Stile. Castle. Cloudage. Fabulous 🤩

Peacock spiders are only 4mm long, but their courtship dance rivals any bird of paradise. Australia has over 90 species of these tiny, ultra-colorful performers.

The acme of human civilisation. Europe looks on in awe at eating deep fried food in a car and making a phone call. We can only dream.

After ninja levels of avoidance, procrastination and doing anything but, today I *must* do the things. So *focus*. Also me…

Just picked up my new motor. Bought it off some pesky kids…

This is pathetic.

Beautiful everyday Ladybird things. The cotton-reel tank/tractor (Toys and Games to Make, 1966) Artist: Robert Ayton

We remain the uncontested winners of the North Atlantic Island Cricketing Cup. Year after year, our neighbours refuse to form teams and dare to take us on.

Painting by Stephen Vollo. ‘Strainer’ Oil on Canvas on panel. Size 18 x 18 Inches.

Released on this day in 1977: This Perfect Day #TheSaints youtu.be/_db5TrZ75II?...

Released on this day in 1971: Get It On #TRex youtu.be/wZkTh_T75QY?...

Morning all. Photographer Roger Perry Richmond, south west London, 1976.

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Every Department of government gets asked to make savings and become more efficient. Except Defence where there is a constant demand to spend more without anything like the same focus on spending wisely. Defence procurement is incredibly wasteful. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

● Farage received £91,200 from a gold bullion company for four hours of work in January 2025. ● That's just £146 less than his MP salary for a whole year. ● And people wonder why he's never in Clacton. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Cricket, warm beer and excess mortality are the markers of national character. This week's column is about the ignorance, snobbery and cruelty in the billionaire press, triggered by last week's heatwave. And about the grim condtions children now face in schools. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Being in a standard classroom with windows that don't fully open on an exceedingly hot day, with 30+ teenagers, makes you feel incredibly unwell. Learning grinds to a halt, tempers flare, misery ensues. Any journalist writing that schools are making a fuss over nothing should spend a day in one 🥵

The deadliest heatwave in Europe since 2003 killed 1,000+ in France in four days. The media covered it with photos of ice cream, fountains, and tourists. France's Heatwave Was a Mass-Casualty Event. The Photos Don't Look Like It readingthepictures.media/p/frances-he...

To be face to face With a world so alive www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f3d... #Television #TomVerlaine

Released 49 years ago today - July 1, 1977 "Pretty Vacant" the third single by the English punk rock band the Sex Pistols Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant (Notre Dame Hall 1976) #punk #punkrock #sexpistols #prettyvacant #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Four-Song Peel Session of English folk music singer-songwriter Nic Jones from October 14, 1975. Length: 13:55. #FolkMusic m.youtube.com/watch?v=8i-p...

Emmylou Harris performing her cover of The Drifters’ “Save the Last Dance for Me” live circa 1987. Song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. Originally on Harris’s 1979 album Blue Kentucky Girl. m.youtube.com/watch?v=t91H...

Linocut by Monique Wales. ‘Birds of a Feather’ Size 13 x 11 Inches.

Morning all. Photographer Tony Ray-Jones. Lillington Gardens Estate, Pimlico, London. For the Architectural Review's "Manplan" series between 1969 and 1970.

81 years old today: Debbie Harry (Angela Trimble), most famously of #Blondie Pics; Chris Gabrin Brian Cooke youtu.be/JziVnT0d6tY?...

75 years old today: Fred Schneider, most famously of #B52s Pics; Tom Hill Peter Noble youtu.be/n4QSYx4wVQg?...

Released on this day in 1977: Pretty Vacant #SexPistols youtu.be/huVZBimOE1M

On this day in 1972 #Slade were Number One in The UK Singles Charts with Take Me Bak 'Ome. youtu.be/YEOoXjdnOmw

Love Jen's paintings. 🥰

I know this is the usual click ait nonsense, omitting various facts, but I do love the idea that you can save £40k over 10 years and that magically gives you a million pounds retirement pot and I assume a mortgage free home.

Fuck it, I'm going in.

Good Morning From The Drummer, My Friends.

Tuesday

The group that has the most sex offenders per capita. Is the Far Right. MALE PALE & STALE

>ARCHIVE: RARE: QUARTET >spotter: bawbag >castle ruins 1232hrs, 24/10/22

The very talented @stuffbymark.bsky.social designed this piece specifically for the Fall Festival. I think it’s brilliant.

Dame Penelope Keith (2 April 1940 – June 2026) R.I.P

The Good Life - Margo's Muddy Moment (1975) R.I.P Dame Penelope Keith 😇🙏

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attended a reception in Mexico on an official state visit with President Kennedy #OnThisDay in 1962. She wore this Oleg Cassini designed strapless evening dress in azure blue silk crêpe with a bow at the bustline. JFK Library collection. #fashionhistory

Meanwhile, in the US. It just takes your breath away. *50 years* in prison for protesting. Don't imagine for one moment that we are immune to this. Already, the legislative framework is in place in the UK to enable such convictions - before we get a Trumplike PM. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Jared Kushner wants Albania's protected wetlands. The government obliged. Protesters said no. 29 days later, they're still saying no — with flamingo cutouts and flags, in the streets, every single night. Europe is watching. Is anyone else?

I am almost 70.

Out crazy early this morning, sun wasn't even fully up. There was a hint of mist in the valley as the temperature finally dipped overnight

Few people understand the scope of the powers UK governments have granted themselves, to criminalise us as terrorists for expressing an opinion. Fewer still understand how illiberal the Court of Appeal judgement is. But @davidallengreen.bsky.social does.🧵 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Photographer Chris Killip. From his series TT Week, The Isle of Man 1971.

Lytham this morning

Investigators spent a third day excavating the property of a Northern California animal rescue as part of an expanding investigation into shelter dog deaths, with dozens of remains already uncovered.

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: This magnificent #Roman #fish-shaped flask was found during the excavation of a storeroom in the ancient city of Begram/Afghanistan. It was probably made in a workshop at Alexandria/Egypt, dating 1st/2nd century AD. Begram was a major....🧵1/2 🏺 #archaeology

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds. Here is my contribution, some slow-mo Puffins! #SuperSeabirdSunday

New York City residents are celebrating the reopening of public pools — including Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who jumped into the water while wearing a suit at an East Harlem pool on Saturday. Outdoor public pools will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day through Sept. 13.