Trish
@unknownquantities.bsky.social
Reader/wonderer/wanderer/advocate.
Loves books, Dickinson, Woolf, German expressionist cinema.
Certain slants of light.
Dislikes mushrooms.
Curious agnostic. Curious, generally.
Views/photos own.
Loves books, Dickinson, Woolf, German expressionist cinema.
Certain slants of light.
Dislikes mushrooms.
Curious agnostic. Curious, generally.
Views/photos own.
Whenever I see that photo of Andrew in the car I am reminded of the iconic image of Allan Gray's out of body experience in Carl Theodor Dreyer's 'Vampyr'.
February 20, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Whenever I see that photo of Andrew in the car I am reminded of the iconic image of Allan Gray's out of body experience in Carl Theodor Dreyer's 'Vampyr'.
Getting right stuck in my clack that news outlets are saying Andrew MW's arrest is "unprecedented". Chuck The First was arrested in 1647. So, precedent right there.
I did have a hearty chuckle that Andrew was arrested on his birthday.
I did have a hearty chuckle that Andrew was arrested on his birthday.
February 19, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Getting right stuck in my clack that news outlets are saying Andrew MW's arrest is "unprecedented". Chuck The First was arrested in 1647. So, precedent right there.
I did have a hearty chuckle that Andrew was arrested on his birthday.
I did have a hearty chuckle that Andrew was arrested on his birthday.
The LÉ Samuel Beckett (I think) was so close to shore this morning I thought my car was going to get boarded.
February 18, 2026 at 1:06 PM
The LÉ Samuel Beckett (I think) was so close to shore this morning I thought my car was going to get boarded.
We are currently having our gutters and windows cleaned.
Oh my foolish optimism that our windows won't be once again salt - encrusted by midnight.
Oh my foolish optimism that our windows won't be once again salt - encrusted by midnight.
February 17, 2026 at 10:40 AM
We are currently having our gutters and windows cleaned.
Oh my foolish optimism that our windows won't be once again salt - encrusted by midnight.
Oh my foolish optimism that our windows won't be once again salt - encrusted by midnight.
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We binged this last night. Subtitled, but the dubbed version is also really good (for once).
This is based on the true story of Jolanta Wadowska-Król, a Polish pediatrician who exposed an epidemic in children in 1970s Communist Poland amid the risks of both environmental and political toxicity.
This is based on the true story of Jolanta Wadowska-Król, a Polish pediatrician who exposed an epidemic in children in 1970s Communist Poland amid the risks of both environmental and political toxicity.
February 14, 2026 at 12:12 PM
We binged this last night. Subtitled, but the dubbed version is also really good (for once).
This is based on the true story of Jolanta Wadowska-Król, a Polish pediatrician who exposed an epidemic in children in 1970s Communist Poland amid the risks of both environmental and political toxicity.
This is based on the true story of Jolanta Wadowska-Król, a Polish pediatrician who exposed an epidemic in children in 1970s Communist Poland amid the risks of both environmental and political toxicity.
Met Eireann's Dublin radar has been offline most of this week and still is. No one seems to have mentioned it.
Presumably forecasting now consists of calling someone in Dunquin then Roscommon. Nothing wrong with that, except if you ask a *person* "is the rain heavy?" answers will vary dramatically.
Presumably forecasting now consists of calling someone in Dunquin then Roscommon. Nothing wrong with that, except if you ask a *person* "is the rain heavy?" answers will vary dramatically.
February 14, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Met Eireann's Dublin radar has been offline most of this week and still is. No one seems to have mentioned it.
Presumably forecasting now consists of calling someone in Dunquin then Roscommon. Nothing wrong with that, except if you ask a *person* "is the rain heavy?" answers will vary dramatically.
Presumably forecasting now consists of calling someone in Dunquin then Roscommon. Nothing wrong with that, except if you ask a *person* "is the rain heavy?" answers will vary dramatically.
While sitting in flood - delayed traffic I just shouted " don't you bloody DARE!" as wet snow started to dot my windscreen.
Then this came up on shuffle. Funnnneeee.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=jWFb...
Then this came up on shuffle. Funnnneeee.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=jWFb...
Fever Ray 'Keep The Streets Empty For Me'
YouTube video by Fever Ray
music.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:11 AM
While sitting in flood - delayed traffic I just shouted " don't you bloody DARE!" as wet snow started to dot my windscreen.
Then this came up on shuffle. Funnnneeee.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=jWFb...
Then this came up on shuffle. Funnnneeee.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=jWFb...
Dear Citizens, if any services are late to open please be understanding of the effort it's taking some people to get to work in this weather
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"
music.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfp...
