Amen

No, KB, the justice system should only be available to people who agree with you. Congrats on the win.

Excellent thread. Definitely felt this tension in teaching Shakespeare of when you can contain ubiquitous dark/light imagery within a simpler framework of colour connotations vs. when it seems to draw on racial meanings. Shk of course plays with this!

Is it lame to have a favourite tree

Not sure that Lucio, the Maine Coon cat in #Ripley , is getting the attention he deserves. His nonchalant curiosity is impressive, and suspect he could have solved the murders far faster than the Italian police. Best performance by a pet since Snoop the collie in ANATOMY OF A FALL

Have you ever parked your car on the 'wrong'/non-petrol cap side of the petrol pump, and reached the hose fully around your car to fill up?

Can we add to the suggestions here?

Really enjoyed ep1 of Fallout on Amazon. Violent, funny but potentially quite weighty post-apocalyptic scifi.

Lots of iconography and ideas from the games (am no Fallout expert mind) but honestly you don't need to know any of that.

I know I'm just a white man of a certain age but...

Thinking about SLEEP and SLEEPLESSNESS in Macbeth.

Sleep is mentioned 34 times in the play. Sleep represents what we today might call 'mental health': rationality, clear thought, natural order.

'Balm of hurt minds...Chief nourisher in life's feast', indeed (Act 2 Sc 2)

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Strong gothic vibes and a gothic seal asleep on the shore.