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There’s no present like the time

My watch is 40 years old today…

…a 16th birthday present from my mum. £85—bought in instalments from the Littlewoods catalogue.

Thanks, mum.

Equinox

I get that ‘equi-nox’ = ‘equal night’, but what we all really want to know is who’s this Vernon chap it’s named after?

Postscript (5 hours later): OK, so, the Internet is weird. Someone on Twitter has just thanked me for the above crappy joke, which he immediately used as the inspiration for a short story.

That’s far more polite than I would have put it.

Guardian: People with extremist views less able to do complex mental tasks, research suggests

Jabsolutely nothing to declare

BBC: Covid: Minister rules out vaccine passports in UK

Apparently, nobody could agree what colour they should be.

Damn! Looks as if our poor hedgehogs are totally screwed, then!

BBC: Chris Grayling leads MPs' charge to save hedgehogs

This Brexit nonsense is getting out of hand…

BBC: Brexit: Edwin Poots issues jelly and gravy shortage warning

Taking back control

Independent: Government to let farmers use bee-killing pesticide banned in EU

Life imitates The Fall

Like a belligerent Trump supporter in Washington D.C., this week’s #FallFriday was a total no-brainer.

Oh good grief, what now?

Guardian: Terrawatch: the South Atlantic Anomaly – a growing weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field
Researchers have been studying this area for clues as to when the magnetic field might flip entirely

I think I might be about to flip entirely, too. Can we at least wait until Trump is gone and the pandemic is over?

Fallen Angel

BBC: Tanya Roberts, Bond girl and Charlie's Angel, dies at 65US actress Tanya Roberts, best known for her roles in Bond film A View to a Kill and the final season of Charlie’s Angels, has died aged 65. Her death was announced by her friend and agent Mike Pingel, who called her “the sweetest person you’d ever meet”.