You haven't seen complexity in art until you've seen this 600-year-old painting. It's so detailed that modern medicine has been able to diagnose this man's exact type of blindness. And that's where things get mind-bendingly strange — this whole thing is an illusion... 🧵

Celebrating 20 Years of Real Gone: "an electric pill box, a homogenous concoction of mood elevators, mind liberators, and downers, an alchemical universe of rattling chains, oscillating rhythms and nine-pound hammers.” – Tom Waits, 2004

Humanists UK are getting behind Kim Leadbeater's assisted dying bill, which is a good sign that it's doing something right. humanists.uk/2024/10/03/bre…

Journalists are meant to speak truth to power. That's our job. But what do you do when that power is your own news org? This thread (professional suicide note?) is about The Guardian & The Observer's future. Because it turns out you can’t believe everything you read on a poster.. 1/

google ai LOVES to step in when it sees “vs” and will try its hardest to compare whatever you throw at it

If you're watching a film in a cinema, keep your fucking phone in your bag. Fully enjoy a magic place where nothing intrudes, where your boring phone stuff is defeated by the big screen. You're more than those distractions.

Assisted dying legislation in Australia: “End-of-life care in Australia is now safer and fairer than ever before.” @AlexGreenwich (Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who introduced the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill in his state) A thread 🧵

Gutless journalism and hollow advocacy as practiced for billionaires owners measuring their considerable self-interest against their civic responsibility.

Historians: He’s a fascist. Political scientists: He’s a fascist. His own aides: He’s a fascist. The Washington Post: We don't take sides.

hello November by Herge

The stonechats' autumn visit to Liberton has been much longer than usual - six weeks now! (Please stay please stay please stay) Liberton #Edinburgh

Closing strong:

Buenos días ☕️ this is the energy

‘Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs’ -Rudyard Kipling Edinburgh Old Town

"They're eating the cats, they're eating the dogs" proved a more effective message than "Let me help you buy your first house."

Frank Auerbach has died. We have lost one of the greats..

William Faulkner was such a G

Been over on Bluesky for a while now. Much better. My account: bsky.app/profile/cnj85.…