There were sparklies in the stillness this last few days, only until the breezes began their demolition.

When states like Colorado passed policies requiring employers to disclose salary information in job postings, what happened? It increased competition, and raised wages, without harming employment or changing skill requirements. Improved functioning of markets, helped workers.

For anyone with an interest in Scottish history, here's Gavin (Ring of Bright Water) Maxwell's shark fishing station on Soay (off Skye), which I photographed some 20 years ago for a project. Fascinating place. (book is worth reading) www.amazon.co.uk/Harpoon-at-V...

I wonder if anyone has explored the intersection with disability studies? My mom used a rollator and a motorized scooter, and I realized one day that skating around her town allowed me to have an intuitive sense of what would work for her and her wheels.

"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt...."

I will never get tired of watching meteorites blast new craters on the Moon. This likely lunar impact flash appeared today. Like a space firefly. 🧪

I’ve just made the mistake of flicking through the House of Bruar catalogue while suffering a Covid fever. What in the name of Atholl is going on?👇

Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in. Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/

So to summarize, your image is packed with mistakes, uses an exploitative tech, fails to communicate a clear message, displays your ignorance, insults the people of that county, makes you look like environmental vandals and fails to describe your key demographic. This is why you pay a designer. 7/7

Manipulated Polaroid SX-70, Greenwich Village near Houston St, Late 1980s. #Polaroid #SX-70 #Manipulated #NYC #TheVillage #Houston #Manhattan #Pasta #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze

Yesterday crepuscular moment: twilight collie and snowball.

SAUSAGE Life 335 internationaltimes.it/sausage-life... Bird Guano’s The column which believes that JR Oppenheimer and McDonalds should be equally ashamed of themselves Colin Gibson

Anna Loginova aka Anna Vindront - Sit Down and Think (2025)

AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children futurism.com/artificial-i...

Planted my first Philadelphia tree at Norris square park this morning under the guidance of my tree teacher, Petra (age 9).

Wow.

Labour pumping the accelerator in the race to the bottom. The Danish policy confiscates jewelry from asylum seekers to cover costs. I'm married to the daughter of a refugee and by far the most important objects in the in-laws house are the handful of pieces of jewelry her family arrived here with.

Your occasional reminder, if you’re in the UK, that it is shaping up to be a hideous bird flu season, with many wildlife casualties (including resident birds, not just winter migrants), and, however soft your heart, it is a Really Bad Idea to handle sick or ‘injured’ birds or bring them inside.

Please avoid anything news-adjacent this morning and look at these nice sheep, instead. You will be happier for it.

Current Highland conditions. Snowing, fat wet flakes and probably not hanging about for long. Pretty whilst it lasts.

This thread is interesting about the Mars Spirit and Opportunity rovers. I had no idea that the video created received an Emmy nomination! It's an amazing video today still. 🧪🐡🔭

What we’ve done to the salmon: the fastest and largest animal domestication project that humanity has ever undertaken. www.vox.com/future-perfe...

This still-developing thread will make you feel more optimistic about how things could go down in the next few months… even if none of us should count our timeline improvements until they happen

The famous green snow last night in Alaska…

NYT editors put "Claudine Gay" in "top 5 featured on the New York Times homepage Dec 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 22, 25" While they put Trump calling for Constitution's "termination" on page 15 and his chief of staff's "tyrant" warning on 12 Christopher Rufo openly bragged about the plans:

Well he was certainly plastered at the time. But what’s in a word? It’s all a matter of cementics.

He must be mortarfied.

Yesssss! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aiK...

From 2012 but still just as relevant I think, probably even more so today: www.duckrabbit.info/blog/2012/11...

To all the doubters, AI is so close to being perfect Look my iphone helpfully transcribed a voice message left by my French mechanic

One of Manitoba's greatest traditions is honouring their fallen by naming lakes after them. Proud to say there is a Makichuk Lake in the northwestern part of the province, commemorating my Uncle Mike, a Portage la Prairie boy KIA landing on Juno Beach with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. #RememberThem

🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier. The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12

The stat that blows my mind is that Israel killed more civilians in the first week after October 7 than Hamas has killed since it was founded 40 years ago

For all your blood-and-soil needs. Coming in 2027. bsky.app/profile/rsmy...

farewell orb weaver some friendships are seasonal #haiku

Facial prosthesis, c.1917. THREAD for #RemembranceSunday🧵 From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. /1

Serpentine Boardwalk - Garbh Eilean Wildlife Hide, Ardery, #Sunart The boardwalk to the Garbh Eilean Wildlife Hide winding its way through Loch Sunart’s ancient Atlantic rainforest and whose great oaks are hanging on to the last of their autumn leaves

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼I don’t know who wants to live with this shit but I don’t

Excellent essay here on the slow strangling of mass literary culture in the West - most clearly in the US, but it's obviously happening here too

a touching tribute to our saviour, the lord jesus crust

Dunelm et Decorum est

Lol

One nice part is that the houses of worship who have offered help are now getting appreciative online reviews and donations from the some of the tens of thousands of people who have seen their response to her.

There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were: Black Baptist Churches A Mosque A small Appalachian church

Who saw the amazing auroral beads tonight on the Ely, MN webcam? Does anyone have pics of it? go.theauroraguy.com/webcams

The truth has finally been spoken... 🎯✌🏽

Repost, something for the weekend to remind you of the heroes who walk amongst us: bsky.app/profile/john...

The arrival of at least one Coronal Mass Ejection from the sun, brings the likelihood of enhanced geomagnetic activity over the next few nights. Aurora sightings are possible in northern areas of the UK with a lower chance of glimpses as far south as the Midlands.

Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows. Does this sound familiar? Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."