Predictably high body count and doubtless somewhat fanciful but nevertheless I rather enjoyed Guy Ritchie’s latest, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Based on Operation Postmaster. 🍿🎥
Put the what3words app on the new phone just in case.
Dunno about the corn but the ragwort is certainly high. Not much insect life, maybe later. 📷
Getting a feel for micro.blog. No likes, hashtags, reposts, follow/er counts, limited search. Low pressure environment. All good.
I’m indifferent to most of the London Grammar remixes but the Hey Now remix by French duo The Shoes adds something worthwhile. 🎵
And also from yesterday, the archetypal beach view looking towards West Kirby and Hoylake with Hilbre Island to the left. It gets sandier further on but this is good to walk on. Birds were starting to fly in as the tide turned, mainly oystercatchers, redshank joining the loitering gulls. Lots of cliff erosion evident. 📷
From yesterday, a favourite view looking down the footpath from the Wirral Way to Heswall Field, Welsh hills in the distance. 📷
And the Olympics start today with men’s soccer and rugby sevens. BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/oly… Olympics Schedule - Paris 2024 day-by-day guide of events
Christina Pagel’s first thoughts on the Hallett Report on UK response to Covid-19, module 1. There really hasn’t been a lot of informed comment that I’ve seen thus far so this is welcome. christinapagel.substack.com/p/covid-i…
Fair number of butterflies on the path down to Heswall Field from the Wirral Way, notably Large White, Gatekeeper and Comma (shown here). 📷
Delightful walk along the beach at Thurstaston followed by coffee and scone at the visitors centre with view of Wales across the Dee estuary. 📷
Some of the #athletics highlights at the forthcoming Olympics. BBC News - Athletics stars, rivalries & key events at Paris 2024 www.bbc.com/sport/ath…
Came across a new non-Linden viewer (well, new to me) still under development but visually rather impressive judging by the video. Mind you, I’ve seen a few viewers come and go so I’m not getting too excited yet. That said, all best wishes to the Sharpview dev. www.animats.com/sharpview…
A slightly overcast day with a very fine mizzle at times. A good perambulation, ducks on the mere fed, now on with the rest of the day. 📷
The soundtrack of the last week or so has come courtesy of London Grammar. As ever, I’m late to the party but making up for lost time is part of the fun. 🎵
My first impression is that the tone on micro.blog is generally more positive and less sarcastic. I like that. There’s also less on politics and health-related issues. I’m going to try and fit in with that.
Getting back to micro.blog after pulling the plug on my Mastodon instance. History suggests I’m not very good at being in more than one space at a time so let’s see how I fare here now I can focus. May take a while to get up to speed.
Pleasant walk in Birkenhead Upper Park. Coot busy feeding its young on the lake.
The last couple of weekends we went to Calderstones Park on the outskirts of Liverpool. It has wonderful tree-lined walks, beautiful gardens and, now the Mansion House has been transformed, a very nice cafe. I’m going to call the Mansion House the Hall
Not enough on TV+ to keep me hooked at present. I’ve enjoyed much of what I’ve seen and will miss the end of Sugar and Big Door Prize but overall no regrets and may well come back again as and when. 📺
Finished binge-watching the first three seasons of New Amsterdam. The coverage of the pandemic from the perspective of a hospital soap set in NY was both interesting and chilling. While I enjoyed most of the episodes, the synopses on wiki for the following two seasons didn’t engage me so I made do with the final episode to see how it all ended.
Liking Kagi’s ability to summarise and query YT videos
Watching Suspicion on AppleTV+. Nice and twisty, think I’ll stay with it. 📺
handy tool for converting a web page to markdown urltomarkdown.com