Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him)

An interesting book so far, with a poetry just below the waterline writing style. I like the idea that all words are IOUs*, which will eventually lose their meaning if not used.

*O

"Borderlines" is a magnificent book. I have not read the others, so no doubt, another trip to Westport beckons.

It is a lovely book shop. I think I spent more than I planned to last time I was there.

Aha, yes, indeed.

The disconnect between the economy of Wall Street and that of Main Street is very stark. This top heavy distribution is toppling over.

Cape Verde are spectacularly close to qualifying for the World Cup. They are above Cameroon and only need a draw against Eswatini to qualify.

Cameroon 🇨🇲 (who I am sort of supporting) would go into a play off.

My favourite on this:
"Computability and Unsolvability" by Martin Davis was published in 1958. In 1973, Davis published a paper in Scientific American about a development in the field, which listed his book 1958 in the references.
1/3

I wonder how the people of Hamburg voted?

ACK

A one-shot, or a best of three referendum?

Botswana maybe?

Excellent book recommendations and also advice on choosing/installing heat pumps and hempcrete insulation - both of which I put into practice.

Also several hours of feeling giddy when Peter Hook followed me (I can only assume by accident).

"Mass Destruction" by Faithless (2004)

"A Whiter Shade Of Pale" by Clayton Blizzard (2014)

Truly the far right hand does not know what the other hand is doing.

Claude AI is like a pet cat - forever bringing me things I didn't ask for and which take quite a long time to clean up afterwards...

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A meme for a recursive function. In the first frame a man says "I am writing a recursive function". In the next a woman replies "You remembered the exit condition first right?". The whole meme is repeated in the bottom right corner...and in the bottom right corner of that and so on...

Sigh...trip over own laces again....

a muppet playing a drum set with a jungle background Alt: Animal, a muppet, playing a drum set with a jungle background

Animal is my spirit... and the Rita Moreno/Animal duet is the best Muppet Show act.

youtu.be/VoIZQh1IjI8?...

Wow - I have had hangovers more pleasant than that speech.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social

am I wrong, but I thought Mystery Hour was on Thursdays?

That. Was. A. Disgrace.

I think I agree with your assessment @mrjamesob.bsky.social - Kemi Badenoch is reading her own political obituary.

Why a pause after an indefinite article?

"Conference, we have a.........duty to young people"

a woman is laying on a chair in a room with the words `` so bored '' . Alt: A woman is laying on a rotating office chair in a room with the words "so bored" .

Oh - I had "bored as"

In addition to the actual content, the cadence of Kemi Badenoch's speech is grating too - it reminds me of the old BBC Micro speech synthesiser application (or Stephen Hawking's for our younger viewers).

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A line graph of the household savings rate for Ireland as a percentage, by quarter from 2020 quarter 1 to date.

It is possible, and also the demand side is becoming sated as globalisation has made physical products really cheap and there is only so much "stuff" you can buy so you end up with an excess of money.

Certainly COVID had a huge impact on savings rate that has not fully unwound.

A flyer advertising a talk called "Reigniting Town Centre Living" subtitled "An evaluation of the fire safety aspects of reusing vacant "above the shop" accommodation" by Martin Moore, Assistant Chief Fire Officer from Tipperary Fire and Rescue Service.

Another thing that needs addressing is the huge vacancy rate in "over the shop" accommodation. Hopefully this from Tipperary Fire & Rescue can get the conversation going one one of the aspects holding back (re)development of these excellent potential homes.

England doesn't seem to understand, its own constitution.
NEWSFLASH!...You're not sovereign, you never have been. King Chuck is sovereign. He lends it to his parliament. You live under a monarchy. You're subjects, not citizens.
#AbolishTheMonarchy

A man in a sausage themed fancy dress costume standing in front of a flag which reads "Saving Lives In Lincolnshire"

I think, if anything, the new mascot is even weirder than the previous (hilarious) one:-

"The event will also feature a new character from Lincoln's twin town of Neustadt in Germany: Mr Frank Furter, who will be celebrating links between the two cities."

These sausage puns are the wurst!