The Apathetic Monk

A photograph of our cat Professor Charles Cardigan, peeking at us from behind a door frame, when he was barely out of kittenhood and first getting into the ska punk music that he likes and has since terrorised us with on a daily basis, to the point where our home no longer feels like our own.

"You will be glad to hear that while you were out I seized upon the opportunity to liberate your record collection from its oppressive alphabetical filing system and rearranged it by genre."

Cat got stuck behind the bookcase and this was the result!

This is a picture of the aftermath of my mum's cat Whisky, helping to rearranged my cds. From 1996.

Various waterfalls, no idea of the names. was 30 years ago....

Cooktown is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia.Cooktown is at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland

Cooktown, Queensland 1996

Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjatjara, the Aboriginal people of the area, known as the Aṉangu. The area around the formation is home to an abundance of springs, waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings

1996 Uluru

Kata Tjuṯa (Pitjantjatjara: Kata Tjuṯa, lit. 'many heads'; pronounced [kɐtɐ cʊʈɐ]), also known as The Olgas

Hinchinbrook Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and wholly protected within the Hinchinbrook Island National Park, except for a small and abandoned resort. It is the largest island on the Great Barrier Reef.[4] It is also the largest island national park in Australia

Zoe Falls

Hinichinbrook Island, a five day trek, 1996. Speed boat ride back was fantastic and the fish and chips I had!

Wallaman Falls, Australia. During the dry season. Bloody cold swim at the bottom of there!!

The Wallaman Falls, a cascade and horsetail waterfall on the Stony Creek, is located in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Wet Tropics in the locality of Wallaman, Shire of Hinchinbrook in the northern region of Queensland, Australia.

Ford Falcon I travelled in, parked in front of the Daly Waters Pub. 1996....

Ficus watkinsiana, commonly known as Watkins' fig, nipple fig or the green-leaved Moreton Bay fig is a rainforest strangler fig that is endemic to Australia. I think lol

Took this picture 30 years ago in Australia......

Public ownership of water is the only way to deliver security, efficiency, investment and value for money 37 years of privatisation has been a disaster

England's water companies have 1,200 criminal convictions.

They lose a trillion litres of water to leaky pipes. Dump sewage in rivers for 4m hours. Customers fleeced.

None has its licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Corporate fines are not collected

Whatever happened to democracy, rule of law?

Environment studies from the past few months. :)

A nighttime aerial view of a futuristic coastal megacity from Ghost in the Shell (1995), with dense skyscrapers, illuminated bridges, and waterways stretching toward a glowing skyline under a dark, cloudy sky. Original artwork at the exhibit in tokyo

Rough animation sketch from Ghost in the Shell showing a man (Batou) falling backward while holding a handgun, drawn in loose pencil lines with construction marks visible.

Detailed pencil drawing from Ghost in the Shell inside a military vehicle, holding a rifle, surrounded by mechanical panels and cables.

Urban cityscape from Ghost in the Shell depicting tall, weathered Hong Kong styled apartment buildings with scaffolding, signage, and dense industrial detail under a hazy sky.

Went to the opening of the Ghost in The Shell exhibit in Tokyo, on now until April.

AI TRAINING??? YES PLEASE!!!

To charm a dragon

Woodcarved standing up otter on a workbench, next to a carving knife and a few wood chips.

Another point of view

First otter of 2026

All because he couldn't stop The Aberdeen Bay Wind Farm being built in 2018 near his golf course in Scotland. What a fucking baby

human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you

Library Music, by Darren Riley 14 track album

This is my new album.

It's instrumental, apart from some crowd chanting on Your Gold, Mr Bridger.

The average tune length is two minutes and eight seconds.

There are fourteen tunes.

It sounds like old telly music.

It's ace.

I'd love it if you listened.

I've love it even more if you shared it.

A Dutch worker went viral after explaining to their American boss that they have a life outside work.

nobody cool is spending money in 2026. we're walking in the woods, playing games outside, playing games inside, reading books from the library, pirating movies and shows, going to the park, walking around town, ripping movies from library DVDs and uploading to torrent sites,

Before any of that, you really should have a podcast. That is the way to go apparently.

Looking to start cleaning up this city? You can never go wrong with a KUJISAMA, especially their 500 series!!

Specially kitted out for high speed and ultra tight turning!