Typically, my tweets on Twitter receive around 0–1 replies, 0–2 ‘Likes’, and 0–1 ‘Retweets’. Then, last night, I tweeted the following: If only I’d thought to include a shameless plug for my book at the same time! Schoolboy error.
Nonsense
Unfortunate choice of words
BBC: Coronavirus: Three firms still positive despite the virus crisis
Holofernes’ lockdown haircut goes terribly wrong
Martin Luther plays charades
One more time…
Just after the space station had passed over, I saw these really weird lights in our garden. The conspiracy theorists would have a field day.
Wise before and after the event
So, Boris ‘bus-liar’ Johnson’s chief political strategist, Dominic Cumberbatch—or someone with access to the password for his blog, at least—has been caught retrospectively doctoring an old blog post to make himself look far more prescient than he really is. That really is a very cheap trick. But it doesn’t surprise me one iota. In fact,… Continue reading Wise before and after the event
We made that!
I wonder if he takes shorthand
BBC: Labour names David Evans as new general secretary
Steady Mercury
Last night, I spotted the new crescent moon setting over Heptonstall, accompanied by Venus off to the far right. So I grabbed this photo… It was only while I was processing the photo this morning that I realised I'd also bagged Mercury (faint dot, just right of centre). Not bad for a 300mm telephoto lens… Continue reading Steady Mercury
Nazi Turdidae
One of our local blackbirds has started singing The Ride of the Valkyries: They’ll be annexing the Sudetenland next.