Church Times reporting on a new CoE report on trust and trustworthiness:

Social media is also touched on in a section on access to information, with the warning that, “through our indiscriminate use of social media we are in danger of becoming stupid in our judgement of where to place our trust.”

Amen.


Not coming to this café again…

A cactus and a succulent are creatively planted in teacups, displayed on a decorative tray.

Started reading: Cairn by Kathleen Jamie 📚


It’s possible that my childhood bedroom was a bit geeky.

A 1980s child’s bedroom with Star Wars wallpaper, an Empire Strikes Back duvet cover and a child in bed reading The Eagle comic.

🚨If you have old data in Google Analytics (version 3 / Universal Analytics), you only have until Monday to save it. 🚨

Here’s some suggestions for getting it safely exported and stored.


This is a fascinating experiment: use a newsletter to build a (paying) community, and once it’s large enough, launch a print magazine.

I’ll be watching this with interest.


Well, I didn’t have Rushi Sunak versus David Tennant on my bingo card for this election.


It’s easy enough to dismiss these birds [pigeons] as rats with wings, but if we hate them for their ubiquity, adaptive success and propensity to make life unpleasant for species that want to share their space, then maybe that’s just because they’re stealing our shtick.

— From Light Rains Sometimes Fall by Lev Parikian 📚


‘There’s no such thing as bad weather,’ Alfred Wainwright once said. ‘Only unsuitable clothing’ He was right, I suppose. Although possibly also a trifle smug.

— from Light Rains Sometimes Fall by Lev Parikian 📚


Cross-posting from micro.blog to Threads via the new API seems to be working perfectly. 👌🏼