Wasn’t sure about #SmallProphets but on balance I liked it and there were some lovely moments if somewhat uneven.

1200? But not every word by then. This is fun, enjoyed the cod M.R. James particularly.

Five authors by whom I’ve read at least five books: Alice Thomas Ellis Dorothy L Sayers Angela Carter Henry James Patrick O’Brien.

No cheating your last saved picture of a celebrity is your therapist. Oh I so need therapy.

#WALvSCO This is so Scotland.

They make it all look so effortless, don’t they? #FigureSkating

Curling is just not that exciting.

Christ #BBC what do I have to do to just watch the #FigureSkating at the #WinterOlympics?

*punches air*

Wow.

Mark Zuckerberg is actually dead and has been reanimated via AI.

The Guardian fulfilling its daily WH article but this is worth reading.

Ach poor Kirsty #WinterOlympics

I'm not especially opposed to driverless cabs, but I'm fucked if I'm giving up my ancestral British right to cross the road anywhere if it's safe for me to do so. "Jaywalking" isn't a thing or a crime here, techbros, so your magic cars will have to learn to deal with that.

*squints at incredibly bright thing in the sky*

Christ, poor Ilia Mallinin. Perhaps they should have the team after the individual #WinterOlympics #FigureSkating

So many falls in the men’s #FigureSkating

Do wish broadcasters could grasp that a lot of us are watching the #WinterOlympics because we want to watch this sport and not because an athlete happened to be born in the same country.

I am sure someone came up with double luge when they were drunk. #WinterOlympics

Streisand effect the hell out of this - let their names be known

*uses this as excuse to eat hot cross bun*

Up next in preparation for The Last @backlisted.bsky.social Of All* Can’t believe I’ve never got round to this when I’ve read everything else from The Discarded Image to Fern seed & Elephants. *for a while.

Ach poor Lilah and Lewis. I like their #FreeDance in tge #FigureSkating. OTOH now know for certain what a twizzle is.

FFS BBC just let me watch the #FigureSkating rather than faffing about like this.

Everyone has obviously watched Dune this Olympics. #FigureSkating #WinterOlympics

Malinin (?) just incredible. Those backflips! #WinterOlympics #FigureSkating

“There is no occasion to pick up an unfamiliar book out of sheer curiosity. Every book that the site’s algorithm recommends is similar to one that you have purchased already. In this way, you encounter nothing but iterations of yourself forever.”

“Lastly the ski biathlon is a very clear answer to the question, ‘Is it a good idea to invade Finland?’ That answer is no.”

The real point is this: so you heard people speaking a language you don’t understand, so what? So what? It’s not only not a big deal it isn’t a deal detectable with a microscope. Not everyone speaks English and no-one is obliged to make sure you can eavesdrop on their conversations. /5

It would be nice if we could have a PM who lasts more than a few months, frankly. Dunno about you lot, but I am tired of politics being a constant exhausting drama driven by hot takes, newsletter posts, lobby corrs interviewing other lobby corrs, gossip and memes.

This is mad. They've all gone mad.

Make this the new Rumsfeld 'known knowns' thing please.

I hope Savannah Guthrie gets her mother back, but I fail to see why a US news anchor few have heard of in the UK is being reported on BBC news?

*punches air* goodbye condescending little man.

Gordon Brown on Epstein, Mandelson, and what needs to be done to save UK democracy from corruption. Hard to disagree with anything he suggests here. Starmer should listen to Brown: "Without delay, the prime minister can do what he has always wanted to do: legislate for a new era of transparency"

Love the little moka pot costumes though #OpeningCeremony

Sound on the #OpeningCeremony is very quiet. Makes everything seem distant.

Well that was very good. A hardboiled detective novel in 1930s Berlin. Now, can anyone recommend any uplifting books?

This is how you make people understand Shakespeare. I met Sir Ian once, he was every bit as lovely as you would hope.

Today is #NationalSweaterDay so let's enjoy 'The Fair-Isle Jumper' painted by #Orkney-born artist Stanley Cursiter in 1923. Stanley Cursiter (1887-1976) was Keeper of the National Galleries of Scotland from 1930-1948 and was appointed the King's Painter and Limner in Scotland.

Love this.

Who is in the Epstein files?

Forgive me for swearing. But Bloody hell

A reminder.

Angela Burr😱! Roll on season three #TheNightManager

Cheesecake Meringue Icing Doughnuts

A Black-capped Chickadee showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory.