something that wrinkles my brain every time I remember it is the fact that total eclipses are only possible on earth because the moon and sun appear to be the same size in our sky, due to the insanely, astronomically unlikely fluke that the moon is 400x smaller than the sun but 400x closer to us.

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Presenting the reopening the Strait of Hormuz as a victory is like the Greeks failing to take Troy but celebrating the safe return of their wooden horse

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Thief is 45. What a brilliant scene. Hard-bitten but intensely romantic underneath. youtu.be/wdecy_Xv8ds?...

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"A vastly entertaining, enlightening, humbling and provocative movie" Gus Van Sant's dirty gem of a new drama is in cinemas everywhere: dmovies.org/2025/09/02/d...

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Ah, sad. RIP the great Ronnie Delaney. Pictured here winning the 1500m for Ireland at the 1956 Olympic games in Melbourne. #hero

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