Standfast

Good morning watching the F1.

Decent race!

This season seems to be very tight.

#F1

Two Scottish beaches ranked among best five in the world by famous travel guide Two beaches in Scotland have been named among the best five in the world by an influential travel guide.

ANOTHER positive story, in the 'Glasgow' Herald.

Rejoice!

John's Coffee House - Edinburgh | John's Coffee House & Tavern Enjoy local products in a warm, historic setting where stories are shared, and memories are made. John's Coffee House is opening soon on the Royal Mile, in Edinburgh's Old Town.

Positive stuff. I have a holiday this week and we found an amazing new food place on the Royal Mile.

Established in 1688 John’s Coffee house and Tavern combines very nice food with a really good atmosphere.

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F1 testing has been quite revealing.

Lando, Lewis both impressed, as did Sainz.

I think we might see a four or five way fight this year.

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YouTube video by Thor Skywalker Is Dave Filoni rewriting the Prophecy of the Chosen One?

I think I agree with Thor and Naboo, here.

I have been watching Dave take the mystical route, which gives us an interesting counterpoint to the grit of Andor.

Star Wars is a sandpit, so as long as it does not impact the individual fate aspect of Star Wars, as Thor says.

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YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested Original X-Wing Model from Star Wars: Episode IV!

I have a new favourite YouTube channel.

This is the way.

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This is the way. 😎

YouTube video by IGN Andor - Official Season 2 Trailer (2025) Diego Luna, Genevieve O'Reilly, Ben Mendelsohn

The Revolution Starts Now.

Let’s go!

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As an author or as a gamer?

Or just as a rational human being with empathy?

Interesting times..

YouTube video by SWFT Star Wars: The Rebellion

Allegory.

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A fair point.

We are facing the same choices here. Big clear out coming ahead of a big move.

I’ll be keeping the stuff I want to use and eBay the extra stuff.

Less in removals and less clutter once we get “there.”

Tonight we are going to have nice romantic night, and do our best to switch off from all of the things.

We are going to focus on our time together, instead.

Enjoy your Saturday.

Standfast.

This is a big deal, even if you think it isn’t

Tonight seems as good a night as any to start reading this….

I was thinking about the state of the world in 2025, tonight. This exchange between Frodo and Gandalf came to mind.

I might have found a way to process events.

From a book inspired in part by World War One.

For those of you desperately in need of distraction from today's headlines, here's a photo of a bunny & a chick who are friends.

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Feeling more positive about the world.

Everything is going to be just fine. At some point. In the future. ….

It is an important thing to hold on to.

Hope.

Love this REIGN OF THE EMPIRE: THE MASK OF FEAR package! The confidential file from Bail Organa is just perfect and that Bail/Mon/Saw art deserves framing.

Read our review for REIGN OF THE EMPIRE: THE MASK OF FEAR here: theholofiles.com/2025/01/17/b...

A hand holds a copy of the hardcover novel Star Wars Reign of the Empire: The Mask or Fear by Alexander Freed. A bookshelf full of Star Wars shelves is in the background.

Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear by Alexander Freed is instantly one of my favorite Star Wars novels. A great companion for Andor.

Ok. Need a list of SciFi and Fantasy books set somewhere like but not related to our current timeline.

Foundation - check. LoTR - check.

This sort of thing. Where the fascists get what is coming to them.

And I guess anything political for those reflective moments.

This is the way.

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Fight the Empire…

Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things. Terry Pratchett English humorist, satirist and author (1948 2015)

Bookshop.org enters the e-book arena, giving indie stores a new way to compete with Amazon "Everything Amazon can do, we want to do as well or better," says CEO Andy Hunter on boosting indie sales digitally.

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This will continue to be one of the greatest squirrel feeders of all time 🤩

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🎥 BBC Earth

Hobby notes. Made up an excel spreadsheet for my army painting plans, detailing paints for each unit type, and the location being painted.

Archive C seems to be the way for Star Wars Legion, with a dash of contrast paints thrown in… and now I have a decent reference for Rebel troopers!

At last!

Punching Nazis is always cool T-shirt Punching Nazis is always cool. It's surprising that such a sentiment even needs explaining, never mind defending, but that's the modern world for you!

Such a good idea there is a T-Shirt. 😂

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