Wednesday, 28 January 2026

xxx & j (13. 121)

From British author Brian Bilston (previously)—hailed as the Laureate of Social Media for our fractious times and alternately, aptly described as the Banksy of Poets—we appreciated and could related to these verses he shares as a handy, perhaps perennial mnemonic to recall the length of this interminable month—which rivals other seemingly unending suspensions in time, with January concluding 7 December 2042.

synchronoptica

one year ago: Be my Valentine, Charlie Brown (with synchronopticรฆ) plus assorted links to revisit

thirteen years ago: Nature harnessing quantum mechanics 

fourteen years ago: PIPA, SOPA, ACTA plus a visit to Suhl

fifteen years ago: code red plus uprisings in Egypt

sixteen years ago: local news 

seventeen years ago: woolly memories