Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should

Someone on Reddit called me a Boomer. I'm 38!

Oh please read this thread & show it to people. 📌

As an anthropologist, I'm inclined to try to understand stuff that looks like magical thinking rather than mock it, but proposing to build a God and then expecting him to tell you how to get rich is really testing all of my professional training...

Now let the song begin, let us sing together Of sun, stars, moon and mist, rain and cloudy weather, Light on the budding leaf, dew on the feather, Wind on the open hill, bells on the heather, Reeds by the shady pool, lilies on the water...

Post-work bike ride along the undercliff path, through Rottingdean and Woodingdean, and back again. Cycling away work stress, taking in some lovely views and sea air. Works wonders.

At the Regia Anglorum Festival 2025, hosted at Wychurst. Photos by Jenn.

okay and here is my ‘sounds like a shitpost but it’s genuine’ UK heatwave tip: if there is a Saxon or Norman church near you, and it’s open, go sit in it. not gothic, they have too many windows, get you some thick stone walls with some high up tiny windows. they stay cold. and you can just sit there

Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...

You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? The perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility.

duolingo recently declared they are now an AI-first company. well, here at The Museum of English Rural Life, we pride ourselves in being EI-first. EI EI O

At Shoreham Fort for the 80th anniversary VE day beacon lighting. Lovely work from @garybaines.bsky.social and the team there.

The grave of Sgt W. T. McDonald, RAF, Brookwood Cemetery. "Mother, I've weighed the risks which I prefer to living in a world dominated by Nazis. Bill"

Popped out on my bike to catch the sunset, and could see some of the planetary alignment as the skies darkened. Venus very clear and bright, with a faint Mercury just above the banks of cloud on the horizon. Most of the rest of the alignment are around or below where Mercury is but too faint to see.

Cribbed from LinkedIn.

Scoop: The databases powering DOGE.gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it: www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...

Painted a 15-strong unit of classic Warhammer Dwarf Ironbreakers recently. Red means stop!

These were a lot of fun to make!

I desperately needed to get out of the house earlier, so grabbed my camera bag and headed to Beachy Head for the sunset.

Repost a gif describing your exit from Twitter.

I was out on a very windy walk with @gemsthbtn.bsky.social earlier today, who took some photos of me taking photos.

Finished painting this Scibor Miniatures Dwarf Lord on bear mount tonight. I made gave her a different axe head and made a crown out of little brass Dwarf runes from Greenstuffworld. Same runes used on the axe head.

Telscombe Cliffs, the undercliff walk. 21/11/2024. DJI Mini 4K

Ah the time honoured tradition of stripping paint from very old miniatures, to then sell on eBay. Not quite mortgage material but should get a few quid for these classic Space Marine Terminators.

Some lists of bad actors to block (click subscribe, then select block). Didn't create these, but I block 'em all! Up to you how you want to handle! MAGA Right Wing Propaganda Far right NFT/AI/Crypto More NFT/AI/Crypto British Bigots Nazis Content Scrapers

Another Dwarf model for Warhammer : The Old World finished tonight, this time the classic (1987) Bugmans Brew cart, pulled by the Grudgepony originally found in the Battle for Skull Pass (2006) box. I made some changes to the original model, sides, a barrel tap, a front seat and chains/crossbar.

Just finished this little forge to go with the Anvil of Doom too.

Really happy with how this Anvil of Doom for Warhammer : The Old World has come out. My first real attempt at any sort of heat or glow effect, and my first time using tufts and flowers for the base. #warhammer #wargaming #gamesworkshop #oldhammer #dwarves #anvilofdoom #miniatures #miniaturepainting

If you're new to Bluesky: welcome! You made it! For any lovers of museums or the arts, we made a Starter Pack containing many museums, galleries and libraries that you can follow and enjoy in a single click. Have any suggestions of accounts we should include? Let us know! bsky.app/starter-pack...

First time posting in the last 7 months. Been a bit of a rollercoaster, ups and downs of mental health, done very little photography, and lost someone very close to me. Going to make more of an effort to interact on here, so here are some Warhammer : TOW Dwarves I've been painting.

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

So that's my WH40K Genestealer Cult army on it's way to their new owner in Australia, minus a few of my favourite models which I've kept on my display shelf. As much as I enjoyed building the army and making all the conversions I really wasn't getting on with the army's play style any more.

With a slight case of serendipity, it's 2 years to the day since I ordered replicas of Thrór's map and key to Erebor, The Lonely Mountain, from Weta Workshop and I've finally got the key up on the wall on it's own display shelf, alongside the map I had framed recently.

I'm very lucky to have lovely friends who send me lovely things. Big thanks to Axel for sending me these chisel heads, a waterstone for sharpening them and a Veritas honing guide. Just need to find a lathe to make some handles!

Just finished reading this. There are a lot of mediocre to bad WH40K novels out there but this is _really_ good. Essentially a story of two near-immortal beings out to dick each other over at every opportunity that plays out over millions of years. Some great exploration of WH40K lore.

I'm trying to get back into museum modelmaking (have done work in lots of local museums, as well as the Natural History Museum in Kensington and the Smithsonian in Washington). This was for Rayleigh Mount, Essex - a site now a tourist windmill where archaeological evidence showed a Norman fort.

Meanwhile, on Valheim... (whoops)

Been re-learning my hand tools for woodworking by way of building a little display shelf for my Key to Erebor replica. Coming along nicely. Taking it slow, making sure I get precise angles and sharp corners. This reclaimed teak is lovely to work with.

Photographic evidence that I spent Islip 2024 fighting in the shield wall! My war face needs work. Thanks for the photos Jenn.

My favourite Youtube video category is old guys talking about woodworking.

Today's Brighton and Hove digital bus ticket QR code word was "Quest", which is appropriate as I used to to go pick up my other birthday present to myself which was being prepared over Christmas and New Year by Frame Factory in town. Thorin's map to Erebor.

A little starling (I think?) out on a groyne yesterday just before sunset.

F111 Aardvark Ejection capsule objective marker. We took an STL of an Aardvark and @mikesouthhobbies.bsky.social cut the ejection capsule from it and modelled the canpoy sections as well for it. Need to reprint the other canopy piece but otherwise, so far so good! #Teamyankee

The New River at night, December 25th 2023. Always liked this bit of Enfield Town along the New River and Gentleman's Row, it has nice village vibes compared to the busyness of the centre of town nearby.

Listened to a whole lot of Clutch this year after seeing them play with Green Lung in November last year, and have been catching back up with We Have Ways of Making You Talk again after a bit of a break. Good to see Wardruna remain in my top artist's list for the millionth year in a row.

New patch for the ol' battle jacket, from a nerd emporium in Edinburgh.

I was very happy to discover today that the little model sailing boat I found in a charity shop recently has a couple of bits of functional rigging to adjust the sail tension and position. Little model boats are just great.

Playing Dredge has made me want to build some horror dioramas, maybe try a clear resin pour for a partial underwater scene. It's been a long time since I did modelmaking for modelmaking's sake rather than tabletop wargaming. I'll probably start with a lighthouse. *Sigmund Freud has entered the chat*