I imagine many of you have seen the hype surrounding Chernobyl, the HBO/ Sky Atlantic mini-series.

Every bit of the hype is justified. It is simply the best piece of storytelling you will see this year, or many other years, by an absolute mile. The acting is universally superb and unpretentious. The script is a masterclass in economy in telling a…[Read more]

@thane16

I preferred it in the original Klingon.

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@thane16

It Doris remembering to keep *acting* during the song in the performance that triggered the link.

If you click through to that video the uploader got a note from DeVito, who was very keen that all who did that tour got credit. Ellen Foley on the rekkid, of course.

This is the performance that “broke” Meatloaf, who up to this had…[Read more]

@thane16

So that’s where Meatloaf got the inspiration for this performance of Paradise By The Dashboard Light, featuring the sublime Karla DeVito

@craig

Any excuse (this actually trended on Twitter longer than que sera)…

One of the greatest singing voices you will ever hear:

What @Craig said. Absolutely, every time.

Superb work fella.

And on the hour’s travel: you only have to read a couple of well known suicide notes to see that the sufferer sees it as supremely rational. They are often very organised and meticulous in how they go about it.

Suicide is almost never capricious.

@whisht

Intolerant; lactose

(Or Tommy Bukkake, depending on which tweeter you were following…)

To mark Storm Hannah:

https://twitter.com/illucifer/status/1120645828207697921

@thane16

*Blushes*

No, hang on. That would imply that I have shame…

@mudlark

Many thanks! And here’s another(growing beneath a blackthorn hedge that backed onto a garden). A friend suggests lesser periwinkle.

@mudlark (and not madlark, as I just accidentally typed and nearly didn’t spot!)

Many thanks. Have had an alternative id of dog violet, but I think the sheen on the leaves supports your conclusion.

Paging @mudlark, paging…

Any idea what this is (in woodland)?

CAUTION: These rocks are Silurian:

A few years ago a violent storm unearthed the thing is this images (click for more). Those aren’t rocks, but petrified trees from a long-since inundated forest. It is quite unlike anything I’ve seen and downright alien (but probably too precious to be used for any TV shows we might…[Read more]

@craig

Looks like it is time for a new Music thread…

@thane16

It is considered to be permanent and remission only temporary. But the new diet shows promise in terms of “jump-starting” the pancreas. However, the permanence (as well as unintended consequences) is what further research is needed for.

75 years ago today…

@bluesqueakpip

It is certainly very promising, but a) science is only as good as the last replication and b) it needs evaluating for other effects – long term, for instance –  beyond the hypothesised.