Mike Slade

I bet the BBC weren’t expecting this

Turning Point USA seems to have misestimated crowd size for Vance. Akins Ford Arena less than 25% filled for the vice president.

@CL_Meadows The man is unhinged. Although I’m not a Catholic his latest rant about Pope Leo shows him to be completely bonkers.

Sunday night dread

@SamRaincock I don’t remember that one but when Neil Armstrong stepped out on to the Moon I stepped outside into a dark, clear moonlit night and gazed in awe at it for the first time with men on it. It was unforgettable for a fourteen-year old.

We look at Integrity now and the team in wonder - but my goodness it must have been really something to watch on as Apollo 8 came on TVs on Christmas Eve in 1968. Does anyone remember seeing it?

@fugitiveink Oh, that happens to me *all the time* - although not that *particular* rabbit hole.

I'm supposed to be writing something today, so — needless to say — I've gone down the totally unrelated rabbit hole of reading about an early 17th century bishop of Ferns and Leighlin and exploring his interesting connection with Spalding, Lincolnshire.

@fugitiveink Ours are just coming out and we have wind and rain, other than that, exactly the same!

There's something rather moving about overblown tulips — still so splendid in their colours and baroque contortions, but only one windy morning away from total collapse

@CL_Meadows Yes they certainly have good memories which is why our dog hated collies. She’s better with them now but her going blind helps! But she still won’t take shit. Sounds like you have a good neighbour there who is trying to find a way to resolve it other than shutting the dogs in.

@EmJaySlade I hear you. Wizard meeting any other dog is a disaster. We can only assume that when he was had by the travellers, he was attacked by other dogs repeatedly. The vet says it fits.

That face when next door suggested ‘maybe if they meet face to face it would be better and they wouldn’t bark at each other’ and your mum says ‘nothing is ever made better by meeting Wizard face to face’

@SamRaincock Sorry to hear that. Most pavements seem to be trip hazards these days. I hope you soon heal. 🙏

I’ve had a fall today and have given myself a right shiner. I ended up on all fours and the side of my head hitting the pavement. What a mess but I count myself lucky since nothing appears broken (except my spec 😭), I am just bruised. Deary me!

@SamRaincock I think it is a better image than the ones I’ve seen from Artemis so far.

I may have to update my phone image….. it’s Apollo 8.

There is no military objective that justifies the wholesale destruction of a society's infrastructure or the deliberate infliction of suffering on civilian populations. Conflicts end when leaders choose dialogue over destruction, @antonioguterres says. news.un.org/en/story/2026/…

@Hepworthclare I really don’t know how you put up with it, Clare.

This is what passes for civil exchange in some quarters. It is very tiresome and extremely boring to be a Troll Magnet but I'm guessing I'm really triggering them when they can only resort to this. Bless. It increases my followers exponentially,

@AP Do the Iranians have access to X? I thought their internet service had been suspended for over a month. They won’t know of these impending attacks.

Israel's military warns Iranians in Farsi to avoid taking trains throughout the day, likely signaling intended strikes on the rail network. “Your presence puts your life at risk,” the warning posted on X read. apnews.com/article/iran-u…

@SamRaincock Correct. 👍

Proper!

@LizaChami Good morning Liza.

Good #SundayMorning :)

@fugitiveink He is risen indeed, Hallelujah!

Alleluia! Christ is risen! (This is one of the remaining fragments of 15th century glass from St Nicholas, Blakeney, Norfolk. It survived the Tudor reformations, the puritans and the Civil War, and is still in the church today.)

I see Storm Dave is being renamed Rodney.

@CL_Meadows He looks like wrestlers from the 1960s.

Your da’s on Britain’s Got Talent taking his divorce well

@CL_Meadows Poor old Wiz. Well done you for looking after him so well. Hope he’s soon better again.

Big thanks to Medivet Faringdon for fast and decisive action today in seeing, scanning and diagnosing the dog with an infection which is causing an enlarged prostate, all by 2pm. He’s now on medication with a good prognosis. Apparently he was ‘an angel’ while he was having the scan. Wonders never cease.

@SamRaincock Well done. Keep up the good work.👏🏻

I have also never compromised what I do - always a primary focus on ethics, service and quality. And even after 21 years I still love the forensic work, and I am constantly learning. I won't give it up without a jolly good fight. I have cracked open the (non-alco) fizz 🍾

Definitely one of the toughest years yet (aside from the year my business flooded). Digital forensics in crime is a tough gig at the moment, and at times I was thinking this may be moving to the end. However, I have finished the year alreet, and everything is still moving on.