Outside

The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York.

photo by Shannon Stapleton

Capitalism is, essentially, gambling.

So why should anyone be surprised that

'Almost every writer

changes my mind – that’s the point of reading.’

- Katie Kitamura.

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Also from today's Guardian
two interview-questions for actor Juliet Stevenson:

An apparently neutral word

can fire up a nasty industry.

Adult movies implies
that you're an adult
if you watch them.

'To have the jitters'

in French
= avoir les jetons,

which, going back to the 12th century,
= 'to have the shits'

but jetons are also tokens,
or chips used for roulette or poker :

another (and not the most ancient) connection
between fæces and lucre.

Jews attacked in London.

Christians attacked
in Israel.   And so it goes. 

One rarely sees

happy dogs
on leads.

Great Statue -

 

by 'Banksy'

but of course it will be removed.

Three Kings.

Proud Guardians of our Rubbish
at a "Waste Disposal Facility" near Istanbul.
Turkey is the largest recipient of European plastic waste.
Others include Malaysia and Indonesia.

photo by Sedat Suna