That’s exactly what I thought.

It’s quite something that the theatre where Aeschylus staged his own plays performed is still staging performances.

Congratulations!

Could you have used a real picture instead of AI rubbish? If you’re encouraging spirituality and reflection, maybe you should not use fake “art” based on stolen work that has a massive environmental impact.

It is a fabulous place. I had an excellent dinner at Opéra on Via Atenea when I was there last October, FYI.

screencap of a tweet with a photo at the bottom of JD Vance giving a talk, gesturing smugly with his hands Eric Daugherty • @EricLDaugh • 1h • JD VANCE RESPONDS TO POPE LEO: "When the Pope says that God is never on the side of those who wield the sword - there is more than a THOUSAND year tradition of Just war Theory." "In the same way that it's important for the vice president of the United States to be careful when I talk about matters of public policy, I think it's very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology." "And I think that one of these issues here is that there has been - if you're going to opine on matters of theology, you've got to be careful, you've got to make sure it's anchored in the truth, and that's one of the things that I try to do, and it's certainly something I would expect from the clergy, whether they're Catholic or Protestant."

I’ve given this a great deal of thought, trying to come up with the perfect joke for this moment, and this is what I have so far -

POPE LEO: our religion teaches that this war is bad

VANCE: wow, who died and made YOU head of the Catholic Church??

POPE LEO: well, you should know, you were there

Urgh. Massive hugs to you.

Always.

Maybe take an inspiration from France closer to 1776. It became very popular post-1789, after all…

It looks more like someone stuck biplane wings on an early submarine…

And one chili variant? I have problems with some types of chilis, but not others…

Thread!

This president is the only president to negotiate with himself, in public, and lose collossally. This would be comical if his antics were not lethal and harmful

Here’s to luck, steady hands and the demise of Stinky Bob!

Not original to me, alas, but:

Crow on the Orient Express.

Two pictures of the pillsbury dough boy: once is on a purple background with the caption “he is risen! happy Easter!”, and the other is tan and brown, similar to a cracker, on a white background saying “he is not! Happy Passover!”

It’s time to post one of my favorite memes of the year.

I am, go raibh math agat! Currently in France, not Brum!

Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only

Congratulations!

And here’s Butler House, the dower house of the castle.

And since I went to Kilkenny today, here’s Kilkenny Castle, which is where Eleanor was living.

I think you may have the wrong Shackleton…

Just been to the Shackleton Experience in Athy. Fascinating - I highly recommend it if you find yourself in the area.

To be precise, Sarah fled this house!

Visiting Djelibeybi?

It is for me - off on holidays tomorrow!

Happy birthday!

Have a fab time!

When are you planning on doing it? It’s always fab.

I hope you can specify the languages!