Argentina tonight maintaining its tradition of losing to the nation whose navy operates the Harrier jump jet.

"Kicking British ass" LMAO

They'll need it.

There is, in fact, an entire book about how the sinking of the Belgrano was *not* the start of the shooting war over the Falklands.

Translating this into the British BBFC "18" rating, I think probably Sam Peckinpah's "Cross of Iron".

Better to be a planter than a vegetable....

A nice find down by the burn: a small heath.

if that appeals, there's a really nicely done WW1 layout called "Amiens 1918" that you should check out. There's a thread about its construction on RMWeb (although the forum lost many of the pictures that had been uploaded some years ago!): www.rmweb.co.uk/topic/123735...

I'm not sure if you know this already, but those wagons – or something very similar (although not, as yet, the Simplex tractor) – are now available ready-to-run for 1:76-scale narrow gauge model railways:

Internet tough guy: "blah blah blah snowflake, you get offended when you hear real man talk. Hur hur hur." 6'4" former Royal Marine: "Let me show you how to represent spray and mist at the bottom of a model waterfall."

Vance need not worry that no one will ever visit his grave. First of all, people will need to reassure themselves that he hasn't left it. Second, biology dictates that we will always require spaces to function as bathrooms.

The sheer unrivalled observational power of @smoothdunk2.bsky.social

The problem is not a lack of soul but a soul thoroughly rotted.

Probably not: he doesn't really look like Sam Neill...

This tracks. (Although I am slightly annoyed that on the "vibes" question the options for how it makes you feel are "Bored," "Uneasy," "Curious," "Excited" and "Scared," and not the one that actually applies to me, which is "Furious.")

LMAO

The journalist who wrote the piece may wish to have their own word with the Independent's editorial team regarding their sourcing of material, as this is the description that accompanies his name when you click on it:

No, he was saying this more than a year ago.

Four fictional characters that represent me.

Peak pickup was this one, famously in Back to the Future. Everything since then has been a regression.

Stop. Asking. For. Rage-Fuelled. Protests. Whether. Hot. Or. Cold.

Nope. 2022, dir. Jordan Peele.

If anyone fancies reporting an account for harassment and encouraging self-harm, here's a belter for you.

The arms ARE given, you berk.

I suppose the key clue is that Corbyn has said we shouldn't support Ukraine in resisting the Russians.

Being Northern Irish, and wearily shaking my head at this example of "American-ability-not-to-cause-civil-wars-in-countries-about-which-they-know-fuck-all challenge level: impossible."

Here are the Royal Navy's requirements to work on a ballistic missile submarine providing the UK's nuclear deterrent.

The Onion is always on point, but sometimes the universe conspires to clarify its relevance in an extremely pointed way:

This is how your skeet appeared on my feed.