Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

Felt like Spring came a week or two early this year, but I am fine with that. Never been the biggest fan of being cold.

Ryan Newell Aaron Irber Anyone who only watches things to strip-mine them for hot takes or as culture wars ammunition will eventually develop bad taste because they've made their mental landscape into a wasteland.

Tomorrow, we are going to expose the full scale of British complicity in genocide. Join us for The Gaza Tribunal. thecorbynproject.com/news/the-gaza-…

We have an online version, which lasted through Covid and still continues -- feel free to join us! khanya.wordpress.com/2019/10/23/ink…

I've been getting a lot of what I call "writing journey spam" -- people who ask how many books I have written and about my "writing journey". Now I've had one from someone who claims to represent a book club. Anyone else had any of these? Genuine? #writing #writingcommunity

Ebook edition of "The Enchanted Grove", a kids' adventure/fantasy story by Stephen Hayes set in the Drakensberg mountains of South Africa books2read.com/u/31lVDW #kidlit #mglit #ChildrensBooks #booktwitter #booktwt

An asshole is a burro burrow.

We’ve just finished Day 1 of The Gaza Tribunal. We heard powerful and devastating testimonies from legal experts, journalists and survivors of the Gaza genocide. Join us tomorrow for Day 2. The truth will out.

Story of my (Twitter) life...

Let us laugh with those we tickle And weep with those we expose to tear-gas.

I was told that Americans who voted for the Republican Party did so because they didn't like big government. But this time round they got the biggest government ever. Is this really what they wanted?

Sunny morning in Oxford, walking to the Weston Library to see some of #Tolkien’s manuscripts. On my way, 2 pubs frequented by Tolkien + friends. The Eagle & Child (affectionately known as Bird & Baby), still under renovation, I see; and The Lamb & Flag, the same as it ever was.

South Africa should impose sanctions on Robert F Kennedy for endangering millions of lives with his bizarre views on vaccines, and offer refugee status to Americans who want access to vaccines.

A Literary Mystery: can you help me to solve it? Follow the link for details. methodius.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-lite… #books #reading #GoodReads #kidlit #mglit

Without a doubt ..

When Hollywood and Netflix try to replicate something successful and it flops, it reminds me of cargo cults. They build a copy of the airplane with no concept of why the original actually flew. It looks just like a plane!

So, it's been my suspicion for a while that choice of Christian denomination is a reflection of personality type as much as anything else. In light of that, here are the 16 Myers-Briggs types, paired with the tradition that I think best reflect them. Feedback appreciated!

Here’s a fun game: Reverse the gender in a famous literary quote. I’ll go first. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single woman in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a husband.” HAHAHAHA no.

What's happened to @TelkomZA ? There seems to be no way of reporting faults or asking about them other than jumping through 15 hoops ("Press 5", "Press 3", "Press 2" etc, reiterated) and then a bot says they'll get back to you, and they never do.