Tim Morton
@timmorton2.bsky.social
Neighbourhoods, community, social housing, poverty, art, film, humour, puns, photography, cycling, climate
Hi, I'm being made redundant by the University of Southampton at the end of this month. I'm desperately looking for work. I'll consider all offers but have particular skills in policy, strategy and research. I also have a consultancy service I offer. Please let me know if you hear of anything
Waking up to Sharia Law in NYC is crazy. Knicks won, crime is down, 2,000 toddlers are going to school for free, parents got “date night” with nyc babysitters, they’re building housing on city land, small businesses are saving money and selling ice cream. Its sunny out i should go get one.
This, exactly - ‘Too late to save his dignity, not too late to save football’ www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Luís Figo blasts ‘deceitful’ Infantino and says Fifa president must quit to ‘save football’
The Portuguese legend Luís Figo has joined calls for the Fifa president to quit: ‘It is not too late to save football. He should go now’
theguardian.com
"You complain that AI is enshittifying everything, and yet everything you use has been enshittified by AI. I am very intelligent."
Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 18h agoThere is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.
Thankfully, we have unlimited planetary resources (which we can burn with zero consequences) which will compensate for all the massive heat loss on a ~90% glazed north elevation.
"Energy from heaven, not from hell." The best 11 minutes you'll spend today - this week - this year.
Bill McKibben@billmckibben.bsky.social · last wk.So, I finally did a TED talk, and it got released today. I seem to have been quite intense, but I'm grateful they left in my Trump joke. www.ted.com/talks/bill_m...
I'm less excited that it's in a council currently (just) controlled by the Tories, who are ripping out some of the bike lanes I might need to use on my commute.
Look, the Tories have political capital to burn, and it's vitally important to the future of the party that they burn it standing up for the rights of Neo-Nazis.
🌎"It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small." - Neil Armstrong. Remembering Neil Armstrong on his birthday. 💐💐💐
I made this wet cyanotype while on vacation with things I found in and around the cabin: ferns of various species, water droplets, vinegar and salt. Then when I got home I added the linocut moths. minouette.etsy.com/listing/4542... #printmaking #linocut 🧪🐡 #cyanotype #moth #fern
It's intolerable! Who should we blame for this climate change and those fires? It's definitely NOT our fault! they exclaim.
At my Wits' End@witsendfr.bsky.social · yesterdayLooks like some bargain basement properties coming on the market soon - these idiots will all launch their sale at the same time driving prices down. Buh-Bye ! 'It's intolerable': British second home-owners selling European villas due to fires inews.co.uk/news/world/b...
NEWS: Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) just dropped out of his re-election race at 3:32 a.m.m. He said he’s done running but will finish out his term. This after the House Ethics Committee found “substantial reason to believe [he] violated House Rules related to sexual harassment and hostile workplaces.”
The reservoir above Bolton doesn't look in too bad shape...
NEW from me: I think this is the perfect time to use Rachel Maddow’s oft-repeated phrase - ‘watch what they do- not what they say.’ Ignore Ellison's PR pitch, but look at what's happening at CBS News including directing reporters to add “facts” that did not exist. open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
David Ellison can’t be trusted with CNN
We've already seen how Ellison has wrecked CBS. Don't fall for his PR push on CNN.
open.substack.com
Not surprising. Wayve/Uber have been clear they’ll start by operating with a licenced phv driver at the wheel. So not actually in fully autonomous mode. There are so many questions about safeguarding of passengers I’d be surprised if TfL gave consent at this stage for autonomous operation.
Transport for London has granted licenses for up to 15 modified Wayve vehicles, which classifies them as private hire vehicles and paves the way for supervised passenger trips later this summer. #ZagConnected #LondonAVtrials Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/ub...
Uber and Wayve get TfL approval for supervised robotaxi service in London
Transport for London has licensed modified Wayve vehicles as private hire vehicles, paving the way for supervised passenger trips later this summer as Uber takes an early lead in London's robotaxi rac...
zagdaily.com
Will Americans ever get anything but war for their taxes?
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 18h agoBrown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
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
As Slow as Possible - Wikipedia
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The Strait is open again they say - huzzah - and then I check and we’re at 3 crossings today
Damn, it's far, far too long since I've watched that. Great film. Thanks for the reminder - must dig out my DVD from wherever it is. And then find something to play it on...
Watching #TDFF2026 as they ride from Macon to Belleville en Beaujolais. Is the soundtrack Marvin Gaye’s Grapevine, or this banger? #AllezAllezAllez #WatchTheFemmes youtu.be/X-KChYBFiB0?...
The Triplets of Belleville (2003) - Belleville Rendez-vous
YouTube video by Argus Argus
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A reminder of this day in 2016, from The Decade In Tory
I need to drive so I can go for a walk. In Stortford we have people complaining that the traffic means they struggle to get to the gym. Where they use a running machine or a stationary cycle.
