Carol D
@cccddd.bsky.social
Gen X hypercurious IT type. Nature, unpopular music, wrongness. Leeds, UK.
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Absurdist basketry: a craft idiom we didn’t even know we’d been missing. Now we do thanks to Lewis Prosser (@clovisvosser) whose performative creations are featured in ‘Just Browsing,’ a current show at @the_bluecoat in Liverpool. 🙏🏼 @glenn_adamson
#art #fiber #basket #fashion #surreal
#lewisprosser
#art #fiber #basket #fashion #surreal
#lewisprosser
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Less than a fortnight away...
A preview for next month's Boundaries Festival, run as "a labour of love" by @grassi.bsky.social with cheap tickets and the desire to introduce lovers of experimental music to the delights of Sunderland and the North East
thequietus.com/news/boundar...
thequietus.com/news/boundar...
Boundaries Festival Unveils Full Line-Up | The Quietus
Over the past few years, Sunderland’s Boundaries Festival has quickly gained a justified reputation as one of the best places at which to encounter the UK’s DIY underground – the best of New Weird Bri...
thequietus.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Less than a fortnight away...
The Shaggs - It's Halloween
youtu.be/Yz3KBn0wp5A?...
youtu.be/Yz3KBn0wp5A?...
It's Halloween
YouTube video by The Shaggs - Topic
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October 31, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The Shaggs - It's Halloween
youtu.be/Yz3KBn0wp5A?...
youtu.be/Yz3KBn0wp5A?...
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If you've ever marvelled at the vaulted Victorian subterranea of Liverpool's Williamson tunnels you have The Heritage Centre to thank. Unfortunately, it will be closing for good on June 1st if they can't raise £12k.
Here's how you can help
www.gofundme.com/f/adcnrn-sav...
Here's how you can help
www.gofundme.com/f/adcnrn-sav...
Donate to Save the Heritage Centre, organized by David Bridson
It is with huge regret and great sadness that the Joseph Williamson Society has to report that,… David Bridson needs your support for Save the Heritage Centre
www.gofundme.com
May 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
If you've ever marvelled at the vaulted Victorian subterranea of Liverpool's Williamson tunnels you have The Heritage Centre to thank. Unfortunately, it will be closing for good on June 1st if they can't raise £12k.
Here's how you can help
www.gofundme.com/f/adcnrn-sav...
Here's how you can help
www.gofundme.com/f/adcnrn-sav...
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Exciting news! We have a brand new sound player that allows you to explore our full database of 7,000+ sounds in lots of new ways.
You can search by artist name, by country, city or any title keyword, as well as selecting sounds from individual projects. Check it out: citiesandmemory.com#player
You can search by artist name, by country, city or any title keyword, as well as selecting sounds from individual projects. Check it out: citiesandmemory.com#player
April 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Exciting news! We have a brand new sound player that allows you to explore our full database of 7,000+ sounds in lots of new ways.
You can search by artist name, by country, city or any title keyword, as well as selecting sounds from individual projects. Check it out: citiesandmemory.com#player
You can search by artist name, by country, city or any title keyword, as well as selecting sounds from individual projects. Check it out: citiesandmemory.com#player
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Day 6: #CouchTo10IrishSpringBees
Our first cuckoo bee.
If you spot Andrena clarkella around, keep an eye out for this bee, Nomada leucophthalma, which sneakily lays its eggs in the Andrena clarkella nests.
1. No, this is not a wasp.
2. Yes, it is beautiful.
Our first cuckoo bee.
If you spot Andrena clarkella around, keep an eye out for this bee, Nomada leucophthalma, which sneakily lays its eggs in the Andrena clarkella nests.
1. No, this is not a wasp.
2. Yes, it is beautiful.
March 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Day 6: #CouchTo10IrishSpringBees
Our first cuckoo bee.
If you spot Andrena clarkella around, keep an eye out for this bee, Nomada leucophthalma, which sneakily lays its eggs in the Andrena clarkella nests.
1. No, this is not a wasp.
2. Yes, it is beautiful.
Our first cuckoo bee.
If you spot Andrena clarkella around, keep an eye out for this bee, Nomada leucophthalma, which sneakily lays its eggs in the Andrena clarkella nests.
