(having said that, the percentages in the quiz result aren't probabilities anyway - if you're 50% German that's not the same as there being a 1 in 2 chance of you being German!)

Only if the events are independent - that is to say, that there is no connection between being a nun and being a tap dancer. But if tap-dancing were a requirement for taking religious vows, then your chances of being a tap-dancing nun would be 60% - and if you were already a tap-dancer, 80% (60/75)

All the things other people have said. And perhaps vocalzones before services. And ask a suitable choir member to sing the exultet if appropriate (they would likely be delighted!)

I am a mathematician, and there are no arithmetic issues (though there might be methodological ones)...

This result just shows it is possible to be autistic and German at the same time!

It most certainly is not convenient for me, I have work.

Who do I contact?

I would love to know where the Archbishop is staying on her pilgrimage... having done most of the North Downs Way I still haven't made it to Canterbury due to a distinct lack of convenient campsites/hostels

Then again there isn't space in her bag for a tent so that's probably not the plan!

Reform UK’s share of BBC and ITV coverage is ridiculous given their number of MPs & considering opposition parties that polled higher (such as Lib Dems) receive such poor coverage.

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I don't think it would make much difference at 10 K...

Definitely cards against humanity...

I guess one of the things for me is how my perspective on the CofE has shifted since writing them. I wrote a Church that listened and was willing to change, that was wrapped in bureaucracy at times but ultimately cared about people and was willing to accept fault - and to forgive.

Thank you! I'll leave them up for a while longer.

I love all those characters. I've written all kinds of scenes that aren't in the trilogy - Charley at 20, Mika in her teens, Ruth as a Westcott tutor who all the ordinands are terrified of, Ruth helping Tom through his early episcopal ministry, etc.

I don't know how to function in a world that is so continuously cruel.

Where so many will celebrate this pointless, pointless harm. This will devastate a tiny minority. It will benefit no-one.

So many across our country will comply with this violence. So many others will stand silent.

I am beyond angry at the way trans children are being systematically persecuted.

The full power, violence and force of our state is smashing down onto them, making their life impossible.

I am one of the most published academics on the childhood social transition, with 5 peer reviewed articles that relate to the topic.

There is so much evidence of benefit of social transition.

There is no evidence of harm. Not one jot.

This will literally kill trans kids. No exaggeration.

WAY less tedious than hiding it thankfully!🤣

In that case go for it! I've restored it for now. Wish I had time to edit it properly as I would like, but its current form will just have to do!

(it's back up...)

Book 1 is still in the system but hidden (I hadn't got round to the rest yet as it's a tedious process) so I *could* put it back up for a few more months if someone really wants to read...

Hi! Yes I started taking them down because while I still enjoy the stories, I've gradually developed my writing and started to feel like I don't want them online forever (at least not without major editing). Glad you guys enjoyed them despite their flaws, though!

You say that. Most of us are far too tired to spend our half term yelling at the DfE. We're going to be spending it sleeping, being ill, and trying to find the energy to catch up on housework.

That's a cello!

Just wondering... Anyone I know on here done interrailing recently? Trying to get my head around planning a trip to Italy and figuring out the best options!

My new year's resolution is "scales". On which note, I would like to know why G melodic minor insists on being way more problematic than it has any right to be... 😡

A lit advent candle with half of day 17 onwards still unburnt, BBC sounds in the background

Must be time to work through the rest of this 😂 Merry Christmas!

White dinner candle with fairly wobbly purple numbers from 1 to 24 painted in it, a prayer book and bible on the table behind

I realised yesterday that I hadn't bought one... so I got out my paints and spent a while experimenting! It's not beautiful but it'll function... (I actually did a second which was tidier, but gave it to a friend)

Indeed. If they can't afford a £2m house, maybe they shouldn't have one?

That would be a massive GDPR breach here. Do you have a similar data protection law? If so... *maybe someone needs to be in trouble?*

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A Pastoral Letter on LLF (Living in Love and Faith) and the Inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people in the Church of England from The Provincial Council of the Society of Catholic Priests (SCP) Europe.

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Ah! Knowing that would have saved me a lot of time.

That took me so long to figure out! Having to work out which octave each note is in definitely didn't help - and the positioning of the commas/double "mi" at the end of the first line really confused me too.