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Runner, cat minion and music addict. https://mastodon.social/@JigsawPieces https://ninecats.org/john/
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Everything you need to know about the trans Supreme Court case: What it said, what it didn't, and what happens next iandunt.substack.com/p/everything...

submitted 4 days ago • 72 comments

Soubhiye, from Lebanese Arabic, is the enjoyment of a quiet moment of peace before everyone else is awake. Gökotta is a Swedish term for waking up early to enjoy the birdsong. For the rest of us, there is hurkle-durkling, from Scots: lingering in bed long after it’s time to get up.

submitted 9 days ago • 68 comments

Ellie's been a slightly sickly mog this weekend, but thankfully she seems to be on the mend now. #caturday

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Pancake day (again)! 😋

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

If you would like to hear all about the recent discovery of the tomb of pharaoh Thutmose II, we will be hosting Dr Piers Litherland, the UK field director, at our May meeting in Witham (11th May, IN PERSON) (1/4) #ancientEgypt #egyptology #ancientHistory #archaeology #ThutmoseII #westernWadis

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

An easy 10k run in the sunshine, this morning, looking for art and squirrels (squirrels not pictured). #running #StreetArt #ipswich #suffolk

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Covid jab++, another upgrade.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

A chilled out Ellie, enjoying sunshine and scritches. #cat #caturday #CatsOfBluesky

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

JFC. 26 years since the premiere of The Matrix. *crumbles to dust*

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

Lunchtime 10k in my new running shirt! #marillion

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Best fans in the world.

submitted 49 days ago • 3 comments

“‘Are you still willing to help me?’ ‘I am,’ said Mr. Butterbur. ‘More than ever. Though I don’t know what the likes of me can do against, against—’ he faltered. ‘Against the Shadow in the East,’ said Strider quietly. ‘Not much, Barliman, but every little helps.’” JRR Tolkien, LotR I.10.

submitted 64 days ago • 6 comments

I have written a detailed account of Trump's relationship with Russia. "a reasonable analytical conclusion [is] that Trump has a political debt to the Russians which could prove problematic for him if fully ventilated" Trump is a Russian agent of influence. 1/2 open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...

submitted 65 days ago • 14 comments

Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

submitted 65 days ago • 1094 comments

One of the best things about being an adult is that it can be Pancake Day whenever you like! 😋

submitted 79 days ago • 3 comments

Met this guy while out on my run, this morning. Along with ten of his friends, but he's the only one that stopped to pose for a photo. #squirrel #sqrlpix

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

At our February meeting (Sunday 2nd, ONLINE via Zoom) we welcome back Professor Lloyd Llwellyn-Jones, who will give a talk on "The Cleopatras: the Forgotten Queens of Egypt" (1/5) #ancientEgypt #egyptology #ancientHistory #cleopatra #ptolemy

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

This is a really good, and very sobering, read.

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

"About 35 minutes remaining", and other lies macOS tells.

submitted 102 days ago • 2 comments

Good morning. Today we celebrate the America of Walt Whitman, Sitting Bull, Rosa Parks and Woody Guthrie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3V-... Music: newly-discovered recording of The Waterboys playing Woody's THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND in 1988.

submitted 105 days ago • 10 comments

Watched Alien: Romulus this evening. and I really enjoyed it. Definitely a greatest hits compilation for the franchise, but I haven't seen any of them for ages, so that worked quite well.

submitted 106 days ago • 3 comments