Tilting@Windmills
@demesne.bsky.social
International law bureaucrat on disability leave - views my own - spouse, parent, dog owner, more than a little overwhelmed but still in good spirits and grateful.
I don't know the name, but they were large-ish, about the size of a small apple. It was in the Middle East, fresh off the tree....
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I don't know the name, but they were large-ish, about the size of a small apple. It was in the Middle East, fresh off the tree....
When your quality of life suffers....
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
When your quality of life suffers....
Hmmm - doing this by memory, it has been a few years. If you have them properly ripened they are super sweet, almost honey-like. Not quite as sweet and rich as a medjool date, and a lot juicier - really lovely. Unripe, they are amazingly tannic and pretty unpleasant.
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Hmmm - doing this by memory, it has been a few years. If you have them properly ripened they are super sweet, almost honey-like. Not quite as sweet and rich as a medjool date, and a lot juicier - really lovely. Unripe, they are amazingly tannic and pretty unpleasant.
Asha, would you happen to have a link to that ? I would like to repackage and post. Thanks.
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Asha, would you happen to have a link to that ? I would like to repackage and post. Thanks.
Thing 'o beauty ! Many thanks.
November 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Thing 'o beauty ! Many thanks.
Sorry, not legible - is there a link to an external file ? Thanks !
November 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Sorry, not legible - is there a link to an external file ? Thanks !
You could offer them spammer improvement courses, $900 (on sale!) - don't call me I'll call you to schedule a first session, with lots of entertaining small print about no liability or refunds....
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
You could offer them spammer improvement courses, $900 (on sale!) - don't call me I'll call you to schedule a first session, with lots of entertaining small print about no liability or refunds....
Or infamy - watch for that first class food poisoning ....
November 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Or infamy - watch for that first class food poisoning ....
The privilege of fame ?
November 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The privilege of fame ?
Wow I flubbed that spelling - Dreyer forgive me, and may BluesKy introduce an edit function …..
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Wow I flubbed that spelling - Dreyer forgive me, and may BluesKy introduce an edit function …..
Operation Incontinent Septaguarian
November 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Operation Incontinent Septaguarian
Operation Incontinent Septaguarian
November 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Operation Incontinent Septaguarian
Ooohh, that could be interesting. May you make that work out, I would be interested to see it. I wonder whether it would get Jasper Fforde meta - ish ?
November 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Ooohh, that could be interesting. May you make that work out, I would be interested to see it. I wonder whether it would get Jasper Fforde meta - ish ?
Although condoms for hattinfatteners, I suppose that could be a thing. As they used to say on the Goon Show, contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion.
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Although condoms for hattinfatteners, I suppose that could be a thing. As they used to say on the Goon Show, contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion.
Never thought you’d be curious about the sex life of the characters out of Nordic kids books. Just not where my mind went when reading those books…
November 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Never thought you’d be curious about the sex life of the characters out of Nordic kids books. Just not where my mind went when reading those books…
Not a question I would expect Charlie Stross to ask ….
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Not a question I would expect Charlie Stross to ask ….
And it's going to get worse before it gets worse.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
And it's going to get worse before it gets worse.
Unrefreshing sleep is one of the constellation of symptoms of ME/CFS, as is something called post-exertional malaise, and brain fog and a bunch of neurological symptoms. Or it could be caused by something else entirely ….
November 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Unrefreshing sleep is one of the constellation of symptoms of ME/CFS, as is something called post-exertional malaise, and brain fog and a bunch of neurological symptoms. Or it could be caused by something else entirely ….
Tom Lehrer once said that "It is people like that who make you realize how little you have accomplished. It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years." - from the intro to his song 'Alma'.
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Tom Lehrer once said that "It is people like that who make you realize how little you have accomplished. It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years." - from the intro to his song 'Alma'.
This is Shadow, she wants to be fed. Always. And sometimes scritched, but mostly fed.
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This is Shadow, she wants to be fed. Always. And sometimes scritched, but mostly fed.
That is the youngest face I have seen with a thousand yard stare.
October 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
That is the youngest face I have seen with a thousand yard stare.
Procedural point - external actors do not file cases at the ICC, neither states nor civil society organizations. Although this is what their press release says, perhaps it might be more accurate to say that they want the ICC to investigate the matter ... ?
October 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Procedural point - external actors do not file cases at the ICC, neither states nor civil society organizations. Although this is what their press release says, perhaps it might be more accurate to say that they want the ICC to investigate the matter ... ?