There's a LOT of Nick Cave going on in my neighbourhood today. Brighton is vibratin'
Viv Schwarz
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Author, artist, interactive designer. Hopes you are mostly happy. She/they
Imagine holding up a copy of of Steve Antony's "Rainbowsaurus" saying "of course this book is far beyond the level of cognitive development of a preschooler", also somehow being in charge of anything more than one copy of Rainbowsaurus
Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · last wk."Our Governor just signed legislation that protects children from accessing adult material online. This event mocks the very protections so many have fought for by exposing preschoolers to adult material that is not only inappropriate, but far beyond their level of cognitive development." The book:
You know what, I miss when it was easy to post things to people. I'm so fed up with repacking parcels, weighing, listing, costing every item and then it's slightly too heavy and double the postage and I just feel like giving up. Literally trying to send a mug, some trousers, a book.
"Our Governor just signed legislation that protects children from accessing adult material online. This event mocks the very protections so many have fought for by exposing preschoolers to adult material that is not only inappropriate, but far beyond their level of cognitive development." The book:
In case anyone else is burnt out and also cannot take the break they actually need here's some advice my therapist gave me today that I'm sharing here jic: -wear comfortable clothes, & only pack comfortable clothes for trips -take at least two 15min breaks a day of silence, no screens or sounds
Let me and a food scientist sample the abandoned fish sauce terrorizing a small Canadian town:
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Take capelin, a small silvery fish in the smelt family. Now add salt. Then throw those two ingredients in 110 vats, each of them about 10 feet tall, and let them sit in a defunct factory for over two…
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Bathrooms: "Gee we should be making sure predators aren't pretending to be trans to get into women's bathrooms and attacking them," realizing this is essentially an urban legend and then dropping it.
99% of the time, when someone accuses you of selective outrage, it’s a way of politically demobilizing you and shutting you up “Why are you angry about data centers instead of fast fashion” isn’t about making you care about fast fashion. It’s about shutting you up about data centers And visa versa
The disappointing thing about the Odyssey movie is that I walked past the cinema and they had a photo up of them dragging the horse from the water and I thought they'd introduced a subplot where the horse is the hollowed carapace of a sea creature but apparently no Disappointing, won't watch
So far today I've seen news of vast book-eating machines, got a major draught announcement and something has shat on my doorstep
We need pre-AI information, and so do AI companies, but they destroy it after consumption and reorientation. #R4Today
Peter Kay@theonlypeterkay.bsky.social · 7d agoDystopia alert - a subgroup of humanity is destroying our shared heritage - read and weep: “Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world,” an internal planning document said. “We don’t want it to be known that we are working on this.” novaramedia.com/2026/07/29/a...
My pigeon neighbour noticed that I refilled the water bowl. Big excitement.
Ghost Chamber with the Tall Door (New Version) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/484866
Would you like a chapter book about an autistic girl (Maud) by an autistic author (me)? www.vivianeschwarz.co.uk/books/maud-i...
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Went for a walk. Brighton is gearing up for pride and the amount of trans flags in particular is cheering to me.
The sword dangling over my head had lowered a touch over night. Still not close enough that I was freaking out but I could sense its movement.
I would like some rain. That would make me so happy right now.
Catch (Feelings) And Release — helveticablanc.com/20260724-cat... — #helveticablanc #wormsong #rainbow #serpent #angel
Three hour movie though. You must all have butts of steel
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My favorite depiction of the Trojan Horse, and the earliest known version. I love the windows, like an airplane, and that the windows go up the neck too.
Hiya! I'm once again available for freelance illustration work! I’m an illustrator with 10+ years of experience, specialising in graphic storytelling that translates and brings a human touch to difficult concepts. You can visit my portfolio and contact me here: www.julesscheele.com
Engineer son of a heating and ventilating engineer here. Buildings like this are designed with air-conditioning included before any building starts. It's an integral part of the safe management of the internal environment and the building is not intended to be used with it switched off. Ever.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.Homeless families in London temporary housing told not to use air conditioning
I didn't fully realise that the giving of the one book in itself is meant to be "an initiative". If that's the case, that's... I don't know. Read this, I'm a bit tired today
Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal@booksforkeeps.bsky.social · last wk.NEW #BfK article: @darrenchetty.bsky.social discusses the controversy around ‘The Queen’s Christmas Present’, an announcement has not been met with universal approval. #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/on-r...
Got diagnosed with ADHD and I think it's ok to be exhausted for a bit because unsurprisingly the process of telling a stranger about my everyday systems and strategies is even more exhausting than my everyday strategies and systems especially when they say "so you totally exhaust yourself with that"
Managed to have a blood test only needing two phlebotomists (all veins were in hiding) and now I want a cocoa and hide myself for a while thank you that's enough