Audience diversity is a thing...

Much angst would be spared many people if it were only remembered that not everything is for everyone, and no-one writes for a universal audience. Complaining that, for instance, a Financial Times columnist writing about rootless expats ignores the experience of anyone who is not a rootless expat is rather beside the point.

Nature Update (14) - more sparrow grief

I have a glass patio door which is usually open during the day, since there is a separate screened door to keep out dengue and chikungunya-bearing mosquitoes. We've had the occasional bird collision accident. A dove hit in and fell into the pool, and a sparrow stunned itself. Both survived, but the other day a sparrow flew into it at full speed and broke its neck. We hadn't thought it was too much of a problem because normally the resident sparrows know it's there, they perch on it regularly. This one must have been a visitor, or forgot.

We've now stuck up an old plastic bag onto the top half of the glass for the time being, and my friend is sending me some window decals.