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• Post #4446566

  Pud the black and white cat, thankful for the end of the heatwave, as am I 😉. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

• Post #4324473

  #SilentSunday

• Post #4233404

  A person who has not done one half their day’s work by ten o’clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone. Emily Brontë Courtesy The Economist *Certainly applies to writing #Quote

• Post #4135395

  I wonder if Artificial Insanity doom scrolls like humans do? #AI

• Post #4082596

  Parenting was different then: my mother told me after I'd failed the 11+ exam (itself a failed selection method to fit available grammar school places to a bell curve) that 'I wasn't as clever as I thought I was.' I didn't need much of a push but that impetus gave me the boost to prove her wrong. And, I did. #ParentingInThe50s

• Post #4030906

  Today it is 40 years since we moved into our house. Before we lived here, we'd moved every 2 to 3 years. I guess we can call it home now. #HomeSweetHome

• Post #3954870

  What am I reading? Nearly finished Matt Haig's 'How to Stop Time'. A bit similar to The Midnight Library, though a different story, with its flying about. Might try another of Matt's but am finding the wandering in place and time and prose a little tedious. Next to read: 'Death Do they Part' by Jonathan Whitelaw, 3rd in the Parker Sisters' (Cosy) Mystery series. Something lighter after Matt's tome. My own book 'A Question of Resistance' by Paul Smith,...

• Post #3929179

  #SilentSunday

• Post #3904709

  'Good morning', said Pud the black and white cat. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

• Post #3880265

  Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. Martin Farquhar Tupper English Poet & Novelist, 1800's. Courtesy The Economist *Everyone could learn from this.

• Post #3868551

  Built for the covid era, this shelter is outside the Craven Arms, Appletreewick. We had lunch in there isolated from the elements (& virus transmission) and the window overlooked the lovely North Yorkshire countryside of Wharfedale. #FensterFreitag #FenêtreVendredi #ViernesDeVentana #FfenestrDyddGwener #WindowFriday

• Post #3574621

  Pud the black and white cat posing for a photo. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

• Post #3471029

  Here's a challenge for you AI boys and girls (but mostly boys): The brain manages it's wonderous feats using a spoonfull of glucose. Before you go covering the planet with data centers, solve the problem of AI consuming too many resources. #AI #EasterIslandMoment #DataCentreMadness

• Post #3001193

  Where hope rises fear must lurk behind. Anne Brontë, English novelist and poet (1820–1849) Courtesy The Economist #Quote

• Post #3001192

  An old farmhouse building with tiny windows and a whitewashed wall in Flamborough, East Yorkshire. Ein altes Bauernhaus mit winzigen Fenstern und einer weiß getünchten Wand in Flamborough, East Yorkshire. #FensterFreitag #FenêtreVendredi #ViernesDeVentana #FfenestrDyddGwener #WindowFriday

• Post #3001191

  Have car manufacturers bought up all the grey, black and white paint? Seems that colour is yesterday's thing 🚗.

• Post #3001190

  The days have become warmer, hotter even, for Pud the black and white cat. Here he is, soaking up the morning sun before he retreats into the shade as the day progresses. It's a dog's life? Nope, it's a cat's. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

• Post #3001189

  #SilentSunday

• Post #3001188

  What am I reading? *Rory Clement's WWII series: A Prince & a Spy, plus Hitler's Secret. *The Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet. Just finished: All at Sea, cosy(ish) crime and funny with it, by Jonathan Whitelaw Recommend: Heythwaite Series by Annie Eileen Rogers Always reluctant to recommend a book ... we're all different. #Reading #AmReading #Novels #Books #CosyCrime

• Post #2271659

  What's Sir David got that Garage, Badenuff, Palmer, et al, don't have. That's easy: principles, humility, a quiet presence and truly popular. More than ever, we need a vote for 'None of the Above' and they stand down for 5 years if we vote for nobody. Then we vote again for new people.

• Post #2266846

  Pud the black and white cat pondering life, the universe and everything. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

• Post #2256206

  There is some risk involved in action, there always is. But there is far more risk in failure to act. Harry S Truman American Politician and Leader Courtesy The Economist #Quote

• Post #2142431

  The planet fights back. The Jet Stream is wrapping the UK in an arctic blanket. Brrr ... unusually chilly for May. #ClimateChange #Environment #Weather

• Post #1875148

  Pud the black and white cat in his own bed just for a change. #catutday #catsofmastodon

• Post #1835020

  A blast from the past in winter time. #FensterFreitag #FenêtreVendredi #ViernesDeVentana #FfenestrDyddGwener #WindowFriday

• Post #1697632

  #SilentSunday (Late today)

• Post #1298342

  A view through the ruined window of Fountains Abbey, sacked by the tyrant King Henry VIII, to view what remains of the buildings beyond. #FensterFreitag #FenêtreVendredi #ViernesDeVentana #FfenestrDyddGwener #WindowFriday

• Post #1164115

  I've discovered (late) Rory Clement's WWII period books, lots with surprising twists. I am reading 'The English Führer' at present, all starring Tom Wilde, an unlikely hero as a Professor of History and Secret Service operative. I think I will probably read the whole series. If you like this period of history and it's parallels today, it might be for you. #Reading #Books #Novels #AmReading

• Post #1097394

  On behalf of my Community Group, please support the charity if you are able by buying the correction of Children's stories and poems entitled 'I want a Crocodile and Make it Snappy'. #Reading #AmReading #Novels #Books #Children

• Post #1063115

  Pud the black and white cat says, 'Go away, I'm tired.' #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon