Interesting Links for 06-03-2023

1. The Faro Shuffle card trick is oddly satisfying to watch

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2. They are coming for transgender people. If you don't speak out then you know exactly where this is going.

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3. Boris Johnson nominates his father Stanley for a knighthood

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And now our Jim is ended.

Jim entered my life when he was a little under 7. A little under 7 years later, he has left it.

A year ago, I didn't think he'd make it another week - he developed osteoarthritis, could barely move, and drooled so much that he stained his fur deep brown. Thanks to a wonder-drug* he got a new lease of life, and spent an awful lot of the next few months lying on my lap, demanding love.

But osteoarthritis is progressive, and the drugs could only help so much, and so today we let him go.

He was so good with the children - delighted to be anywhere where someone would keep him company, no matter how small and squishy they were. I wish he could have been a part of their lives for longer.

Here's a photo, from happier times.



The house seems very quiet without him.

*Solensia, a monoclonal antibody that prevents pain signals from reaching the brain