Lindsay
@lindsayfinlays1.bsky.social
Pro EU. Rugby., union, league. Cricket. Middlesex, Otago, NZ. No DM's unless requested.
An incredibly rare video in from Betty, 74, of a BMW driver attempting to use indicators. They haven't quite grasped it yet, but baby steps...
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr... Sam Neill, Jurassic Park actor, dies aged 78 - BBC News
Sam Neill, Jurassic Park actor, dies aged 78
The New Zealand actor, who was born in Northern Ireland, died in Sydney. He had recovered from cancer and "the loss was sudden and unexpected", his family says.
bbc.co.uk
An unexpected benefit of London's cycle lanes...our would-be Dalek overlords are able to take an afternoon stroll with their human minders, unimpeded
Faith schools in the UK are a problem. As @profaliceroberts.bsky.social says here, every child deserves the chance to explore the world through evidence and reason. But the divisive and discriminatory nature of faith schools is failing thousands of children. 🧵 www.justgiving.com/page/nofaith...
A contract manager from quite a high end contractor was telling me that they have a client who keeps telling them that ChatGBT says they should do something (e.g. change waterproofing details) and he keeps having to say “I’m very sorry but we have to build in accordance with building regs”
Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 12mo agoWas talking to an interior designer who uses AI a lot now, and she thinks it made her more productive for a month, and now all the time she has gained not doing drawing herself is spent telling clients “ok, but the thing you’ve got AI to make for you will rip out the wall”.
Sorry about delays caused by our SWAT team dropping napalm on a passenger. We heard reports that a guy with a man bun had started telling someone about his Shaman and why a Jaguar is his spirit animal, so we had little choice.
If ever you feel ignored or unappreciated, always remember, there are people working in BMW factories fitting indicators.
I really hope President Zelensky can broker a ceasefire between Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
Further confirming his abject failure as a human being; taking heroic quantities of recreational drugs yet apparently not managing to have any fun at all. Dismal.
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · last yr.If you just watch Musk during this press conference he is really struggling to keep it together
Cochlear implant processor packed up. Pretty much deaf.😆😆🫤
Amazing scenes here. A Ryanair plane got blown so far off course, it actually landed at the city it said it was flying to.
‘Do your shopping early!’ implores London Underground in Christmas 1937. This poster was designed by Cyril Bird ( 1887 – 1965), known by the name Fougasse. He also created the famous World War II warning propaganda poster "Careless talk costs lives".
Christmas is coming up fast, so that means we better get shopping! Let's take a virtual tour around some of the best art deco and modernist shops featured in our new Modernism Beyond Metro-Land guidebook (you can sign up for your copy here unbound.com/books/modern...) Thread 1/9 🧵
A group of women artists in West London were responsible for producing some of the most iconic posters campaigning for the right of women to vote. The Suffrage Atelier was based in Shepherds Bush.
Cremorne House and Pleasure Gardens - the entrance to this extravagant entertainment venue in the mid nineteenth centry, was through a large set of wrought iron gates on the Kings Road. (Wellcome Collection Archive)
On Brompton Road, architect Wells Coates designed this sleek new shop front for Cresta Silks, with curved glass and a large CRESTA sign, with illumination at night. The frontage has been lost in the numerous changes since then
