Is it too much to ask to live in a world in which education and expertise are valued, science improves and saves lives, and art is recognised as the ultimate expression of what it means to be human?

They never intended them to be just for 'illegal immigrants'. That's just the starting point, the test case.

South Korea's female authors become bestsellers against anti-feminist backdrop A quiet revolution is unfolding as women writers carve out space in the wake of an anti-feminist backlash.

I love this so much. We've come so far since Virginia Woolf's 'A Room of One's Own'. The noise and backlash doesn't change that. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I love Algonquin! ❤️

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”

Picture of the week - Odesa…😢

Exceptional! 👏

Wonderful!

I should do that! I am trying to paint a cover for my next volume of poems, which is titled 'Understorey'...

Now that's dedication!

Haha, no. This is an adaptation of a photo I took at Kirstenbosch!

Playing with landscape painting.

Horrifying. Death panels indeed.

The physics would need to support it...but I'm looking forward to reading the book nevertheless! 😁

Fish Hoek beach washing away this morning! Voluminous rain.

Would like to see his argument. Does he have a lot to say about quantum mechanics? I must buy this book! LOL

My clever, clever Genie.

A World Appears - Michael Pollan A Journey Into Consciousness From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Change Your Mind, a panoptic exploration of consciousness—what it is, who has it, and why—and a meditation on the e...

This looks like a fascinating book. michaelpollan.com/books/a-worl...

Billions of Birds Have Vanished in a Generation | The Walrus To save them, we need to look and listen

Billions of Birds Have Vanished in a Generation: Spring is billions of birds quieter than a century ago, and there’s no sign that these losses will slow. thewalrus.ca/billions-of-... via @thewalrus.ca #environment #nature #ornithology #ecology #SciChat

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How the girls feel about a rainy weekend...

Our dear, sweet elderly neighbour bought us pizzas for lunch because we let him borrow some of our old DVDs! 😮

How it started: Told a prospective client I prefer *not* to use LLMs.
How it's going: After a few months of ad hoc writing work for her, she just put me on retainer. 💃

Same. It's not coming anywhere near my poetry.

What is he saying - that there are no Europeans left in Europe? What a fruitcake.

I like how now trying to finish the novel before my library loan expires counts as excitement.

I'm not sure what I was penalised on, really! No outstanding moves? 😆

Not too shabby. But a better opponent would have made mincemeat of me. 😆

THIS is what the corrupt regimes and their cheerleaders fear most. It's awesome! Stay safe. ❤️