Peter McGladdery

Painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo dated c 1566 It shows what is clearly a head and torso of a man but all constructed using books including a fanned open book representing his hair and two large books cleverly positioned to represent his upper and lower right arm. The lower book is bent across his body and has thon bookmarks hanging from it to represent the fingers on his hand

One for the bibliophiles out there

This painting was flagged up in a book I am reading atm (Portable Magic @oldfortunatus.bsky.social ) and whilst I'm pretty sure I have seen it before it hadn't really lodged in my memory

I give you Giuseppe Arcimboldo's c 1566 painting, The Librarian

Claim: My uncle says Mamdani will abolish the entire NYPD. True: Your uncle does say that.

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Burt Meyer, Chicago toymaker behind classics like Mouse Trap, Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots, has died at 99

Burt Meyer, a Chicago toy designer behind classics like Lite-Brite, Mouse Trap, and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, died Oct. 30 at 99, leaving a joyful, generations-spanning legacy.

YouTube video by NPR Music Nova Twins: Tiny Desk Concert

Nova Twins
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Farmers' Almanac announces final publication after 208-year run After more than two centuries in print, the Farmers' Almanac will end its run with its 2026 edition.

WHAT

Yes, many people of my generation really did come of age in the 90s imagining themselves to be the last word in enlightened liberalism. The last man at the end of history. The emancipatory politics of the past decade struck at the heart of that self image, hence the viscerally hard reactionary turn

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

Right about now, the honk shoo brother

We had fucking congressional hearings over Mortal Kombat.

In Icelandic we have 'Ókind' for monster. But the translation is un-sheep. So everything not a sheep is dangerous.

In a preamble to a work zoom meeting this morning, one of the attendees talked about recently going to the Lisbon earthquake museum.

Got a targeted Instagram ad for it at lunchtime.

Tonight at QFT Belfast!

lol

Work to start on Warwickshire Eternal Wall prayer monument Project leaders say the 51m (167ft) monument, containing one million bricks, will be open in 2028.

Apparently so www.bbc.com/news/article...

Table football table, smashed up, left out on street for rubbish collection

Tiny hooligans

Chloe quoting GL's pissy slabbering with comment "I consider this a mark of quality"

She dealt with it on her Insta with absolute class.

Related, three hunters fell into the thin ice in Kotzebue earlier this week. One brother is recovering, one body was recovered and people are still searching for the third. Warming weather in our region is deadly.
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Person on park bench in middle distance under golden autumn tree casting a golden shadow of leaves. Football pitch lines on grass

Good book

I Have No Mouse, And I Must Squeak

Old wooden double doors in building with granite lower section and grey sandstone upper. Carved decorative lintel and word "POLICE." carved out and painted in blue

Love the fact someone had to spend the time carving a full stop out of a stone block because someone thought it necessary to show it was "Police. End of"

Had to resort to using the kitchen scissors in the holiday apartment to deal with a sock-piercing big toe nail

I think my only option now is to convert to Catholicism & spend the next decade doing abject penance

My nieces and nephews could not comprehend how I could draw, how I was drawing something right in front of them. This sucks.

Free ticket for tonight (can't go).

Do Not Resuscitate - Alternative Comedy Cabaret. London Hospital Tavern, Whitechapel 19.30

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Luke Rollason
Ozzy Algar
Alex Franklin
Zoe Wohlfeld
Anastasia Ador
Ella The Great
Lachlan Werner
Paul Foot

The Brown University Costs of War Project provides the most comprehensive figures, which are widely cited by other sources. e • Direct Deaths (due to war violence): Over 940,000 people were killed by direct violence in the major war zones of Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan between 2001 and 2023. Of these, more than 432,000 were civilians. • Indirect Deaths (due to war-related conditions): An estimated 3.6 to 3.8 million people died indirectly due to the collapse of economies, healthcare systems, infrastructure, and the environment caused by the conflicts. • Total Deaths: Combining direct and indirect deaths, the total death toll is estimated at least 4.5 to 4.7 million people. e Specific Troop Fatalities • U.S. Military Personnel: Over 7,000 U.S. troops were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. • Allied Troops: Several thousand allied Western troops were also killed. • National Military and Police Forces: Over 177,000 uniformed Afghans, Pakistanis, and Iraqi and Syrian allies had died as of 2019.

Periodic reminder the war on terror is estimated to indirectly been responsible for the deaths of millions of people & created refugees tides around the world

Hotel breakfast buffet. "Wheat Flex" & "Corn Flex" labels

Boasting about my cereals

Not even his heart

The Grim Reaper playing wack-a-mole

Free ticket for tonight (can't go).

Do Not Resuscitate - Alternative Comedy Cabaret. London Hospital Tavern, Whitechapel 19.30

www.instagram.com/donotresusci...

Luke Rollason
Ozzy Algar
Alex Franklin
Zoe Wohlfeld
Anastasia Ador
Ella The Great
Lachlan Werner
Paul Foot

Thank you for all the kind words and support. Can I please ask a favour? Can you spread this story as far and wide as you can. Share it with people you know, forward it to your MP's, anyone in the public eye that might be supportive. This is unbelievably horrific, and no one knows about it..