Plate IX Animal Moss (Flustra cormata) from Alfred Moquin-Tandon’s Le monde de la mer (The World of the Sea), 1866 (English ed. 1869) www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47911#p... [Yes, they’re animals! Phylum Bryozoa]

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead. This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

The Super Harvest #Moon overnight on October 6-7 #HarvestMoon Link for more: earthsky.org/astronomy-es... 22-minute exposure of full harvest moon moon rise over Newport Pell Bridge, Saunderstown, Rhode Island on 09/20/2021. Photo credit: Mike Cohea .

Weird cloud over Waitrose #york #photography

River rising #york #photography

When we look at the useful stuff that LLMs give us, we should not think, how cool is this technology. We should think, what an amazing range of useful work people are willing to share online, freely, without any monetary compensation. Which the machine is just summarizing for us.

#WildlifeWednesday : Owen Davey (UK, active 2009-present) Country Life (print ed.) 300mm x 400mm “A celebration of surprise encounters with wildlife in the British countryside.” owendavey.com/Country-Life

One of most beautiful posters in Catalan from the Spanish Civil War. "Peasant!: the revolution needs your efforts." Socialist UGT trade union. By Josep Subirats

i wrote about the loss of randomness from music-listening and TV-watching www.patreon.com/posts/139812...

FEELING OF COMPUTING LET'S TAKE ESOTERIC PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES SERIOUSLY feelingof.com/episodes/078

When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Coney Street #york in the rain last night #photography

A recent study finds genetic evidence that the the Uralic language family—which includes Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, and others—had its origins in people living in northeastern Siberia about 4500 years ago (2500 BC). #archaeohistories

«Framed» by Iritxu #photography #monochrome #iritxu #Leica #35mm #blackandwhite #architecture #urban #Berlin #FensterFreitag #pattern

I don't #fallfriday very often, but look what happened! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAHb...

My partner's latest masterpiece, inspired by Ivor Cutler.

A Visualization of the History of Technology: 1,889 Innovations Across Three Million Years

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

😂😂😂 #archaeohistories

This clip sounds lovely. Popping this in my diary to have a proper listen with like minded folk…

I'm ded 💀 😂 😂 😂

This article just reminded me of this old tweet

I play *jazz music* and I’m able to gather more people than some of these, on a weeknight. It’s honestly a joke. The uk press are reporting a wag-the-dog style Fake War. Truly remarkable.

We recorded our @patternclubsheffield radio show not realising that resonance FM is on a summer break. So we uploaded it here please have a listen! https://www.mixcloud.com/patternclub/pattern-club-radio-24-august-2025/

Upcoming #gigs list updated!

Dîner sur l'herbe #york #photography

The Thai cover band you didn't know you needed in your life. Crank it! 😀 🎸

Brooklyn Bridge and Skyscraper (compressed with a telephoto lens) #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #BrooklynBridge #compression #cables #skyscraper #NewYorkCity

Upcoming gigs I'm probably attending - the list keeps getting longer!

I'll be running another #EMOM #electronicmusicopenmic at the Fulford Arms, York on the 11th of November. Get in touch if you want to play! www.facebook.com/events/15322...

At the Larel Inn #RobinHoodsBay a couple of nights back...

how it feels to be alive

#RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain Trimontium Roman fort near Melrose in Scotland-1st/2nd century and 21st century AD. 📸 Reconstruction and photo from Trimontium Museum (Ancient Road FB page) .

Motörhead fits incredibly well!

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

Eriskay, 2024 #otd

The people running this country have no fucking idea what investmenting in things even means. Public transport and toilets are two things you take a loss on because they bring more people to your area. And stop outsourcing stuff to profit driven companies and then wondering where the money is going.

For Melville’s birthday, Moby Dick and the Pequod, painted by one of my kids a couple of years ago as their Christmas gift to me.

#All50rts 26. Neu! - Hero (from ‘Neu! 75’, 1975) The drummer comes to the front and is pissed off with his girlfriend, the record company and the press. From this unpromising scenario to directly inspiring The Sex Pistols, Bowie & Joy Division

'Rotherhithe from Wapping Pierhead' (c.1955) by Dorothy Rendell (Private collection)

shootingtzars.bandcamp.com/album/needle... Local band. Good fun. Just split up.

Alpaca - Festival of Algorithmic Patterns in the Creative Arts happening 12-14th September, Sheffield UK! If you're curious about patterns in music, visual art, juggling, weaving, braiding etc then come and enjoy concerts, talks and workshops and an algorave: 2025.algorithmicpattern.org/sheffield/

The Queen of Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms just once a year at night and only for a few hours.

Philip Levine