Two Prosecco based #cocktails. The one on the left is with Limoncello and the one on the right with elderflower syrup. #summer #survivingtheheat https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cocktails?src=hash
“For the Torment Nexus to get built it needs to convince you that your only option for survival is to build the Torment Nexus”
Superman!
Superman was excellent! Everything I wanted it to be: hopeful, joyous, thoughtful, entertaining, heartfelt, and expressing a set of values I wholeheartedly subscribe to.
Going to see Superman tonight. It’s the first film in a long time I’ve been genuinely excited about. I really enjoyed Zack Snyder’s take on the characters, but the films didn’t feel very hopeful tonally. Going in, this film feels more like it’s going to feel like the Superman of my youth.
Today’s dog walk keeping ahead of the rain.
Beautiful hike today from Möhren up to Möhrenberg and back.
Stone runs in the Rohrbach Valley, Germany
Stone runs - limestone ridges - form from slow lime-rich spring flow. They are rare, fragile, and fascinating!
I don’t understand why #Apple doesn’t do a translucent coloured version of the icons. That would be the best of both worlds on #iOS26. I mostly like Liquid Glass, but it’s taken me a number of days to get used to it - it wasn’t love at first sight.
Two waterfall hikes in France
We’re holidaying in France at the moment. Today we went on two lovely walks to waterfalls.
Cascades D’Augerolles
The hike to Cascades D’Augerolles is a very nice walk going down one side of the valley and up the other. I recommend the walk for its scenery and interesting terrain. I will say though that the waterfall is not the highlight of this walk. The fall you can get to is really rather small and the big fall has such an overgrown path that you can’t get near. It does look nice from a distance. Overall, it is a lovely little walk. It took us about an hour to go from the car park down and then back up the other side. Google Maps Link
Cascade des Jarrauds
The hike to the Cascade des Jarrauds is a much easier walk, though still with some steps to climb up and down. And the waterfall itself is a little more impressive, though again you can’t get close to it. Google Maps Link
Damselfly on our walk through a labyrinth today.
Damselfly on our walk through a labyrinth today.
Dean Cain (who I loved as Superman in Superman and Lois, and who was born Dean George Tanaka, which gives you a sense of his own immigrant roots) managing to set up a straw man argument about immigrants and seem kinda racist in a single quote. https://variety.com/2025/film/news/dean-cain-superman-woke-maga-backlash-immigrant-1236451732/
And now for my 30 minutes of evening exercise! Up the hill we go 😫
And now for my 30 minutes of evening exercise! Up the hill we go 😫
Why centrist politics is failing to live up to the moment
This article is persuasive and powerful about the failure of centrist politicians to counter the far right. Historically, I’m guilty of the same thinking as Starmer and have mostly thought of myself as a centrist, and have mostly focused on trying to identify policy compromises to bring people into the fold. In the last couple of years, though, it has become clear to me that I am really quite far to the left of centre, and especially at the level of core values
Seems like the amazing folks at The Onion have been reading the same reports I read on SUVs: Conscientious SUV Shopper Just Wants Something That Will Kill Family In Other Car In Case Of Accident.
Hat tip to Jason Kottke for bringing to my notice.
Spent the week in Geneva. Lovely city.
My son’s ‘first’ artwork, framed and on our wall. Of course there have been many, many drawings over the years, but he was super proud of this one. Feels fantastic to frame it for him and for us.
