I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland. And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.

The Last Stand #Photography

Is anyone else just totally despairing about the amount of AI slop everywhere you look? From fake social media accounts to fake videos, badly written press releases and companies racing to remove human creativity and passion from all aspects of their work. It all feels very bleak.

Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing. 66 years old going 66 mph.

Wow.

What could go wrong using AI to help stage a few listing photos?

Thought for the day: ‘Fight despair with positivity, show kindness and say thank you even for the smallest things’❤️

The messages between the far-right former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein reveal how Bannon worked with Boris Johnson and Farage to “overthrow” Theresa May at the height of the 2018 Brexit crisis in the UK bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/b...

My brother wanted a London pub crawl. The result? My new Substack post: "Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?" How private equity reshaped the local, which pubs are most at risk and most importantly what to do about it. open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

Post a tree you photographed

What do we have here?

Current number of followers…

'I'm going on LBC this morning, Nige. Anything I should say?' 'Do you have a story about how dangerous London is these days?' 'Well, this guy walked past me in a funny way yesterday morning.' 'Sounds absolutely terrifying. Go for it.'

Cardle 1/5 Streak 3🔥 Total Score 42 🟢 🟢 🟢 www.playcardle.com

Actual footage of Vince Guaraldi performing "Linus and Lucy". I'm gobsmacked that this exists, but utterly thrilled too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EMf...

‘Screen Time’ Latest painting - acrylic on canvas (130 x 70cm)

Nobody, no matter what they say, is entirely self-made. We all have had help at some point. We might not have asked for it. We might not even have noticed. But none of us has gone through life without support or a break generously given by others. #GoodMorning, everyone.

Good morning! #weirdcarBS

Enlightening Parliamentary debate on UK democracy… www.youtube.com/live/BXlk5uf...

Something compelled me to make this

Divorced, beheaded ... #Photography

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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

FR3 Une Renault 5 de 1982 retrouvée neuve dans une grange : "elle n'a que 12 km c'est unique au monde" 👉 ebx.sh/8HlIHM

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars" "Dr Who", or "Transformers"

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

getting an earful about wellness from my taxi driver

It's not surprising at all that a narrow minded man who hoards wealth for absolutely no reason is still miserable, despite being the richest man that ever lived. I think you need a purpose to be happy. It can be whatever; writing, making movies, healing people, being a parent, rescuing animals ...

Same energy youtu.be/cCJh5D0FCZk?...

This was great. @bbcstever.bsky.social and his brilliant team walk a tightrope as they try to inform the wider world about the situation in Russia. Calm, polite journalism at its best. Ta for the recommendation @ottoenglish.bsky.social

Ukrainians, enduring a lack of heating and power in their homes, turned a frozen river into a place for car drifting. In Kyiv a day earlier, around three thousand residents gathered on another frozen stretch for an outdoor party, circling a DJ and dancing on the ice.

'Sound II' by Anthony Gormley in the crypt at Winchester cathedral today - the water level up to his calves after a long rainy spell

Do you get it now?

Rétro cars voiture 🚘 la Citroen DS 21 Pallas, DSpécial de 1972

Size isn’t measured by the footprint you leave, but by the places you dare to go. The trusty Panda proves once again that you don't need an SUV to conquer the winter. Watching the sky turn into fire over the frozen coast, grateful for this little machine with the soul of a giant. #TBT #Maine

No need to fight over the size of the whopper lads.

You know what your office / workshop really needs? Automotive themed coasters. Well it just so happens I can oblige. And yes, there will be matching mugs coming soon. mrjalco.myshopify.com

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Grok has pretty much lost at this point. There is so much wrong here. It's also started to really hallucinate names. 12/n

Pleased to announce I've been hired to do the marketing for this campaign

I only share when I’m winning. 😉 Cardle 1/5 Streak 2🔥 Total Score 27 🟢 🟢 🟢 www.playcardle.com

bringing quiz nights bang up to date #comedy #sketch

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In my ongoing attempts to give you a break from *gestures widely* THE HORRORS: Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring. Here's a weird starting point: There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr. Cats that roar = genus Panthera Cats that purr = genus Felis

Storm Chandra is a great excuse to play this banger loudly today. “Chandrasonic!” Not heard it? You’ll love it too. #Chandra #StormChandra #AsianDubFoundation #ADF #Buzzin youtu.be/GAZAKdBHaCk?...

This is one of the biggest stories in America, comparable in scale to what’s happening in Minnesota. The largest social media platform is transferred to Trump’s allies and immediately forbids you from saying anything bad about him. Absolutely totalitarian in nature. No different than China.

Free to read, because I must let off some of the pressure. www.patreon.com/posts/this-o...