Call the Nightingale
@oldlights.bsky.social
Aspiring author, reluctant world traveller, and astonishingly cynical occasional analyst of international politics. Some things I just do for me.
The best hope for all humanity is respect for the law. A law men don't respect is no law at all.
The best hope for all humanity is respect for the law. A law men don't respect is no law at all.
I've already sung the song of waiting almost my entire life for book three of this series, but I do want to reiterate that people complaining about Martin really need their perspective checked.
Anyway, last I heard she's doing better personally, which is good.
Anyway, last I heard she's doing better personally, which is good.
July 7, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I've already sung the song of waiting almost my entire life for book three of this series, but I do want to reiterate that people complaining about Martin really need their perspective checked.
Anyway, last I heard she's doing better personally, which is good.
Anyway, last I heard she's doing better personally, which is good.
Not seen: books up to date with modern scientific thought or wrong in interesting ways, at least to me. Used popular science books, unless you're plundering them for references for similarly out of date science books, are always a problem.
July 7, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Not seen: books up to date with modern scientific thought or wrong in interesting ways, at least to me. Used popular science books, unless you're plundering them for references for similarly out of date science books, are always a problem.
Seven dollars. No idea if the stories are any good or not, but seven dollars.
July 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Seven dollars. No idea if the stories are any good or not, but seven dollars.
Tell me your secrets.
(The secret is gallons of artificial sweeteners)
(The secret is gallons of artificial sweeteners)
July 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Tell me your secrets.
(The secret is gallons of artificial sweeteners)
(The secret is gallons of artificial sweeteners)
Well!
I think we can guess.
Always tell the punters what the punters want to hear.
I think we can guess.
Always tell the punters what the punters want to hear.
May 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Well!
I think we can guess.
Always tell the punters what the punters want to hear.
I think we can guess.
Always tell the punters what the punters want to hear.
SO PINK. I love him!
February 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
SO PINK. I love him!
I distinctly remember, when I bought this box, wanting Flareon. That was what I wanted. That was what I told the clerk I wanted.
I assume it says only awesome things about me that the moment I saw Sylveon, I thought, 'exactly what I wanted'.
I assume it says only awesome things about me that the moment I saw Sylveon, I thought, 'exactly what I wanted'.
February 15, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I distinctly remember, when I bought this box, wanting Flareon. That was what I wanted. That was what I told the clerk I wanted.
I assume it says only awesome things about me that the moment I saw Sylveon, I thought, 'exactly what I wanted'.
I assume it says only awesome things about me that the moment I saw Sylveon, I thought, 'exactly what I wanted'.
That's the appropriate place for a bearded dragon.
February 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM
That's the appropriate place for a bearded dragon.
I have to be the target audience for this thing because I can't imagine who else is!
January 29, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I have to be the target audience for this thing because I can't imagine who else is!
Twice I've seen the proverb 'Only a lame crab walks straight' referred to as of Afghani origin. I mean to dispute neither Afghani culture or capacity for coming up with what may be my favourite proverb.
But...
That can't be true.
But...
That can't be true.
January 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Twice I've seen the proverb 'Only a lame crab walks straight' referred to as of Afghani origin. I mean to dispute neither Afghani culture or capacity for coming up with what may be my favourite proverb.
But...
That can't be true.
But...
That can't be true.
Hey. Hey, want to see a secret? No? Too bad.
This is from 2009.
I have one from 2001.
P J O'Rourke, a man more supportive of Israel than I am, wrote about the cruelty of the Israeli occupation in 198...7? Yeah.
In words that basically describe today.
This is from 2009.
I have one from 2001.
P J O'Rourke, a man more supportive of Israel than I am, wrote about the cruelty of the Israeli occupation in 198...7? Yeah.
In words that basically describe today.
January 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Hey. Hey, want to see a secret? No? Too bad.
This is from 2009.
I have one from 2001.
P J O'Rourke, a man more supportive of Israel than I am, wrote about the cruelty of the Israeli occupation in 198...7? Yeah.
In words that basically describe today.
This is from 2009.
I have one from 2001.
P J O'Rourke, a man more supportive of Israel than I am, wrote about the cruelty of the Israeli occupation in 198...7? Yeah.
In words that basically describe today.
I'm aware of the utilitarian benefits of mining, but what are the 'values' inherent to it?
