Laura (she/her)

I see the Wallace Collection have an exhibition of Winston Churchill's paintings coming up 🤔

"Prisoners beating each other to death is bad actually" shouldn't be as controversial a view as it is

Thinking of the relatives of the people Ian Huntley's alleged killer murdered before he went to prison, who now have to hear morons calling him a hero

Me in a jumper with lots of coloured dots in the Courtauld Gallery's cafe. I look like a middle-aged woman recovering from a nervous breakdown, because I am.

Didn't consciously choose this jumper for the Courtauld's Seurat exhibition, but it works

A memorial bench to Yu Menglong in Victoria Embankment Gardens.

A close-up of the bench with flowers and posters.

Saw this memorial bench today, not sure of the full backstory but here's the website they linked to

yumenglongmemory.carrd.co

My poem History is one of the first I put back on my revamped website. I wish it didn't feel so relevant

lauradelcolbrown.com/History/

Nothing good

Ti Amo (EXILE BALLAD BEST) YouTube video by EXILE - Topic

Artist no. 66 in #365DaysOfJPop is EXILE. This is called Ti Amo, but I think they meant Te Amo. It's completely forgettable

youtu.be/rFmDSaLfpUE?...

Do Not Etc.

Esta amendoeira foi cultivada aqui em Nagasaki a partir de uma muda comprada em Portugal em 2012.
Ela cresceu bastante, Portugal!🇵🇹

This almond tree was grown here in Nagasaki from a seedling purchased from Portugal in 2012.
It has grown big, Portugal!🇵🇹

#flower #Portugal
@bskyphotos.bsky.social

I don't know if there's a way to tell the upstairs neighbours, kindly and with love, that their bed squeaks

I didn't notice at the time because The Simpsons were such a breath of fresh air, but Do the Bartman really isn't any good at all #TotP

Also, 蛍 is a cool kanji & I applaud Masha for using it even though the word "hotaru" (firefly) is, according to Jisho, "usually written with kana alone"

福山雅治 - 蛍 (Full ver.) YouTube video by 福山雅治 Official

I don't know what this Firefly is that you're all arguing about, but:
1. You've no idea what it's cost me not to make an Ides of March joke
2. Lightning bugs (as we called them in W.Va.) are one of the few things I miss about America
3. 蛍 by Fukuyama Masaharu is lovely
youtu.be/lQQxViMcafQ?...

Hmmmph

https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202603060001037.html

Terunofuji's recent violent behavior has resulted in a temporary suspension for the Haru basho. If there's going to be more of the punishment for him - we will find out after the basho.
Also, Midorifuji has been diagnosed with some kind of heart failure and will be out for the Osaka tournament 🥲

Fat Elvis is usually not fat (not that there's anything wrong with being fat), he's *sick*, a man visibly falling apart from systemic immune disease and from iatrogenic conditions from the rudimentary treatments for them that existed in the 70s.

The latest @beecraftmag.bsky.social reports @bbka.org.uk having beef with various people/orgs. I am not in the right place for this

Weird, I've checked the BBC, Guardian, Telegraph and Daily Heil reports on the summit and they all seem to forget to mention anything about these comments

What Is Chronotropic Incompetence? Chronotropic incompetence means you can’t increase your heart rate when you increase your physical activity level. Learn more.

According to Chris Sumo, Midorifuji’s “absence note is vague, but likely refers to chronotopic incompetence.” See the link below for what that means.

#GrandSumo #HaruBasho

my.clevelandclinic.org/health/disea...

Have people started replying to that again because they can't reply to you? The bartender's story is good though!

It's notable incidentally that none of Elvis' studio albums after 1971 made the top forty, but all his live albums did -- and that even though they weren't country records, the studio albums consistently hit the top five (often number one) on the country charts.

I see the secret cabal that runs Bluesky is continuing to remove "likes" from my posts

You know all those websites that ask you to pay to reject cookies? Is that actually legal or are they just trying to see how long they can get away with it?

まつり YouTube video by Saburo Kitajima - Topic

Artist no. 65 in #365DaysOfJPop is Saburo Kitajima. Pretty sure this is the first enka track I've featured, & I can definitely tell the difference. I don't dislike it but don't think I could listen to much at once

youtu.be/e5O_jcIk3kk?...

This is a fun time to be on a medication that makes you have vivid dreams about, e.g., life after nuclear war

I've read this & am thinking about plastic pollution at sea. All the albatrosses full of junk and the turtles eating plastic bags because they look like cephalopods. They eat them and get filled up with plastic instead of real food and they die. They thought they were feeding but they were starving

Pleased to say I was ahead of the curve in 1985

Me either, I really hope it's something treatable

Just heard about Midorifuji being kyujo due to a serious heart issue. I know he'll never read this but I hope he knows he has a lot of love and many many fans in the English-speaking sumo community. Here's hoping he gets the rest he needs and has a good recovery