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The way the world is right now, time to share something uplifting. How about the spellbinding "levitations" of Tokyo photographer Natsumi Hayashi from over a decade ago (before the rise of AI). She created these images entirely in camera, assisted by only a tripod, rapid shutter speed & self-timer:

"There are trillions of possible futures, each the result of decisions all of us are making right now." (via @literaryhub.bsky.social)

They're trying to deport my colleague from the med school and holding her without counsel. She was coming back from a visit to her family. If there are ways to help I'll let you know. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...

Agreed. Essential viewing. #tv #ukdrama

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Can confirm. She is comfortable. #cat #cats #caturday

Are you comfortable dear? #cat #cats #caturday. #lazyfucker

Absolutey and consistently wonderful.

Weekly education. Damo B - The Outta Limits Radio Show. Techno - house - electronica and whatever is clever in between. Always quality, with some fine deep electronic business. Last week's mix really pulled it out of the bag. soundcloud.com/damo-b/outta... #techno #house #electronica #mix

Out now on the always-wonderful Pulse State label (sister to the equally wonderful Touched Music): Taemna - 'Pavietra'. Beautiful slices of 90's-flecked IDM/electronica. pulse-state.bandcamp.com/album/pavietra #electronica #idm #electronicmusic #pulsestate

So sickeningly accurate. Fuck. #SheShed

Murderous colonialism and Black music are combined to intoxicating effects, in this dazzlingly inventive documentary about the assassination of Patrice Lumumba Stream it now: dmovies.org/2025/03/10/s...

Homemade baba ganoush, Shirazi salad and crusty bread. A fine evening's toil. #food #foodie #homecooking

‘Language is not an ancillary service. It is crucial for expanding understanding of key issues of our age beyond anglophone perspectives and assumptions.’ A response by @ilcs.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social and St. Andrews School of Modern Languages. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/mode...

if you're looking to forewarn & forearm yourself about the days that are here and are to come, consider checking out my book, which former evangelicals have described as bracing, validating and truthful to their recollections: bookshop.org/p/books/wild...

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I’ve published my submission to the government’s Land Use consultation. DEFRA has proposed lots of bold and interesting ideas, many of which I support. But they also underestimate the scale of land use change needed to restore nature & fix water pollution. 1/🧵 whoownsengland.org/2025/03/12/m...

How quickly the right-wing press, Conservatives and Reform UK have jumped on Elon Musk’s disruptive bandwagon shows how fundamentally – and cynically – British politics has changed, says Adam Bienkov

And superb it is too. #tv

Well, if ain't the best Goddam soup I ever did make. Spicy miso pork rib soup, with enocchi, scallions and tofu. Topped with spicy seaweed. Win. #soup #foodie

Think I need a subs.

🔴'Some Accents Sound Guiltier Than Others' Linguist Dan Clayton looks at recent research on accent bias in the justice system and the media and what it reveals about changing attitudes www.bylinesupplement.com/p/some-accen...

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin Subscribe my youtube channel youtube.com/@literarypea...

Oh. My. God.

I've been at it again. Kolhapuri massala and lemon organic black pork chop. Homemade baba ghanoush. Homemade Shirazhi salad. Now you know. #homecooking #food #foodie

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When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies. Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE. Funny how that works, huh?

Richard Tice and Rupert Lowe are sheer Rhodesia, aren’t they? Frederick Forsyth etc. Harare airport 1978. Sweating with suitcases. Bar. ‘You *fool* Tice! We’ll owe ten million rand. They’ll cut our ears off’ ‘For Christ’s sake calm down, man. You’re a hysteric! I’d never agreed had I known’ etc

It's here! Episode 70 is all about prescriptivism and we have a great chat with @emhumps.bsky.social about it all, from the French academy to pedantry in popular culture and through to how to persuade the pedants in your life that they're just wrong. #Linguistics creators.spotify.com/pod/show/lex...

Very interesting. Prescriptivism project.

It has been enlightening, engaging and truly appreciated.

Two things that cause Starships to break up "We Built This City," and Elon Musk

The EU must fund and govern digital commons as part of long-term public infrastructure to escape a cycle of dependency on US or Chinese tech firms, writes Jan Krewer. www.techpolicy.press/looking-for-...

Just. Beautiful.

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Lots here for discussion around language, identity, occupation and more. Swearing is a way of cutting though the noise, helping regulate emotion and part of a performance of identity, according to this piece. theconversation.com/banning-swea...