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The wizard sleeps soundly. The little cat stalks an illusionary bat around the kitchen.

Did you know that Elvis Presley used to get travel sick?

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I’m curating an exhibition of the Two Roberts at Charleston in Lewes. It opens Oct 15 and will be very gorgeous and very gay and very Scottish and that’s for starters. I’ve got a nice wee discount for my newsletter subscribers:

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Ok. They’ve pissed me off.

I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:

1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

This is a problem.

A screaming llama standing in a green field in front of some Peruvian ruins.

*clears throat*

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Red graffiti sprayed on to a white painted wall, reading 'it's not your fault 🙂'.

Just in case you were wondering...🙂

The cat mayoral race: meet 11 runners and riders in the US’s most furious – and furriest – election It has been the talk of Somerville, Massachusetts this summer, with the winner announced later today. Will it be the candidate who promises free kibble or the one who speaks gnomically of ‘CRIME’?

Some outstanding candidates here. Weighing up whether to vote for Minerva or Ernie.

A tiny conker in the palm of my hand, outside in the sun, with a brick wall behind.

Baby conker

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Two collared doves perched on a wooden garden fence. Within the green trees behind a magpie watches them. The sky above is bright, clear blue.

Two collared doves sat on a wooden garden fence, facing each other.

Two collared doves, on the fence about their relationship. (The lurking magpie fancies the one on the right).

Remarkable how many cuts of meat sound like veteran news anchors facing multiple accusations of workplace harassment:
Chuck Brisket
Rib Silverside
Rump Foreshank
Plate Centreloin
Flank Saddleback

Agreed. See also when you just want a pint but wait 20 mins for the bar staff to mix everyone else's cocktails...

A wooden chair. The back is shaped in a way that looks like a tailored jacket is hanging on the back of the chair.

A close up of the chair details showing the wooden buttons and lapels.

A cabinet shaped like a green striped button-up shirt with brown pants.

A close up of the cabinet details showing the shirt buttons, collar, and pant pockets.

have a seat in the coat chair. i'll get us a snack from my outfit cabinet

Fifty Years of Fractals - JSTOR Daily A half century ago ago, Benoit Mandelbrot coined the word "fractal" and pioneered a new type of geometry.

Fifty Years of Fractals daily.jstor.org/fifty-years-...

Did you know that the boiling point of water is cooler than the freezing point of tomatos?

The little cat meows at the wizard. He meows back. The little cat looks offended.

Did you know that Big Ben's chimes can be speeded up to make time for speaking when there is more news to cover?

make YOUR difference!

The wizard teleports home, then takes a nap.

A single pink rose head and green leaves pokes through the ridged slats of a wooden fence.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

The wizard sings a song to the little cat.

Doing things on the timescale “once I’m desperate for a massive piss” is nature’s own Pomodoro Technique

No, I don't want to 'circle back'. I want to stare at the sea and wonder where the Puffins go.

Did you know that until 1726 Tuesday mornings were a statutory holiday across Wales?

Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025 History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.

Are you an early-career historian interested in radical, public and digital history?

We are currently looking for two part-time, paid Editorial Fellows to join History Workshop.

Deadline is at midnight on 15th August. See below for more details!

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it's all very well saying touch grass but the grass is dry and crispy and makes me anxious about the climate apocalypse

A black fuzzy felt board with three ballerina figures in pink tutus and dancing poses the middle with a star stuck to her head

A blue fuzzy felt backing board with the felt pieces of clowns and animals from the fuzzy felt circus set stuck to it

Been buying vintage Fuzzy Felt for the art I’m making & it’s so deeply tender & touching finding some still carry ghost traces of the last owner’s play & since the sets are so old, I wonder if these little scenes were made by a child who’s my age now, with fond middle-aged memories of creating them