Gemma

Books arrived yesterday and already starting volume 3 lolololol... Love discovering the slight differences between the manga and anime - manga dialogue definitely edges it but I'm glad I saw the anime 1st as it makes it a lot easier to follow the fight scenes.

I'm not a manga reader but I just finished this anime yesterday and had to go buy manga vol 9 immediately! 🔥 New obsession found ✅

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing? 2? Questions I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up. Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

"You cannot buy happiness."

"But you can buy frog wellies"

You only give Greater Anglia 5/10 but don't list any bad points about their service, I don't understand the mediocre score. What would constitute a 8/10 service for you?

Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.

One of the things I still miss from Twitter is the railway storm trampoline counter #StormAmy

I have never said stop protesting.

My Mum sent me an unsolicited message this morning saying she sympathises with Gaza but she thinks the protesters are loathsome (and worse words) and condemns them for protesting on the same day as the attack. You've lost her and I don't know how many others. 🤦‍♀️

I'm not saying stop protesting, but protest smarter.

Every death is a tragedy, whether it's two people or two hundred thousand. You don't get my point - there have been protests every week for over a year, it's not news any more. Delaying the protest by a day could have won more support than the negative press from continuing, and you'd still protest.

In memoriam...

Sure, but why not encourage more British Jews to join you as well? Jews who may have Israeli relatives. Better to be together in this. Suffering is not zero sum, I don't think we should say their suffering is not great enough to be acknowledged and show sympathy for 1 day, which is how this looks.

What a well reasoned argument.

My point is that there's no need to hand them stuff on a silver platter. Unless you are advocating for another country to invade Israel, the only surefire way to stop this is for Israelis to get rid of Netanyahu. Holding the protests yesterday will most likely entrench views against you.

Yes we need to protest. Nothing stopping the protest being rearranged to another day though? It is very easy for pro-Israelis to use these visuals to stir up anti-Palestinian sentiment. It would have been way more powerful to delay the protest or hold a vigil. Jews are key to stopping Israel.

Love how he says we need to be aware of the complexity about this, whilst ignoring the complexities posed by having the protest on the same day. Israeli Jews are best placed to stop Israel, protesting and not showing sympathy for British Jews makes this so easy for Netanyahu to exploit.

For some perspective, 1,680 football pitches is 0.018% of UK protected land. To say that temporary HS2 construction sites are visible from space is desecration is insane. On google maps a dinner plate on a table in my back garden is visible from space.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

My current GP practice already had an online booking system when I signed up to them 3 years ago. I doubt they were given any resources to implement it at the time. This is not rocket science, should Gov reward GPs for not moving with the times when others have already invested?

She was right.

RIP Janey Godley.

In the interest of stress reduction, please take a moment to enjoy this nice Silvereye, looking a bit borby and floofed up after a bath.

Churchill National Park, Victoria, Australia

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share videos, photos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here is a young Puffling flying for the first time as it leaves the Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds

"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"

The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending

And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on

Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...

Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...

My 2nd lake sturgeon (again, Wisconsin River) was a little bigger than the first, and a lot less serrated. Someone said it looked like I was about to rip into a wicked solo, and someone else made it happen. #25DaysofFishmas #sturgeon #acipenser

"But there's something that’s much more difficult to confront than the inspiration and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot. 51 men. 51 men who are #notallmen… but who are, also, quite a lot of men. 51 of them, in fact."

Exceptional opening monologue by @sophyridge.bsky.social tonight. ~AA

Yes! And deservedly so.

Duckling Watch logo: young mallard duckling on a blue wave in a circle with the text “Duckling Watch” in navy.

We will soon be launching DucklingWatch, which will allow anyone in the UK to record mallard ducklings. We’re particularly interested in repeat records of individual broods. No matter your expertise, please get involved! You can find more info at www.essex.ac.uk/research-pro... #BES2024 6/6

Picture of a wiki page with a small silver fish, the text reading: Boops boops (/ˈboʊ.ɒps ˈboʊ.ɒps/ BOH-ops; from Ancient Greek βόωψ, literally 'ox-eyed'), commonly called the bogue, is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic.[2]

HUGE NEWS. I went from elated to devastated but now I’m elated again because…

A Colleague in Greece confirmed it this little fish really truly is called Booooops booooops. Not BOH-ops BOH-ops like the wiki article suggests.

LONG LIVE BOOPS BOOPS!

🧪🪼🌿🦑🐙🌊

Welcome mushroom! 🍄🍄