𧡠@jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and thatβs the "why" behind the erosion. However...
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Consuming Welshness: Fetishisation, mysticism, and uninterrupted life
Llinos Anwyl There is a particular way Welshness appears. It tends to arrive as atmosphere. Framed through woodland, ritual, and a promise of depth that never quite reaches the present. Suspended. Thi...
A thoughtful essay on the fetishisation of Welsh language and culture:
"Languages do not disappear dramatically. They thin. They lose domains. They are eased out of ordinary situations and confined to places where they can be admired rather than relied upon...."
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Sad to see this. The Ponds on Netflix was a moving demonstration of how transgender access can be handled with reason and sensitivity.
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This weekend's @theipaper.com cartoon
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Countryside Code Stakeholder Survey 2025
- Natural Resources Wales Citizen Space
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Find and participate in consultations run by Natural Resources Wales
Interested in responsible outdoor recreation?
Natural Resources Wales and Natural England have launched a stakeholder survey on the Countryside Code.
Particularly interested to hear from new audiences who aren't as familiar with the code.
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Abandoned in the 1950s after a gas explosion apparently.
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I went on: "People capable of liking some paintings or prints or whatever can rarely do so without knowing something about the artist.
Again, the situation is social rather than scientific. Any work of art is half of a conversation between two human beings, and it helps a lot to
know who is talking at you. Does he or she have a reputation for seriousness, for religiosity, for suffering, for concupiscence, for rebellion, for sincerity, for jokes?
"There are virtually no respected paintings made by persons about whom we know zilch. We can even surmise quite a bit about the lives of whoever did the paintings in the caverns underneath Lascaux, France.
"I dare to suggest that no picture can attract serious attention without a particular sort of human being attached to it in the viewer's mind.
If you are unwilling to claim credit for your pictures, and to say why you hoped others might find them worth examining, there goes the ball game.
"Pictures are famous for their humanness, and not for their pictureness."
"Pictures are famous for their humanness, not for their pictureness."
Kurt Vonnegut discussion of art in his 1997 novel Timequake offers one explanation why people might find AI creations unsatisfying.
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Huh, thanks Leighton! Wondered why notifications blew up (well, 20 or so) so suddenly.
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