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“a queer and unaccountable creature, who must necessarily be looked at with wondering curiosity and repulsion” // glasgow

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john h @heliolithic.bsky.social · Nov 16

no mortal ever knows happiness and good fortune all the way to the end. each one is born with his bitterness waiting for him.

linus and charlie brown walk outside in the rain, linus says "that's a good system!"

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TQ @hellotaraquinn.bsky.social · 14h

Made in Scotland from wurders

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john h @heliolithic.bsky.social · 15h

lots that you could and perhaps should say about this graffiti but really my main takeaway is that it absolutely says vaccine "wurders". you can't get around this

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john h @heliolithic.bsky.social · 2d

that was a thorough, well researched presentation. I only have one thing I wanted to ask more about. we asked you to talk about policy challenges in the sector between now and 2030 but, if I followed you, this was entirely about whether columbo's wife is real or a conceit he appeals to when useful

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john h @heliolithic.bsky.social · 3d

snoopy is 75! wow! snoopy realises that he has lived far longer than any dog can be expected to and that there is no knowing if and when he will die. he wonders about why he has been chosen for this blessing, or this curse, but more than that he wonders what he is going to do with all this time.

john h @heliolithic.bsky.social · 3d

playing 'r.e.m - nightswimming (later… with jools holland on BBC1, 14 october 2003)' on the TV to signal to myself that it is time to go to sleep, like you would say 'bed time!' in a moderately high pitch to a well-trained dog

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john h @heliolithic.bsky.social · 4d

pretty sure a guy at the billy woods gig yesterday was on mdma/pills. coming up while a man bellows at me from near total darkness about zimbabwean land reforms or being told by your mother where she's hidden your passports in case you need to flee the country would not be my choice personally

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john h @heliolithic.bsky.social · 4d

the flowers of st francis (1950)

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 4d

4 October is the feast day of St Francis of Assisi: here he is with lambs and preaching to birds.

BL Add 15710; St Bonaventure, Legenda Sancti Francisci, illuminated & transl. by the nun Sister Sibilla von Bondorf; Germany; 15th c; ff.103r, 107v

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john h @heliolithic.bsky.social · 6d

september

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john h @heliolithic.bsky.social · 7d

hadn't noticed before that on the ticket to ride europe map, ireland just has a wee guy keeping an eye on the brits. no trains too busy

john h @heliolithic.bsky.social · 7d

what I see when I look in the oven to see if my potato is done

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john h @heliolithic.bsky.social · 7d

some books demonstrate the viability of an incredibly difficult technical project, some other books discuss the paris commune of 1871... only one legend does both

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john h @heliolithic.bsky.social · 7d

what a cover to this edition too

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john h @heliolithic.bsky.social · 8d

'the only film to really capture the trump era' by which I mean this

john h @heliolithic.bsky.social · 9d

this is merely my transitional demand

josh @lobstereo.bsky.social · 9d

photo of parked car annotated to where I think I should be able to destroy it for blocking pavement

john h @heliolithic.bsky.social · 11d

POV: you have had a challenging few days but feel a lot better after going to pomelo with my wife