John Heyderman

Is Trump vying for the Iran job?

Forgot the @ for @rachelschine.bsky.social

Snap!

I think maybe rachelschine.bsky.social might be able to help

Nine angels, depicted as young girls with wings, dancing on the head of a pin

One of the greatest philosophical
questions of the past five centuries solved in 50 seconds by ChatGPT.

I hope he said, “I have a cunning plan…”

Correction : as any librarian will know, Dewey 420-429 covers the range of topics concerning the English language.

I was just testing.

You're right and I apologise.

I feel obligated to point out that I just made this up. It may or may not have been in the mind of the writer or director.

I get the sense now, that Americans who are living in London are assumed to be political exiles and deserving of sympathy and solidarity.

Yes, I am just about old enough to remember that! I was also on the anti-war demonstration, which I think is still the largest ever to have to have tken place in the UK.

But, while there was a lot of anti-American feeling, I don't think there was feeling against Americans. I mean as individuals.

Aw shucks!

Sorry, now I read this I understand that you were suspected of being a Republican! To be honest, I think there's a vein of anti-Americanism in the UK that goes back to 1775.

Londoner here.

You're clearly not, nor have you ever been suspicious, let alone terrible. But I don't understand (a) what kind of accent you have that might cause suspicion and (b) why coming from NY would allay such unfounded and irrational suspicions. I mean, nothing against New Yorkers, but...

One for all my cataloguer followers. Please respond in MARC 21.

400 covers all (non-English) languages so maybe the implication of the classification is that a gun is 'the only language they understand.'

YouTube video by SY Lin Ella Fitzgerald - I Got Rhythm

youtu.be/fSTkz1BvrXY?...

I've just realised that if you can sing "algorithm" to the Gershwin classic "I Got Rhythm" and I don't know what to do with this amazing discovery.

Reminds me of the scene in "Cabaret" where Brian says to a man describing an "international conspiracy of Jewish bankers and Communists."

"lt's also an established fact that there exists another well-organized group of which you're obviously a member: The lnternational Conspiracy of Horses' Asses"

And all this could collapse due to a cyberattack, some future regime carrying out an Iran-style internet blackout or just some catastrophic failure.

I think we should be more worried about this (2/2)

Last night, due to a fault on my home landline, I had no internet access. Mobile reception inside my flat is very poor so I couldn't use tethering.

It's surprising how much I rely on the internet for so many things, from listening to the radio to ordering a library book to checking an address.

Decorated initial-word panel marks the beginning of Torah portion Tetsaveh (תְּצַוֶּה).
#ParashahPictures
BL Or 2696; Pentateuch with Rash's commentary; 14th century; Germany; f.161v

They say that the other is in the Albert Hall.

Well yes, I've been bonkers since birth, and agreed, eccentricity is the most endearing quality of the English!

But if not money, then what? Wondering how Epstein corrupted so many people who seemingly didn't really need his money. Was it his charm? Did he have a knack for manipulation, perhaps based on feeding people's egos?

I can't bring myself to believe these people had utruistic motivations.

Also a German Jew, it's almost impossible not to feel a deep, instinctive kinship with others.

When I was a child I came across a picture of my older brother holding up his hands as a German soldier pointed a rifle at him. Except it wasn't my brother at all, but one of the victims of the Shoah.

Is this a case of "orginal sin" vs. "yetzer hara?"

I've never read Moses and Monotheism but can it be coincidence that he was struck down dead shortly after writing it?

Is Pharoah buried under all of that?

Lucky indeed, not just one but five independent bookshops in the area...and good libraries too! It's a readers' paradise!