Well I’ve had a lovely day travelling over to Harrogate and back for a thing and then meeting a friend for drinks, general setting the world to rights and planning future holiday adventures! 😍

Make Istanbul Constantinople Again

demeter when her daughter goes missing

I may as well reshare it myself 😇

These people really are completely fucking insane aren’t they? Having had flu I can’t help thinking that at the time my “war fighting capabilities” were somewhat weakened. What with the whole being unable to get out of bed for a fortnight and that. 🙄

The cyberattack on The British Library in October 2023 knocked out ebooks and almost ever other computer thing there for years. Ebooks just came back. They were knocked out everywhere using the BL’s license (legal deposit libraries I think? More libraries?) Distributed physical copies matter.

Had the day off and binge watched Heated Rivalry. It really is as good as you all said. 😍

Not a bad walk to and from the supermarket I suppose, all things considered.

Good lord. <Fans self>. I mean, if you didn’t have any gynae symptoms you’d make some up wouldn’t you?

Knock knock. Who’s there? Hike. Hike who? solitary cow standing atop a mountain longs for home – Dundee

Tank fly boss walk jam nitty gritty. Turn your wife into salt and lay waste to a city. This is bad, Lot.

Trying to explain St Augustine to the pope, the former head of the Augustinian order, who wrote his doctoral thesis on Augustine, on his way back from celebrating mass at the Basilica of St Augustine in Annaba, Algeria, overlooking the site where Augustine lived is peak Adult Catholic Convert.

The bell of Liverpool Town Hall chimes 97 times for each of the Liverpool fans unlawfully killed in the Hillsborough Disaster, 37-years-ago today

Mail is running a poll on whether the UK should rejoin the EU. Takes seconds to vote and it's going hilariously well... www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Disappointing to see the Paris Ultras unable to show even the tiniest bit of class during a single minute of silence to mark the deaths of 97 people.

The *checks notes* President of Iran is now *checks notes* defending the Pope

you know, I remember when "The President of the United States has publicly insulted the Pope and proclaimed himself Jesus" would have been 'bring-the-world-to-a-standstill' news, rather than just Monday.

The most important of Tony Benn’s questions for democracy: How do we get rid of you?

"Your own. Personal. Negus. Someone who rates your chairs, Someone who cares"

I can’t remember how I was introduced to this but I think it might be the saddest song I ever heard. So if anyone needs a good cry, have at it. open.spotify.com/track/5TNvxV...

Doing the modern drudgery of home insurance comparisons. One quote significantly cheaper. Ooh, I think, and click through. It doesn’t include protection against flooding. 🙄

Thirteen centuries old and I’d happily wear it today!

I'm sorry I said you weren't very scary.

Extra special moments in my garden today, pure joy as squirrel kittens explore #redsquirrel #kittens #nature #photography #isleofwight

Really interesting piece about enshittification, & manufacturers coasting on trust in an established brand.

Fund Adult Education classes again.

Little did I know that guided tour of the papal palace in Avignon many years ago would prove so useful. 😳

Just because the monkey has temporarily put the gun down doesn't mean we aren't STILL LOCKED IN A ROOM WITH A MONKEY WITH A LOADED GUN.

Worth every minute of stirring to be fair.

Business idea: Someone to come round and stir your risotto for you.

She's not quite as impressed by my "singing" and "dancing" along to Copacabana as I thought she might have been.

And now a wren has come to shout at me.

Just glorious in the orchard. A nuthatch and a chiffchaff are engaged in a vigorous rap battle almost overhead. Wood pigeons and blackbirds providing a gentle counterpoint. And the odd pheasant in adjacent fields sounding like a rusty hinge.

Current view. Quite acceptable.

Celebrating the bank holiday by baking a hot cross bun bread and butter pudding and replacing a broken window handle. 💪

Sir, a second bird is at the feeder

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

A very jolly time had at Settle Victoria Hall listening to Mikey Kenney and his band.

It's time to repost this Easter masterpiece

Believer or not, I think this is the most heartbreaking Easter tweet I ever read. I always see it as a death row tweet too, and the agony of despair.

PSA: Betty’s Simnel Cake is all kinds of amazing and available on mail order. I may be slightly addicted.

@knittedclanger.bsky.social Who is the patron saint of bananas then?

Just done a load of ironing. Exhausted and remembering how much I hate ironing.

Algorithm on other site just served me up a reel of a woman trying on clothes claiming to be mid-sized. She was clearly a UK 10-12 at most. In what world is that “mid-sized”?? FFS.

After a sunny but rather cold and blustery walk I think I deserve my little treat from Bettys! 😅

Feeling decidedly mumpjsh following recent second MMR dose. Just as well it’s not my birthday tomorrow and restaurant meal booked…oh…

Colin the caterpillar, the alcohol years.

Wait! There’s an escaped capybara saga??

You're not really supposed to talk about this.