The old cattle market that used to sit outside half of York’s walls every Tuesday and Thursday ( if memory serves). Not sure of the date of this photo - but when I first lived in York - this was just round the corner from one of my bus stops.
More to come on this and it might yet change, but beginning to figure out how all these apps work together and what they mean to me.
Probably time for a second vault!
Ooh ‘.txt as .md’ obsidian plug in … very nice
Netflix should change its name to ‘Netshows’ … the ‘flicks’ part is close to non existent.
Who Owns The Moon (Castro Podcast)
Sad that this is even a discussion - but arguably it has moved well beyond ‘discussion’ … people have been able to buy chunks of all the planets in the Solar System for 40 years.
I watched the first two seasons of Peaky Blinders a while back, Finally got round to Seasons 3 to 5 - not disappointed.
After such a binge - time to switch to something completely different.
Jack Irish!
“I thought you finished watching Peaky came the voice from the kitchen.”
I had - the two shows happened to choose the same Nick Cave song as it’s theme.
Elon Musk Unveils Humanoid Robot to Take Over ‘Boring’ Work … an Apple News link.
Working my way through Better Than Us - a Russian Language (Dubbed) Netflix series where a company is attempting to introduce humanoid bots to ‘do all the boring work’.
‘Life’ imitating ‘Art’?
On Finding The Miraculous In The Mechanical
“In anything at all, perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness.”
💬 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
via the inimitable Maria Popova
5058 - yikes
MicroBlog question …
Is there an easy way to expose a post’s category on your web page, so that you can click on it and see other posts in that category?
In 1972 Spike Milligan published a memoir, Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall
In 74, Rommel - Gunner Who
In 76, he decided it was a trilogy, releasing Monty - My Part In His Victory
In 78, Mussolini - His Part In My Downfall
In 86, Goobye Soldier, which I recall had the subtext
“the 5th part of my increasingly misnamed trilogy”
For some reason this all came to mind today.
💬 Dorothy Parker
😂
OK - that’s the bulk for now!
Dubai Is A Parody Of The 21st Century
Click this link if you can’t see the video below
The sewage problem was a new one to me.
🎶🎵Mesmerising (links to video)
To remind - many of us have this capability sitting in our pocket - likely unused!
🎵🎶 Dream Theater has a new album coming out - launch track just dropped.
Stunning
click here if you can’t see the video
These fast-food restaurants were born in Miami. And then everyone else got a taste … Apple News link.
New News - White Castle started in Miami… 🤯