Sunday in Suez

The hive-mind delivers! I written before about the spare enigmatic poetry of William Carlos Williams, which is filed in my mind with that of e.e. cummings. The MV Ever Given [here moving in Before Times] mishap on the Suez canal brought forth a flood of waggish and ironic comments about the problem and it's solution, even as oil prices went up $3/bbl the very next day. 

Thinkwert	William Carlos Williams
I have blocked	I have eaten
the canal	the plums
that was in	that were in
Egypt	the icebox
and which	and which
you were probably	you were probably
using	saving
for the global economy	for breakfast
Forgive me	Forgive me
It went sideways	they were delicious
so fast	so sweet
and out of control	and so cold

But the ship-wedgie is not the only thing that has floated my boat this week!

• The myth of the autistic jerk being neurodivergent may be beyond your control but being a dick is a choice.
• Exec Summ of Friday's blob about Mudlarking
• A short history of The Yellow Fleet 1967-1975.
• Here's Roger Barnes being happy in his own, much smaller than MV Ever Given, boat
• My sister don't bother with a boat on the river.
• She lived in The Barbican for a while when it was a vision for the future of community
• I wrote, with approval, about Sci-Hub Алекса́ндра Аса́новна Элбакя́н / Alexandra Elbakyan's Free the Science adventure.
• The Police warn that Sci-Hib will eat your first-born, but they would say that, wouldn't they?
• Cairde these bois can dance
• Mess is Mine - Vance Joy
• Alastair Campbell advises deal with shit when it happens
• Labour [UK] politics? Andrew Feinstein deconstructs
• Guardian advises write a few letters, everyone benefits
• Parks and Rec for light relief
• Easter is hammer family time
• Bewitched! a sit-com of my childhood was so gay all about inclusivity.
• Hot and heavy [$140] thermite torch cuts D-lock

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