fourlights

@angiechaseface

Human in NW England. COVID concerned, like history, data science, dancing and solidarity. In disorganised semi-loneliness since 2020. Not my real name, but otherwise it's all true. Only occasionally post bad jokes!

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fourlights@angiechaseface· 6d

Entirely non-ominous date

A white background with a square image of a quarter of a red moon in the left third of the block, and the rest of it showing the text "Next Total Lunar Eclipse 2 years 148 days: 31 Dec 2028"

fourlights@angiechaseface· 16d

Almost Getting There on repeated COVID infections as a population-level cause, but of course not quite www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Extract from the linked Guardian article:
"Moffat adds: “It only takes a small gap in your immune function to let this virus pop out. Having a respiratory disease like Covid or flu … getting a bad sunburn, having type 2 diabetes or even treatment with steroids (which suppress immune system responses) can lead to an eruption of shingles.” She also believes, “something else is happening on a very large scale that is putting people at higher risk for reactivation – the declining health of humans in general. Less activity, poor diet, more stress, even maybe a warming climate.” Her list goes on: “Lack of social supports, eating ultra-processed foods, not cooking at home, not sleeping enough, higher income inequality, lack of access to healthcare – this last [one] is a major problem for young people in the US,” she points out.

But why are millennial women especially struggling? Coupled with their immune systems being more prone to shingles than men’s, Moffat speculates that their health and mental health may be more compromised as they face a wide range of lifestyle pressures in midlife."

fourlights@angiechaseface· 17d

Promising first image

A young Hugh Laurie's face looking tired and aghast

fourlights@angiechaseface· 17d

Settling in on a Sunday

A 1920s jazz band of violinist, drummer and double bassist drawn in an illustration style evoking the time

fourlights@angiechaseface· 19d

"My neighbour is a cannibal Who screams throughout the night"

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious scene from Mary Poppins. Dick Van Dyke in a stripey blazer and boater with the kids on a carousel horse. Dick is breaking into the first line of the verse.

fourlights@angiechaseface· 20d

Keeping it monstrously real with the second hand purchases

An open portable DVD player showing the screen and disc insert area. It's a beauty

fourlights@angiechaseface· 27d

Well someone's got ducks bang to rights

The cover of a DVD "Keeping Ducks With Tom Bartlett" subtitled "Beautiful comical things"

fourlights@angiechaseface· Jun 23

Learning of the day

A still from Simon Schama's History of Britain with subtitles reading "...nicknamed 'Plantagenet' because he wore a sprig of yellow broom, or 'planta genista', in his hat"

fourlights@angiechaseface· Jun 6

If you are reading this and haven't got to the end of chapter 11 yet, you are in for a real stomach-dropping moment treat. Had to say "Woah!" and put the book down for a mo to mull on it, brilliant.

Front cover of The Pretender by Jo Harkin.
Black background with The Pretender on yellow letters, with the crown from the crown jewels placed jauntily on "The", and with two hands showing at the bottom, one holding a red York rose.

fourlights@angiechaseface· May 4

😢

Rockbiter from The Neverending Story (a huge rock giant) seen from below with Atreyu's head visible facing him. Rockbiter is holding up his hands and looking at them.

fourlights@angiechaseface· Apr 28

Along with the incisive moral bits, I do like a bit of doleful, hapless Rincewind. GNU to Terry Pratchett

The root problem, Rincewind had come to believe was that he suffered from pre-emptive karma. If it even looked as though something nice was going to (continues)

(continued) happen to him in the near future, something bad would happen right now. And it went on happening to him right through the part where the good stuff should be happening, so that he never actually experienced it. It was as if he always got the indigestion before the meal and felt so dreadful that he never actually managed to eat anything.
Somewhere in the world, he reasoned, there was someone who was on the other end of the see-saw, a kind of mirror Rincewind whose life was a succession of wonderful events. He hoped to meet him one day, preferably whole holding some sort of weapon.

fourlights@angiechaseface· Apr 18

I'm down with DJ -> Popstar -> Club Owner -> PM as a change from Private School -> Quad Uni -> City Job -> PM

Grey mountain background with lyrics in pale blue:
"My vision
One Nation
One Tribe
One day'll come the might to move any mountain"

fourlights@angiechaseface· Mar 30

Garth Marenghi saying "I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards"

fourlights@angiechaseface· Mar 28

Strongly reminiscent

A quote from the writer of the book Project Hail Mary is based on, in The Western Journal: “I think you and me are kind of on the same wavelength there when it comes to fiction writing,” Weir replied. “I never put any politics or messaging in any of my stories at all. There’s no deeper meaning; there isn’t even any symbolism, even non-political. There’s just no symbolism at all. My books are just purely to entertain.”

fourlights@angiechaseface· Mar 12

Surely trolling? Else this person has a blessed lack of problems in life

A few months ago, when I first realised what she was doing, I said nothing. But I realised this must have been happening for years behind my back. Boiling water twice is a no-no for me – there is a change in quality and taste. My life had a certain drabness to it – I now attribute that to consuming poor-quality water for so long without realising.

"You be the judge" feature from The Guardian:
Should my housemate stop warming her mug and then pouring the water back into the kettle?

fourlights@angiechaseface· Mar 11

Truly the face of someone seeing humans after 6,000 years' peace and quiet

Close up of the face of Tous the Olinguito: they are a brown furry mammal with small ears and big pale brown eyes

fourlights@angiechaseface· Mar 4

Starting all my sentences with "as a goalkeeper" from now on

Alex from Love is Blind Ohio saying "Big stakes. You decide the game today"

Alex from Love is Blind Ohio saying "A lot of this day has been the pre-game warm-up"

Alex from Love is Blind Ohio saying "and you're in the locker room with the boys beforehand figuring out,"

Alex from Love is Blind Ohio saying "Okay, the moment's here"

fourlights@angiechaseface· Mar 4

Aaaargh! Come on now Love is Blind, this is too much even for you

Alex from Love is Blind Ohio saying "I think she's a top-tier partner when it comes to choosing a wife"

Alex from Love is Blind Ohio saying "it's like a penalty shootout with everything on the line"

Alex from Love is Blind Ohio saying "There's no pressure on the goalkeeper 'cause they're supposed to score"

Alex from Love is Blind Ohio saying "I, as a goalkeeper, felt very confident in making saves at that point"

fourlights@angiechaseface· Feb 25

These two can obviously do one though

That Love is Blind couple that includes Alex the "soccer player" lounging on a sofa, with subtitles saying "You're very passionate about soccer and day trading"

fourlights@angiechaseface· Feb 25

Promised myself I wouldn't get invested in any of the couples from Love is Blind, and yet here we are

Downcast-looking turquoise blue William the Hippo statuette from the Metropolitan Museum

fourlights@angiechaseface· Feb 25

Great to see this: a condition I can confirm is hard to live with. As the article mentions, it can really twist your personality, especially before you know what's going on.