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So, having remade Total Recall (badly) and Robocop (badly), we're now looking to complete the set of Paul Verhoven's unofficial trilogy of sci-fi satires by remaking Starship Troopers (badly)...

Not what you want to see come up when searching for a wifi network. Is Musk now providing wifi services for the railways in the UK?

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It feels like we're one bad round of golf away from America joining the Ukraine war... on Russia's side.

www.cilip.org.uk/news/693964/...

It will never exist...

God's teeth today was cold. If ever there was an advert for football to be played in the summer this was it...

I'm sure there are quite a number of people that would ache to return to it...Mogglet, I'm looking at you

He couldn't give a monkey's about peace. He simply wants the Nobel Peace Prize...

Hate that it has come to this, but it's time to consider PubMed vulnerable to enshittification. My latest post @plos.org discusses the lines we need to fight to hold – and alternatives we can rely on internationally: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w... #medlibs

Royal Society urged to expel Elon Musk as fellows sign open letter www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Given the Orange-Faced Monster's insistence that Canada should become the 51st State, why has no one north of the border suggested making the US the 11th province?

White House blocks AP from event for using 'Gulf of Mexico' www.npr.org/2025/02/11/n...

Scientists globally are racing to save vital health databases taken down amid Trump chaos www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A group of education and Wikidata experts have joined forces to create teaching resources aimed at getting students familiar with hidden figures – unrecognised and underrepresented scientific contributions – in natural history collections.

If you elect the school bully as class president, he'll continue being a bully.

Oh Canada! Cartoon by Bruce MacKinnon

@screwydecimal.bsky.social - you might be amused by this...

I feel there will be certain categories of people that will be in something of a quandary if this is correct... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

After everything they've done thus far, do you think it's fair to suggest a new name for the week and a bit old administration in the US? How about League of Super Evil?

#SaveThePCC Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease. For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below; you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...

🎥 Save the Prince Charles Cinema! This iconic London cinema is at risk of closing due to unfair rent demands. Sign the petition to protect its future #SavePCC you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa... via @38degrees.bsky.social

I guess the Federal Government will start using Visa now...

Occurred to me - I did a training session last week and, at the end, as usual, gave out my email address and, also as usual, my socials handles. I said that I rarely post to Another Place, so I'm more likely to see your message on Bluesky. To which someone asked "what's Bluesky?"

I foresee a flurry of invective strewn social media posts - not only has a trans woman been nominated for Best Actress, but Sebastian Stan has been nominated for Best Actor for playing the man-child himself #oscars

Honestly, after two days of this, I think France should seriously consider asking for its statue back

Fair to say the orange faced man-child is making good progress on the route towards becoming a global supervillain. 1459 days to go.

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

Hello - we've made our way here from Another Place; if you've followed us before, or have just happened across us, why not give us a follow on here?

God help us all now...

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

Not the greatest advert for the Premier League. More an advert for indoor, heated stadia. Or summer football. In fact yes, summer football ☀️☀️⚽️⚽️ #whufc

🗣️ Arts and Humanities Scholars: Are you ready? 🗣️ We are 👏 thrilled 👏 to announce that ORCID now supports an expanded range of work types, such as 🎼 musical compositions, 🎨 still and 🎞️ moving images, and even 📝 teaching materials!! Learn more: https://info.orcid.org/new-work-types/

Is... is Liz Truss cosplaying as Paddington?

Pretty F*cking Sh*t

At a Christmas celebration being held by my former neighbours, and who should I be seated with but two United States presidents #dreamtweet