Simon Varwell

And you’re doing it admirably.

Chicken drumstyx?

Hope you’re warm and have all the supplies in!

Off to Ghent for work and holiday later this week. By train obviously (though I’m cheating and flying back). One disadvantage of the trip is Scotland-Greece is while I travel out, and I’m not sure Sunday’s Belarus game will be on in many pubs in Ghent.

Surprisingly no - currently 13° at 10:30pm so a couple of degrees higher then I think. It was windy but a warm and dry wind. Quite refreshing after the weekend’s storms.

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law “I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story,” Thunberg said during a press conference following her release.

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Happy anniversary, if that’s a reasonable thing to say. You’re living an inspirational life, John. We could all take a lesson in doing no hurt or harm.

A poster on a wall among bookshelves. It's in glorious color with pink peonies along the bottom. The text reads 'Unattended children will be given an enthusiastic explanation of intersectional feminism.'

My daughter is on a junket to New York with her online peeps. She sent me this poster from the Ripped Bodice:

A view mostly of Sky. There are deep blue tufts of cloud, and yellow sunbeams bursting from a sun (well, the sun. Not just any sun) that is setting over a dark horizon punctuated by a few distant lights from houses.

Out for a walk after dinner this evening. It won’t be light enough to do that soon. Indeed it nearly wasn’t, but the sky was all lovely dark blues and yellows and sunbeams and clouds.

Reistu Þig Við, Sólin Er Komin Á Loft... by For a Minor Reflection on Apple Music Album · 2008 · 6 Songs

This evening's washing up and other kitchen chores album has been the debut Reistu þig við, sólin er komin á loft..., by Icelandic band For a Minor Reflection. Gorgeous post-rock, very much in the vein of EITS but with a slow-building euphoric warmth to it.
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Jane Goodall was so committed to environmental activism she even died of natural causes.

(I like to think, queen of polite snark that she was, she would have appreciated this joke.)

Postecoglou to Rangers, then.

Of course. Every week they do too. Assuming that because they’re Jewish they must be apologists for genocide might not exactly help that situation.

Indeed.

Yes I enjoyed watching that too - powerful how much of the actual story bled into what was basically a piece of fiction/horror. An extraordinary story.

Aha, that’s fair enough then.

Fascinating segment this morning about Orcadian explorer John Rae. His story is incredible. His unpleasant truth about the Franklin expedition led to him dying in some disgrace and obscurity, his reputation only restored later when his account was validated. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ra...

Some of these people aren’t running. One’s even on his phone!

And of course Tory ICE gives you “Tice”.

A decade ago (how time flies, that’s terrifying) I spent a lot of time in Ireland and it never ceased to amaze me how bad Dublin’s public transport was and in particular how long the airport bus took.

Well said John.

Fuck, yeah.

Fight while you have it. Once it’s gone you’ve lost it forever.

This is exactly what’s been swimming round my head in less articulate words. If we imagine all Jews must be intimidated or offended by protests against genocide, don’t we then equate all Jews with perpetration of genocide and isn’t that straight out of the ugliest Middle Ages conspiracies?

A club statement from Blackpool saying Steve Bruce has been sacked along with coaches Steve Agnew and Stephen Clemence. Stephen Dobbie and Steve Banks will take temporary charge.

You don’t have to be called Steve or Stephen to work at Blackpool, but it does help.

ACT really needs to be 15 mins out, and Tasmania 20 mins in the other direction, just to totally fit in with the bonkers vibe.

I’m delighted to announce the launch of my new daytime radio show, exploring various Scots poets.

It’s called Mid-Morning Makars.

Great to see my council using Bluesky more and giving regular updates on the storm. Thanks folks!

Two slices of bread with slices of (bottom to top) avocado, tomato and cheddar, betopped with fried eggs sprinkled with hot smoked paprika and Tabasco sauce (I’d use Frank’s sauce but have run out).

Lazy Saturday morning breakfast. Worried two slices was too much but nope. Went down very nicely.

You’ll have had your pasta.

Thankfully died down a bit overnight here.