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The Company One Keeps: Ian Hamilton Finlay & the Concrete Poets 14 May @nationalgalleries.bsky.social Edinburgh & online Dr @gregchthomas.bsky.social explores Iain Hamilton Finlay’s aesthetic & cultural ties with the international concrete poetry movement www.nationalgalleries.org/event/the-co...

Went to Mexico for the morning - the José María Velasco exhibition at the National Gallery is just magical and well worth a visit.

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'To question its legal status...'

Dr Martin McKee, a professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. “These findings are not just predictable, they were predicted.” www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Please support our crowdfund to publish a book of TESSA HUNKIN'S HACKNEY MOSAIC PROJECT. We want to celebrate the work of the 100s of local people who have come together to give their creativity to this magnificent endeavour to beautify Hackney. More: shorturl.at/bIycs

If the USA selected the President and all Cabinet members by picking names of random US citizens out of a hat, the country would be better run than it is at present.

London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🔥

Tom Gauld’s Easter treat.

"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."

10/10 tattoo idea right here

A reminder of a pretty etymology to brighten the day. The ‘daisy’ takes its name from the Old English ‘dæges ēage’, ‘day’s eye’, because it opens its petals at dawn, and closes them again at dusk.

Sometimes you just need chips

Enjoying the weather and the Arne Jacobsen architecture in Klampenborg

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Just had a Danish beer called Implosion. Might have been a mistake.

Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."

Blossom time in Copenhagen

Current mood

Oh I do love the Danish National Library

The last time I was in Copenhagen at Easter time there were crazed bunnies bursting out of the Tivoli eggs, so frankly I'm a tad disappointed.

I think my sixth sense is the ability to find a library anywhere

God morgen. Nothing rotten in the state of Denmark

Your regular reminder that almost everything Trump is getting away with is not because of presidential strength, but because of congressional weakness and judicial deference. The constitutional tools are already there to fix this, but those who can fix it are refusing to do so.

If you're up for a diverting watch - and are interested in the history of photography as well - this playful short video from the Met Museum traces the history of 19th-century tintypes youtu.be/7rpIGgt_sGw?...

'Really important stories': What nine rare 1800s photos reveal about US history www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

It's a beautiful day

British Steel employs 3.6k people. Coventry Uni group, which auditors say may not survive, employs 7.7k. But there is an emergency debate in parliament for British Steel and nothing for the whole HE sector imploding

It's insanely brilliant how Ukraine just says "fuck it, we'll fix it ourselves" to every problem they come up against. Incredibly inspiring country of people.

‘Too original for just one medium’: Agnès Varda’s Paris photographs go on show www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ap...

We're all going to hell in a hand cart, so here's some cherry bossom

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Wondering if now would be a good time for Canada to bring back the BlackBerry.

Dow shoots up over 2,000 points on the news that Trump is pausing most of his tariff scheme for 90 days. It's the kind of move that would generate massive profits for someone who had an early head's up. Speaking hypothetically here, of course.

"Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said that Donald Trump’s global trade war has made it even more “imperative” for the UK to improve post-Brexit trading relations with the EU, ahead of a key summit next month." More in the @financialtimes.com 👇 buff.ly/La6fmuV

Union and association representing museum and library workers sue Trump administration The American Library Association and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees are suing to block the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services buff.ly/373Yoy5

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This is exactly why we need decentralized, distributed platform governance in multiple national jurisdictions backed by open content that cannot be removed.

Helen Levitt discreetly captured folks on the New York City Subway. 1970s. She had a gentle eye as well as a sharp gaze I think.

After decades of marginalization, Brutalism has recently enjoyed a cultural renaissance, but even as its most influential figures are recognized for their peculiar genius, the wider canon of architects who have embraced or experimented with Brutalism remains obscure.

A range of archival and visual material at the Morgan Library paints a nuanced picture of its first director, Belle da Costa Greene: a “passing” Black woman and prestigious librarian who assembled a world-renowned collection of rare books, manuscripts, and art.

The cherry blossom is out in Charterhouse Square. For Poirot fans, "Whitehaven Mansions" is in the background.

Good morning from the Barbican's new bee hotel

Daniel Kanhai. The New Yorker.

It is with profound sadness that we relay news of the passing of our beloved friend and bandmate Clem Burke following a private battle with cancer. (1/7)

Quite literally whitewashing the purpose of the Underground Railroad www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

In a smoky atelier in Torino, Giuseppe Branchino works as one of the world’s last punch cutters. Along with a few others scattered across the globe, he carries on a centuries-old practice that’s becoming obsolete in the age of digital type.

In an internal memo sent to staff, Bunch wrote that ‘our work will be shaped by the best scholarship, free of partisanship, to help the American public better understand our nation’s history, challenges and triumphs’. Repost people who speak truth to power.