The monument known as the Casino (though it isn't a casino) has this doorway and insert windows in it. Taken in Murcia, Spain.
#FensterFreitag #FenêtreVendredi #ViernesDeVentana #FfenestrDyddGwener #WindowFriday

"History is written by the victors" is oft attributed to Winston Churchill but it may have been said by Churchill's enemy, Herman Göring? Or, are both assertions incorrect and is the quote from way back?

@RyanE They're just ẄŘÔŃĢ. Empathy is the reason any of us are still here. Without it, we'd not survive.

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Woke is an adjective derived from African-American English used since the 1930s or earlier to refer to awareness of racial prejudice and discrimination, often in the construction stay woke, recorded since at least 1924.

Courtesy Wikipedia

AND THEY USE IT AS AN INSULT??

@kibcol1049 I believe he said this to make people more vigilant during the conflict.

@usewriter Nous vivons à la campagne et avons parfois des problèmes avec les souris. Nous utilisons un piège compatissant et devons libérer les souris que nous allons éloigner de la maison afin qu'elles ne retournent pas à la maison. Quand les rats arrivent, je les tue.

What am I reading?

Just finished:
Banking on Murder by Jonathan Whitelaw. Light cosy crime for a bit of escapism.

Just Started:
Summit of All Fears, cosy crime by Jonathan Whitelaw
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig. Don't normally read best-sellers but have read The Midnight Library so thought I'd try another of Matt Haig's stories.

#Reading #AmReading #Novels #Books #CosyCrime

Here's a challenge for you AI boys and girls (but mostly boys):

The brain manages it's wonderous feats using a spoonfull of glucose.

Before you go covering the planet with data centers, solve the problem of AI consuming too many resources.

#AI #EasterIslandMoment #DataCentreMadness

Badenuff said it's all 'old hat'. So why didn't her party do it whilst they had a chance.

Burnham is right about one thing at least. Politics needs to change.

#Politics #Uk #AndyBurnham

We have had good
and bad presidents,
and it is a consoling
reflection that the
American nation
possesses such
elements of
prosperity that
the bad presidents
cannot destroy it.

Henry Clay
Lawyer 1777-1852

We shall see?
Courtesy The Economist

During the recent heatwave in the UK my weather station registered 34.1ºC at peak during the 4ish days of the adverse conditions. We were lucky to have temperatures between 15ºC and 17ºC during the night so the house could chill down a little between days.

By using passive methods - mostly involving closing blinds and curtains, not putting on the oven, using fan, etc, we managed a temperature inside between 5ºC and 7ºC lower than outside. Not always totally comfortable but 'livable'. On the hottest day I hung wet flannels on a clothes dryer in front of the fan and it cooled the room by 2ºC at the expense of a 2% increase in relative humidity.