A puffer blower to get rid of dust from your camera and other electricals. I was in Namibia last August and the fine dust gets absolutely everywhere. I’d recommend combining it with wet wipes to get rid of the worst of it.

Apparently that thing is called an MZKT-79221 and here’s some in action including firing an ICBM (albeit without the whole turning the planet extra-crispy feature):

Like you, I have no idea what they are doing, (however I suspect shenanigans are involved -possibly even hijinks), but clearly they’re so intent on doing it that they haven’t noticed a Boeing 747 sneaking up on them.

‘1st Gear: Boeing’s 737 MAX Disaster Cut Deep Into Profits’

‘This trip was for a conference my company sent me to - you’d think they could do better than seats in the steerage section?’

Being near the wing might help with your air sicknessness - it is the part of the plane that moves least when the nose pitches up or down, so you should sense the least amount of movement. Sorry to hear you have a miserable time flying.

From the Forbes article:

Very interesting thanks.

Johnson promptly went on to deny anyone had been laughing at Trump.

I didn’t realise it had made so much money. The Imperial War Museum will be thrilled that it has reached so many people.

I have a sneaking suspicion that rather than admit a mistake the White House has ordered an entire Pentagon department to deep fake a dog’s genitals.

[Tips hat]

‘This new factory will be located somewhere “near the new airport”. Presumably that means near Brandenburg airport, which is scheduled to open next year south of the city center.’

Heathrow lets you carry alcohol on to the plane.

Remember Harry Dunn, the 19 year old British motorbike killed in a collision with a vehicle driven by the wife of a US diplomat Anne Sacoolas? It is alleged she was driving on the wrong side of the road, but fled to the US under the protection of the US embassy before charges could be brought.

LOL!

‘I can also become quite farty at will.’

Great book recommendation.

Though thanks to the timing, we can’t rule out chaos caused by an early winter storm, that Royal Mail workers have voted for industrial action in the run-up to Christmas which could affect postal ballots, and (possibly the most British excuse ever) - many voting facilities have prior bookings for school pantomimes (as…

You left out my all time favourite Jeremy Vine moment (sorry America):