A diagram illustrating how modern central heating works in a house. Water tanks at the top feeding immersion heater and boiler and pipes to the radiators. Cosy.

Shiver me timbers on primidi 11 Brumaire in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV. Speaking of shivering, let's celebrate how we avoid that by giving a cheer for central heating.

A photo of a male Eurasian Teal duck gliding serenely across a pond. He has a chestnut head with a wide green stripe around the eye, a white stripe along a grey body and a yellow patch under the tail. The smallest and most secretive of European ducks, apparently.

Would you believe it? We've reached décadi 10 Brumaire in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV. Today in my side quest to have the importance of ducks properly recognised, we're going to celebrate the teal.

What a glorious band they were. Briefly reformed recently, then nothing 🙁

Lazy is not a bad thing in itself, but you never know when something tricky is going to come along and require all your skills.

A close up photo of a table knife sat on a beige cloth. It declares itself STAINLESS STEEL SHEFFIELD ENGLAND.

Rise and shine one and all on nonidi 9 Brumaire in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV. Today we'll celebrate Sheffield's most famous product. No, not Pulp, stainless steel.

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A photograph of a bicycle in someone's hallway, presumably @OhMartinC's since he kindly donated the photo. The bike appears to be a Bianchi. Looks like a racer, but I know precious little about cycles.

Good morning friends, neighbours and anyone else who's turned up. It's octidi 8 Brumaire in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV. Today, at the suggestion of @ohmartinc.bsky.social we're going to celebrate the bicycle. Feel free to make your own requests. I don't promise to pay any notice 🙂

Irresponsibly posting my location on social media

A photo of two double headed street lights, just coming on at twilight.

Hmmm, not sure what happened there. I posted today's French Republican Calendar earlier but it's not showing up. Here we go again then. It's septidi 7 Brumaire in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV. Today we celebrate street lights. You'd be lost without them. Especially at night.

An illustration of the European Space Agency's Artemis satellite. Two long solar panel wings, a couple of dishes, presumably to send and receive information, and the actual satellite in the middle looking a bit like a refrigerator. It's hanging in between the blackness of space and the blue~white of Earth's atmosphere.

Come on then comrades, let's get into 'em. It's sextidi 6 Brumaire in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV. Today we're going to celebrate the technological marvels that are satellites. Wouldn't be able to do this nonsense without them.

A photo of a bowl of quinoa. The bowl is white, the table it's on is white, the quinoa grains are a creamy colour.

How's things for you all on quintidi 5 Brumaire in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV? Good I hope. You know what you need? A nice bowl of quinoa, that's what.
Yes, I know quinoa has been around a lot longer than the Republic, but it's not on the original list of celebrations, so it's in mine.

A close up photo of a sheet of bubblewrap. That's it, that's the post.

Good morning Bluesky. It's quartidi 4 Brumaire in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV. Let's celebrate the wonder of bubblewrap today. Feel free to pop a few bubbles while you're at it.

A photo of three remote controls sat on a pale wood kitchen table. Black plastic devices. Lots of buttons and I don't know what they all do.

Would you believe it? We've reached tridi 3 Brumaire in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV. Sit back, reach for the remote control and give it a little pat because today is the day we celebrate them.

An old time-y illustration of a Pears.

Today is Tridi the 3rd of Brumaire in the year 234.
Brumaire is the month of mist.
Today we celebrate pears. #JacobinDay

More information on pears

Are the band Mye_Taai familiar to our Netherlands crew? Currently giving it loads in a Nottingham metal bar.

Good stuff. Extra marks for the perversity of celebrating the drum kit with Little Hugo the drum machine 🙂

A photo of a modern double decker bus. It celebrates 125 years of Nottingham's city transport. It has Nottingham's skyline painted along the lower half, while the upper deck is red. The bus is parked in front of some trees.

Ahoy there me hearties on this rainy duodi 2 Brumaire in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV. A good day to celebrate the bus. Stuff the old weirdo who thought getting the bus was a failure. Just shows how out of touch they were. But remember #PrivatePublicTransportSucks .

man on a horse he is saying I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE DESERT ON A HORSE WITH NO NAME The horse, replies IT'S FRANK AND YOU FUCKING KNOW IT

A cartoon of a friendly, smiling syringe to illustrate vaccinations. They're a good thing.

Now then. Fit & well on primidi 1 Brumaire in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV? Brumaire is the second month of the Republican Calendar year, and it's the month of mists. Whatever some clowns might say, if you're healthy right now it's because you've had your vaccinations. Let's celebrate them.

A photograph of a gorgeous Ludwig Salesman drum kit. The drums have coloured bands around them. From the top the bands are gold, green, red, blue, gold, blue, red, green, gold. They have a sparkly finish. It's a bass drum, floor tom, rack tom and snare, with three cymbals and a hi hat. Mmmm, tasty.

Yes! We've made it to the end of the first month of the French Republican Calendar. Today is the last day of the month of vintage & grape harvest, décadi 30 Vendémiaire in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV. Only 11 months and 5 Complementary Days to go 😯 Let's celebrate by banging the drum kit.

Marvellous, but far too short.

It pleases me greatly. Anyone else, not so much.

Now that was a bit bonkers.

Oh no, thanks for reminding me why I think they're shite🙂

A photo of a paper shredder. One of the cross cut models that chops the paper up really small. It's a black box made by Fellowes. A white person's arm is pulling out the container for the shredded material to demonstrate how much the shredder can shred.

You thought I'd forgotten, didn't you? Blame a laptop upgrade for the delay in updating the French Republican Calendar today. It's Nonidi 29 Vendémiaire in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV. Our item of celebration today is beloved of the corrupt everywhere, the ever useful shredder.

A photo of three yellow bananas in a blue and white speckled bowl, on a red mat on a pale wood table. Photo taken a couple of minutes ago by me in the kitchen.

Right then people. It's octidi 28 Vendémiaire in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV. Doctor Pom diagnoses a banana for you, lots of potassium and good stuff in one of those. While you're at it, celebrate the banana as well.

A photo of a modernish looking sewing machine. It's a creamy white plastic, chunky looking device, ready for business. It says RUILE on the side, but whether that's the model or the manufacturer I don't know. It's on a wooden top, surrounded by colourful reels of thread.

Wotcha mateys. How are we all doing on septidi 27 Vendémiaire in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV? Should the opportunity arise today, please celebrate the sewing machine. You'd probably be naked without it.

A photo of two chrome taps, faucets in American. Slightly retro looking ones, crosses on the top for turning, one with red for hot water, the other blue for cold.

Would you believe it? It's sextidi 26 Vendémiaire in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV. Now we're getting down to the real nuts & bolts of modern life that deserve a bit of celebration. Just think how much better life is with taps. For any Americans in the audience, I believe you call the faucets.

A photo of six different jars of peanut butter. Inexplicably, they're set against an unconvincing backdrop of a brick wall. They're all healthy peanut butters, Biona, Meridian, Whole Earth and so on. You can get big tubs of 100% peanut peanut butter from Lidl and Aldi quite cheaply though.

Hello! Nice of you to drop by on quintidi 25 Vendémiaire in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV. Today we're going to celebrate peanut butter. After looking for a good picture to illustrate today's theme, I'm absolutely gagging for some. Yum!

A photo of six brightly coloured toothbrushes in a fan shape on a white background.

Bonjour tout le monde on quartidi 24 Vendémiaire in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV. Time to get up and get on with it, and don't forget to brush your teeth. Dentistry has come on leaps and bounds since the French Revolution, and we owe a lot to the toothbrush.