Struggling a bit with the whole getting older, mortality and that gubbins at the moment. Red wine, making models and finally watching The Detectorists (which is the gentlest, nicest thing) are helping.

Really not sure about the picture used to illustrate this news notification.

I don't remember having read this before, it's an extraordinary piece of work.

Still making booknooks. Getting towards the final stages with this one.

Saw somebody suggesting that women shouldn't read in public because it obscures their peripheral vision. Lads. Can't we please not?

Sky's showing off again.

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Well, that's quite a lucky shot!

"Hello, yes? Yes, it is an emergency. I've accidentally..."

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

Ah, g'wan then Waitrose, don't mind if I do.

Google showing a very different Edge of Darkness here, possibly from an alternate timeline. "Where's the plutonium you slag?"

Good see that the Democrats are standing up against the rise of fascism by giving the Republicans everything they ask for. Again.

This is the fiddly, but best, way to use cardamom.

improving movies with willem dafoe: thread

Towards the end of episode 3 of Edge of Darkness. The plot is getting more complex. So much is said by closeups of faces. It's such a brilliant piece of TV. And Zoe Wanamaker has just made her first appearance. 😍

I think Bert enjoyed his long walk this morning.

Spicy cannellini beans, leeks and eggs. Thanks for the recipe @nicolalala.bsky.social !

Another horrible morning, how ugly it all is. Disgusting.

Theories please. These are in the middle of the woods, halfway up a hill, no road higher up or anywhere near.

Morning. Bit foggy.

Huh, it's only the very lovely woman I'm seeing, singing on stage at the Royal Albert Hall. *Proud face*

Trapped on sofa.

Needing to get back in time for Antiques Roadshow, hurting your back putting on socks. #MiddleAgedThemes

Lovely afternoon in London with lovely people. On the train back home now to walk the dog and then an extremely nice lady I like very much will be on the TV (no, not crimewatch). Life's alright really. If a little surreal at times.

My wife is trans. Many of our friends and colleagues are trans or non binary. She runs inclusive cabaret shows in Manchester's gay village specifically hiring trans and non binary performers. Labour doesn't want any of this to exist. Labour is making a lot of people I care about extremely unsafe.

Hey, @louiseann.bsky.social , recognise this? (Cc @jenbren.bsky.social 😁

Pub? Pub.

Rabbit pie with bone marrow. 😍

Out with @jimbobbers.bsky.social, @ionawonderbox.bsky.social and @jenbren.bsky.social, wine and conversation is flowing. Social media can be good if we let it be.

Mamdani is going to implement Shalamar law. He’s going to make it a night to remember

Anyway, morning.

I do love foxes but do they really have to keep coming to the front of the house between 2 and 4 am, waking the dog whining turk wakes me? #tired

You go for it Bert, make yourself at home.

Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...

I love cooking and while I do enjoy eating, it's just me and Bert, so I always have far too much. Who wants some casserole?

Venison casserole with sage dumplings and fresh bread.

So, I've been in the kitchen for hours and loved it but I'm not sure I'm that hungry.

I don't really like to boast but good lord, look at this.

Well, the casserole now has added dumplings and I fear they may escape the pot.

Behold, he is risen.

If your political party allows in bigots and you don't call them out and don't throw them out then you are supporting them and therefore bigoted too. It's not difficult. Anyway, enough of that, I'm going to make some sage dumplings.

The Your Party supporters are a *delightful* bunch aren't they?

Well. That's quite the reply.

Ok, now I'm trapped next to Bert.

Know absolutely nothing about it (it's all been kept under wraps and I've avoided the first reviews), started Pluribus and half an hour in it's very good so far.

Disappointed this didn't start with In ancient times Hundreds of years before the dawn of history Lived a strange race of people The druids

Phwoar.

If you'd like to see the weekend in with something extremely dramatic, passionate and possibly slightly over the top (in a good way), you could do a lot worse than popping this on.