Jon Tilley

YouTube video by Celtic Worship Come Thou Fount (Official Music Video) | Celtic Worship

Maybe our church needs someone on the bagpipes. youtu.be/XKOoeTbjSeI?...

Laphroaig Whisky

Cheers everyone. Time to close out Resurrection Day and start another week.

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💪 Half-century

What a year, huh? Captain, it's still February.

two young girls in blue dresses are holding hands in a hallway ALT: two young girls in blue dresses are holding hands in a hallway

Just as long as this isn't in an airport corridor.

Finally finished "Frankenstein," which I had not read before. Such a profound work, profounder for being so different than the Hollywood images and tropes I have in my head. Now, ready to finally watch Del Toro's version on film.

Is It a Red Flag? Wuthering Heights Edition He lives with your family, and he’s sort of your brother. Not a red flag. Because he’s not your actual brother, and everyone has already met the p...

He digs up your grave.

Not a red flag. It used to be, if you liked someone, you would call them up, ask them out, and then head over to their final resting place to unearth them yourself. These days, most dates don’t even bring their own shovel.

YouTube video by NPR Music Buddy Guy: Tiny Desk Concert

Just do yourself a favor and press play.

Now that's how you Germany.

Perhaps with Carney, Minneapolis, Greenland/Denmark, it could happen more and more. Stand up to bullies, even when it's costly, not to showboat for constituents, but to do the right thing.

Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Anthropic's response to the Secretary of War and advice for customers

Ambivalent as I am about AI, it's such a rare thing for someone to take a principled and costly stand against the Trump administration that one can't help but be pleasantly surprised (similar to Mark Carney). www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

A woman's mugshot along with a news headline from WFOR 4 News. The text reads, "Florida woman charged after using a squirrel as a weapon in a bar fight."

What else was I supposed to use? I left my switchblade in my other pair of jorts.

Sam Altman is not a good guy

In the Maga mentality, "military service members" sounds weak and bureaucratic while "warfighters" sounds heroic and strong - they know who they are messaging. I think a word with broader appeal would have simply been "soldiers."

Update - I went outside in my sandals.

It was sunny today and nice outside.

It basically started when I moved here.

This is the "state of our union." Horrible, horrible, inhumane behavior.

ICE's tactic is to move quickly in taking people, then gum up anything that would enable communication and due process. Here is a story about a lawyer in Connecticut who used a network of churches to pursue her client.

It's heartbreaking, but well worth reading.

The lasting consequences of Brexit - even when programmes like Erasmus are reactivated, the infrastructure has gone.

The people who opened their homes, the folk with knowledge about the system - they’ve moved on. Rebuilding these contacts will take a long time.

YouTube video by Wendell Kimbrough - Topic The Hand of God (Psalm 82)

Thinking of my Iranian friends today, not forgetting the US. "How long, O Lord, until your justice reigns?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cei...

On a positive note, the support from schools, some of the clinics, and others have been great, but the rigidity gets in the way.

"Epic Disaster" is the headline of this Süddeutsche Zeitung article about Long Covid and the rigidity of the German medical system. The lack of knowledge dissemination among primary care physicians and the need for an in-person diagnosis for those who can't leave the house are two major challenges.

Beast. 💪

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Gold im Viererbob: Lochner feiert perfektes Karriereende und den "Moment für die Ewigkeit" Die achte deutsche Goldmedaille der Olympischen Winterspiele 2026 geht an Johannes Lochner im Viererbob. Der 35-Jährige feiert damit ein perfektes Karriereende im Eiskanal von Cortina d'Ampezzo. Ein S...

Germans with sleds are unschlagbar! 💪 🇩🇪 www.kicker.de/gold-im-vier...

Maybe next Olympics could have a "your figure skating routine, but in an oversized panda costume" round of competition.

Show me your Uber driver

Mom just got me some Cadbury Creme eggs to stash for Easter. Important to be ready (and taco seasoning - always taco seasoning)