My music-streaming service (Tidal) just recommended some hip-hop to me. The only reason I can conceive it might do this is if the algorithm decided some chap named ‘Chris Carter’ might be my cousin.
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OK, now all this climate nonsense is starting to sound serious!
BBC: Climate change could make beer taste worse
Global warming is changing the quality and taste of beer, scientists have warned. A new study reveals that the quantity of European hops, which gives beer its distinctive bitter taste, is declining.
Second-class junk male
Nice to see the Brits finally showing some compassion for unfortunate refugees
BBC News: Rhodes fires: Planes sent to collect stranded Britons
Flights are due to land on Rhodes later on Monday to bring back holidaymakers left stranded by wildfires which have swept the Greek island.
British tourists have been sleeping at the airport, makeshift rescue centres and on the street, after the flames threatened holiday resorts
Hey, hey, hey… Vanity and presumption
Ten years ago this week, I tweeted my first ever #FallFriday link to a video by the Fall. Gruts aside, my ongoing #FallFriday tweets are the closest thing I have to a body of work. #waa!
“I take my responsibilities seriously”
…says former Prime Minister who failed to turn up at five consecutive Cobra coronavirus meetings.
Guardian: ’It is sad to be leaving … for now’: Boris Johnson’s resignation statement in full
Boris Johnson says he is amazed the privileges committee was proceeding against him.
Meanwhile, in other news…
Guardian: Sunak approves Boris Johnson honours list including aides linked to Partygate
Sunak is likely to face criticism for approving the list while Johnson is facing police and parliamentary inquiries over Partygate.
Filling our new bookshelves…
Dickie Decimal™ taxonomical dilemma resolved… The Bible gets shelved with the Epic Fantasy.
Overflowing
No human being would stack books like this!
Seems to me we need some sort of ‘overflow’ facility.
National New Hat Day
To mark National New Hat Day, I thought I'd try this one out. I was tempted by a solid-gold-studded-with-exquisite-gems affair, but decided cotton was more practical.
People Eating Tasty Animals
BBC: Eating fish same as eating cats, Cleethorpes animal rights poster suggests
The Peta digital billboard shows a fishmonger holding a fish which transforms into an image of a dead cat.
Thanks for the tip! I’ve never tried eating cats, but, if it’s even remotely like eating fish, it sounds delicious—and a lot more environmentally friendly.