in 3 days Apple will release a CEO security update…

screenshot of letter: Ah, the good old days, when men extended “simple courtesies” to women, such as tipping their hats, but denied them the complicated ones such as basic rights and equal pay (Letters, April 18). I won’t be going back for my hat. Peter Fyfe, Enmore

how I dips me lid…
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www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

so something like #SNL? 🤭

gutenberg bible

post from amazon - amazon Dear Customer, Thank you for being a longtime Kindle customer. We're glad our devices have served you well for as long as they have. Starting May 20, 2026 - 14 to 18 years after their initial launches — we are discontinuing support for Kindle devices released in 2012 or earlier. Here's what this means for you: *You can continue to read books already downloaded on these devices, but you will not be able to purchase, borrow, or download additional books on them after that date. * If you deregister or factory reset these devices, you will not be able to re-register or use these devices in any way. Affected devices include Kindle 1st and 2nd Generation, Kindle DX and DX Graphite, Kindle Keyboard, Kindle 4, Kindle Touch, Kindle 5, and Kindle Paperwhite 1st Generation.

Thank you for being a longtime Gutenberg 1455 customer.
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We're glad our devices have served you well for as long as they have. You can continue to read books already printed on these devices, as well as purchase, borrow, or share additional books pretty much forever.
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a few weeks later we can all utter a sigh of relief and stop pretending we care about opera and ballet… 🤭😬🥳

if they want to ‘open up’ these so-called straights of Hormuz they just need to get them on the bourbons…
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black and white photo of black and white cat, her human behind her, both pondering not much at all

Well, shall we get out of bed?
Yes, let's get out of bed.
(They do not move).

a lot of alleged allies and supporters of a certain alleged war criminal under arrest are really telling on themselves today…
#auspol

Margaret.

BREAKING: Reserve Bank to introduce sweeping reforms by removing surcharges on brooms
😬 #dadjoke #auspol

enjoying a seasonally adjust spicy fruit bun the traditional way: toasted, buttered, with the cross cut off 😋

I dare Timothée Chalamet to say 'people don't care' about the recently rediscovered Doctor Who episodes… 🤭

BREAKING: Industry raises concerns as #Atlassian accidentally fires the only person who can explain what Jira actually does…

BREAKING: Linguistic chaos erupts in France as some nouns declare themselves non binary…

this lift isn't stopping all floors… so yes. 😜

On this day in 1781, British astronomer William Herschel discovered Uranus.
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so… now is the winter when we diss content?

line manager, 'if you could send me a few bullets'
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R U OK?
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black and white cat asleep on the desk

Emma the cat demonstrates how to use #AI.

A Feather on the Breath of God: Songs of Hildegard von Bingen by Dame Emma Kirkby & Gothic Voices on Apple Music Album · 1985 · 8 Songs

and another old fave

music.apple.com/au/album/a-f...

Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate; Motets by Dame Emma Kirkby, Academy of Ancient Music Chorus, Choir Of Westminster Cathedral, Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood on Apple Music Album · 1984 · 7 Songs

if you're inclined…

music.apple.com/au/album/moz...

black and white cat asleep on the piano stool under the keyboard

happy birthday to early music soprano Dame Emma Kirkby,
one of my dear cat's namesakes

'brought thrillingly to life'
= 'we staged it'
#ArtsMarketingTranslator

'bold reimagining'
= 'the men wear leather coats'
#ArtsMarketingTranslator

a knoll
or a landing
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as a Hamley Bridge boy, everytime you post one of these I have a little heart flutter 🤭

black and white cat lying on the desk with her face covered by one paw

mood

when people talk about the 'Succession line' I assume they mean Shiv, Kendall, Connor and Roman

now I'm imagining olives taped to the wall like wanna-be bananas (not Emin, but hey)