Reading everyone’s “admiration” posts made me realise that, at this point of my life, I rarely admire people, but I often admire actions or decisions.

That’s not to do with growing cynicism, but more a happy acceptance that people are messy and complicated.

🤔

I have a certain admiration for the attempt to move people over, but I’m not sure it will work.

It’s a rough morning, watching friends and former students getting fired from Twitter.

I’m glad I’ve got this place to spend time in instead. Thank you, lovely micro.blog folks.

Well, I suppose the good thing about the reports that Revue (owned by Twitter) will be gone by the end of the year, dead by order of Musk, is that I now have licence to officially abandon my neglected newsletter there…

Working late at the office, adding a feast of links to Moodle, for the journalism students to ”enjoy”…

Well, it might have been chucking it down all day, and the wind has thrown things around the garden, but given how dry the summer was, I figure the plants could really do with it.

Enjoying Halloween on a warm but wet night.

A modest haul of sweets for the girls, but good fun in good company.

Trick or Treat in Shoreham.

Has anyone seen any news outlets doing anything interesting on Mastodon?

This is a great resource for people thinking of starting a blog: Get Blogging!

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London being London in its charming way.

A London pub in Farringdon