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"
music.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfp...
Laurie Anderson - O Superman (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Nonesuch Records
music.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Dear Citizens, if any services are late to open please be understanding of the effort it's taking some people to get to work in this weather
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"
music.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfp...
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"
music.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfp...
Look at this fucking knob.
Largest deregulation in US history.
He doesn't mind helping to kill off the planet OR helping people kill each other with semi - automatics. No regulation there! What a guy.
Is this a fail-safe ploy to kill the sharks he hates so much?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Largest deregulation in US history.
He doesn't mind helping to kill off the planet OR helping people kill each other with semi - automatics. No regulation there! What a guy.
Is this a fail-safe ploy to kill the sharks he hates so much?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
February 12, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Look at this fucking knob.
Largest deregulation in US history.
He doesn't mind helping to kill off the planet OR helping people kill each other with semi - automatics. No regulation there! What a guy.
Is this a fail-safe ploy to kill the sharks he hates so much?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Largest deregulation in US history.
He doesn't mind helping to kill off the planet OR helping people kill each other with semi - automatics. No regulation there! What a guy.
Is this a fail-safe ploy to kill the sharks he hates so much?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Crikey, the drama! I tell you what, those biathletes are the opposite of the usual rather earnest "I just want to give it my best shot" sports-types. But then I suppose if your sport involves cross - country skiing and being a crack shot then you'll not be one for crochet and ovaltine.
February 11, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Crikey, the drama! I tell you what, those biathletes are the opposite of the usual rather earnest "I just want to give it my best shot" sports-types. But then I suppose if your sport involves cross - country skiing and being a crack shot then you'll not be one for crochet and ovaltine.
Did some magically predestined number of people say "sexual predator" at the same time and it summoned Neil Gaiman back on to the Internet?
February 11, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Did some magically predestined number of people say "sexual predator" at the same time and it summoned Neil Gaiman back on to the Internet?
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Neil Gaiman: it's me neil gaiman, imagineer and dreamweaver
Gaiman: have you ever considered
Gaiman: the incredible power of story?
Gaiman: but perhaps even more powerful are the stories that we don't tell
Gaiman: anyway here's my NDA
Gaiman: have you ever considered
Gaiman: the incredible power of story?
Gaiman: but perhaps even more powerful are the stories that we don't tell
Gaiman: anyway here's my NDA
February 3, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Neil Gaiman: it's me neil gaiman, imagineer and dreamweaver
Gaiman: have you ever considered
Gaiman: the incredible power of story?
Gaiman: but perhaps even more powerful are the stories that we don't tell
Gaiman: anyway here's my NDA
Gaiman: have you ever considered
Gaiman: the incredible power of story?
Gaiman: but perhaps even more powerful are the stories that we don't tell
Gaiman: anyway here's my NDA
Q. Who is she protecting?
A. Ghislaine is likely protecting herself from a cellmate causing her to get her neck caught in her bedding.
Q. Why is she in a "nice" low security prison?
A. They have fitted sheets? They barely go on the bed, never mind form a noose.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
A. Ghislaine is likely protecting herself from a cellmate causing her to get her neck caught in her bedding.
Q. Why is she in a "nice" low security prison?
A. They have fitted sheets? They barely go on the bed, never mind form a noose.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Who is she protecting?’: Ghislaine Maxwell’s silence draws criticism
Associate of Jeffrey Epstein invoked fifth amendment of US constitution and refused to testify before Congress
www.irishtimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Q. Who is she protecting?
A. Ghislaine is likely protecting herself from a cellmate causing her to get her neck caught in her bedding.
Q. Why is she in a "nice" low security prison?
A. They have fitted sheets? They barely go on the bed, never mind form a noose.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
A. Ghislaine is likely protecting herself from a cellmate causing her to get her neck caught in her bedding.
Q. Why is she in a "nice" low security prison?
A. They have fitted sheets? They barely go on the bed, never mind form a noose.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Public responses are sought to the drafting of a new National Strategy for Improving Community Safety. The strategy will be created by the recently established National Office for Community Safety within the Department of Justice. Survey is open until February 27th.
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
National Strategy for Improving Community Safety online survey
Online public community safety survey to inform the development of the first National Strategy for Improving Community Safety
www.gov.ie
February 10, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Public responses are sought to the drafting of a new National Strategy for Improving Community Safety. The strategy will be created by the recently established National Office for Community Safety within the Department of Justice. Survey is open until February 27th.
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
I spent the afternoon in butch pursuits: taking down part of our front garden wall with a masonry blade on a reciprocating saw. It was *extremely* satisfying.
