NUNS: Reading Praying ECSTATIC VISIONS. Gardening

I may as well reshare it myself 😇

Drawing of a book with a desk printer on the cover with the title "The printer that simply worked and other fairy tales"

I don’t remember that from the libretto. Perhaps they usually cut that bit…

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.

My nephew’s school seems to have a better system which is phones put into code secured lockers on arrival and can’t be taken out again until after lessons finished unless with teacher’s permission for emergency etc.

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

The River Lune. Millennium footbridge in the middle ground with its stanchions forming a distinctive “2 fingered salute”shape. Lancaster spreading up the hill behind it and catching the golden evening light. A bright blue sky behind with a scattering of fluffy clouds.

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.

Yes. Not so much “Just” as “just because we fancied it”…

Are you sure it hasn’t gone all Crimson Permanent Assurance?

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

Shhh now. We don’t want to tip the men off about what we really get up to…

Yes is winning on 58%

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.

Great minds…

I was just about to ask that too!

Masoud Pezeshkian @drpezeshkian His Holiness Pope Leo XIV (@Pontifex), I condemn the insult to Your Excellency on behalf of the great nation of Iran, and declare that the desecration of Jesus, the prophet of peace and brotherhood, is not acceptable to any free person. I wish you glory by Allah. 9:19 · 13 Apr 26 · 15.8K Views Follow

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.