Open Thread – Weekend 26 April 2025


Madame Roger Jourdain, John Singer Sargent, c. 1883-85


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Colonel Crispin Berka
Colonel Crispin Berka
April 26, 2025 12:05 am

It’s the start of a brand new day, and I’m off like a herd of turtles.

Johnny Rotten
Johnny Rotten
April 26, 2025 12:33 am

Turtle away then.

calli
calli
April 26, 2025 1:44 am

Air…hellair! From Strasbourg. 😀

Gabor
Gabor
April 26, 2025 2:51 am

m0nty
April 26, 2025 1:19 am

From the OOT

There he is, an out and proud neo-Nazi, spouting exactly the same stuff as has appeared on the Cat for months. It happened at the TERF rally, it happened today and, since Hersant seems to have a free pass from VicPol for some reason, it will keep on happening.

On the free pass from the cops I totally agree with you, these people seem to appear from nowhere, do they stuff and go away without any hindrance from the police.
Who are they and where do they come from, we never hear about it.
Why is that? The cops have no hesitation to taser or teargas old ladies so can’t be that.

As to any of us agreeing with them?
People can have 99% totally different view and opinion on things but there is always a chance that they happen to agree on one aspect.

Doesn’t make them allies and comrades in arms.

/I agree on the family being drawn into it, I try to be civil but you have to admit you are drawing big target on your chest with your practically always contrary and often wrong predictions and opinions.

Gabor
Gabor
April 26, 2025 2:59 am

A bit more of flood porn.

Look at the amount of water moving down – considering it’s an offshoot of the Cooper Creek! Lake Blanche is nearly full and it looks as though it’s about ready to flood over to Lake Callabonna!

Picture by Wrightsair, they flew the length of the Strzelecki Creek

No connection!

Gabor
Gabor
April 26, 2025 3:00 am

Oops. Pic.

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Tom
Tom
April 26, 2025 4:00 am
Tom
Tom
April 26, 2025 4:01 am
Tom
Tom
April 26, 2025 4:02 am
Tom
Tom
April 26, 2025 4:02 am
Tom
Tom
April 26, 2025 4:03 am
Tom
Tom
April 26, 2025 4:04 am
Tom
Tom
April 26, 2025 4:05 am
Tom
Tom
April 26, 2025 4:06 am
Tom
Tom
April 26, 2025 4:07 am
Tom
Tom
April 26, 2025 4:07 am
Tom
Tom
April 26, 2025 4:08 am
Tom
Tom
April 26, 2025 4:09 am
calli
calli
April 26, 2025 4:20 am

Colmar

We drove through torrential rain from Beaune to Colmar today.  The quest – the Musee Unterlinden.  The treasure – Gruenwald’s Eisenheim altarpiece.

It has a marvellous history, so do look it up if you love medieval art.  It was the altarpiece of a hospital that treated St Anthony’s Fire, later found to be a terrible disease associated with ergot poisoning.  It has another history…the Salem witch trials.  And LSD and the CIA.

The artwork itself is amazing in its complexity and beauty.  Something for everyone…angels, devils, saints, martyrs.  But my favourite panel will always be the risen Christ.

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Pogria
Pogria
April 26, 2025 5:01 am
Reply to  calli

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calli
calli
April 26, 2025 4:23 am

There was also this one. I love the depiction of the horse. 😀

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calli
calli
April 26, 2025 4:35 am

At the risk of thread bombing in the early hours….

I have gone full frogue.

Last night it was escargots, tonight grenouilles. Molluscs and amphibians. Goodness knows where this will end.

Gabor
Gabor
April 26, 2025 4:45 am
Reply to  calli

Glad you enjoyed them, I hope?
I am a renegade I should like them, so I’m told, but never did.

Gabor
Gabor
April 26, 2025 4:55 am
Reply to  calli

Your ‘admirer’ is up an at it.

Pogria
Pogria
April 26, 2025 5:02 am
Reply to  Gabor

I saw that Gabor, so I dropped my “up thumbs” bomb!

Gabor
Gabor
April 26, 2025 5:04 am

Whoopy do, that will fix it. Not.
Every politician is the same, big on talk and absent on action.

There must be a better system of government, I don’t like authorities but there must be a sort of regulating mechanism I admit, otherwise anarchy reigns.

alice
  1. Dawn service on board our cruise ship this morning (still 25/4 here). There must have been 700 to 800 people…

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