Oh I also felt like that! Gruelling after a while.

Oh definitely. The vulnerability of all those bereft people.

Let’s not forget people like Conan Doyle were convinced spiritualism was real.

I’m listening to a podcast about AI psychosis and it reminds me so much of spiritualism in the early twentieth century: also a con, also preyed on people who were convinced it promised some eternal truths wrapped up in great personal significance.

Yearning: an occasional series.

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I really want to laugh at this but I also don’t want you to die in a fireball. Or boule de feu.

Farrow and Ball have started emailing me in French which makes me feel very sophisticated if embrouillé.

Today is Michaelmas, a quarter day in the Irish calendar, and traditionally when rents were paid & contracts signed. It's also the last day to eat blackberries - after today, they belong to the Devil and will make you sick!

Victory

A story in alt text.

Do not recommend.

I can sum up today with this story: I treated myself to a g&t on the plane and they gave me ginger ale instead of tonic and I drank it anyway.

In the latest Taskmaster NZ, Rose Matafeo says she'll fight for a thing "...unless I'm slightly tired, a little bit shy, or I don't feel like it" and that might be the most relatable thing I've heard this year.

Japanese writer Jirō Osaragi (大佛次郎) and his cat, Japan,1930s.

I feel I got more enjoyment from the article than I would from the books. The distillations are very clever. 👏👏👏

Outstanding.

That’s why it’s there! Also context. But lols too.