Sir Stuart, the Virtuoso (Order Of the Knights of VM)

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Look at these abandoned Roman stone buildings and this abandoned concrete building - what is the difference, really? No idea?
Then let’s see more pictures of rocks tumbling down, rather than trying to make a coherent argument.

Is it even conceivable that we could build in stone for the population of the earth today, rather than in Greek and Roman times? What is the Architect suggesting that we do instead? I have no idea

Does the claim that we are building concrete buildings to last 30 or 40 years stand up? There are lots of older concrete buildings that show no sign of ending their life (e.g. on South Bank where I was watching this movie)

The Epilogue tries to explain, but doesn’t seem to be intellectually coherent. We’ve seen ancient ruins that are still there… but they are ruined, not being used, so why is it so great that they are still there?

Then we have ruined buildings and buildings being torn down. I guess the former is Ukraine - poignant but is it relevant to the idea that we build buildings that will not last? The latter could be relevant but is undermined by lack of context. Where are these buildings? Why are they being destroyed?

The stone circle he builds, the architect suggests, has no meaningful purpose. Seemed a bit too much like a metaphor for the movie, to me

Oh my goodness. Half of it is rocks exploding or infrared images of countryside (how does that relate to the topic?) Boring. I’d had enough of that well before the half way point

Architecton - what do we think? I saw it at the BFI IMAX this week. I would love to hear your thoughts. This thread is my thoughts…

Spoiler Alert: maybe only for those who have seen it or do not plan to…

Dr Will and the Wizards, one of the two best local Blues Bands … in Hexenkessel at the Winter Tollwood Festival in Munich

I just looked more closely. Make that 300 new followers

After a week away, I need to make a decision about Bluesky. While away I’ve had 200 follows. Do I follow everyone back, or curate who to follow, or what? I fear posts I’m interested in will get drowned out. I don’t have time to read that much. I’ve removed #FBPE for now. What do you all think?

Michael Keegan-Dolan / Teaċ Daṁsa - NOBODADDY- Sadler's Wells Theatre Michael Keegan-Dolan / Teaċ Daṁsa - NOBODADDY - Sadler's Wells Theatre

Nobodaddy at Saddler’s Wells last night was totally bonkers. Surreal at times, I loved the wonderful dancers. If you are fond of Appalachian folk music, this is also for you! The discussion afterwards with the cast was fascinating. www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/mic...

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Thanks. I definitely agree!

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Good morning, dear. Saw you on Twitter so followed you here and Threads. Twitter has become read only for me. I’m not sure what to use Bluesky for, either. My photography is on Threads. I don’t share a lot else. Maybe I should…

Screencap of a Ron DeSantis tweet, consisting of a video and introductory text that reads: "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." —Winston Churchill

Screencap of a post from the International Churchill Society: "Not only did Churchill never say those words-he never said the similar words more usually attributed to him, which are: 'Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." We base this on careful research in the canon of fifty million words by and about Churchill, including all of his books, articles, speeches and papers.'"

Ron DeSantis ends his campaign with a fake Churchill quote

Some cranes… which composition do you like best?

Jazz Jam tonight at Sunshine Jazz Club Paris #jazz #blackandwhite #photography

I put Photography in my profile, so here are some photographs… Taken at the Noir & Blanc exhibition at the Bibliotèque National de France (François Mitterrand Gallery). A fascinating look at the history of Black & White photography

My whimsical nickname here is real. In 1992 I was awarded the title “Sir Stuart, the Virtuoso” by the SHARE VM Community. When I get back to the UK next month, I’ll post a picture of the certificate

My first post so something about me. I joined a startup as employee number 8. Soon after I became Technical Director. When asked about my role, the MD would say “Stuart sits on top of a mountain, blue sky thinking”. So this is clearly my natural habitat…