Thursday [16 till close of play]

(1545) Not all that far from evening.

26. Fave Dylan song? An Xer asked

To my mind, most of them sounded nice, musically, but the lyrics were largely as meaningless as an Elvis Costello song … however, he could certainly string phrases together and even create a storyline.

To my mind, this song below painted a picture and a tense build-up to a climax of anger, not unlike the films we’re watching … only he does it within a nine minute song. There are many interrelated layers … kudos to the man, credit where credit is due.

Tomorrow morning, I’m running something Toodles sent about what she saw today. Meanwhile, though I now know how Island is going to end, I can’t get the frame of mind going to finish it. Yet. Have a good evening, all.

25. Late for me to post

… but two things are hitting the fan … one you probably know about Yusuf departing. The other is far nastier … Trump and Musk trading barbs … and now Musk has tweeted that Trump was in the Epstein files … that explains why Pammy was doing nothing.

Now I haven’t a clue about the veracity of any of it but the enemies of America must be chortling.

24. Now for Farage unless he drastically shapes up

… start with an apology to Rupert and Ben. H/T DAD at 1067 by the way, for the newsflash.

23. Moosh corner

22. Jeffries is goin’ down down down bebe

21. Some US news

20. Steve and war room at 1067

“We’ll Soon Be Speaking To Robots In Mandarin.” Joe Allen Sounds Alarm On A.I. Race With China
Jack Posobiec On Ukraine’s Drone Strike Being Hidden From POTUS By Intel Community
Natalie Winters On The US/CCP Trade War: China Has A Stranglehold Over Critical Minerals
Liz Yore: Grassley Oversight Unveils Disturbing Extent Of FBI’s Anti-Catholic Bias
“Racially Aggravated Public Order Offense” Frank Walker On Man Convicted Of Burning a book
Holland: Moose Limb Political Power Is Melding With A Censorious Captured Professional Managerial Class

19. Some more Brit news