February 7, 2026 at 8:32 PM
I spent the afternoon in butch pursuits: taking down part of our front garden wall with a masonry blade on a reciprocating saw. It was *extremely* satisfying.
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A female worker inspects Mills hand grenades in a British factory during the First World War, 1914
February 7, 2026 at 10:15 AM
A female worker inspects Mills hand grenades in a British factory during the First World War, 1914
That font also makes it look like it's being performed in the village hall by the Sowford-le-Hole Dramatic Society, starring Dr Herbert Halfbottom as Heathcliffe (in his post-retirement debut, according to the parish newsletter) and Mrs Horatia Wyndblowne-Cardygan as Cathy.
I don’t know why it’s in quotes on its own poster. It makes it look like a film called Margot Robbie that’s been described as “Wuthering Heights” - The Guardian.
February 7, 2026 at 10:59 AM
That font also makes it look like it's being performed in the village hall by the Sowford-le-Hole Dramatic Society, starring Dr Herbert Halfbottom as Heathcliffe (in his post-retirement debut, according to the parish newsletter) and Mrs Horatia Wyndblowne-Cardygan as Cathy.
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Just saw a post with George Clinton citing the Beatles as his favorite band, which reminded me of this quote he once gave me
February 6, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Just saw a post with George Clinton citing the Beatles as his favorite band, which reminded me of this quote he once gave me
Glinda is an excellent page turner
February 4, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Glinda is an excellent page turner
Shock as man whose nickname is the Prince of Darkness is revealed to be literally the Prince of Darkness.
This fella had been up to his neck in muck for years.
I can't get my head around the surprised pikachu response to those "suddenly" revealed to have had dealings with Epstein.
Not sudden, pals!
This fella had been up to his neck in muck for years.
I can't get my head around the surprised pikachu response to those "suddenly" revealed to have had dealings with Epstein.
Not sudden, pals!
February 3, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Shock as man whose nickname is the Prince of Darkness is revealed to be literally the Prince of Darkness.
This fella had been up to his neck in muck for years.
I can't get my head around the surprised pikachu response to those "suddenly" revealed to have had dealings with Epstein.
Not sudden, pals!
This fella had been up to his neck in muck for years.
I can't get my head around the surprised pikachu response to those "suddenly" revealed to have had dealings with Epstein.
Not sudden, pals!
Anyway, there's no point crying over spilt blood when the shepherds delight and the rolling stone has a bird in the hand.
I'm off today and I'm now breaking my fast listening to this and watching the rain fall on the ravening birds in the garden.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=U2NS...
I'm off today and I'm now breaking my fast listening to this and watching the rain fall on the ravening birds in the garden.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=U2NS...
Rachmaninoff – All-night Vigil (Vespers), op. 37. Divine choral music. [Valery Polyansky]
YouTube video by Valentin Malanetski
music.youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Anyway, there's no point crying over spilt blood when the shepherds delight and the rolling stone has a bird in the hand.
I'm off today and I'm now breaking my fast listening to this and watching the rain fall on the ravening birds in the garden.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=U2NS...
I'm off today and I'm now breaking my fast listening to this and watching the rain fall on the ravening birds in the garden.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=U2NS...
Annual check up today. Heard "and we're adding this blood test" because you're over 55 now" just a few times too often. Only just >55, doc!
Although I will shortly know how likely it would be that I'd have a cardiac incident in the next ten years, so that is... peace of mind? I'm assuming?
Although I will shortly know how likely it would be that I'd have a cardiac incident in the next ten years, so that is... peace of mind? I'm assuming?
February 3, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Annual check up today. Heard "and we're adding this blood test" because you're over 55 now" just a few times too often. Only just >55, doc!
Although I will shortly know how likely it would be that I'd have a cardiac incident in the next ten years, so that is... peace of mind? I'm assuming?
Although I will shortly know how likely it would be that I'd have a cardiac incident in the next ten years, so that is... peace of mind? I'm assuming?
It might be hoofing down rain again but after 6 years the Daphne (odora Aureomarginata) is finally flowering all over instead of in little clusters. And it smells amazing, exhaling its delicate scent even in the rain.
February 3, 2026 at 10:36 AM
It might be hoofing down rain again but after 6 years the Daphne (odora Aureomarginata) is finally flowering all over instead of in little clusters. And it smells amazing, exhaling its delicate scent even in the rain.
It's goodnight from me and it's - finally - goodbye forever from him.
February 3, 2026 at 9:15 AM
It's goodnight from me and it's - finally - goodbye forever from him.
