First a deligthful thread sent my way by Kerk:

Thinking about biological collections lately I'm reminded of the time that somehow at age 4, I got a personal tour of the @UCBerkeley entomology collection (Essig?) from a kind scientist (anybody know who?!). Asked my parents how on earth THAT happened, and it turns out...🤯
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It somehow seem longer than a year since the Insurrection...

In honour of the day, some scary articles:

Vox: How does this end?
Where the crisis in American democracy might be headed.

The Atlantic: Trump’s Next Coup Has Already Begun
January 6 was practice. Donald Trump’s GOP is much better positioned to subvert the next election

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Happy New Year in... some hours' time! :)

First, some lovely wholesome content.

With endless thanks to Owls, there is a NEW Staged video:

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Ilovethemsomuchit'sRIDICULOUS.

They also won an award and made that hilarious too:

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(Sidebar: Everything is better when they have Good Omens hair. ♥)

Also LOOK AT THIS. It is the MOST Good Omens picture ever:

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Today is a GOOOOOOOOOD day, because Owls has posted the next chapter of 'Meet the Neighbours' - you know the one where Missy & Twelve move in next door to Crowley & Aziraphale:

Chapter 5
Chapter Summary: Crowley is ding dang doodly bananas.

It's been, um, almost half a year since Chapter 4? But trust me, the wait has been worth it. I love this chapter ( Read more... )

One of my co-workers shared this, and it's just a lovely idea:

December Kindness 2021 Calendar

I can also bring you more Good Omens S2 set pictures.

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You waited. And now you see @michaelsheen and David Tennant, being perfectly effable.

(On our Soho set. The bookshop is on the left. Could that be a pub on the right?) #GoodOmens Season 2 @PrimeVideo pic.twitter.com/LiqCGWT8Oh
- Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) November 2, 2021

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Neil Gaiman is just too lovely. Go follow him (in Twitter or insta or wherever) because I'm not sure I can keep up with the volume of delights he is posting.

Also IT IS HAPPENING, THEY ARE ACTUALLY FILMING. *flails* Post has been cloned from dreamwidth.

‼️🤍‼️🖤‼️🤍‼️🖤‼️🤍‼️🖤‼️ #GoodOmens2 #GoodOmensReturns https://t.co/VPLexM4RxB pic.twitter.com/KHXrgbSDMf
- Карта. (@KartaTchk) October 17, 2021

(Tomorrow is the first day of filming for S2!) Post has been cloned from dreamwidth.

Shades of grey. 😇 pic.twitter.com/SWxT9Dj0rp
- michael sheen 💙 (@michaelsheen) October 13, 2021

It's actually happening... Post has been cloned from dreamwidth. Comments welcome everywhere.

Covid: Infections rising, but vaccines saving lives
There were 27,125 new cases reported on 2 July - up from 15,810 a week before
^Basically - KEEP WEARING YOUR MASK, vaccinated or not. You don't want this, trust me.

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So, since I am Resting, I listened to the whole of Series 9 of John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (direct link here). Only 6 episodes ( Read more... )