I am the Boy

I am the boy who has so much to say,
I am the boy who says it my way.
Not always proper, not always right.
With my brain I must put up a fight .
Words don't come easy, they hide away,
When I find them some sounds go astray.
It's not ‘Cos I’m stupid, it’s ‘Cos I am me,
I am the boy with verbal dyspraxia, you see.
I have one desire, I have one wish,
That is that there was more awareness of this

Mikey's Wish

Written by Mikey Akers aged 13

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“DCI GOSWAMI: Well, yes, you've... got a few things wrong. But you got a lot of things right. And you just feel bad because you're smart. Smart people worry more about their mistakes. I know it's hard. But you'll learn faster. Trust me.

- DCI GOSWAMI: Well, yes, you've... got a few things wrong. But you got a lot of things right. And you just feel bad because you're smart. Smart people worry more about their mistakes. I know it's hard. But you'll learn faster. Trust me.

 

"― Professor T - "

Overboard

Season 4 Episode 1

“PROFESSOR T: 
... Feel sorry for these people here?
These other people are to blame.
Thus, empathy is twisted into hatred ...

... Empathetic reactivity can lead to anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts. What we need is something colder, harder. Something that is actually useful. Compassion.

Kind, caring.
The schemata that scramble the warning signals.
STUDENT 4: Empathetic?
Ah, empathy, so easily manipulated.
We see this so often on the world stage.
Feel sorry for these people here?
These other people are to blame.
Thus, empathy is twisted into hatred.
...

“Printers are like that,'I say. 'It's in their nature. They print when you don't need anything. And when you really need something printed out, the ink cartridge is empty or there's a sheet of paper jammed inside, the printer tells you it's lost its internet connection or that it doesn't recognise the computer you're trying to print from If you ask me, the whole idea of a digital, paperless future is down to the fact that printers have driven so many people to despair and insanity. Paper is a good thing; it's beautiful. There's nothing wrong with paper: it feels pleasant in your hand and it's the best way to read something. The only problem is getting those little black marks onto the surface of the paper in the first place. Even with all the modern technology at our disposal it's all but impossible. I suspect - no, I'm absolutely convinced - that the printer companies and the anti depressant manufacturers of this world are in cahoots.'

'All morning.' says Hari, now almost with tears in his eyes. 'It just won.'...

'I know,' I say, and we share a brief moment of silence. We look each other in the eye

Where did the quote about History Repeating come from?

"Variations on the repeating-history theme appear alongside debates about attribution.

Irish statesman Edmund Burke is often misquoted as having said, 
“Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.”

Spanish philosopher George Santayana is credited with the aphorism, 
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to  repeat it,”

while British statesman Winston Churchill wrote,
 “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat  it.”

Lessons from the past may not always ward off doom, but they can provide insights into the present and even the future."

 

History Repeating | College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences | Virginia Tech

“We have seen the best of our time. Machinations, hollowness, treachery, and all ruinous disorders, follow us disquietly to our graves." Anyway. Stage 19 of the Giro tomorrow, so there's always that.

"― Ned Boulting via King Lear; June 28, 2026 "

Xi only mentioned one war - and that was the conflict in the Middle East.

He told Putin that a complete end to the war in Iran was of "utmost urgency"

Xi and Putin both called out 

• treacherous military strikes against other
  countries, 
• the hypocritical use of negotiations as cover for preparing
  such strikes, 
• the assassination of leaders of sovereign states, 
• the
  destabilisation of the domestic political situation in these states and
  the provocation of regime change, 
• and the brazen kidnapping of national
  leaders for trial.