1. No, this is not a wasp.
2. Yes, it is beautiful.
The back garden frogs are still at it
March 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The back garden frogs are still at it
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Fantastic article.
Radical statement or eyesore? Japan’s divisive brutalist buildings – in pictures
The country is known for wooden and ceramic creations – yet many argue these concrete behemoths fit with Japan’s traditional aesthetics too
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Radical statement or eyesore? Japan’s divisive brutalist buildings – in pictures
The country is known for wooden and ceramic creations – yet many argue these concrete behemoths fit with Japan’s traditional aesthetics too
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
March 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Fantastic article.
Radical statement or eyesore? Japan’s divisive brutalist buildings – in pictures
The country is known for wooden and ceramic creations – yet many argue these concrete behemoths fit with Japan’s traditional aesthetics too
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Radical statement or eyesore? Japan’s divisive brutalist buildings – in pictures
The country is known for wooden and ceramic creations – yet many argue these concrete behemoths fit with Japan’s traditional aesthetics too
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Just in time for the breeding season the new camera at Lister Mill in #Bradford is live. #raptors #ukwildlife #YorkshireBirding #Bradford2025
www.bradfordperegrines.com/post/lister-...
www.bradfordperegrines.com/post/lister-...
Lister Mill Peregrine Camera is live!
It's been a very long journey but we're excited (and relieved) to announce that our live Peregrine Cam can now be viewed on our Lister Mills page here. It's taken just over a year to get to this point...
www.bradfordperegrines.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Just in time for the breeding season the new camera at Lister Mill in #Bradford is live. #raptors #ukwildlife #YorkshireBirding #Bradford2025
www.bradfordperegrines.com/post/lister-...
www.bradfordperegrines.com/post/lister-...
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They're back!
Hurrah!
(basking on the south facing wall of the house this afternoon)
#UKWildlife #BeeFly #BeeFlyWatch
Hurrah!
(basking on the south facing wall of the house this afternoon)
#UKWildlife #BeeFly #BeeFlyWatch
March 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
They're back!
Hurrah!
(basking on the south facing wall of the house this afternoon)
#UKWildlife #BeeFly #BeeFlyWatch
Hurrah!
(basking on the south facing wall of the house this afternoon)
#UKWildlife #BeeFly #BeeFlyWatch
Mollusc graffiti, Coventry.
March 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Mollusc graffiti, Coventry.
First frogspawn of 2025 in the garden pond
March 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
First frogspawn of 2025 in the garden pond
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Woke up to a photo from my parents in Wales... Where it's that time of year again and the toads are riding the fish
March 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Woke up to a photo from my parents in Wales... Where it's that time of year again and the toads are riding the fish
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It's really depressing that I would be able to tell something had happened with Ukraine purely from the fact Russia has activated so many of its higher quality influence op accounts
March 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It's really depressing that I would be able to tell something had happened with Ukraine purely from the fact Russia has activated so many of its higher quality influence op accounts
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Okay, thanks to the excellent search skills of my followers, I now share with you the Compaq Corporate Leadership Rap, circa. 1990.
And no, I'm not sorry.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB6M...
And no, I'm not sorry.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB6M...
PaqRap - Compaq VPs, 1990
YouTube video by CompaqVet
www.youtube.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Okay, thanks to the excellent search skills of my followers, I now share with you the Compaq Corporate Leadership Rap, circa. 1990.
And no, I'm not sorry.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB6M...
And no, I'm not sorry.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB6M...
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Tuesday #morningread
The Autobiography by #JohnClare
Honesty makes Clare’s words adorable.
‘I heard the cuckoos wandering voice & the restless song of the Nightingale’
Clare’s essays—gems!
The Autobiography by #JohnClare
Honesty makes Clare’s words adorable.
‘I heard the cuckoos wandering voice & the restless song of the Nightingale’
Clare’s essays—gems!
March 4, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Tuesday #morningread
The Autobiography by #JohnClare
Honesty makes Clare’s words adorable.
‘I heard the cuckoos wandering voice & the restless song of the Nightingale’
Clare’s essays—gems!
The Autobiography by #JohnClare
Honesty makes Clare’s words adorable.
‘I heard the cuckoos wandering voice & the restless song of the Nightingale’
Clare’s essays—gems!
