I nearly choked on my old man's sherry recently when I read about a 'science' teacher in the USA (where else?) who liked to add christian commentary to his science lessons basically saying the science he was teaching was wrong and that his religious view was correct.  He had been sacked it seemed and there was a 'reinstate him' movement from the concerned kids who were praying for him because they now believed science was unreliable.

"If you've nothing to hide you've nothing to fear" is the mantra of the proponents of the surveillance society. It's rubbish of course as we all have things to hide such as our bank account or credit card details! Privacy International's 2007 survey gave the UK the lowest privacy ranking in the EU putting it in the 'endemic surveillance' category alongside Russia and Singapore. So do we good citizens actually need to worry?

From Social media trial

In arguing his case for
punitive damages, Kaley's attorney Mark Lanier - a folksy Texas
litigator - had shown the jury a jar of M&Ms.

Each M&M stood for $1bn of the company's worth, he said, in a bid to illustrate the depth of the company's wealth.

Currently, Meta's market capitalisation is at around $1.4tn, or 1,400 M&Ms.

 

The verdict has forced
those inside the companies to grapple with the fact that many outsiders
do not view them as favourably as they have come to view themselves.

That
realisation has been difficult for companies that a decade ago were
hailed as critical to connecting and entertaining people, and even
helping to spread democracy around the world.

March balkham,
Comes in like a Lion, goes out like a Lamb.

So many Mists as in March you see,
So many Frosts in May will be. 

March many-Weathers rain’d and blow'd,
But March Grass never. did good.

A Peck of March-Dust, and a Shower in May,
Makes the Corn green and the Fields gay.

Feast of Saint James, also known as Saint James' Day, is a commemoration of the apostle James the Great celebrated on July 25 of the liturgical calendars of the Catholic Church and the Church of England. The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar commemorates James on April 30.

July 25 is also the National Day of Galicia of which James is its patron saint (Galician: Festas do Apóstolo).

SCATTER SUNSHINE.

When a copy of Mr. Oscar Black-
ford’s Christmas Circular came into
my hands, I was much struck by the
appropriate words which headed the
long list of Christmas gifts—" Scatter
Sunshine with Xmas Cards."

St. Austell Gazette and Cornwall County News - Wednesday 28 November 1934

“In the far corner there’s a table of six tucking into their roast dinners.   Three couples, one of the women cooing over the gravy, one of the men letting his wife tuck a napkin into his shirt.   You’d probably find a photo of the same six somewhere from thirty years ago, tanned and smiling, all raising glasses of sangria to the camera as a Spanish waiter took their photo.   There’d be no napkin being tucked in, but the friendships would be the same, and the six of them would swear they hadn’t aged until you showed them the photograph..”

 

"― Richard Osman, The Impossible Fortune
"