Pinned: Your necessary reminder of the White Rose movement, a group of young people who saw what was happening in front of everyone's eyes, and acted, while their elders did not.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/White-Rose
Using 2FA phone numbers for targeted advertising. One of the dumbest ways ever for a company to abuse its users’ trust. Take a bow, Twitter. And have a $150 million fine too.
https://grahamcluley.com/twitter-2fa-phone-number-advertising/
Since it's #TowelDay here's a fun fact: did you know that the domes of the Auxiliary Telescopes at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile are uncannily similar to Marvin the Paranoid Android? #astronomy
Last year a blackbird nested in the bracket for the hot water solar panel on the wall. This year, she looked and looked, but we've seen no sign of nest building.
Then today Helen spotted a blackbird fly into the little polytunnel. And there we found the nest.
The peas that form the roof for the nesting spot will have to be abandoned. Effectively the polytunnel is off limits for a few months.
Poor pics, but I didn't want to spend too long in there.
At last, back at The Last Homely House after a day in the east. We have much for which to be grateful.
I now realise the picture I tried to add with Tusky never materialised. Sorry about that. Also weird is that it's not in the phone's gallery. You'll have to take my word for it that her stand looked its usual colourful self.
Appraoching thunderstorm came out nicely in post-editing. First one is single shot, second image panorama of 8 images stitched together in #PTgui (cylindrical mercator).
The hospital told her surgery would cost $1,337 out of pocket. It billed her $303,709. - https://boingboing.net/2022/05/19/the-hospital-told-her-surgery-would-cost-1337-out-of-pocket-it-billed-her-303709.html and the tories are working hard to bring the US system to the UK...
And just like that, the second heel has been turned. It always feels like magic when that happens.
#knitting
Well, it's 4 days since #Eurovision, and the earworm that's most difficult to get rid of (though it's a lovely one) is Portugal's entry, "Saudade, saudade". For an earworm, it's quite enjoyable.
https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/2022/portugal
Wandered from South to North, IT to the Humanities, UHI degree. Lower left political compass. Off-grid for practical reasons. A scatterling of Africa.
🏴 🇪🇺 Yes.