Maybe she really, really, really likes money?
Maybe she really, really, really likes money?
January 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I'm aware of the utilitarian benefits of mining, but what are the 'values' inherent to it?
Maybe she really, really, really likes money?
Maybe she really, really, really likes money?
Does anyone know how screen readers pronounce Turkiye? I'm going to be cautious for the alt-text.
December 21, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Does anyone know how screen readers pronounce Turkiye? I'm going to be cautious for the alt-text.
The world is full of surprises all the time! Make a wish, your dream will come to life!
December 20, 2024 at 11:49 PM
The world is full of surprises all the time! Make a wish, your dream will come to life!
It's forgotten, in all this talk about the ICC's survival, how meaningless it is to the vast portion of humanity.
December 17, 2024 at 8:49 PM
It's forgotten, in all this talk about the ICC's survival, how meaningless it is to the vast portion of humanity.
We can establish this by ontological means. First, as a politician, he is at the very least allied to the snakes. Second, he is a very boring, very normal, man.
Third, he plainly knows flail. And fourth, he likes to backpedal.
So! Who's that Pokémon?
Third, he plainly knows flail. And fourth, he likes to backpedal.
So! Who's that Pokémon?
December 17, 2024 at 9:03 AM
We can establish this by ontological means. First, as a politician, he is at the very least allied to the snakes. Second, he is a very boring, very normal, man.
Third, he plainly knows flail. And fourth, he likes to backpedal.
So! Who's that Pokémon?
Third, he plainly knows flail. And fourth, he likes to backpedal.
So! Who's that Pokémon?
There is no reason why a civilian needs to access something like this.
December 12, 2024 at 10:50 PM
There is no reason why a civilian needs to access something like this.
I don't know how accurate this Wikipedia map is. Nothing too glaring.
The problem for Alawite independence is that without Lebanon and the Alawite territory, we may as well let the desert eat Damascus. As we just saw, without access to the sea anyone who controls Aleppo controls Syria.
The problem for Alawite independence is that without Lebanon and the Alawite territory, we may as well let the desert eat Damascus. As we just saw, without access to the sea anyone who controls Aleppo controls Syria.
December 9, 2024 at 3:19 AM
I don't know how accurate this Wikipedia map is. Nothing too glaring.
The problem for Alawite independence is that without Lebanon and the Alawite territory, we may as well let the desert eat Damascus. As we just saw, without access to the sea anyone who controls Aleppo controls Syria.
The problem for Alawite independence is that without Lebanon and the Alawite territory, we may as well let the desert eat Damascus. As we just saw, without access to the sea anyone who controls Aleppo controls Syria.
Never seen this meme before.
Distance/Time=Velocity
Ergo
Distance/Time=Velocity
Ergo
December 5, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Never seen this meme before.
Distance/Time=Velocity
Ergo
Distance/Time=Velocity
Ergo
Noooooo it's real if I have to see it you have to see it I hate this
December 3, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Noooooo it's real if I have to see it you have to see it I hate this
First, I'm ruling out the possibility it's English lettering. Doesn't make much difference, but it's helping me. A little.
Second, Cler are fairly discernible and I think you're right, that's a z.
But what that second last letter is... K? L?
Second, Cler are fairly discernible and I think you're right, that's a z.
But what that second last letter is... K? L?
November 30, 2024 at 2:22 AM
First, I'm ruling out the possibility it's English lettering. Doesn't make much difference, but it's helping me. A little.
Second, Cler are fairly discernible and I think you're right, that's a z.
But what that second last letter is... K? L?
Second, Cler are fairly discernible and I think you're right, that's a z.
But what that second last letter is... K? L?
And he has spent... Forty years? Fifty years? Arguing That actually, birds are not dinosaurs.
November 26, 2024 at 10:33 AM
And he has spent... Forty years? Fifty years? Arguing That actually, birds are not dinosaurs.
THAT ISN'T HOW YOU... WORD... MEANING... NO.
Non ! Non, monsieur, vous allez trop loin.
Non ! Non, monsieur, vous allez trop loin.
November 26, 2024 at 9:53 AM
THAT ISN'T HOW YOU... WORD... MEANING... NO.
Non ! Non, monsieur, vous allez trop loin.
Non ! Non, monsieur, vous allez trop loin.