Kristen

One page meant to hold nine mugshots on each side. All three in the top row have been removed, revealing the backs of two photographs on the other side with descriptions of the subject and their offences. The middle row shows a man in a boater and two women in elaborate late Victorian hats. The right-hand woman (2072) is 'Chicago May' who also features in our William Hartley courtroom sketches collection. The bottom row of three shows a man showing his hands (since a criminal would find it difficult to discuss if they had lost a finger or thumb) and two dapper gents in bow ties holding chalk boards bearing their names and the date 25 September 1896.

In the late 19th century other police forces across the UK and the world would send #photograph s like this to the Met, which compiled them into what we've nicknamed our 'big book of criminals'. #Museum30

Dark but people in Victorian dress just discernible, with bright lights making a big contrast with the shadows

"Old Edinburgh at Night" by Arthur Melville, a watercolour of 1883 -- so atmospheric, people glimpsed among the tall buildings with just one street lamp and some lights in windows, yet still an air of life -- almost phantasmagoric victorianweb.org/painting/mel... #painting #Scotland

The AI bubble may be about to bust.

Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.

We all need to say this very clearly:

NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!

Expropriate their asses instead.

They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.

They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3

The Duke of Wellington statue on Queen Street in Glasgow this morning, with a new take on the traditional road cone by The Rebel Bear. What you can't see from this shot is that the pigeon is doing what pigeons usually do on statues!

#glasgow #glasgowtoday #streetart #glasgowstreetart

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“AI-powered tools”

'Victoria Station, 1918: The Green Cross Corps (Women's Reserve Ambulance), Guiding Soldiers on Leave' (1919) by Clare Atwood

(Imperial War Museums)

get to know your mutuals! list ten random things you like ೃ⁀➷

꩜ otters 🦦
꩜ singing 🎵
꩜ chocolate 🍫
꩜ sewing 🪡
꩜ languages あ
꩜ guinea pigs 🐹
꩜ crochet 🧶
꩜ flags 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
꩜ plushies 🧸
꩜ learning/history/research 📚

A black and white cat with bright yellow eyes sits facing the camera, wearing a pink polka-dot collar

I think this every day… Uni is just too cute

a very grumpy little brussels griffon with black and tan fur and big ears is laying in a fluffy dog bed and absolutely scowling at you. his mouth is a downturned arch that would be classified as a rainbow shape in any more positive context, and he’s squinting directly at you, challenging this unnecessary disruption. the green dog bed he’s laying on looks (probably coincidentally?) exactly like the fur of oscar the grouch.

This is Carl. He was just woken up from a nap. Hopes for your sake the house is on fire. 12/10 (IG: grumpus.steve.carl)

A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.

Sleep well, my sweet Uni

Raise your hand if everything is a lot and you don’t know whether you’re coming or going and you just want to screech into the void because you’re so overwhelmed you don’t know what else to do. 🙋🏼‍♀️

Judith Wishnia, a retired professor of history and women's studies in New York says: "I'm 94, and I told my doctor I hope I live to see him in jail."

From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"

So cute!!! I love it!!
Thank you for drawing Uni 😭

A black and white cat wearing a yellow bow tie stares with wide, round yellow eyes, looking surprised

What did Uni see…?

No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,

it is right.

No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,

it is a strength.

No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,

it is unlimited.

a group of cartoon characters are sitting at desks and one of them is wearing a hat that says canada Alt: Characters from The Simpsons are representing different countries and singing “Oh Canada”

I’m gonna get a lot of use out of this gif 🤣

I will say, at least the iceberg is starting off strong

a group of cartoon characters are sitting at desks and one of them is wearing a hat that says canada Alt: Characters from the Simpsons are representing different countries and singing “Oh Canada”

Me opening the ESC feed

A digital poster in the style of a World War II propaganda piece. Isolaed on a yellow background, a normal, squarish, 20-something guy with glasses is sitting working on a laptop. A ghostly figure of Hitler has his arm around the guy and is grinning and shaking a fist triumphantly looking at the laptop screen. On the lid of the laptop where an apple might otherwise be is an openAI logo, bright green, and dripping green ooze down the lid. Text on the poster, in combinations of sans-serif type and brush script reads: Using Generative AI? You’re prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead Don’t surrender your creativity to the tech billionaire’s control

New awareness campaign

Happy for Moldova returning to ESC but I cannot feel any excitement unless EBU does The Thing.

A black and white cat wearing a knitted yellow scarf, looking cozy and warm

It’s getting chilly :3

Thank you!

Photo of a crocheted light pink jellyfish with lavendar and hot pink accents and tenacles. It has pink eyes and a pink smile. Behind it is the cookie tin kit the supplies came from, labeled “Cookie Box", with a picture of the jellyfish project on it and the speech bubble “I’m Jenny.”

Photo of a stuffed owl toy made with a light brown faux fur yarm to mimic feathers. It has yellow eyes, beak, and feet.

My latest crochet creations!

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Salem the black cat from the show Sabrina the teenage witch wearing a white cloth over him, costumed as a ghost. There is text that says “boo” he is sitting on a brown rattan basket at the top of a staircase with a halloween garland hung on the railing.

More that the EBU is trying to boost the number of participants because others might be withdrawing but…

I want to be excited about returning countries to ESC but ngl it seems very sus to me given… well you know.

A black and white cat wearing a small black cape with a red ribbon around his neck, staring through a slightly open door.

Trick or Treat! :3