Remove it, don’t just label it. (But then there’s always the grey areas, such as The Beatles “Now and then” for example) www.macrumors.com/2026/03/05/a...

Folks of BlueSky! I've got a range of gigs coming up in the next few weeks, places what I missed out in my big tour of last Autumn. Come and get the full Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan experience at Leeds, Oxford, Liverpool and Llandudno! Details at warringtonruncorn.com/live/

Mucking around with the CSS to customise the Qobuz web player and desktop app, I keep muttering to myself “have they not heard of the flippin’ cascade?!”. Then I see the word that explains it all: “Tailwind”. 🚶💨

Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).

I've been unemployed for a few months. I now set myself pretend jobs to prevent the rot setting in. My son thinks this guy is funny, which is a good enough excuse to make something. Any requests?

Amazing moment at RSPB Greylake yesterday when this stunning Peregrine Falcon shot low across the water! 😍😊 This is the fastest animal on earth!🐦 #BIrds 🪶

This is why vampires shouldn’t fall asleep on park benches and lose track of the time.

But seriously. We are back! Next week we start shooting #bbcghosts the movie! Huge excitement in the camp, lots of splendid people joining us.

What a difference to wake up to really good news! Greens won, and by a large margin. Hope not hate! bylinetimes.com/2026/02/27/h...

There are two music apps that I'm loving at the moment, with large album artwork: Albums - for playing my Apple Music Library. The new MacOS app ticks most of my criteria! www.albumstheapp.com Spite - for playing my own digital collection. Lovely streamlined interface! www.jamesreeves.co/spite/

Currently looking for work and projects. Give me a shout or a DM if you have a project - ttrpg, card game, etc that's in need of illustration/art/concepts.

Dear God NO

Nice Oxfordshire rarity to show up, even better when its on my local patch! Long-Tailed Duck (oddly missing its long tail). Should be at the coast, if indeed found anywhere in the UK, not in the most land locked county. #plumescrolling

🎉 Looking for new work. 15 years front-end dev + Design Systems specialist. I help folks build, maintain & transform design systems. I'm also available for focused projects, front-end builds, codebase modernisation. Short to long term. Let's chat - [email protected] reposts appreciated <3

With any luck, they’ll accidentally delete Meta itself next www.404media.co/meta-directo...

I couldn’t let episode #59 of Troika be anything else but a celebration of one of my favourite bands: Starflyer 59. I've been besotted with them for over thirty years, and as such, it’s going to be a quadruple dose of Troika this time! hicks.design/troika/troik...

These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics.

she’s a level 3 barbarian

We dropped in on the lovely draw! Art Store in Creswell Lane, Glasgow. SO MANY NICE THINGS.

It chose me

Sounds like a @vizcomic.bsky.social annual

I totally read this as playing it at half speed, but I bet that would sound great too.

📣 NEW! I’ve just released the BIGGEST and perhaps most creative project I’ve ever worked on! “Searching for Birds” searchingforbirds.visualcinnamon.com 🐤 A project, an article, an exploration that dives into the data that connects humans with birds, by looking at how we search for birds.

The next gig in the calendar is going to be Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan (@warringtonruncorn.com) in Oxford. 🙌 So few real artists play Oxford now. Compared to when I moved here nearly 30 years ago, it’s about 90% tribute acts.

Last night’s gig had some “characters” hicks.design/journal/the-...

In Birmingham to see The Besnard Lakes play tonight in Kings Heath, and I can’t bloody wait 🙌

What my bills see when I'm trying to check if it's a Valentine's day card

I’ve got two spare tickets for The Besnard Lakes gig at the Moth Club in Hackney tomorrow night if anyone’s interested!

Loved this show! I recently tried to describe it to someone younger, and it was not an easy task.

I’ve got 3 new ideas at rough thumbnail sketch stage, and hope that I can get time to finish at least one of them soon(ish). Like all side projects - not enough time!

I'm getting out of the hospital today and I could use some help, if you're able. Even taking the time to check it out or share means more than I can say. gofund.me/1c96e422c

Managed to see a pair of Smew that are currently on a local gravel pit. 🙌 (Taken in really poor light with an iPhone on a spotting scope, through a fence + trees)

Werner Herzog

Just saw a post with George Clinton citing the Beatles as his favorite band, which reminded me of this quote he once gave me

I _really_ like the approach of this macOS player for your own music files, which… "Displays nice album artwork and doesn’t feel like managing a spreadsheet" That large artwork view is one of the big features I've been looking for (and last.fm scrobbling is coming) Also, great name and icon.

Gather your beloved audio files: Spite has been officially blessed by Apple. apps.apple.com/us/app/spite...

Got the car back, just waiting to see if we get a fine from the company!

Got a JustPark space near the Roundhouse last night, but unfortunately parked in the wrong place, and the car ended up behind a locked gate after the gig. Impromptu hotel stay, and this morning we find out if it’s been towed away 😬

Off to see Mew play their farewell tour at the Roundhouse in London tonight. This was postponed due to Jonas losing his voice, so it looks like this is now their last ever show, period 😔

Funny how all these awful shits banging on about "core British values" always mean racism. They never mean the post-war consensus of a welfare state, NHS, social housing that dominated and transformed the lives of most people currently alive in the UK.

Today I am… Barry Cabbages hicks.design/else/mortimi...

I read “Saltwash” by Andrew Michael Hurley,so it felt appropriate to follow up with the brilliant (non-fiction) Ashes to Admin by @christinamartin.bsky.social. It left me feeling a tad bit more pragmatic about death, hopeful about people, but also really wanting to know what Carls big secret was.

A year ago I wrote my big post about music apps (streaming and personal libraries), and I’ve spent the last few days updating a lot of it. I’ve also been trialling the combination of Roon + Qobuz, which I’ve really liked. Still on the fence with that one. hicks.design/journal/my-p...

Organised the herb and spice drawer. Feel the rush! (Oldest best before date was 2010)

Amongst other species, I saw a Goldeneye while #birding this afternoon, which always means I suddenly become possessed by the spirit of Tina Turner