Interesting times

[white_hart]

Obviously, a massive volcanic explosion was exactly what the world needs on top of covid and climate breakdown and general political chaos. Twitter is throwing up its hands and saying "Krakatoa!" a lot, though it may just be catastrophising. (Also, apparently there are people who have never heard of Krakatoa, which I find mindboggling.)

Other than that I have had a quiet Saturday. I went for a chilly swim, came back and assembled our new bird feeding station (we have put it outside the living room window, in the hope that we might get close-up views of birds, though so far none have found it) and then cut my hair (I thought I was past DIY haircuts, but the top had got really long and was annoying me enormously, and even if I had the time or the spoons to attempt to go to the barbers', it doesn't really seem like a smart move in terms of risk right now). And then I sewed a handkerchief out of an old pillowcase (I've switched to hankies recently as tissues seem to be in short supply) while listening to a sustainable sewing podcast, like some kind of utter cliche.

Comments

[kotturinn]

I have (almost) given up being surprised at what people have never heard of. But it does partly explain why the planet is going to hell in a handcart...

[cmcmck]

Thankfully, it doesn't appear to have been one of the worst although a friend on here in Canada says it got as far as them in a small way.

[white_hart]

The pressure wave was being picked up by people with home weather stations in the UK early yesterday evening!

[cmcmck]

We have one but I must have missed that!

[crinolinerobot]

It's going to be interesting - for certain values of interesting - to see if there's a knock-on effect with the climate as there was with Krakatoa.