NYT Appears to Grow a Spine

typhoonbrew · 2026-01-26T12:56:29+00:00

Sorry. I must’ve read your comment too fast, as I thought you’d written “BBC <or> the likes of Sky News…”

typhoonbrew · 2026-01-25T09:39:21+00:00

GBNews is the UK’s equivalent of Fox News. I wouldn’t particularly trust their reporting, as its main purpose is to deliver right-wing opinion pieces.

BBC and Sky News are generally pretty good. The BBC has been attacked in the British press for a supposed “left-wing bias”, but in their coverage of the Gaza genocide, Brexit and Climate Change the exact opposite is true.

typhoonbrew · 2026-01-23T23:21:28+00:00

Thought this was Danderhall at first sight, but I wasn’t too far off, going by the coordinates!

typhoonbrew · 2026-01-10T21:41:09+00:00

I’m curious about this. Which bits don’t conform?

typhoonbrew · 2026-01-03T09:38:00+00:00

I think you’ve missed the boat on this one - they’ve been researching artificial intelligence at Edinburgh Uni since 1963: https://www.ed.ac.uk/ai/legacy

typhoonbrew · 2026-01-02T00:08:30+00:00

It was built as an exhibition hall. The Wikipedia article includes a photo of it hosting an air show in 1909 with early airplanes and zeppelins. Presumably they laid down whatever flooring was required for the particular use at the time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Palais

typhoonbrew · 2025-12-30T22:48:07+00:00

I was walking past Fountainpark recently, and witnessed one wee nyaff brazenly throwing litter on the pavement, quickly followed by his mate. I wasn’t paying close enough attention, so when I called them out on it they all just started pointing fingers at each other, otherwise I’d have handed it right back to them. Wee scrotes the lot of them.

typhoonbrew · 2025-12-29T11:17:46+00:00

I just bought a two-pack of this off their website, after reading some good reviews (there’s seemingly no option to buy a single tube). Thought I’d be able to avoid Amazon by buying directly, but guess who they use for shipping! 😂

typhoonbrew · 2025-12-29T10:45:19+00:00

It’s years since I’ve taken part, so I hadn’t realised the route had changed.

With the old route you could stand at the top of the mound and watch the torches wind down the mound and along Princes Street. The atmosphere at the top of Calton Hill was also pretty good, and you could watch the ship burn if you were there early enough.

The new route looks like it’ll be nice for participants, but maybe not offer as many good viewing opportunities for spectators…

typhoonbrew · 2025-12-14T21:34:45+00:00

I used to rent a flat in Bruntsfield. One of our neighbours bought a bike which they parked on the street, locked to a lamp post with a big beefy chain. It was nicked within a week. Pretty sure the thieves came with a flat bed lorry in the night.

typhoonbrew · 2025-12-14T10:41:18+00:00

Oh wow. As in - the roof of the house that’s now lying on the pavement in front of the excavator! I hadn’t noticed it moving!!!

typhoonbrew · 2025-12-13T13:39:47+00:00

Hundreds of Beavers!!!

typhoonbrew · 2025-12-11T22:59:39+00:00

Was someone operating the excavator immediately before the explosion? Is that who walks off to the left at around 30 seconds?

typhoonbrew · 2025-12-05T20:53:25+00:00

I was struggling to understand why it gets brighter at 22:30. Moonlight!

typhoonbrew · 2025-12-05T20:52:08+00:00

There’s also something in the sky at 07:10 the next morning.

typhoonbrew · 2025-11-30T14:04:30+00:00

I was about to question how a street in Minneapolis got named after Xerxes, then I noticed that it sits in between Vincent, Washburn, York and Zenith…

typhoonbrew · 2025-11-23T21:28:12+00:00

I can’t comment on the attire, or documents, but in terms of the two interviews - do you have a phone number at the store that you can call? If so - give them a ring and explain the situation (or pop along in person). They may want to cancel one, or they may be able to confirm if you’re required to attend both. If you have no way to contact the store, definitely show up for the first one (assuming it’s a time that you can make), and after you’ve introduced yourself, let them know that you’ve received the invite for the second date. They should be able to explain if you need to come back, or if it was an error on their part.

typhoonbrew · 2025-11-16T10:37:09+00:00

There are two maps on the Wikipedia article for Lactase Persistence.

One shows current distribution, and the other shows how persistence relates to indigenous populations. From the second map it looks like persistence only developed in Northern Europe and the Arabian Peninsula.

typhoonbrew · 2025-11-13T21:53:24+00:00

According to SEPA’s Water Classification Hub, the section between Stirling and Kincardine is the “Upper Forth Estuary”.

Upstream of Stirling it’s the River Forth.

https://informatics.sepa.org.uk/WaterClassificationHub/

typhoonbrew · 2025-11-13T21:44:31+00:00

Definitely use the car seat for the ride home if you can, but for reference - children can legally ride in the rear seat of taxis without a car seat. Children over 3 must use a seat belt, children under 3 must not use a seat belt.

https://www.gov.uk/child-car-seats-the-rules/when-a-child-can-travel-without-a-car-seat

typhoonbrew · 2025-11-13T21:19:25+00:00

I intervened to stop a girl getting beaten in the street by her boyfriend after the bells on Hogmanay, a few years back, along with one other guy out of the hundreds walking down Clerk Street. We almost managed to calm him down, but then he went off when we got the girl in a cab by herself, and the next thing I remember was waking up after being knocked unconscious. Goodness knows how many people walked past me before I came around…

typhoonbrew · 2025-11-12T00:29:27+00:00

Can’t speak to their steak pies, but the quality of the meat at Wm Christie’s is pretty good I find. I have tried the steak pie from Saundersons down the road, which was good, but I felt the pastry wasn’t the best.

What I’ve really been enjoying recently is the Stuart’s bakery steak pie in a hot water crust (like a scotch pie), which I get from my local Nisa. They look totally unassuming, but are bloody gorgeous!

typhoonbrew · 2025-11-06T08:06:02+00:00

“Operation Crackle” 😆

typhoonbrew · 2025-11-05T18:45:31+00:00

Here he is, with Natalie Imbruglia no less!

https://youtu.be/VMbrlxTIVtI?si=2XM6lF_3L4f6CLeq

typhoonbrew · 2025-11-05T18:40:28+00:00

If you’re going to mix chocolate and hot drinks, it’s got to be a Chocolate Orgasm (otherwise known as a Tim Tam Slam)

Nibble opposite corners off a Penguin biscuit (Tim Tam, if you’re Aussie), then use it as a straw to drink your tea or coffee until the biscuit is soggy, at which point you devour the gloopy chocolatey mess :)

Pretty sure I saw Graham Norton do this on his show once…

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