Scrubs review – daft gags and volcanic fury bring the medical sitcom back from the dead

And a reminder that scallops swim like this, whether you like it or not:

City nights #oilpainting #art

Amazing light this morning, crazy pink clouds at sunrise. Here’s a pigeon enjoying the view.

“The real you isn’t your condition. The real you is the sum of everything you’ve experienced.” Unexpectedly wonderful script in Wonder Man.

John Singer Sargent, Glacier Streams

Experts at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have rediscovered a recording and determined it’s probably the oldest whale recording still in existence. The likely vocalist? A humpback whale. 🐋 spklr.io/6007Dxy1Z 📷: BlackBox 🎙️: Luis Lamar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Interesting article with a few standout quotes, such as “It’s a sorry truth that the sicker you are, the more you need to advocate for yourself and the less able you are to do so.” Invisible systemic illnesses are a torture of uncertainty along with physical suffering. Worth a read.

Happy Monday! Was out at Dunham Massey on Saturday, very happy to see the first signs of spring.

We can show both aspects of reality

The last light of the day has its own kind of magic. A softening of edges. A quiet shift in colour. A reminder that endings can be gentle and luminous. Every sunset is a brief invitation to pause, breathe, and look up. The sky will write a new story tomorrow What do you think? #fotosbyfaj

A new series of urban nocturnes. It’s only fitting to kick it off with one of the ugliest signs of em all- a mixture of brutalist sensibility and a LiteBrite from the 80s. . Anthropogenic Nocturne No.1 8”x6” Oil on cradled wood panel

Our #JAMJAR Toolkit will be landing on doorsteps any day now! March is Juvenile Arthritis Month in the UK to raise awareness of #JIA. Additional copies can be downloaded from our website at www.jarproject.org/jamjar Together, let's get jammy for JAR! #NotTooYoungForArthritis #ThinkJIA #arthritis

Just last night finished reading Impossible Monsters by @mhtaylor.bsky.social and I can’t say enough good words about it. I’ve been reading dinosaur books my whole life and like the author was in awe of Jurassic Park. Wonderful to hear the story of how the world first came to that love and awe.

We're horseposting post your horses.

UK researchers and students into Creative Methods and Dissemination, join us on the 19th of May at Keele University for our showcase. Presenting or attending, both free! Attend in person or remotely. tinyurl.com/3jn9hp6v We’ll have talks, workshops, even a nature walk. Spread the word!

If you’re into Creative Methods, it’s a great day to sign up to our showcase @keeleuniversity.bsky.social taking place 19th May this year! tinyurl.com/3jn9hp6v Students, lifelong researchers and everyone between are welcome. Come along, we’re delightful.

Creative Methods and Dissemination Showcase now open for expressions of interest and abstract submissions! 19th of May, @keeleuniversity.bsky.social for researchers and students interested in creative methods and dissemination. Interested? Click here tinyurl.com/3jn9hp6v Spread the word!

Congratulations to @garethjones1.bsky.social and colleagues!

Happy Friday everyone

Yvonne Albe

What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it

A different kind of post. My wife Lezlie is a pen and ink artist. She drew over one of my images of a night heron. I was blown away. I'm trying to get her to submit it to a juried exhibition here in our city. I think they would love it. #art #penandink #ink #inkdrawing #sketch #lineart #inksketch

It’s Leslie Nielsen’s birthday & this is still the greatest gag in the history of comedy.

Happy Wednesday

40 TODAY. Life is set to begin now, apparently.

Sometimes I love a foggy sunrise #BlueSkyArtShow #Sunlight #BlueSkyPhotographer #Sunrise #NatureLovers

Great column by @chanda.blacksky.app Billionaire playboys do not understand Star Trek is an adventure of human realisation, not human power. Musk is apparently a fan of Iain M Banks too, which is again weird as Banks would have vividly hated the man Musk has become.

I’ve no idea of his general politics, but on this one issue he’s a legend.

Spain's Deputy PM Yolanda Díaz: “I have left X. That network is a place of hate. We are not vassals of Elon Musk or Trump.”

Oi Outlook! When I search for something, I'd love it love it love it forever if you actually showed something related to what I searched for. Because currently I search for something and your response is, "hey check it out, I found a heap of emails! You sure send a lot of emails pal. Good job."

What divides us now is not our political views, but our ethical beliefs. #Truth

Currently reading through Obelix and Co with my son and to my unexpected delight it’s an incredible takedown of capitalism and the modern way of life. It should be on the school curriculum.

One week without a gallbladder and feeling good. Tired. Bit achy. But good.

Finally, I can break silence! I did a lot of creature design work for this show (collaborating, of course, with the production team) and think the animals are looking pretty good here! This was a lot of fun to work on - will be watching on Mar. 6! www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4ZB...

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Ferbruary #oldknees

My tips for painting landscapes

Feel it’s very important to say a big thanks to the NHS and specifically Warrington Hospital. Have been suffering mega gallbladder pain for a while, got admitted at the start of last week, had gallbladder removed by end of week. Great care and great outcome. Legends, thank you.

Golden Gate circa 1933-34.

Also every MS Teams call. I’ve been competently using computers since the 90s, but Teams is made with liquid sadism.

I am yellow, in pain and in hospital. GALLBLADDER COME OUT, YOUR TIME IS UP

My painting AUTUMN CORNFIELD

Is it about time that someone told @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social that their "Tourmaline stone axe" is actually made of cheese?

Looks like the old Tories have Reformed

Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today

I just thought everyone should see this

Magnolias are the oldest flowering plants, dating back to the dinosaurs. Bees didn't exist then, so they're pollinated by beetles. SF's Botanical Garden has one of the best magnolia collections in the world. They have started blooming now, peaking next month. Go visit: gggp.org/magnolias/