These are really interesting insights, thank you. I’ve never attended an Orthodox service of any kind.

Was it in English?

Have you attended mass/eucharist at other denominations? How did it compare?

That’s all cool, but I’m afraid it’s incorrect with reference to the on screen lesbian kiss.

I remember seeing Unaccountable Albatross headlining the Hammersmith Odeon in ‘83.

Good times.

At least the mortgage will be paid off.

We should be learning from other countries...

Lex Loofah

What about the Neo?

This is a well-documented pattern in medical research and reflects systemic gender bias in pain assessment and treatment.👇

ME: [wincing, covering up Starmer's ears] sorry, do you mind not talking about politics around Keir? He doesn't know about scary things like nuclear war or poverty or Peter Mandelson and we'd like to maintain his innocence for a bit longer

KEIR: my father was a drill bit

ME: that's right Keir!

A colleague didn’t recognise me in my glasses so I tried to joke “I’m Clark Kent” but accidentally declared “I’m Ken Clarke”

We are all Felicity

Govt line today is that they can’t believe how bad their own vetting process is, a vetting process they themselves repeatedly pointed to during the Mandelson affair, a process they’re now saying they were ignorant about. That they didn’t understand it, nor sought to.

Suboptimal

Hard agree on all counts.

But also, just blog it.

Yes.

Very yes.

I think that’s a useful insight and probably a good way forward.

Still, when brexiteers bemoan the state of the moment I still like to shrug and say “You won. Own it”.

That’s a different conversation because this is about swings between political ideologies. I also said there would need to be something seismic or radical to bring change — complete climate breakdown would certainly do it!

I think that’s true but I also think it’s important to recognise that leaving the EU was an error. There’s more to this as well in that the whole debate around Brexit opened the doors for the increasingly divisive discourse of the current moment.

“If you were in charge of Star Trek, what would you do?”

I’d make as many episodes of Doctor Who as I could before they stopped me.

*read not reserve.

Stupid thumbs

Did you ever reserve original book?

It’s brilliant. And the telly version is a brilliant adaptation

Glad to see the Australian government on board. Massive milestone today with Bowen acknowledging EV growth is already offsetting the oil crisis. Increasing reserves while demand falls makes no sense.

Now for a solar carport mandate!

Charge baby charge. ☀️⚡ #Bettrification #EVs

There is no end-point. It just keeps cycling. We would need something fairly radical or seismic to break that.

I suspect the Pope sounds "woke" to many Christian conservatives because the US is steeped in prosperity theology, where the point of worship is to deliver health and wealth to believers. Thus, "feed the hungry" and "show mercy for the poor" sounds needlessly political and "woke."

Myth