One day, I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs, and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine. Goodbye, Charlie Brown. Goodbye, my dear.

I saw these last week in the excellent bodiesinthebookshop.co.uk in Cambridge. No home should be without them.

🎵We've gotta hold on to what we've got It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not We've got each other and that's a lot, for love, We'll give it a shot. Whoa, we're halfway there Whoa-oh, livin' on a prayer Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear Whoa-oh, livin' on a prayer🎵

UK government consultation alert. Details are in the linked website.

Today is #TransDayOfRemembrance. Trans people and their human rights are under attack around the globe. The Vagina Museum stands defiant against these attacks. We are a proudly trans inclusive space, even as discourse grows ever more toxic.

Anti-immigration hatred is being fuelled *again* by rhetoric & intended action by the UK government. It's drawing on an old fascist strategy, but there are ways to say "no". ¡No pasarán! They will not pass. We defeated fascism before & will do so again. Links included. ko-fi.com/post/How-to-...

"Come and have a bathe."

"For goodness' sake, Adelaide, I am NOT letting you go over there to ask her if she's the model from the Turner sketches that made that silly Ruskin fellow have that queer turn." #GirlsOwnCC

RTYI, @unamccormack.bsky.social

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#ClassicDoctorWhoWatch The Sunmakers, or; I Owe My Soul to the Company Store 1) Add this to the ever-growing list of episodes to point at when people try to claim that Doctor Who never used to be woke. 2) Leela is good at rescues, including of K9. 3) The Gatherer is warming up for panto.

Fishbourne: the Secret Bunker of the Roman Empire

This is tomorrow, I know it is staying in, eating soup, watching telly weather but do please come along, we promise to do our utmost to delight you & tickets are free, although you can also order a book with one included

ION, our tenement stair lighting blew up the week before last, the electrician we called had a family emergency and was only able to get to us yesterday, and it turns out the only light that can't be temporarily fixed is the one on our landing, because no good deed goes unpunished.

Good morning, all! I have started the week by yeeting the toilet roll holder into the toilet, thereby drowning the toilet roll that was on said toilet roll holder. How's your Monday going?

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I sat through a presentation on using AI to generate maths test questions - which is actually not the worst use - I was open minded. But the questions and matching answers displayed as examples were all wrong. They looked like maths questions but they were number salad.

Just remember, kids, that what you see is not a mystery; it's Rentaghost. 🎃

As one of the commentators mentioned, it was a bit Sydney Olympics in the women's individual vault final. Felt very sorry for the gymnast, Deng Yalan, who missed her vault while still actually vaulting the vaulting horse/table with grace at top speed.* *I still call them asymmetric bars as well.

Hooray! www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-fea...

Dear Subtitles, Are you channelling Margot Maynard in a strop with her older triplet sister? I am pretty sure that gymnast's name is not 'Len a big cow'. Love, Me

Got my Covid and flu jabs today. Going to catch up with last week's gymnastics world championships now.

For those who weren't aware, a new Penric novella by Lois McMaster Bujold came out yesterday - A Testimony of Mute Things.

Ate brunch at one of our favourite places this morning. One of the things I love there is the Italian language tape* playing in the loos. Just as I walked in the tape was repeating "with the refrigerator". It then changed topic so I've no idea what preceded that phrase. *May not be an actual tape.

Nor, Virgin Media, do we want to delete this episode because we are still watching it because there are still several minutes of it left. ION, I am still exceedingly grumpy about this software update.

Episode 5 of Film Club. Suranne Jones looks absolutely gorgeous in that dress.

For fans of Doctor Who's Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and the original UNIT, I have a short story in the HAVOC Files 6. I somehow missed the news of its release earlier this year. 🌏 www.freewebstore.org/candy-jar-st... 🇺🇸 www.whona.com/Lethbridge-S...

Thread and links are all good things by an amazing group of people.

We're thrilled to announce that we'll be hosting next year's Women In Folk Song Conference. Taking place next April, the conference will investigate and celebrate the often-overlooked roles of females in the traditional folk song world...

I've loved Mansfield Park since I first read it over forty years ago, and loved it because of Fanny Price, not in spite of her, while loathing Mary and Henry Crawford. This is a great thread on the topic of Mary Crawford and her emotional impoverishment and cruelty, with reference to Henry too.

The Migrant Problem is in the UK news again, not that migrant-bashing is ever far from the headlines. Migrants aren't "the problem",but we are one of several scapegoats used by violent extremists who seek power over people. It's dangerous, but not hopeless. ✊ Solidarity. ko-fi.com/post/The-Mig...

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

And in news totally related to this thread, I am in a foul mood that show no sign of letting up any time soon.

Homepride in new homes.

I am somewhat perturbed that the BBC quiz question setters do not know the difference between fairy cakes and butterfly cakes. That was a picture of a butterfly cake and you can't smash it together with the Tooth Fairy to make an Answersmash. #HouseOfGames

I particularly enjoyed this pithy quote, "writing adventure stories in the guise of history", from the essay below. I feel it also ties into some of the reading I've done about women in SOE.

I'm minded of the changes in the presentation/perception of Heyer books as per their cover illustrations. For example Heyer's The Talisman Ring, moving from Gothic deathbed scene in the hardback cover to the action of romantic thriller to bland Regency* romance. *It's not a Regency romance.

A friend recommended this website, of the UK Sepsis Trust, in the aftermath of my dad's death last month - there are many useful resources. sepsistrust.org

1) There is a grand tradition in this household of @kilbswc.bsky.social going away and appliances breaking. This time it was the microwave so we bought a new one, made an appointment at the nearest household recycling centre, booked a car club car and took the broken microwave there this weekend.

Glasgow friends!!

Sale of the Century by Sleeper

The oncoming storm.

Solidarity with the Jewish people of Britain and the right of all of us in this unsettled country to live, work and worship (or be irreligious) in security and happiness.

I've loved 'A Small Dragon' ever since I first read it in the anthology I studied for O-level English Lit. RIP Brian Patten, and thank you for showing me how to pass this way. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

A Lothian (❤️) bus down under. I hope anyone with a Ridacard down under gets a free tour. (That is absolutely the best seat on the bus, but that is absolutely not the 27's route.) youtu.be/X2yr85KeLPk

Saturday morning time vortex.

I was given a date stamp by a friend and took great pleasure in date-stamping my library books that were no longer date-stamped at the library. That date stamp ran out of dates last year, alas. #Tactility #Soundscape #RecordsManagement #HistoryOfTheEveryday

In principle, I’m not actually automatically opposed to ID cards. However, from how the present UK government is going about this and related matters, it’s a straightforward nope, not on your life. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Hat tip from a best friend: Spain has some incredible accessible beaches - if you're an electric or manual wheelchair user, then Barcelona is the place to go: disabledaccessibletravel.com/barcelona-ac... Will never not be in awe of getting public transport to the ocean and swimming/floating for all