Martin Blacklock
@martin54.bsky.social
Apparently not nerdy enough. Likes a good museum. And long walks. Ok with spiders.
🦎 Axolotls Spill Into the Street — By Erik Montañez in Wilhelmshaven, Germany 🇩🇪 Best of Wilhelmshaven Street Art Festival (11 Photos): streetartutopia.com/2026/08/05/b...
Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...
What’s happens to video? On the phone app when I select a video all I get is the little cog wheel. No video.
Quote with a ridiculous movie you think people should watch.
Lucy Bellwood@lubellwoo.bsky.social · 4d agoQuote with a ridiculous movie you think people should watch.
These online banking security questions are getting ridiculous now.
M.C. Escher Leeuwarden 1898 - Hilversum 1972 Drie werelden, 1955-1956 lithografie op papier Lithografie Museum Valkenswaard
If you get the chance, the MC Escher exhibition at Somerset House, London is amazing.
I’m so sad Bill Oddie left us. He was sick for some time and I wrote to him. He auditioned me for The Pembroke Revue in 1963 and I stepped into his roles for The Edinburgh Festival when the Cambridge Footlights went to the West End. We watched England win the World Cup together at Wembley in ‘66.
Facing federal science budget cuts, biologist Daniel Blumstein resorted to uploading marmot videos to OnlyFans to raise funds for his marmot research. However, when he uploaded his driver’s license for verification, OnlyFans informed him that his appearance didn’t match the marmots in the videos.
‘OnlyMarms’: Marmots Are on OnlyFans to Raise Money for Research (Gift Article)
A team of scientists uploaded videos of the squirrel-like rodents in the wild on the adult-content site OnlyFans to raise money amid government budget cuts.
nytimes.com
The success of Emily Wilson's translation had nothing to do with Christopher Nolan. The hardcover edition came out 9 years ago and was a huge success. The paperback has been in steady demand since 2018. My store has sold 75 copies (a lot for 1 book for us) and 66 of those were before January.
Ignacio Gallup-Diaz@igallupd.bsky.social · 2w ago“A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.” “West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.”
Just touched grass, had dog shit on it. 1/10 would not recommend.
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i love how when i place something in a different spot than usual i have lost it forever
None of the cars in Cars have opposable thumbs making their world a little unbelievable.
Scientists discover the first confirmed atmosphere around rocky planet outside our solar system that is within the habitable zone 🪐
Earth-like exoplanet found to have an atmosphere
Scientists discover the first confirmed atmosphere around rocky planet outside our solar system that is within the habitable zone
theguardian.com
A portion of Las Vegas Boulevard was shut down Thursday night to celebrate over 100 Winter Olympians and Paralympians, as set up by rapper Flavor Flav and his SHE Weekend event. STORY: lvrj.com/post/3851324
The BBC cancelling Winterwatch is such a shame, especially when we need to be connecting with nature more than ever. If we want people to protect our wildlife, we have to show them it! Add your name to ask the BBC to reconsider. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
Tell the BBC: Save Winterwatch!
The UK is losing its wildlife, and shows like Winterwatch are vital for connecting us to nature. The BBC's decision to cancel it makes no sense. Let's ask them to rethink this! Add your name here:
you.38degrees.org.uk
Whatever happened to empathy? In a noisy and divided world, the ability to imagine another person's experience may be one of the most important qualities we possess By John Heywood @handhyorkshire.bsky.social
Whatever happened to empathy?
In a noisy and divided world, the ability to imagine another person's experience may be one of the most important qualities we possess
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
we used to use the internet as an escape. now we can’t escape the internet