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Peternimmo

@Peternimmo@mastodon.scot

Early-retired #Church of #Scotland #minister. Graduate of #Glasgow University and #Princeton Seminary- #Fulbright alumnus. Registered same-sex marriage celebrant. Occasional reposts or links in #German.
I won't follow you, or let you follow me, if you don't have a description.
#theology #Christianity #liturgy #politics #preaching #religion #ChurchOfScotland #Presbyterian #Reformed #faith #NoBridge

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RickiTarr, to random
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Alright, lots of heavy discussions today, so let's talk about something silly!

What is a movie that always makes you laugh?

Personal pick:

Anything Mel Brooks, but Robin Hood: Men in Tights, it's just funny every time I watch it.

Peternimmo,
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@RickiTarr Carry On Up the Kyber

Peternimmo,
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@RickiTarr I once saw Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein in the cinema, complete with his introduction to it. You could tell half the audience knew the jokes before they arrived- but it was a lovely experience

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@RickiTarr my 2 children watched Blazing Saddles recently. The theatre studies student was mildly amused until the Hollywood song and dance sequence, which knocked them flat

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@RickiTarr two of Bill Forsyth's gentle comedies. I watched Gregory's Girl with my wife recently. She hadn't seen it and loved it. I also rewatched, for the first time in years, Local Hero- I'd forgotten how good the young Peter Capaldi was in that

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@TLB73 @RickiTarr gosh, yes. I always enjoy a rewatch of A Shot in the Dark! The pre titles sequence doesn't even have Sellers in it, but it's ingenious https://youtu.be/NC_s4gyIqag?feature=shared

Peternimmo, to BBC
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's Steve Rosenberg on the library in Russia. Its founder has fled . The 68 year old says “We helped destroy the but failed to build . We didn’t have the experience to know when to stand firm and say ‘You mustn’t do this.’ Perhaps if my generation had read Ninety Eighty-Four, it would have acted differently.”
I read at in , but I'm not sure he's on the now. He should be
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckrr1k1xl0lo

thisismyglasgow, to glasgow
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A question to start today: Why is constructing the building on the left be VAT-free, while renovating the historic building on the right and converting it to a new purpose is not? To me, this is completely the wrong way round and such tax rules are undoubtedly contributing to what seems to be the rapidly-accelerating loss of our built heritage.

Cont./

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@thisismyglasgow a bugbear of mine for years. If you have a historic church, you have to pay VAT and then claim it back. If we were really interested in our historic buildings- and, for that matter, if public policy was serious about the environmental crisis- we would abolish VAT for repairs

br00t4c, to random
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Trump Issues Urgent Warning to Others Paying Hush Money to Porn Stars

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-issues-urgent-warning-to-others-paying-hush-money-to-porn-stars

Peternimmo,
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@br00t4c @jstatepost who among us hadn't paid hush money to a porn star?

thisismyglasgow, to glasgow
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This building at 35 Whitefield Road in the Ibrox area of Glasgow has always struck me as being potentially interesting, but rather frustratingly, I've never been able to work out its original purpose.

Peternimmo,
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@thisismyglasgow I used to live next to a wee former Episcopal church in Riddrie which had become the base for an electricians

kravietz, to Ukraine
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Last nights rocket attack on Port Kavkaz is interesting, because most media describe it as simply located “in Krasnodar krai”, which is technically correct - but Port Kavkaz is literally located in the Kerch strait, not far (around 15 km) from the Kerch Bridge (the orange dot on the map).

If Ukraine “Neptun” rockets were able to reach fuel depots in Port Kavkaz, they were also able to reach the bridge - yet, they decided the port is a higher value target. And it also indicates the Russian air defense in the area is severely depleted, because only a few days ago Ukraine was able to hit Russian ships and ferries in the same area.

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@kravietz I was wondering yesterday why the ferries were still in use, and not merely kept in reserve in case the bridge is damaged. I wonder if the Russians are sending all their fuel via the train ferries in case of sabotage? Certainly, the entire route now seems vulnerable

Peternimmo, to random
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I'm being a bit parochial, but... Does Liz still think that Donald should be US President again?

Peternimmo, to america
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In #America, you can now legally describe Donald #Trump as a crook

Peternimmo, to random
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I'm sure the artists will be delighted...
https://mstdn.social/@TechCrunch/112528987005441918
TechCrunch@mstdn.social - Exactly.ai secures $4M to help artists use AI to scale up their output https://tcrn.ch/4bBiU9a

Peternimmo, to tech
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Terrific example of pointlessness here from @jon. Not everything in life needs an app!
https://gruene.social/@jon/112528598626033120
jon@gruene.social - All over Tallinn there are these app controlled bike racks. But I don’t want to have to download an app to park a bike. And I don’t think it even fits a Birdy, let alone a cargo bike. And the regular racks are poor…

thisismyglasgow, to glasgow
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Saint Mungo gazing out across Pollokshaws Road from Saint Ninian's Church in Glasgow, with the fish with the ring in its mouth below him, and the remains of a tram rosette (used to support electrical wires for Glasgow's tram system) just to his left. I've often wondered what people made of these being attached to churches when they were first installed at the end of the 19th Century.

#glasgow #architecture #trams #glasgowbuildings #church #glasgowchurches #glasgowtrams #tramrosette #saintmungo

Peternimmo,
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@thisismyglasgow more recently, I recall fuss about putting mobile phone masts into church towers

Peternimmo, to philosophy
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I've always been sceptical about using #microblogging for discussion of complex issues such as topics in #theology. But a #toot of mine yesterday led to intelligent and thought provoking replies. Is this another way in which #Mastodon beats what came before?

Peternimmo, to edinburgh
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Council moves from emergency accommodation to make way for coming to a . Shelter Scotland: "it is obviously shameful that a major event in the ‘festival city’ should have such a significant knock-on effect for people experiencing homelessness". Imho it says something about our priorities as a society that we will just push people out of the way so we can be entertained
https://news.stv.tv/east-central/edinburgh-council-moves-homeless-from-emergency-accommodation-amid-taylor-swift-tourism-spike

Peternimmo, to philosophy
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nerds here: where would you suggest someone with little or no knowledge of should start if they wanted to read the ?

Peternimmo, to random
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Good grief- we're on to Day 2 of . Looks like the really don't have any other ideas
GE2024

Peternimmo, to random
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I'd heard The Internet Archive [https://archive.org/] might have to close. I can't connect to it today. Anything know anything?

Peternimmo, to uk
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Sometimes it's hard to distinguish from the Private Eye parodies...

Peternimmo, to Ukraine
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has no fear of a Russian nuclear attack. And as bombs a shopping centre, will ignore red lines to defend itself- Phillips P O'Brien
https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-update-82-crossing-two-red?publication_id=1176440&post_id=144968819&isFreemail=true&r=1iscyn&triedRedirect=true

Peternimmo, to Army
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An 71 year old #Tory ex #army officer is standing against Liz #Truss in her constituency of South West #Norfolk. James Bagge decided to stand as an independent to try and unseat Truss “When her ‘monthly’ newsletter was 18 months out of date”
#GE2024
https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-interview/2024/05/james-bagge-interview-one-man-mission-unseat-liz-truss-south-west-norfolk

Peternimmo, to DoctorWho
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This made me laugh!
Via @danjel

video/mp4

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