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Inks & Paints of the Middle East REVISED A new, updated edition of my groundbreaking handbook of early Islamic art technology, incorporating five more years of research.

I can hardly believe it, but there's just a little over 24 hours left to back Inks & Paints of the Middle East (2nd edition).Tomorrow I start putting together surveys and working on logistics! (Woke up this morning thinking "I need to order more lapis lazuli" 😆)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...

19 Acts Who Pulled Their Music Off Spotify This Year Why King Gizzard, Deerhoof, Kadhja Bonet, and more opted to remove their work from music's biggest streaming platform.

19 musical acts who pulled their music off Spotify this year

Learn all about your Spotify alternatives, and how to leave, quickly and easily, with your playlists intact...

Clouds reflecting the sunset.

It was cloudy and wet all day, then, for just a few minutes, there was a slight break in the clouds, and a glimpse of #sunset appeared.
As seen from behind my house.
#clouds #Coleraine #NorthernIreland #Ireland

Uh oh

How to Enjoy Your Cup of Tea While the World Falls Apart Around You STEP ONE: The trick is to remember that the world has always been falling apart around you. STEP TWO: Cheers!

The M8.1 solar flare that erupted from region 4299 at 2039 UTC yesterday resulted in an earth-directed full-halo coronal mass ejection (CME).

The CME is expected to impact Earth early to midday UTC on Tue 09 December, with G3 (Strong) geomagnetic storming and auroras.
www.swpc.noaa.gov
#Astronomy

How solar storms that cause the Northern Lights have the power to wreak havoc on Earth The aurora borealis can bring stunning night skies, but hidden dangers can accompany the Northern Lights to disrupt life on earth as Chris Fawkes explains.

How the solar storms that cause the Northern Lights can wreak havoc on Earth. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

An egret flying through trees in yellow morning light. The egret is white with dark yellow feet

Egret in the trees in morning light OTD in 2022

The Ultimate Classical Music Gift Guide for the Terminally Online and Historically-Burdened Because we've all read too much music theory to be merry.

I'm in tears laughing..... I can't pick a favourite but I bet I know which one @michaelbegg.studio has earmarked for me. So I'll have to choose one for him I guess. www.criticaldrift.org/p/classical-...

Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.

NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!

My guide:

Balmain, Nov 2025

#KAZANTZAKIS ON TRUE HAPPINESS

“This is true happiness: to have no ambition and to work like a horse as if you had every ambition. To live far from men, not to need them and yet to love them.

Dear Santa, please may I have a Norwegian Embassy in my kitchen?

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

The sky colours were purple and orange before sunrise.

Before sunrise 🌄 #Clouds #sky #Northern Ireland #StormHour

How to Be a Lichen: Adaptive Strategies for the Vulnerabilities of Being Human from Nature’s Tiny Titans of Tenacity When I was a child, little delighted me more than the magical green garlands draping from the pine trees, which I made into wreaths and mustaches to roam the mountains of Bulgaria as a miniature Or…

How to be a lichen – adaptive strategies from Earth's tiny titans of resilience www.themarginalian.org/2025/11/02/l...

🙏 @vmdtm.bsky.social ! This is Lullaby, a song I wrote some yrs ago as we all sensed some tide or other starting to turn. A reminder that light always returns (in flames if necessary) and that after every almighty mess, a clear-up comes. Handy enough to remember eh!

📷 Portrait of a Young Mevlevi Dervish, c. 1880

Dump Spotify!

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Thank you so much! Knowing that a song can land somewhere is really encouraging……🙏

The emperors of capitalism are drugged out of their minds.

🙏 @vmdtm.bsky.social ! This is Lullaby, a song I wrote some yrs ago as we all sensed some tide or other starting to turn. A reminder that light always returns (in flames if necessary) and that after every almighty mess, a clear-up comes. Handy enough to remember eh!

Wow! Fair play to our Minister for Health, commenting on the wave of transphobia "seeping over from the United Kingdom"!

Eurovision Is in Turmoil as Israel’s Participation Leads to Boycott The Netherlands and Slovenia also said they would not take part in next year’s contest, meant to be its celebratory 70th edition.

Breaking News: Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands and Slovenia said that they were boycotting next year’s Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s participation. Eurovision fans who support Palestinian rights have for years expressed concern at Israel’s involvement in the contest.

RTÉ to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast by RTÉ, after the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part...

Quite right too. Also, Spain, and the Netherlands.... www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

Watch: TCD debuts world's first film in ancient Sumerian Students and staff at Trinity College Dublin have produced the world's first film in the ancient - and dead - Sumerian language.

Awww if I was in Dublin I'd go - free screening tonight! I'll I'll have to make do with auld Youtube. www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...

Image of a red fox with black paws standing over logo which reads "Dublin Inquirer"

In 2024 we gave up 3.5% of our revenue. This year it'll be 4%. To get there we added some €2,500 grants for "local" projects. Things I like that act as forces for good. One of these is @dublininquirer.com . If you can, please subscribe. They do fantastic things. www.dublininquirer.com/membership/

Cork County Council Library and Arts Service Call for Applications from Writers for its New Programme ‘Writers Block’ is a creative writing programme delivered by Cork County Council Library and Arts Service that brings communities together through the written word. The programme will bring together a...

Cork Council Library & Arts Service ‘Writers Block’ invites applications from experienced writers in all genres, from scriptwriting to slam poetry, who want to engage with writers’ groups, individuals, community groups, schools & others interested in writing, in 2026
www.corkcoco.ie/en/news/cork...