Goodbye, old friend. Been with me so long, most of my life. But now you must take your leave. I broke a tooth. My last molar upper right. No more chewing on that side, this will be another extraction. They say you don't know the last time you do something. Last time I eat crackling, I know that.

And now Qatar has shut down production of helium, which will stop chip production is S Korea in two weeks. So much winning @bencollins.bsky.social www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

Stormy weather. The cherry blossom is starting to thin out, but holding up to the wind. Heavy rain tonight...

March 11, 1926: Italy’s Senate approves a law that effectively abolishes unions and gives Mussolini’s regime broad power to regulate industry and arbitrate labor disputes. The dictator calls it “the most audacious, most courageous and most revolutionary” step by Fascism.

If you see this, post a robot 🤖

Two major innovations in American literature—the Book-of-the-Month Club and Amazing Stories, the first science fiction magazine—debuted on the same day, 100 years ago bsky.app/profile/100y... bsky.app/profile/100y...

Quick addendum on this: the one part of the left that truly understood power was ... unions. Union organizers were never under the illusion that they could sweet-talk concessions from bosses with the right framing. They dealt in power. That's why the right killed them.

They are not going to be fooled into forgetting about those interests by the right combination of words! There is no magical messaging or phrasing, no "framing," that is going to distract them from their material interests! They are not open to persuasion on this matter!

March 10, 1926: The Book of the Month Club is launched with its first title, "Lolly Willowes" by Sylvia Townsend Warner, being sent to all those who have subscribed to the mail-order bookstore. Over 4,750 people are enrolled, a number that will grow tenfold in a year. 1/7

BREAKING NEWS: A new Japanese pencil case review was just published on the internet: youtu.be/FEBEg67HvbU #Japan #Pencilcase

Today I am watching video reviews of Japanese pencil cases. You heard me. Meanwhile, frogspawn has spawned in my strawberry butts. My neighbour's pond was filled in years ago, but there must still be frogs or toads around. What to do????

NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet. All the details in our article: www.carbonbrief.org/...

I wonder how much effort The Telegraph has devoted to reporting on the Barclay Brothers (as was): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_a... My guess is less than this article.

This is genuinely pathetic by Telegraph - and really exposes their rabid obsession with net-zero. When you read this article, this is the only passing reference to net-zero: "a trustee of the Climate Group, a charity that aims for a net-zero world by 2050, from 2010 until 2016" Headline tho...

March 6, 1926: The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon is destroyed by fire. What could have been an incalculable cultural loss is staved off by heroic citizens who rush into the burning building to save its greatest treasures. 1/3

And the trees at the back are reaching peak.

All the front trees are in full bloom.

Sunny days. Rain is coming but the blossom should be fine.

I'm not sure about dream, but I do recognise the Cameron/Arnie remake True Lies as canon James Bond. The very opening, swim underwater, plant a bomb, reveal dinner suit, spy spy spy, explosion, ski chase shooting villains, all pure Bond. Cameron pitched to direct Bond but Eon turned him down.

Today I learnt there is a thing called shitajiki, which is a pencil board. A sheet of hard material that you slip under paper to give a better writing surface. Usually plastic, they are collectable with prints of anime characters and suchlike. So many things in the world.

Fortunately, we already have a FREE FLOW of ENERGY to the WORLD. The Sun shines every day, the wind blows every day, the rivers flow to the sea every day, the Earth's core releases every day, the tides ebb and flow every day. Lots of free energy we can tap and store.

23k followers and he turned off replies after only 9. How very moribund, lachrymose, atrophying, ebbing, craven, pusillanimous, caitiff, sookie, feeble, milk-livered, feckless, swishy, pithless, supine, frit of the fellow, comrade, homeboy, codger, galoot, nincompoop.

JPN flights to limit and ban battery use in flight. @mulboyne.bsky.social www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

Portrait. Landscape.

Beauty. It was sunny when I went out but I didn't stop. Now the clouds have rolled in.

I never knew this shrub could fruit!! 20+ years and I have never noticed these before. It is just an um oleaster I think. It was variegated but that grew out years back. How surprising. Everything is edible once, right?

Get in the booth, Shinji! "University Challenge: You may (not) confer." is my #weeklytshirt for this week! Listen, they're only getting weirder from here. Hopefully this finds my people. danielsolis.threadless.com/designs/univ...

It's always projection with right wing bigots. Every accusation is actually a confession.

Look who is being celebrated here: www.game-in-lab.org/news/game-in... @melissainau.bsky.social

The Internet, what is this logo for please? It is on a promotional pen set I've had for decades.

Yesterday, the cloudy day spilled into a shower, which gave up a solid rainbow, with a touch more.

Plant edible fruit trees. If you are young now, don't wait. Plant edible fruit trees. Blossom joy in Spring. Harvest joy in Autumn.

Hoping we get no storms. Two weeks of joy.

Into full bloom.

The current argument of the British right is that Muslims turned out in "blocs" with "family voting" to cast their ballots for a party led by a gay Jewish man, and this shows that multiculturalism has failed, voting is "sectarian" and we are in a crisis. Hmmmmmm.

好きで歩いてる界隈

福山市の古い薬局 いずれも洋風意匠の看板建築。

Spring Fast-Forward: The 2026 Sakura Forecast🌸🇯🇵 Nature is skipping the wait. Persistent warmth has accelerated this year’s cherry blossom timeline across Japan, with many regions expected to see blooms significantly earlier than average.

The worst of both worlds.

The cherry trees in the rear get much less sun, so they open later. Joy to come.

Whereas this is the child of the large tree in the front.

This is a child of the tree in the back garden.

There are 3 cherry trees in the front.

My room is filled with bright joy.

Waking up to snow.

It's the end of the world as we know it....

So the Telegraph is taking this well

Just bought concert tickets. Wanted 3 tickets. Cannot buy 3 tickets. Can buy 2 tickets or 4 tickets but not 3. What the actual fuck?

I got an interesting email from Amazon today, about a change in wishlists. Basically, someone buying an item for you off your wishlist can now used 3rd party sellers, which exposes your address to the 3rd party and therefore to the buyer. By having a public list or sharing a private list, you expose

Sakura! Both cherry trees have broken out in bloom. Yay!!