My word of the day today is ‘snooze’.
Happy ‘He gave it to Demba Ba’ Day to everyone celebrating it today
:)
Anne McLaren was a socialist.
It’s a cute graphic….but I don’t know whether or not she’d have appreciated a tribute from Google, given their tax arrangements t.co/l2WimtG4X…
#TodayILearned that to programatically find which #SqlServer databases are in standby mode, you can do this:
select name, DATABASEPROPERTYEX(name, ‘Isinstandby’) from sysdatabases
No wee donkeys were harmed in the making of this trailer
Just 6 days to go until #LineOfDutyDay #LineofDuty6 twitter.com/BBCOne/st…
The influence of the Daily Mail in other countries isn’t something we can proud of. twitter.com/ddale8/st…
I might have to cancel my Spotify subscription twitter.com/SkySports…
#TodayILearned that in 1944, during the government of Churchill, Attlee and Beveridge, only 35% of the population thought politicians were acting in the national interest, rather than party or self-interest
(Via @benatipsosmori, talking to @mattforde)
Thurwell and Hastings in the happier times trying to break a case of identity fraud
#LineOfDuty #HearMySong t.co/jt5ji3YPf…
I’m watching the Office and I really want a Support the Rabid charity bracelet
My word of the day today is ‘chivvy’.
I loved 2 Tone, and many of the people involved have done some great stuff since…but I wish it had gone on a bit longer amp.theguardian.com/artanddes…
And the night got deathly quiet And his face lost all expression
#PostASongLyricYouLove
Me and the boy have got into the habit of saying ‘good job’ or ‘bad job’ in a daft American accent when Christian Pulisic does anything
Going to sound really stupid when we’re back at Stamford Bridge, instead of in front of the telly
#WHUCHE
Today I saw an English Heritage-branded ice cream van…which is kind of justified at the ancient @EHOldSarum
The name’s Chopping.
Richard Chopping. www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/1925…
In honour of the day.
Ralph McTell - England
m.youtube.com/watch via @YouTube
RT @geraldratner: It is 30 years today when I made ‘that’ speech. It seems like yesterday I wish it was tomorrow I would cancel it.
Did Tom Jones just say Elvis was Welsh?
Big news.
@BBCRadio2
“Dyson can get tax relief, but we could not even get the MHRA to look at our unit for approval
They are a household [vacuum cleaner] manufacturer. How is this possible?”