Sharing the light

Sometimes you meet the right person at the right moment.

Holy smoke: Worshippers at the shrine of St Frideswide, Oxford’s patron saint, have been evacuated after the amount of incense used at her annual patronal festival set off fire alarms at Christ Church Cathedral. Tonight’s service was transferred from her saint’s day yesterday (also Oxfordshire Day).

The best thing to do in the circumstances

Wow, things have changed so much since 1898 😢

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · last wk.

> The earliest account of [the hazards of] asbestos was provided by Lucy Deane [in 1898], one of the first Women Inspectors of Factories in the UK. [T]hese laywomen might not have been categorised as [experts] but they were competent observers [& t]heir reports were not refuted but simply ignored.

Saw a comment earlier that referred to ‘[name of a person] and his elk’ and I don’t think I’m ever again going to encounter ‘and his ilk’ without ridiculous visuals and giggles. 🫎

(I like his dog better than his face.)

The sheep escaped in the night

When your favourite uncle takes you for a walk and feeds you treats

Favourite thread. (It’s like looking in the mirror.)

HappyToast@happytoast.co.uk · last wk.

Underwhelmed, Overwhelmed, Impulsive are we, The Wombles of Wimbledon have ADHD

On Monday my ADHD brain switched off, in response to terrible news. After 63 years of non-stop, frenetic activity, I discovered how peaceful an empty head feels. It’s still in novel one-thought-at-a-time mode. After emergency shutdown, vintage machinery must be restarted slowly & with care.

Wine, vodka, raspberry jam. Raspberry jam? WTF?

I don’t want to be pecked by starlings

Stood on a wasp at 5:30am. Now my sole hurts as well as my soul.

Maybe Anthony will move back

White is the colour

The last of our homegrown tomatoes in a fabulous bowl I bought at the local organic farm this morning 🧡

It’s difficult when you’re with a vegan

He’s 98 in human years

Manifesting my internal landscape

Media that scared me as a kid? - Andy Pandy (puppets terrify me) - The Singing Ringing Tree (WTF) - Tales from Muppetland (muppets still make me cry with fear) - Nationwide’s film on the Hexham Heads (I remember this in surprising detail & daren’t watch the recovered footage)

Wasp update: Only one live wasp today. Maybe it’s all over now🤞🏼

Marvellous Ways@marvellousways.bsky.social · 3w ago

Today’s wasp news: I have determined that hangry dudes are just a couple of hours from death. If I leave them be, I need only clear up the bodies later. (Except for the bodies that get eaten by desperate hangry dudes.) I’d rather help them to escape my kitchen, but not at the cost of being stung.

I’m your stalker, by the way

He’s not the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy

Can’t figure out whether I’ve misunderstood the key or have an upsidedown font-response 🤔 Anyway, this table lists fonts in order from rage-inducing to quiet relief. Arial is the best font.

Linguistic Discovery@linguisticdiscovery.com · 3w ago

How each typeface makes you feel, on a scale of happy–sad theconversation.com/its-not-you-...

Lovely chatting to Elizabeth for this - she has a whole other story too… She’s donated the images to the city archive: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Teen's lost Coventry archive found after six decades in attic

Photographer Elizabeth Tyler rediscovered the images, on display until 2 October, in her attic.

bbc.co.uk

Have they mistaken us for food?

Dreamed I was in a 5 person art collective/marriage and responsible for ALL admin. Rented a tiny, haunted flat that spoiled our comestibles overnight. Art Venue was bright with a Sgt Pepper’s vibe, but their giant, possessed lawnmower tried to murder me. Our art sucked; I pretended not to notice.

Coventry Market confirmed as getting £1.5m in funding gives a good excuse to share this Harry Hill clip about it. youtu.be/pMh-i31VZCE?...

Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule | Coventry Market | ITV

YouTube video by ITV

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Today’s wasp news: I have determined that hangry dudes are just a couple of hours from death. If I leave them be, I need only clear up the bodies later. (Except for the bodies that get eaten by desperate hangry dudes.) I’d rather help them to escape my kitchen, but not at the cost of being stung.

Marvellous Ways@marvellousways.bsky.social · 3w ago

This morning I have mostly been gathering empirical evidence: 1. at this time of year wasps are no longer chilled out dudes 2. one pissed off wasp will instantly call in the troops 3. I’m not (currently) allergic to wasp stings 4. an ice pack calms the sting reaction really quickly