Alastair

I found this in Zadar

Gate handle with fist, Český Dub.

Rather nice handle on a gate in Český Dub.

I have a large file of compositions pre 1990. Afraid to look at it.

She's 16 next week.

A photo of Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage

The economic cost of Brexit to the UK now exceeds what it paid into the EU over its entire 47 years of membership.

A colossal, unprecedented act of economic self-harm sold to a nation by grifters and snake oil salesmen.

Giulio Clovio

Dark winter scene with cottage and huge tree.

It was chilly on the way home last night!

Fabulous. But I also want to play Roman-opoly. One day we'll visit.

A very, very good friend tells me what I could have been if I hadn't done this or that. He's probably right, but my God I'm glad to the ends of the Earth for the beautiful children we have. Best gift/contribution ever.

Tonight's film is going to be Local Hero. Which is very good, ye gods.

I feel there's something not quite right.

The pillars in the nave of St Giles church in Chollerton north of Hadrian’s Wall are thought to come from the headquarters buildings at Chesters Roman fort and show marks of the stonemasons who shaped them #Hadrianswall #archaeology

Twilight
Brian Merrikin Hill.

I did not think
Ever again
To know this grief -

An old woman
Gleans near bright rails
This coal-dusk yard.

By nightfall she
May fill her torn
Carrier bag.

But feel the fire
So gained as brief
As human warmth

In this proud world's
Magnificent
Technology.

I have been accused of suspicious behaviour by Oxford Unniversity Press. It is, however, true that I wanted to look up 'heresy' in the dictionary.

A close-up of an undamaged, translucent glass vessel shaped like a dove. The vessel contains a clear liquid with a reddish sediment visible at the bottom.

Fascinating world of ancient #glass!
#Roman dove-shaped vessels were used as perfume bottles. The liquid was sealed inside and the tip of the tail or the beak had to be broken to remove the perfume. This particular example, discovered in a first-century burial at...🧵 1/2

🏺 AncientBluesky

Dreaming is one thing, learning musical notation is another. Use a pencil and paper and first get to grips with the craft, rather than use an app. But good luck!

Eng/CZ macaronic
pork
obor
robo
krop

Here's a Czech one:
tlup
lipu
upil
pult

Bot. Bye.

My word, I think you belong on Twitter.

Why are you here being silly? This is a nice place. Go away.

T I M E
I M A M
M A M I
E M I T

Kaldhmmar's gift. I think Snorri wrote about it. A sword.

Direct action is a fine idea which rarely works. There needs to be a long-term solution, which in my view means bringing public services back into public ownership.

A photograph of a red-figure pottery depicting Hecate hitting the giant Clytius with her torches. From Theoi.com. White text laid over Clytius reads ‘You using AI art’. Similar laid over Hecate reads ‘me unfollowing you’

A reminder:
AI ‘art’ is soulless, plagiarised trash. Pass it on.
✌️

Ps: this is just one example of art you can use to represent the ancient world: actual ancient art ffs.

I'm not sure how a non-hierarchical organisation would work.

How does anarchism square with revolution when the only result is a different hierarchy? (I should probably read more on this). Thank you.

Riatsäla - a vertical bed

Pictish symbols

Hope you like our band's logo...