without a seat belt, smoking at the work desk or casually referring to the late shop, run by those nice brown people, as the “Paki shop”.

Despite…[Read more]

@whisht

Twice Upon a Time (but again, still not finding anything just right).

That’s because I already played the top trump (in the old, nice, sense of “trump”).

@Craig

Bearing in mind what usually happens at this time of year, don’t forget to put a shilling in the meter…