Happy note change day in 70 year long Part 1 of 639 year long John Cage organ piece to all who celebrate. The next change will be in October 2027
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Susannah Walker
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Author + campaigner for gender equality and safety in public space + post-war graphics + other stuff. Rants about stately homes here: https://susannahwalker.substack.com Co-founder of @makespaceforgirls and formerly @QuadRoyal
This is called a ‘hudd’ and was used in the 18th century for the priest to stand in when conducting graveside services in wet weather. The Wingfield hudd is one of just two in East Anglia. There's another at Walpole St Peter in Norfolk. #History #HistoryMatters
'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
That "men should be allowed, without judgement or consequence, to do an amount of harm to women and girls that I personally deem acceptable" seems to be a genuine opinion still held by too many people in the year two thousand and twenty six is incredibly grim
✅ Touring Clacton ✅ Visiting local businesses ✅ Listening to constituents’ concerns ✅ Hi-vis vest Make your Vote Count! #VoteBinface #Clacton
This bat is the illustrated equivalent of all of those blep cat photos on the internet, just there to keep the bored clerics entertained.
John Vigar FSA@johnevigar.bsky.social · 6d agoMedieval bat in stained glass at King’s College Chapel, Cambridge
Two things. As with any newspaper headline, if a TV programme asks a question, the answer is without exception no. The second is that ADHD drugs work because people with ADHD react differently to stimulants to the rest of the population. It's not just in their head but their bodies too.
Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.Channel 4 has announced documentary “The Great ADHD Myth?” It “seeks to determine whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct.”
christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times
For all those who think that neurodiversity is a pesky modern innovation, I'd like you to meet my great-great-grandfather John Jenkins. 🧵 To start with, he was an engineer, and a very successful one, and his only hobbies "work and the affairs of the town".
For all those who think that neurodiversity is a pesky modern innovation, I'd like you to meet my great-great-grandfather John Jenkins. 🧵 To start with, he was an engineer, and a very successful one, and his only hobbies "work and the affairs of the town".
This cat has had a whole folio of other lives
badly drawn bee 🐝@soapachu.bsky.social · last wk.Kevin, is that you?
Solitary brother Is there still a part of you that wants to live? Solitary sister Is there still a part of you that wants to give?
There is one significant factor missing from this, and it is unpaid care work (predominantly done by women). And part of the reason it exists is because social care in its other forms is poor or unaffordable.
Alastair Meeks@alastairmeeks.bsky.social · last wk.The hill I will die on is that this is not a major problem. Right now, people self-insure. There is no market to insure against this risk and trust me insurers would readily create one if there were an appetite for one. And people are broadly correct about this. 1/5
After three weeks of heat, we are all here right now. Apologies for the quality.
There is a petition to ban disposable barbecues in the UK, and I support this move. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...
Petition: Ban on sale of disposable BBQs
We want the Government to introduce a nationwide ban on the sale of single-use disposable barbecues. Disposable BBQs are increasingly linked to preventable wildfires, which poses a serious risk to pu...
petition.parliament.uk
I saw an interview with a park ranger who was asked "Why can't they build bear proof dumpsters?" His reply was perfect: "There's a considerable overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest people."
![[19] GEORGE MARTIN: Then George said ‘Yeah, I don’t like your tie!’ I just looked back at him. I tried not to show it, but every fibre of my being was vibrating with excitement. No one at EMI had ever picked up on it, but I wore that tie for every meeting with a new act.
I’d had the idea back in ’58: I’d wear something to provoke a reaction and see if any artistes…reacted. What I was looking for was a spirit of…I was never sure actually, but I always felt I’d know it when I saw it.
I spent three weekends combing the department stores, looking for the right thing. At the end of the third weekend I saw it – hanging there by itself on a rail in Liberty’s. I spent a while looking at it from different angles. It really was absolutely awful. Unpleasant mix of colours, with an unappealing horse motif. Looked sort of pompous but also seedy at the same time. I bought it immediately.
I wore it the following day and...nothing. For almost three years not a peep from anyone. Until 6th June 1962.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:erjquqznvcj6cqon2mbnqj2m/bafkreiesxbjhqglcd2i6bfzhzssiqaecyvvcx7sdry3er5iufpfyrkb37a)
This morning I realised that beanageddon is imminent.
Oddly, I gave it to myself, from the charity account I was then running. I got that one by asking for help elsewhere, can't remember how!
Jake_Vig@jakevig.bsky.social · 2w agoTomorrow is "Shoutout the Person Who Gave You a Bluesky Invite Code" Day. It was a cool time for cool people to drag other cool people here.
Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.
Disposable BBQs are the work of Satan. Please sign if you are able to
Alan Fresco@alanf.bsky.social · 2w agoPlease sign and share. They're a fire risk, they damage the ground and often become litter after they're owners have finished with them. We want the Government to introduce a nationwide ban on the sale of single-use disposable barbecues. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...
True story. I was in A&E today and eavesdropped a nurse asking an older patient who'd had a fall most of the questions you'd expect. What month is it? Count backwards. Etc. Notable exception? She didn't ask her to name the PM.