Text from GP about 2nd vax!
(Okay, I can't make this Friday's slots, but it says 'check back'.)
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In other news:
Dept of, retrocity: refund from British Telecom due to change of landline provider - by cheque, fortunately I have a few deposit slips left around, but, really: why not in predecimal currency, eh?
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Dept of, it's a very niche thing: the first time I saw something about 'Post Office Scandal', which was in a tweet, I genuinely thought someone was digging up the Cleveland Street Scandal and the telegraph boys again (I know, article is paywalled, but at least it doesn't immediately go to dubious speculation about Prince Eddy, right?).
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Dept of, flashback to the sewer-dwelling alligators (did not realise how old that one was!): Toilet-invading iguanas among invasive species now banned in Florida: Green iguanas have multiplied in Florida to such a degree since they were first spotted there in 1960 that they are regarded as an environmental hazard. They puncture seawalls, tear up sidewalks and carry salmonella. An animal once prized as an exotic curiosity is now widely decried as a pest. The iguanas hang out on roofs, dig under houses and to the horror of home owners can crawl into sewers only to emerge, thrashing around, in the toilet bowl.
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Dept of, here they go again: Palgrave Macmillan having another sale, 40% off humanities books until this Thursday (as far as I can tell I've already grabbed the works that most interest me in previous iterations).
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Dept of, immediate threat lifted, but prospect still uncertain: For the future of scholarship, the National Art Library must be protected: Henry Cole pronounced that the museum should act as a ‘schoolroom for everyone’, and ‘to educate’ is always one of the first answers the students give. Will we still be able to say this if the library ceases being a space to learn, and instead becomes a place to pause? From the outside, it feels like its educational function is on the verge of abandonment, and what the economic imperative demands is entertainment.
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