Avoiding the idiocy that may be called politics, a little respite is to dig into Finnish crime thrillers. Frequently with a good touch of humour. Threads to try: Anti Tuomainen, Katie Ivar and Harri Nykanen. “Little Siberia” by Tuomainen is good start. The bizarre and humerous start is a good catch.

What with Canada, Greenland and Panama - The Trupster must have someone who has read 1984 in his ear.

Have a great day everyone. Share. Be nice and enjoy.

Well! Seen off another Black Friday weekend. Cant be long before we are celebrating Thanksgiving here in Oz. You know it’s true.

No matter how i have tried over three weeks - Twitter will not allow me to deactivate my account. Error, error,error. So I shall just have to be content with removing the app.

Fabulous weather for outside reading. This week it will be A comfortable crime read that makes you feel like you’re in Venice and a reread of Fidler’s marvellous homage to Ali Al Masudi’s writings.

Just sayin: You need to actually deactivate your Twitter account not just delete the app. If you don’t then Musk will still claim you as an active user and get ad revenue!

Friday morning sitting back with my coffee and reflecting. It’s been an ‘interesting’ week. Just, in so many ways not the way I thought it would be ‘interesting’.

Two weeks ago I was struck by a vox pop from an African American man, Harris voter, lamenting: Democrats keep coming and offering to change things for the better, but then never come back. Therein, I think, was an unwittingly prescient forecast. An issue more widely applicable for centrist govts.