Brady Ridgway

Had croissants for breakfast. Now I have to clean the house.

Sir?

Maison de village rénovée à vendre — charme & modernité

Située à Rieux Minervois, cette maison allie cachet de l’ancien et confort contemporain.

• 71 m² habitables
• 4 pièces
• Petite jardin avec bel ensoleillement
• Calme, à proximité des commodités

💶 Prix : 99,500 €

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Downwind sailing off the Côté d’Azure

But it might become war ravaged if he has his way.

A very stable genius

Idiocracy

Me too!

History will judge the State of Israel harshly. After only eighty years, its leaders have forgotten the lessons of the Holocaust and made meaningless “Never again.”

Sailboat at sea seen from the cockpit

Back where she belongs
#sailinglife #cruisinglife

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#KidLit #ChildrensBooks

Blackjack isn’t a team sport. “Playing for the table” is a myth—and the anchor seat isn’t magic. I dissect the delusions + share a clean basic-strategy (6D/S17/DAS).
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I have just realised that Unicorn must derive from unique horn. Seems obvious now, but it never occurred to me before. Anyone else?

Aluminium sailing boat lifted by a crane

After three long years on land, she’s finally heading back to her element.
She settled into the water happily, with one small leak from the log quickly staunched.
After putting her sails on and running her engine, she’ll soon be heading out into the Med for a new adventure.

Nixon was a choirboy

Can the committee identify a reason for this institution’s continued existence?

Imagine saying that about France in 1940, or Belgium, or the Netherlands, or…

I feel very privileged to have tasted a 26 year old cartagène. Life in France is sometimes sprinkled with surprises.

“No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.”
Elie Wiesel

France Will Recognize Palestinian Statehood, Macron Says

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Realising all the commands I’ve forgotten

Just reading the post is making me anxious

Stones for the garden. Our renovation is finally coming to an end. Nearly time to shake out a reef or two.

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

Hi Bluesky!
I’m Brady — a writer, maker, and occasional birdwatcher. My latest project is a children’s book about a woodpecker who refuses to peck wood.

"Reich citizenship will not be laid in the cradle of every one born in Germany, but will be ceremoniously conferred on him after he has shown himself worthy of it through special accomplishments, through loyal services to the State." NY Times, July 6, 1933.

It’s always like that.

Go Walmart !

Not much to talk about then.