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A woman holds an arrow with a sharp iron point. It's moulded from a Norman arrowhead she found on the Thames foreshore. Behind her are people listening to her speak: on the table in front of her, various finds she's described. Part of the 'Secrets of the Thames' exhibition at the Museum of London, Docklands. Also features the Battersea Shield, the Waterloo helmet and a lot of modern artwork inspired by the finds.

A mudlark shows off | an arrowhead moulded from | one (Norman) she found #dailyhaiku #museumoflondon-docklands

Well as it turns out both humans and computers are capable of targeting a girls school

Great analogy. Saw this on an anxiety page.
🧶 #knit

Indistinct figures again a backdrop representing the Parliamentary Library. These are the cast and conductor of Iolanthe, a Charles Court Opera production which lifted my mood immensely

Iolanthe, at | Wilton's: Charles Court Opera | cheering and funny #dailyhaiku

A poster that is mostly black with two skeletons looking romantic silhouetted against a night sky. That's not relevant I just hate twee shit. Text follows Simulate executive function through other people Craft project Important first novel Overdue newsletter Resignation email Opening your post Make Progress On Thing Every Sunday evening at the Queen's Head, Stratford 18+ only, ID needed on match days

also just generally I have invented a new thing to do with Sunday evenings in the pub (prob except West Ham home games but sure lfg) it's like addressing the Sunday Scaries but the spooky skeletons are your friends

Same! Except I was a dewy 36

INTRODUCING! Hannah Spencer The new Green MP for GORTON & DENTON Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Introducing Hannah Spencer MP 💚

Kansas has, overnight, invalidated the drivers’ licenses of trans people, a pointless cruelty that upends their lives

If Brits think “it won’t happen here” think again! Groups in the U.K. who want the same thing are routinely invited to consult with Labour and normalised in our press!

SpaceX's 1 million satellites could avoid environmental checks The environmental impact of SpaceX's planned gargantuan mega-constellation is still being grappled with, but the FCC isn’t required to study it

The environmental impact of SpaceX's planned gargantuan mega-constellation is still being grappled with, but the FCC isn’t required to study it

A round wooden table (rather damp) on which are a drinks can, a black steaming cup of coffee, and a small discbound notebook on top of a larger fancier (Emma Shipley) notebook. In the background: sunlit plants and a brick wall. Not shown: the photographer, sitting on a bathmat on a damp wooden chair.

Coffee al fresco | in my garden in the sun! | the first time this year

Shadow Man

I love the secret feature at Nine Elms London Underground station that reveals itself during a sunny day.

If you arrive at the perfect moment, the roundel logo is beautifully projected onto the floor. A great place to capture shadows.

In the centre, bold white and yellow text inside a yellow rectangular border reads: “London stands united with the people of Ukraine.” Below, smaller white text says: “On the fourth anniversary of the invasion.”

Four years on from Russia’s illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, London’s solidarity with the people of Ukraine remains unwavering.

a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - for that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning. https://spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-syllabi/

In case anyone needs it for their syllabi, my statement in gen-Ai from the minicomic I made as a syllabus for class last semester. All online and printable here spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...

For four years, Ukraine has endured a full-scale invasion—and refuses to break.

Through loss and daily hardship, Ukrainians remain united and determined, defending their sovereignty and values despite the immense human cost.

Hateful words encountered recently include ‘gratefulness’ …

cant.stop.laughing

So looking forward to this on Saturday - it's online and tickets are still available!

Bwa ha ha ha ha

A mass of ivy against a brick wall, with a few (quite dim) small coloured lights.

Days are brightening | last summer's solar lights are | shining once again #dailyhaiku

Israel condemns hateful and racist greens.

For years we've seen an ongoing genocide.

It's been backed by right wing papers, the US President and by this Labour Government.

Three cats sitting in round beds, looking toward the camera

Two black-and-white cats cuddling together in a wooden bowl

A black cat and a white cat lying close together on a blanket

A black cat sitting beside a tabby-and-white cat, both looking forward

Happy Cat Day in Japan!
May all cats be safe, loved, and happy

Just your reminder that if you do not train an AI model, you just don't train an AI model, and if you do not feed a human, that's murder and you're evil.

A grey, peach and lilac sky reflected in rippling water (at bottom) and glad skyscraper (at right). Two antique cranes loom above the Docklands Light Railway, a bridge of which bisects the picture.

Afternoon with friend | then sunset in Docklands, and | home before darkness #dailyhaiku

The Royal Family are said to be devastated after Prince Andrew’s car crash next Wednesday.

And still they come 🤣

Curtain call from the ENO production of Mozart's Cosí fan Tutti, February 2026. In the background: half a Ferris wheel and a Cyclonesque roller coaster, picked out in little lights: nearer, three heart-shaped arches with bigger lights: nearer than that, a supporting cast of fairground artistes: front of stage, the stars! (Don Alfonso, two hapless couples, and the marvellous Despina). Closest of all: the arm of someone a few rows in front of me.

Cosí fan tutti | a joyous experience | at the ENO #dailyhaiku

#ReformUK is funded by huge donations from rich backers in the fossil fuels, finance, crypto & property industries, who'd profit massively from Reform being elected & implementing their plans to deregulate & strip away numerous legal rights that protect people & planet.
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#FrescoFriday so let's celebrate the end of the week! Here we have a Pompeii fresco showing guests at a banquet.

One guests says in Latin "FACITIS VOBIS SVAVITER EGO CANTO" - "Get yourselves comfortable, I'm going to sing". Another replies "EST ITA VALEAS" - "Yes you go for it!".

#AncientBlueSky🏺

A split screen: on the left is a crested Roman helmet in the foreground with a tunic of scale armour (lorica squamata) in the background. On the right is a close up of the tunic and the scales are practically indistinguishable from the scales of a pangolin (but there again we're on our third coffee).

We're marking World Pangolin Day by remembering that Roman soldiers would routinely dress as pangolins before going into battle.

A pot of hyacinths in a brass bowl on a dark wooden desk. The hyacinths are beginning to bloom, and the flowers are white: the stems and leaves are pale green and glossy. Behind the flowers is the lower part of a print of a peacock feather, also a blank black screen and some desk clutter. To the right, a black chair and silver-and-black curtains.

Indoor hyacinths | are coming along nicely | lovely glossy spears #dailyhaiku