Love this

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Richard

As some readers may know, I have a thing for sets of unusual cards much as I have a thing for strange maps. Here’s a gem for strange times.

https://www.mcnallyeditions.com/gifts/p/an-almanac-of-birds

Trump

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Richard

Tech no!

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Richard

As ministers in the UK consider relaxing copyright laws to allow AI companies to plunder written works to train their algorithms it’s time to take a stand. (I always did wonder whether Google’s massive book digitalisation project was for us to read books or for their machines to do so).

Are they serious?

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Richard

Instructions for how to light a candle!

Word of the week

Posted on February 8, 2025 by Richard

….is acedia.

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/44564/what-is-acedia-how-do-you-pronounce-it-and-why-does-this-priest-tweet-about-it

#beyondbusy

Scenarios for 2025

Posted on January 26, 2025 by Richard

Worth five minutes of your time Personally, I’m quite bearish on China longer term (see fuller report on link). Imbalance of young men in the population, high youth unemployment, resource issues (especially water), and a real estate sector that smells like trouble to me. The economy is still rather too reliant on foreign exports if you ask me too and that could be restrained in 2025. None a serious issue with some reasonable growth (I used to suggest 8% but half that may suffice), but if economic growth fades away things could get rather interesting.