Boyhood @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social is Novel of the Month at The Independent. Full review 👇 www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

My 32 year old yacht rock Versace suit off to a charity shop this week

I don't like words like training and hallucination applied to AI systems. The terms originate with tech companies, and imply some kind of sentience or (ir)rationality in AI processes and outputs. But LLMs and chatbots are rules-based word generating machines. They are not sentient or rational at all

Boyhood is Novel of the Month in The Independent! “A challenging, unconventional and daring piece of fiction.” @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social

1970s Thread 1/3 Flared trousers? knee length stack-heel boots? Big hair? Big collars? Big specs? No! Nothing says the 1970s like an egg stained raglan cardigan with suedette elbow patches, a bit of Fair Isle detail, and the faint whiff of halitosis

Hyperreal were a total blast at the Cluny in Newcastle tonight. Psychedelic pop-funk with a choir and a mad audience. Pure pleasure.

Friday night song. Chug along at the back, there youtu.be/HQZBaJAngH8?...

Post a non-religious picture you think of as holy

Michaelina Wautier's portrait of Saint John the Evangelist is extraordinary. He was often portrayed as effeminate, as the youngest of the apostles, but this looks close to a self-portrait. A female artist in the guise of the author of The Book of Revelation? ( I'm available for interviews and PAs..)

Astonishing work. This is where I want be right now. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Five years ago I sent my copy of Mistress Fluck by @reversediorama.bsky.social on a voyage of discovery and it never came back. And now I've found another copy and my life feels complete again.

I’ve just looked for Sudbury and unfortunately it’s a long way away. But look at this fantastic painting.

Now that the hoardings have come down in Newcastle's Grainger market, the refurbished spaces and installations are looking great.

The thing I find so bizarre about white supremacists is the delusion they live under that they would be happy living with just other white people… they’d just find a different reason to hate half of whoever’s left.

God help us, there's now something called Wellwear. I think I'll pass.

Found a song youtu.be/FXzEVLSoVqw?...

Another great win for Argyle and Gusto is so excited he can hardly contain himself

Is it, in between Pugh, Pugh and Barney McGrew and Dibble, and Grubb?

I’ve been a bit quiet lately. Just a reminder that I'm still here, still designing and my shop is still very much open. Cards, prints, homewares & T-shirts. All made in the UK, all designed by me. gailmyerscough.co.uk

Patriots in our neighbourhood are proudly flying the union flag upside down.

Nobody told me this one was coming this week.

It's always a pleasure to see the latest issue of Razur Cuts, and I'm made up to see an art photo of mine included amongst so much great new writing. @razurcutsmag.bsky.social

I love this story, because when you know, you know www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Pornbots turning up en masse on Bluesky this morning. When did this invasion start?

Pity the BBC didn’t mention that Gilmour sold this and many other guitars to raise money for ecological charities. Pink Floyd guitar sold for record-breaking $14.6m www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's always a pleasure to see the latest issue of Razur Cuts, and I'm made up to see an art photo of mine included amongst so much great new writing. @razurcutsmag.bsky.social

A game. Yr pet gets chosen to be immortalised on a banknote Which picture are you submitting?

Blimey, Valencia

Today's highlight from Valencia: Pythagoras by Jusepe de Ribera

Well, what did you think I'd be doing in Valencia, apart from looking at paintings like this?

The two best dressed men in contemporary books in one room...

World Book Day, did you say? Here's a world of books.

Let’s think about the people being killed by air strikes first, eh? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some Gusto to the timeline.

My first tour of the year at the Spanish Gallery in Bishop Auckland today - and my first sight of this new painting which arrived last week. Saint Michael Defeating Lucifer by Francisco Ribalta, 1615-20.

I'm not sure I needed to read this as I lived about 80% of it myself, at roughly the same time. But living the life was nowhere near as entertaining (and moving, in the end) as reading the book.

Drop a crush from your youth youtu.be/O29s10aGLQw?...

Argyle score *5* against the league leaders with their third win in eight days and Gusto is ecstatic

I wonder if he'll be locked in the Tower of London, as the Royal Family likes its traditions so much.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Bedford CC dealing with the bigots like an absolute boss.

Watching Plymouth Argyle Women play tonight, I’m puzzled why there are three fat men officiating.

Hello all you lovely people. Razur Cuts XV is now at the printers. We’ll be with you very soon. Please keep your eyes on here for its availability. Also our website, which will have new merch, too! Website: razurcuts.com Take care X RC X ✊❤️

Tow Law in County Durham today. Spring might arrive late here.

In Bishop Auckland for a pre-season briefing and I'm looking forward to my first tour of the Spanish Gallery next Wednesday. Murillo's Mater Dolorosa is back after last year's absence and that makes me very happy.

Overheard in Wetherspoons: 'If you go into Morrisons and smell the fridge, it puts you right off.'

America by Paul Simon

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you - one painting a day… 20. Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez, 1656 Just the best painting ever. And that's all.

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you - one painting a day… 19. Red chair by Steve Mitchell Painted by a friend and now on a wall in my house.

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you - one painting a day… 18. The Dustman by Stanley Spencer, 1934 A religious painting surely - a resurrection? an adoration? a reluctant Christ? Also known as The Lovers which suits me fine ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you - one painting a day… 17. Madonna and Child between Saints Catherine and Mary Magdalene by Giovanni Bellini, c1490 I went to Venice and saw loads of stuff. Then I saw this, the one that stopped me in my tracks.