Four-and-twenty-odd magpies having a proper to-do in the big tree today. Dive bombing each other and squawking like the genetic future of their species depended on it.
Status:
Recovery day 3. Feeling mostly OK but very aware that I’m on thin ice and any exertion can tip me over. Started a conversation with Fi this afternoon that quickly got too interesting and had to shut it down as my head started ringing which has continued into the evening. That’s probably what I hate most about this flavour of chronic fatigue, the limited capacity to engage intellectually with other people.
Being sofa-bound I was resenting the paucity of good reads on the internet this time of year, but I already have a backlog of tabs open from the last few days. Maybe tomorrow!
Overnight listening:
Reading:
- Vulnerable people still living in unsafe supported housing in England two years after law was passed - a hotspot for this is about a mile down the road from me.
- Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond. - It’s going to be interesting to see how far-right Christian nationalism establishes itself in the UK over the next few years. One thing I noticed when the flaggers came to Stirchley was how they promote the English flag as a Christian flag, presumably as a way to exclude people from ownership of “England”. It’s a tool in the box, for sure. Whether it’s an effective one remains to be seen.
Watching:
- Elle’s Sci-Fi Book Club | Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut [57:45] - I last read this in my early 20s and it’s definitely overdue for a re-read.
- Noah Kalina: Reverse Chronological Order (2025) [10:13]