Richard

We are never going to enjoy equality because the moment we start to catch up, they move the goal posts.

What do Theodore Sturgeon, M John Harrison, David Hayden, Maureen F McHugh, John Updike, Thomas M Disch, Claire Keegan, John Crowley, Ted Chiang, Tom Waits, Kelly Link and Joanna Russ have in common?

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Long lyve ai;dr!

YouTube video by Mad Decent Omar Souleyman - Ya Bnayya (Official Music Video)

And then, if raï is a bit sedate for you: youtu.be/T4R6iFSYDZ0?...

YouTube video by Cheikha Rimitti CHEIKHA RIMITTI - NOUAR

And if you like that, you’ll love this: youtu.be/pCPB6WD87Yw?...

Post a banger that isn’t in English: youtu.be/02Sg9H2T_TQ?...

Ten glorious years. I’ve been with you in spirit since Ep.1, and am with you in Patreon still. Go well, and f*** the begrudgers.

Sorry for laughing/there’s too much happening

I have never liked Withering Blights. (The book, films, coach tours, tea towels etc, though I will allow Kate’s record, I’m not a monster you know).

LP cover of Cupid & Psyche 85, by Scritti Politti.

Times are tough. You’re still entitled to beauty. Try this.

Introduce yourself with 5 songs:
September Song, Lotte Lenya
Shipbuilding, Robert Wyatt
Psychedelic Warlords, Hawkwind
Never Understand, JAMC
Jacques Derrida, Scritti Politti

YouTube video by KLF The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu - It's Grim Up North (Official Video)

Saturday night fever: youtu.be/20XLWEjN9eI?...

YouTube video by Jiskefet Jiskefet - English Sports

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We are The Fall! In the neighbourhood of infinity.

The sheer rotten corruption of it all, without a glint of hope of redemption.

Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".

Posed 1930s accident prevention photo, showing a worker standing between tracks, about to be hit by a steam train approaching unseen from behind.

Posed 1920s safety photo, showing a driver near the front of a steam loco as it was moving, warning of the dangers of leaving the cab whilst the engine was travelling.

Posed 1920s safety photo showing a worker having stumbled and fallen in front of a train, as he tried to cross the line.

Infographic showing the number of workers killed and injured on Britain and Ireland's railways and whose accidents were investigated, between 1911 and 1915. This was the first run of data we produced, of around 4000 cases, now hugely expanded.

Welcome to the 'Railway Work, Life & Death' project Bluesky account!

Check our expanding database of British & Irish railway worker accidents, covering 1855-1939 - all free!

Currently over 117,000 cases, with more to come.

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The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care? The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
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thanks Des!

+1 orbit. go me.

Her LPs of Beatles covers and of Stones covers are also excellent.

Listening to Lucinda Williams’s album of Bob Dylan covers. Proper brilliant.

Three errors here. First, in confusing some kind of SEND classification (20%) with EHCPs (5.5%).

Secondly in assuming it gives automatic right to DLA. Though there is a strong ECHP/DLA overlap.

Third in assuming that those moving to DLA to PIP never work (it's not an out of work benefit).

This is so cool, the ancient earth was home to these strange towering silent tube beasts. Not animals, but not trees or fungi either. An utterly mysterious and alien life form, except it was here first.

I once saw Ornette play live, and if ever there was an aura of holiness, it was in the air that night.

I have had a bit of a day, and I’m tired, very tired, of such days. But I’m closing it by listening to the Ornette Coleman Trio, live at the “Golden Circle”. So that’s ok.

A much-liked post by Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com with the titles “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student” and the caption “They don’t want to get blamed again“

A joke for the history buffs:

Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“

The Ship of Theseus grady morphed into Trigger's Broom over time, but is it really the same paradox?

I’m that age where getting into Lieder is a serious option.

Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable

This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,

The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance

Iconic imo