We went past Sidmouth RFC this morning on the dog walk. It was the kids turn to play, the under-15s, I'd guess. It was great to see them give it their all under a clear blue autumn sky, totally focused on the moment. The coaches were brilliant, encouraging, not criticising. Not everything is shit!

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Short story idea: A Bluesky policy wonk gains access to time travel and uses it to infiltrate the Luftwaffe to shift their aerial bombardment strategies to ones that will yield long-term improvements to British housing stock and rail infrastructure, while having to avoid markedly changing history.

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I think we’ve found the headline of the year.

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The internet was a way to meet other weirdos and go out and do weird stuff that the non-internet people didn’t get and that’s how I still view it despite all evidence to the contrary.

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Just been struck by Chadwick’s summary of Edward King’s views on how formation in theological college should work: “not to drive them by exhortation along preconceived tram-lines: It was to live a worshipping life in community and let the Holy Spirit do the rest.”

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