My chronic migraine situation has been utterly brutal, but I can print cool things at least. Good to have robots to do one's bidding

Perfection.

Model of the medieval water system of Krakow, Poland, which would bring water up and spread it through pipes trough the city after it was filtered. wielkahistoria.pl/wodociagi-w-... upadektechnikikrakowa.blogspot.com/2018/04/wodo...

Glow worms and slime moulds found in Scotland's declining rainforest

There is no point in a consumer society if the consumers can't afford to consume.

Nice day for a flight to HK - the headlands are wonderfully clear

My suitcase is repping independent NZ creators @pepperraccoon.com, @thesewphist.bsky.social, and @silkehartung.bsky.social (Poco Moto)

Setting off for the airport in half an hour, starting a journey I wasn't sure I'd even be alive to make at one point last September. Can't wait to see my Northern Hemisphere family and friends, and celebrate my 50th birthday year in style with a renewed appreciation for life!

Duolingo is definitely using drug code

Cruising into Bordeaux this morning.

It's all uphill from here. medium.com/@jeffieh/in-...

1985: smash hits 20 november 3 december 1985, page 22 Full mag --> https://archive.org/stream/smash-hits-20-november-3-december-1985#page/n21

Friends of a feather. #grickledoodle #spring #sunny #green #kermit #muppets #yoda #hulk #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor

Shimogoro, the mascot for the town of Shimogo, is based on the local delicacy “shingoro,” which is a ball of glutinous rice on a stick, coated in sweet miso, and grilled.

Happy Birthday Mary Anning! The illustration, (by me) is of Ichthyosaurus anningae (named in Mary’s honour) and was a small part of the fundraising efforts for the statue of Mary that now stands in Lyme Regis.

Gladioli are just glorious at the moment. We have several clumps, all in this vivid cerise/ raspberry pink. #gardening

Very good headline

From yesterday's @financialtimes.com #musk #openai

Psychic Cat. www.patreon.com/posts/psychi...

Anglophone visitors to Wales often seem weirdly obsessed with "Dim Parcio". But—from an etymological point of view—parcio is honestly far less interesting than it might look. The much less promising looking Welsh word "car" (which means "car") turns out to be quite a bit more interesting... 🧵

For today, how about a cat matinee? Scardey Cat Films presents Nathan Nun's cat movie posters. If you like this work please give a follow. You can check out all my cat art in my shop at nathannunart.etsy.com Enjoy the show! And thank you, Cats of Yore.

This is on BBC4 in about ten minutes:

182.8 Meters xkcd.com/3248/

Why we can't have nice things...🫤 Vandals rip door knockers off naked Terry Jones sculpture bbc.com/news/article...

a suspiciously sudden lowering tide beaches all the boats

My submission to the select committee. Rest of alt text in next post.

Sunrise, FRIDAY, 22 May, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Discworld QOTD, from I Shall Wear Midnight

Roughly 80 Reform UK councillors have now departed - around 70 between the 2025 and 2026 elections, and a further 10 since 7 May this year. By-elections to replace them cost approximately £20,000 each. ➡️ Watch Page 94, the Private Eye podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaQ5...

Bat-motif kimono. About 1930s, Japan

And I will be enterally annoyed that PUFFY had to call themselves PUFFY AMIYUMI in the US because of that idiot Sean Combs.

this is like everything these days

Exploring the secret riverside, between Richmond Lock and Isleworth Promenade. (Spot the heron.)

So delicate looking! #nature #photography #bloomscrolling #gardening

Dw i eisiau gweld draig ar drenau Cymru! Mewn newyddion eraill, mae'r dyluniad hwn yn ofnadwy.

Oink... Ha ha ha... Oink!!

#NowPlaying on From Pistols to Pulp on #MadWaspRadio #PtoP Yellow Pearl by Philip Lynott @madwaspradiomwr.bsky.social - the best in advert free music, accept no substitutes!!

Must be with mother at all times.

An ancient Greek silver coin depicting a bee! 🐝 😍 Minted in Ephesus, 390-380 BC. Photo Getty Museum #Archaeology

J'Acuzzi

“I like it … I like it.”

Imagine the Queen's reaction if she had been told Andrew had failed his security vetting

Parseword #113 ⏱️ 2m26s 💎 Perfect www.parseword.com

National MPs, with their six figure salaries, who claim accommodation supplements that are more than some state housing occupants earn in a year, stripping away accomm support for state housing tenants is some next level hypocritical cruelty. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360... #nzpol

Minute Cryptic - 21 May, 2026 "Praise the Trinity at the end of spiritual retreats with the Right Reverend" (4) ⚪️🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🤝 1 hints – matched the community par (49,540 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

It's early evening. You might be thinking: any more authors, Neil, it's gone a bit quiet? I can read your mind! It's only blinking JUSTIN LEWIS and a signed copy of Into The Groove!!!!! @whenisbirths.bsky.social

THE BIG REVEAL! Chums, on Friday, 22nd of May (from 12.30) we're having the grand opening of High Barnet North London Hospice's Bookshop! There will be live CARTOONING from @marshallcartoon.bsky.social! There will be caricatures! There will also be....

People always talk about the distorted Skull at the bottom of "Ambassadors" by Holbein, but never ask how Chas and Dave posed for a portrait painted in 1533.