(And by any dimension, food is much better now)

One hand no bounce

In short, if nobody’s talking to each other anymore anyway, does it really matter what language anyone speaks?

Ironically, in a different context “island of strangers” is an apt description for a country that feels as though it’s turning inwards (just look at the decline of pubs and restaurants and of the high street more generally). But holding immigration responsible for that is demonstrably innumerate.

Stray thoughts on the return to reverse chronology:
- reposts are essential—tho downside is seeing multiple reposts of the same post from different people. Wish there was a way to filter these
- there seems to be a natural law at play absent algorithms: important stuff seems to cut through ambiently

Wikipedia is uncharacteristically euphemistic on this point

I only recently learned that the names of North Sea port towns ending in -by (Grimsby, Whitby) are Norse in origin, which is somewhat obvious in hindsight