At this point, you basically have to be a pretty special kind of person to own an SUV (in fact we’ve known how lethal they are for at least 10 years). A good summary on Forbes of this and the other reasons why SUV owners really ought to rethink their ownership.
Denis Villeneuve Directing Next James Bond Film
This is excellent news!
Just watched an episode of The Thundermans with my son. It’s a really funny Nickelodeon comedy series on #Netflix with a lovely mix of drama, charm, humour, slapstick, and action. We both really enjoy watching it. Sadly, they’re not making it anymore, so we watch it endlessly on repeat!
14 years old and still going strong!
When someone dies and you prepare for their funeral and reach out to their friends and siblings, you learn about all the other people they were, beyond the person they were to you. And you get to know the full person they couldn’t or wouldn’t let you know, and you wish you could have known that person too. But now it’s too late and you couldn’t have known them in any other way anyway. So you’re grateful for knowing them as you did. And that has to be enough.
Treating ourselves to coffee and cake
💯👏
I just watched The Last Jedi. I haven’t watched it since it originally came out, and while I didn’t hate it when it came out, it was so different from my expectations that I was a little disappointed.
Watching it now, for the second time, I actually think it’s a very clever way to take the story forward and I really enjoyed it.
Seeing it a second time, I don’t think Luke’s character is mishandled; I actually think it’s very believable and quite a powerful message throughout the film.
I’m looking forward to watching The Rise of Skywalker, which I enjoyed more the first time I saw it, so it’ll be interesting to see how I feel about it now.
Proper consumer protection would force either HP or Humane, I don’t care which, to refund customers the cost of their now-useless hardware. And that should probably come out of the enormous amount that is going to otherwise go to the shareholders/owners in this deal:
#tech #consumerprotection #customerrights
Had a beautiful cold walk up in the woods today. Just about enough snow for my wife and son to have a running snowball fight. After three days of being ill, it was a wonderful welcome change to the confines of my bed.
Into the woods #photography
‘Stockbrot‘ #photography #campfire #Odenwald
Winter walk. #photography #dog #dogs #forest #silhouette
Clear winter sky #photography #sunset #skyline #horizon
We took our 7-year-old to see #Wicked at the weekend. He absolutely loved it and understood the majority of the narrative & messages of the film. I sign on to all the hype about this movie. It’s wonderful! I also recommend reading the book - darker, deeper, and even more hard-hitting.
If you haven’t seen this story yet somehow (WaPo nixing a cartoon critical of Bezos and Trump), the blog post from the cartoonist, Ann Telnaes, is very much worth reading: anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-… #politics
Not a big frequenter of McDonalds, but we’re in the road travelling back to Germany, so it’s convenient. Here in France, they serve the fries and other things in reusable plastic holders/bowls. This is great! Has it come to any other country? Not in use in Germany yet, I think.
This heartfelt speech from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seems worth boosting as we move toward January 20th. #politics www.youtube.com/watch
“Remember – hate is always foolish and love is always wise. Always try to be nice and never fail to be kind.”
This perspective has stuck with me since Peter Capaldi’s final #DoctorWho episode in 2017 (Twice Upon a Time). I hope it resonates with you too. (Images generated with Microsoft Copilot).
Another hike at Cap Leucate. This time on the other side of the nature reserve. Can’t believe it’s taken us 10 years to realise this area is so close to where we regularly vacation! #photography #beach #france #coast
The more aged this greenhouse gets, the more lovely it seems to become #photography #rust #decay #greenhouse #ironwork #brokenglass
Added a vignette to this one of Lucy. Can’t believe she’s 13. She still acts like a doggy teenager 😂 #photography #dog #doberman
Today’s hike was around the cliffs to the east of Banyuls-sur-Mer. If anyone knows what type of rock this coastline is, I’d love to know. Claude.ai claimed “The coastline east of Banyuls-sur-Mer is primarily composed of metamorphic rocks, specifically schist, which is part of the Pyrenean geological formation. These dark-colored schists are heavily folded and layered, creating the dramatic cliffs and coves (called “criques” locally) that characterize this part of the Côte Vermeille.” Which sounds good… #photography #coast #cliffs #mediterranean
Today’s walk was around the lake at Leucate. Absolutely beautiful views of the mountains across the lake. So wonderful to be here in the sunshine.
Cerét market
