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important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

submitted 54 days ago • 332 comments

Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt

submitted 54 days ago • 2 comments

Far from ableist, cities that work for cycling also work for a variety of mobility devices. But the devil’s in the details: mountable curbs, plentiful curb cuts, smooth asphalt, lane width (minimum 2.3m/7.5ft per direction), visual cues, and gentle gradient (less than 2-4%) for bridges and tunnels.

submitted 86 days ago • 9 comments

submitted 126 days ago • 60 comments

On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image. All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.

submitted 166 days ago • 338 comments

From my day job: a really lovely article written by @clarethorp.bsky.social featuring several interviewees who are much better-informed than me.

submitted 188 days ago • 1 comment

Spot on. Comprehensive pedestrianisation should be far higher up the agenda in our cities than it is. Nearly wherever cars go, cities get worse. Nearly wherever they’re removed, those urban spaces flourish.

submitted 194 days ago • 73 comments

Please, as you go about your day, spare a thought for this poor aristocrat who may lose his castle

submitted 194 days ago • 21 comments

This matches my own experience, sadly…

submitted 194 days ago • 0 comments

nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish

submitted 197 days ago • 181 comments

It's only right that my first post here is sharing Scotland's map of named ice gritters. You can follow where they all are in real-time. Some favourites this year: Sir David Attenbrrrrrr Stone Cold Steve Frostin Lord Coldemort You're a blizzard, Harry www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...

submitted 200 days ago • 43 comments

I reviewed Jordan Peterson's new book. Never read anything like it. Really quite deranged. www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

submitted 200 days ago • 70 comments

Important context here: ● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares) ● "a big farm" is 217 acres. Now let's see who's angry: ● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres ● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres ● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres ● Dyson owns 36,000 acres

submitted 200 days ago • 214 comments

Omtzigt’s NSC essentially made a deal that they’d let the hard right (PVV/BBB) take a tough line on immigration and spending, in exchange for vague promises of constitutional and electoral reform. A few months on, it looks like the worst deal made by a Dutchman since they swapped Run for Manhattan

submitted 200 days ago • 1 comment

We can't even leave the house...

submitted 201 days ago • 6 comments

Enjoy the premiere with me tomorrow morning while a script slowly deletes every single thing I've posted on X in the last 15 years. The Really Dark Truth About Bots www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ5X...

submitted 202 days ago • 60 comments

Honestly, having lived in the Netherlands for the last few years this feels completely plausible.

submitted 201 days ago • 0 comments

Seriously: cities everywhere, take note

submitted 201 days ago • 1 comment

My timeline is healing

submitted 201 days ago • 0 comments

it would be so funny if this is how his presidency ended. months before his term ends, he just walks into the rainforest and is never seen again

submitted 202 days ago • 402 comments

Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, saying it would continue to operate as it seeks to restructure its debt. During the Chapter 11 process, customers will be able to “book and fly without interruption and can use all tickets, credits and loyalty points,” it said in a statement.

submitted 201 days ago • 12 comments

Does the default font break the kerning on the word Twitter just to make everyone wince when they read it?

submitted 205 days ago • 0 comments

Hello! I guess I'm also here. I'll be hedging my bets until the true Twitter replacement appears.

submitted 205 days ago • 0 comments