London buses in times past
Incoming from onw of the Robs: Hello Brian, Hello, one of the Robs. Hope you are well. Mustn’t grumble, as people say when inclined to. YouTube’s mysterious algorithm just recommended this video to me...
View ArticlePromising looking e-scooter from TAUR
This looks rather promising. It’s a new design for an e-scooter which, by the look of it, is still portable, but which answers some of the doubts that are now being expressed about e-scooter safety....
View ArticleWhy I now focus on American politics rather that British politics
If, when I choose to bang on about politics here, I further choose to bang on about the USA’s presidential election now, rather than about British political matters now, well, that’s because there’s so...
View ArticleThe greatest show on earth (but not always nice)
So, what creatures does SteveStuWill have for us today? Mother bird refuses to abandon her eggs. || The amazing diversity of caterpillars. || Sarcasm alert: Nature is so delightful. || Some baby owls...
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Cat participates in DarkHorse podcast
I listened earlier in the week to this DarkHorse Podcast with Douglas Murray and Bret Weinstein, in which Murray describes what is going on in Portland, Oregon. And it’s not good. Worth a listen, if...
View ArticleMichael Yeadon: “SAGE is hugely mistaken”
SAGE being the committee of “experts” who are currently ill-advising the British Government. Concerning the policy that this advice is now unleashing upon us, Michael Yeadon tweets: Please spread far...
View ArticleTrumpism and the future of the world (and why I hope Trump wins)
Tucker Carlson is one of my favourite political orators just now. Go here, to see and hear him in typically fluent form. Carlson asks and answers the question: Why do Trump’s meetings attract Trump...
View ArticleI’m now watching the election coverage by Newsmax TV
It’s 3 am on Wednesday morning, and yes, I am up again. Truth is, I did sleep a bit, but my actual night’s sleep has been slipping forwards, and it hasn’t actually begun yet. Originally I was tracking...
View ArticleWhy Democrat electoral cheating is no longer okay
To start with, a pre-emptive grovel. I am not a fully fit person just now. I can just about manage photoing photos and posting photos. I can even manage stating my opinions. What I shrink from doing,...
View ArticleStarlings over Denmark
This is a link to yet another of those huge-flock-of-starlings videos, where a bewildering number of starlings do lots and lots of coordinated – but not militarised, if you get my drift – swirling. The...
View ArticleWW1 ends and immediately the birds start shouting at each other again
Here. I’m afraid this posting says it all for me, about birds and their incessant “singing”. LATER: Plus, these owls don’t think they’re being cute at all.
View ArticleAnother carnival of the animals posting
Starting with a new recording of Carnival of the Animals. Saint-Saëns at his harmonious and melodious best. It’s the Kanneh-Mason clan, with additions. Sheku, as of now the most celebrated of this much...
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The Frisby dog in 2014 and the Frisby dog now
In February 2014 Dominic Frisby performed with his usual brilliance at my Last Friday of the Month meeting. He attracted a good crowd, and also brought his dog with him. Here’s a photo I took of the...
View ArticleRemote work is what a lot of people now want to make work
Interesting Twitter thread by Chris Herd about remote working: I’ve spoken to 1,500+ people about remote work in the last 9 months A few predictions of what is likely to emerge before 2030 I’ll believe...
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Falcons flying
I photoed this photo way back in 2004, at Twickenham railway station: And ever since, although as sporting photos go it’s nothing special, I’ve always been rather fond of it. It conjures up a world of...
View ArticleBaby chimps reunited
It’s been a while since I have consulted the Twitter feed of Steve Stewart-Williams. Of his recent tweets, this is my favourite. Plus see also Dog retrieves tennis ball from pool without getting wet,...
View ArticleCopland creatures on a keyboard
More creature stuff. Earlier this evening, I spoke on the phone with friends, exchanging Christmas greetings. The teenage daughter of the family is about to do Grade 8 piano or some such unimaginably...
View ArticleA 1950s YouTube video about cricket
Still gummed-up. Just too many things open, I assume. One particular gummer-upper is leaving YouTube Videos open and paused. Like this short bit of film (a bit over a quarter of an hour long) done in...
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Hitchens talks to Paxman
I fear that I may now be an I-may-be-about-to-die bore. In the sense that I can think of nothing which I am now doing or saying or even thinking which is not happening under the shadow of my recent...
View ArticleDeath and detail
Yesterday, my Senior Designated Friend and I communed with my lawyer, via Zoom (which my SDF organised on her laptop). All seemed to go well. I had been ignoring Zoom, until the lawyer said he needed...
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