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Shortsighted Taiwan may have lessons for the world as a preventable disease skyrockets
Shortsighted Taiwan may have lessons for the world as a preventable disease skyrockets
Up to 90% of young people in Taiwan have myopia but eye experts say the growing global trend can be reversed
In the final days of their eight-week bootcamp, dozens of young Taiwanese conscripts are being tested on an obstacle course. The men in full…
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Shortsighted Taiwan may have lessons for the world as a preventable disease skyrockets
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I am recruiting 1-2 postbacs for my parakeet sociality & cognition project! This position is for people finished with undergrad but who have not yet started grad school. Must be totally fascinated by parakeet social drama (there's a lot of it!)🪶🧪 Job ad here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...
February 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I am recruiting 1-2 postbacs for my parakeet sociality & cognition project! This position is for people finished with undergrad but who have not yet started grad school. Must be totally fascinated by parakeet social drama (there's a lot of it!)🪶🧪 Job ad here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...
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I Came to the Secret Springs and Lakes Where Mooses Slake Their Thurst https://www.wikiart.org/en/theodor-severin-kittelsen/i-came-to-the-secret-springs-and-lakes-where-mooses-slake-their-thurst-jeg-kom-til-skjulte-1900
February 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I Came to the Secret Springs and Lakes Where Mooses Slake Their Thurst https://www.wikiart.org/en/theodor-severin-kittelsen/i-came-to-the-secret-springs-and-lakes-where-mooses-slake-their-thurst-jeg-kom-til-skjulte-1900
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Cambridge researchers are developing a solar-powered reactor that could turn CO2 into sustainable fuel – without harming the planet. 👍🏼
Sunlight to fuel: Cambridge’s new breakthrough in clean energy
Cambridge scientists have created a solar-powered reactor that turns CO2 from air into sustainable fuel – no batteries required
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Cambridge researchers are developing a solar-powered reactor that could turn CO2 into sustainable fuel – without harming the planet. 👍🏼
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Please look up the influenza epidemic of 1918-19 to understand that the CDC not selecting strains for next year’s vaccines sets the stage for a public health calamity that will, without doubt and at bare minimum, catastrophically and directly impact people you know. This is a five alarm fire.
February 27, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Please look up the influenza epidemic of 1918-19 to understand that the CDC not selecting strains for next year’s vaccines sets the stage for a public health calamity that will, without doubt and at bare minimum, catastrophically and directly impact people you know. This is a five alarm fire.
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The Undecipherable Voynich Manuscript Can Be Viewed Online in Its Entirety
By Eva Baron
mymodernmet.com/voynich-manu...?
More information here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich...
Voynich Manuscript at @[email protected] archive.org/details/TheV...
#oldmanuscript
By Eva Baron
mymodernmet.com/voynich-manu...?
More information here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich...
Voynich Manuscript at @[email protected] archive.org/details/TheV...
#oldmanuscript
This Undecipherable 15th-Century Manuscript Baffles Researchers
Named after the rare books collector Wilfrid Voynich, who acquired it in 1912, the manuscript continues to baffle skilled cryptologists to this day.
mymodernmet.com
February 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The Undecipherable Voynich Manuscript Can Be Viewed Online in Its Entirety
By Eva Baron
mymodernmet.com/voynich-manu...?
More information here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich...
Voynich Manuscript at @[email protected] archive.org/details/TheV...
#oldmanuscript
By Eva Baron
mymodernmet.com/voynich-manu...?
More information here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich...
Voynich Manuscript at @[email protected] archive.org/details/TheV...
#oldmanuscript
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Just showed @mariephillips.bsky.social this astonishing crane shot from Soy Cuba (Mikhail Kalatozov, 1964) and then went to look online to see exactly how it was done. Lots of speculation (magnets, hooks, wires) but I could find nothing that step-by-step definitive. youtu.be/6hiV9NQnoa4?...
"SOY CUBA" ("I AM CUBA") FUNERAL CORTEGE SCENE
YouTube video by KBN Next Media
youtu.be
February 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Just showed @mariephillips.bsky.social this astonishing crane shot from Soy Cuba (Mikhail Kalatozov, 1964) and then went to look online to see exactly how it was done. Lots of speculation (magnets, hooks, wires) but I could find nothing that step-by-step definitive. youtu.be/6hiV9NQnoa4?...