flu vaccinations. In due course, likely within the next two weeks, we will be having our Covid boosters, at our local pharmacy. Such precautions are even more importance now that, West of the Pond may become a breeding ground for diseases, given the way the Country is being run. /2

Tories were terrified of the same blowhard with precisely zero seats 12 years ago, and now look at the mess we're in.

Clearly no lessons have been learned.

This past week with the idiocy of Rayner throwing away her job by being stupid about tax, the complete stupidity of the Mandelson appointment, and now the silence in the face of fascist rallies and incitement from Musk and Robinson... I'm feeling despair at where we are & fear at where we are going

Yes, it does seem to go quickly, although I hope that I have a few more years left of this one, and at least see Anna’s time through University, although there are many other things I wish to do, including writing and publishing a sequel to my autobiographical book. /2

Our son, Tim, was 50, earlier this year, and seemed to both acknowledge it and be celebrating it with a degree of reluctance. Jo and I have bee together for fifty-five years, married for fifty-three years, and, last month our eldest granddaughter, Anna, passed her driving test. /1

Maurice Cerullo was a showman, so was James Randi. A certain type a theistic religious types followed the former, and probably still do, a certain type of scientistic religious types followed the latter and certainly still do. Much as the pair of them seemed to believe that they knew what /1

Interesting. I am not at my laptop at the moment, and am not as flexible on my phone. I will try to have a look when I get home.

Having only very recently got around to joining BlueSky, though had intended to for some time, that is really good news.