Hah! Wouldn’t have known that one!

I’ve just finished Ludovic Slimak’s ‘The Naked Neanderthal’ & thought it might be interesting to have a look at the Neanderthals’ representation in literature. I’m aware of the obvious ones, like Golding & Auel, but wondered if there were others out there worth a recommendation. Niche I know 😂

⚡️ Adidas Ukraine launches single shoe sales for those who lost limbs.

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🇺🇦 Zelensky: We have already agreed on 10-year contracts with 3 key countries: Saudi Arabia, Emirates and Qatar. We already have requests from 11 countries - Middle East and Gulf, Caucasus.

This Drone Deal will include at least 10 different contracts for one or another export of Ukrainian weapons.

🇺🇦 We need to create our own anti-ballistic system within a year so as not to depend on the Patriot. It is difficult, but possible, - Zelensky.

Stunning. Am adding to my Album of Fabulous Creatures!

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·Exmouth, WA, Australia ·
A juvenile Tasselled Leatherjacket (Chaetodermis penicilligerus)

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Me, except for flight times….

Could have been worse. They could have been in yr ears 😂

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I’d read your books whether you were here or not - I don’t need wee videos for that, but knowing when you might pop up at a bookshop near me or a publication date is useful! And I like being able to ping the odd message across too, so short written posts good enough for me!!

I bring a sort of Forbidden Vibe to InternalServerError that Rate Limit Exceeded don't really like

trying to post through it rn

Dammit, Bluesky still running like a one-legged chicken

Missed the Pope subtweeting the Trump administration:

Oh, is American Sky buggered as well?

Everyone

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It’s affecting everyone! Slow loading, failures to load, random forbidden notices etc etc. Sometimes helps to swipe it off completely then restart - CTR-ALT-DEL for Bluesky 😂

Ditto

It’s a mess and so totally random about what might or might load - helping to reduce today’s social media usage 😂

The USA Does Not Understand War Ukraine Taking A Position With Machines Not Soldiers Makes That Clearer Than Ever

Just sent out this heartfelt piece. The US is beset but refusing to acknowledge that it faces a massive crisis in its understanding of war. For years it lectured Ukraine on drafting 18-24 year olds and sending them to the front. This would have been a disaster. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

What’s up Bluesky? You’re a mess today!

Any lament for whatever you think the intl order benefits of the Cold War were erases Eastern Europeans' right to freedom, human rights, and self-determination. Yeah, who cares they were occupied, at least we had two great powers balancing each other. It's extremely offensive.

🤬 Russians are deliberately “hunting” Ukrainian passenger trains: the moment of a drone attack on a train in Kherson appeared on the network!

There is a direct line from Andrea Leadsom lecturing Pascal Lamy (former director-general of the WTO) on the scope & purpose of the WTO to JD Vance lecturing the Pope on theology. Brexit married weapons grade ignorance to epic entitlement in ways that hadn’t been seen for ages. And on it goes…

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.

he showed up to a mostly empty auditorium, got heckled by anti war protesters opposing the war he just humiliatingly failed to negotiate an end to, erika kirk stood him up, and he tried to explain catholicism to the pope. the only way he could’ve had a worse time is if he pissed his pants up there.

Check out my new current reading! Delighted to have returned to one of my favourite sci-fi writers @garethlpowell.bsky.social with Jitterbug, a fantastic and accessible work of sci-fi which I am really enjoying so far!