A tomahawk missile costs the taxpayers the same amount of money as one five-year major NIH research grant. Remember that every time they tell us one of those missed the target, blew up paintings of enemy aircraft or tanks, or was the fifth and unnecessary hit on the same target.
'Footfall melodiously because you trample on my hallucinations.' From www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT
15 years ago, a group of us started The Pericles Group (periclesgroup.org) in order to formally work on our games & learning endeavors. It has been an amazingly fulfilling ride creating Operation LAPIS, successful Kickstarters (CARD-tamen, VERBA, Underlings of Underwing), (1/7)
An open landscape with mountains in the background. In the foreground are power lines. There is one conventional pylon and one pylon shaped like a giant stag
@hookland.bsky.social The power of the Hum seems to be shaping the Austrian Power grid www.apg.at/en/projects/...
Westminster Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again. Statement: “For Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life. Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent. That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections.” – Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship Quakers in Britain, 5 March 2026
Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists.
STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
SCRATCH MOSS by David Barnett with a miner's lamp and a magpie linocut
It is publication day for SCRATCH MOSS. Please be buying it from your vendor of choice, or ask your local library to get it in. Available in paperback, ebook and audiobook.
www.canelo.co/books/scratc...
NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet.
All the details in our article: www.carbonbrief.org/...
Data, analytics, research, strategy, making sense of complex situations and empowering people to do their best: that's what I like to do.
If you want some help from me in understanding things and changing them using data - get in touch! Or if you know someone who might, do bring us together.
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A cartoon depicting four penguins in a video conference. Two are 'breaking' the image by passing a cake to one another despite being in separate participation windows and therefore in different locations.
The 2026 Research & Scholarship in Digital Education Online Student Conference is coming up on April 10-13 and you are warmly invited to attend (free) to support our student presenters and hear keynotes from Profs Sukaina Walji, Tim Coughlan and Allison Littlejohn. Register at tinyurl.com/yeffzwxv
Memorial stone carving of a long-haired woman kneeling in prayer. In front of her are an hourglass and a skull and cross bones. Beneath her is the date: August 1750
I think you'd love Kirkwall Cathedral – there are many memorials like this one.
You could look at fan pages for popular audio dramas (eg, search for "welcome to nightvale fanart") and see which visuals fans are most likely to create
Intrigued by the possibilities of an audio drama that uses data coming into your phone - weather, time of day, your location - to tailor a horror story just for you, set in David Barnett's Withered Hill universe? Take a look at The Devil's Sound Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
So it's Pancake Day and I have just received my first Xmas 2026 email. If you were wondering how you might occupy yourself in ten months time, apparently 'Tickets out Now for Christmas at Blenheim Palace 2026...book tickets today for your most magical Christmas yet'
History professor finds huge Iron Age hoard. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not AI?
SCRATCH MOSS is published five weeks tomorrow. I go in for cancer surgery not long before so I fully expect a sympathy vote and when I come out of hospital the book will be number one in the charts. Pre-order now to make sure of your part in this heartwarming tale.
www.canelo.co/books/scratc...
This takes about 20 minutes, but taking the opportunity to respond to the UK government's consultation on its proposed immigration measures is worth it
Ringing bells in Wells? Good deeds in Leeds. Streaming on Twitch in Ipswich?
A screenshot of Lala and Po from the teletubbies. The screenshot is clearly taken from someone's phone, as the borders of the tv can be seen, as well as glimpses into the apartment behind them. Po is in bed wrapped up in a blanket. The text below them reads "I know you were high at my mother-in-laws funeral..."
More screenshots from the Teletubbies. Lala seems to be upset with a terrified Po. the text below reads "Did you kill the dog? Why would you do that?!"
A third screenshot from the Teletubbies, this time the same scene as before. Po is wearing an apron while Lala seems to still be upset at him. The text below reads "You're nothing but a failure of a man."
In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
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A wall of pingu model heads, hundreds of them, each with a different expression
A side close up showing the variety of eye beak and mouth expressions / movements
For Penguin Awareness Day, a Typology of Pingu expressions.
Source: instagram.com/p/CKa390dD4TC/
Part of a 40th anniversary exhibition in Japan the other year.
Agh - thought it was a film database. I've changed the link to the IMDb. Thanks for the heads up.
Some Monday inspiration - the 14th century octagon tower at Ely Cathedral. As the height and width would not have supported a stone vault, the tower was constructed in wood following the collapse of the central Norman tower in 1322. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #ElyCathedral
a mini barbie dreamhouse atop a giant (relative to the house) chicken legs
I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
'Ellaline Terriss was a popular British actress [...] In 1915, she had starred as a vampire in Flames of Desire, a silent film shot on location in Jamaica and turned down by at least one censorship board due to its sensational content.'
More at georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2026/01/18/1...
Hello, Sunday. How’d you fancy backing a six-part immersive audio project set in the folk horror world of Withered Hill? Cost you £18, all in. I know money’s tight but this is an absolute bargain.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
A shame, because it's a good series - but there are 42 characters in Book 2 in addition to all those who survived Book 1
Was wondering why I couldn't keep Rivers of London characters straight in my head - then realised 50 are introduced in the first book alone.
