If you're a subscriber to “The Rectrix: A Seasonal Newsletter of the Missouri River Bird Observatory” -- and I know you are! -- my photo of a heron is on page 13. Support your local conservation groups, folks!

Oskar Schlemmer Sculpture based on the Triadic Ballet Bauhaus circa 1930 #oskarschlemmer #bauhaus #circa1930 #sculpture #modernistsculpture #modernart #modernsculpture #triadicballet #germany #germanart #modernism #moderndesign #vintagemodern

In August, director Nicholas Hytner chose the John Barton-directed production of Twelfth Night, starring Judi Dench as Viola, as his favourite play 👇 #TheStageMostRead

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“Actors Cynthia Erivo, Meera Syal and Idris Elba have been celebrated in the New Year honours list, alongside Lowry chief executive Julia Fawcett, Birmingham Hippodrome boss Jon Gilchrist & lighting designer Paule Constable.” www.thestage.co.uk/news/cynthia...

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Breakfast with the Birds, 1934 by Expressionist painter Gabriele Münter, #womensart

Lost - my grey jacket, Hibs scarf and green hat as seen in this picture. I’m pretty sure somebody accidentally picked up my jacket in Bongo Club last night. If anyone happens to have it or my scarf I’d really appreciate any help returning them. The scarf is more than 20 years old 😞

Opinion: Make no mistake, global markets really did change in 2025. For the first time, investors are talking about ‘US risk'. ft.trib.al/w2vL8m2

You can fart as much as you like in a soft play and it makes no difference

If this got more views on YouTube than the actual show, it would make my year. youtu.be/Y54OJC0FtCs

Trying to decide between watching Annie (1982) or Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) either way I’m having a cup of Lapsang and some sweeties

Impressed six year old niece by knowing the words to “Golden”. She has no idea how much six year old girl culture and gay culture overlap.

#RockInPeace 🕯 #PerryBamonte #TheCure Friday I’m In Love 💔✨🌿 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A #sunset from #Glenelg #SouthAustralia

I didn’t manage to get myself a🎄bc I’ve been pulling 12 hr days to finish etsy orders (my monotropic autistic brain can only focus on 1 thing at once) but did just make this witchy twig thing with hanging wotsits incl Victorian acorn bells, 3D copper larch cones & 1930s Russian Christmas pickle🥒🪾🍄🪶

Happy Jólabókaflóðið. (Bjork also always makes an appearance on the tree)

New Lego. Santa’s sleigh.

Season’s greetings from all of us at the British Library. #BritishLibrary #Libraries #Christmas

Brain: “Oh good, you’re up. Here’s what I’ve been working on.”

‘A synthetic pseudo-reality mediated by the sycophantic mechanical offspring of narcissistic Silicon Valley oligarchs.’ @rafaelbehr.bsky.social in splendidly growly form about our potential future under A.I. Merry Christmas everyone! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Winterreisen - three new stories about winter journeys, inspired by #Schubert, by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @jolloyds.bsky.social and Mark Haddon. Read by Siân Thomas, Morfydd Clark & Lydia Wilson. Produced by Fay Lomas and me. 21.45 22-24 Dec @BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.

the vice president is a klansman

If you find🎄 hard due to grief,trauma,family stuff,wonky self esteem,neurodivergence &/or an urge to throw Christmas down the loo, become a reclusive pagan & maybe make a small hat out of mistletoe at a push,then hi,me too.Here are some good twigs & I’m sending gentle thoughts. It’s only a few days🌿

On this episode of "People We Know Aren't In The Epstein Files"...

Just setting up the nativity scene for Christmas

I’m sorry but ‘heritage American’ makes you sound like a tomato

Geologists, a question. How long does it take for a hill/mountain/extinct volcano (such as Arthur’s Seat) to cool down after being expelled from the hot centre of the Earth? Thousands of years? Millions? Because we don’t burn our feet on them now, but how long did it take? Thanks!!!

In the end, all tyrants fall, no matter how many monuments they put up to themselves …

When I'm accused of naivety for thinking the world can change for the better, I use this very example. I'm not old & in my lifetime, smoking went from absolutely everywhere, to "smoking sections", to the current reality. It took education, new laws, & peer pressure. All of it - no silver bullet.

The problem with this is that in my unfortunate experience there are occasionally people (some bad, some just unwell) for whom "respect" simply means "never ever disagree with me" no matter how badly they behave or how unmoored from reality they become - and they are *impossible* to deal with!

This is a great line, I want to start using this

A post about children's books that's NOT about David Walliams: I've just made my annual donation to the @booktrust.org.uk Christmas appeal, to help give books as gifts to kids in care and whose families need to use food banks. If you can help spread the #MagicOfBooks, please do - they're brilliant.

"some" doing a lot of heavy-lifting here. "....steps were taken to limit contact between Walliams and some employees. Measures reportedly included ensuring some staff did not work directly with him, advising them to attend meetings in pairs and discouraging visits to his home."

Of course.

Shocked that after 10 years of no accountability for continuously publicly blazingly breaking the law, after Supreme Court told Trump he can break any law he wants without accountability, Trump thinks he can break any law he wants without accountability.

Scorpion vows no more stinging if frog treats him with respect.

Wee wander up to the ruins of St Peter's Seminary at Cardross, which lends itself to this morning's grey skies, wind and rain.

For anyone who isn’t aware, Walliams’ book sales propped HC UK up for years. While his behaviour was a poorly kept secret. Money > staff safety. Some serious questions should be asked of them IMHO.

Ah that's a nice worst kept secret in publishing you have there, sure would be a shame if it was revealed just before Christmas

Me: (working on novel) Brain: Hey, got a great idea for a novel. Not this novel. Me: (typing) Not now, brain. Brain: Don't you wanna know what it is? Me: NOT NOW, BRAIN Brain: I'm not gonna lie, it's SUPER cool Me: LET ME FINISH THE NOVEL IN FRONT OF ME, BRAIN Brain: Okay, I'm gonna tell you

David Walliams has been dropped by his publisher following an investigation by The Telegraph into inappropriate behaviour towards young women. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...

@peterarnott.bsky.social always think of your brilliant play.

OUT OF OFFICE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE: I am away from my desk until the whole ghastly business is over. If your call is urgent, please be consoled by knowing that it will soon be irrelevant.

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Deeply disturbing photos in latest release of Epstein photos - quotes from Lolita written on a girl’s foot. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...