Ceri Shields
@cerishields.bsky.social
Painting, drawing, printmaking. Also music, food, and long walks on wild moors.
Move slowly and make things.
Move slowly and make things.
All I’m saying is that it would be misleading to say that London has only had a mayor since the beginning of the century. Rather, this particular tier of government has been led by someone called a mayor since its creation 25 years ago.
December 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
All I’m saying is that it would be misleading to say that London has only had a mayor since the beginning of the century. Rather, this particular tier of government has been led by someone called a mayor since its creation 25 years ago.
The Greater London Authority, GLA, which is what Boris Johnson was mayor of, was a new tier of government created in 2000. London has had many other sometimes overlapping layers of governance, some of them with mayors, stretching back across the centuries.
December 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The Greater London Authority, GLA, which is what Boris Johnson was mayor of, was a new tier of government created in 2000. London has had many other sometimes overlapping layers of governance, some of them with mayors, stretching back across the centuries.
The first Mayor of London was in 1189 and the post has existed since that time. Renamed Lord Mayor of London in 1354, and renamed Lord Mayor of the City of London in 2006 to avoid confusion with the newly created Mayor of London, Chief Executive of the GLA — which is what you are referring to.
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The first Mayor of London was in 1189 and the post has existed since that time. Renamed Lord Mayor of London in 1354, and renamed Lord Mayor of the City of London in 2006 to avoid confusion with the newly created Mayor of London, Chief Executive of the GLA — which is what you are referring to.
My brother-in-law is a management consultant. And when he’s advising companies how they can make their profits (temporarily) look better by firing people I’m silently thinking, you are paid a lot, what if they fired *you*?
CEOs are paid vastly more than anyone, that’s what I’m reflecting on…
CEOs are paid vastly more than anyone, that’s what I’m reflecting on…
December 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
My brother-in-law is a management consultant. And when he’s advising companies how they can make their profits (temporarily) look better by firing people I’m silently thinking, you are paid a lot, what if they fired *you*?
CEOs are paid vastly more than anyone, that’s what I’m reflecting on…
CEOs are paid vastly more than anyone, that’s what I’m reflecting on…
It’s the ‘I bought my suit at Burton’s in the ‘70s when Britain was GREAT!’ aesthetic. I expect Derek Guy has done a thread about it.
December 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
It’s the ‘I bought my suit at Burton’s in the ‘70s when Britain was GREAT!’ aesthetic. I expect Derek Guy has done a thread about it.
Also, I once went to Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain and someone told me it is nicknamed El Urinario de España because of its high levels of rainfall which stain the cathedral with mould. Glad to see from that map that global warming is not going to change that.
December 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Also, I once went to Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain and someone told me it is nicknamed El Urinario de España because of its high levels of rainfall which stain the cathedral with mould. Glad to see from that map that global warming is not going to change that.
Seems consistent, at least since they took to referring to Monsieur le Premier Ministre du Royaume-Uni Starmer.
December 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Seems consistent, at least since they took to referring to Monsieur le Premier Ministre du Royaume-Uni Starmer.
Sometimes under the endless cascade of Trump’s awfulness I have no reaction left but goofy little jokes.
It’s a helluva time to be alive, isn’t it?
It’s a helluva time to be alive, isn’t it?
November 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Sometimes under the endless cascade of Trump’s awfulness I have no reaction left but goofy little jokes.
It’s a helluva time to be alive, isn’t it?
It’s a helluva time to be alive, isn’t it?
We saw Leopoldstadt a few days before the theatres closed for covid. The audience plainly included lots of Jewish people of the generation who could remember those events from childhood and the atmosphere in the room at certain moments in the play was like a thunderstorm about to break.
November 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We saw Leopoldstadt a few days before the theatres closed for covid. The audience plainly included lots of Jewish people of the generation who could remember those events from childhood and the atmosphere in the room at certain moments in the play was like a thunderstorm about to break.
Amazing news, after a vote that is indeed what they have named it!
Or maybe not even amazing.
Or maybe not even amazing.
November 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Amazing news, after a vote that is indeed what they have named it!
Or maybe not even amazing.
Or maybe not even amazing.
A worn out cliché, but there is only one gif that works here
a cartoon of a chef with a needle in his mouth is playing at 4:32
Alt: Animated cartoon chef’s kiss
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A worn out cliché, but there is only one gif that works here
… Although now I must admit I am sort of tempted to get TikTok just to see more of this woman’s content. Which I guess is how a successful online presence is built?
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
… Although now I must admit I am sort of tempted to get TikTok just to see more of this woman’s content. Which I guess is how a successful online presence is built?
‘I’m kinda the only one that eats it.’
You don’t say.
Also, ‘cracked cheddar cheese’. What?
You don’t say.
Also, ‘cracked cheddar cheese’. What?
November 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
‘I’m kinda the only one that eats it.’
You don’t say.
Also, ‘cracked cheddar cheese’. What?
You don’t say.
Also, ‘cracked cheddar cheese’. What?
If they were holding this inaugural conference as a situationist installation at the Tate Gallery it would definitely win the Turner Prize.
November 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
If they were holding this inaugural conference as a situationist installation at the Tate Gallery it would definitely win the Turner Prize.
The Popular Alliance of People. You can’t hammer a point home too firmly.
November 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The Popular Alliance of People. You can’t hammer a point home too firmly.
Start as you mean to go on, I guess.
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Start as you mean to go on, I guess.
Well, as the young people say, that escalated fast.
November 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Well, as the young people say, that escalated fast.
Thank you. Is there a rough and ready heuristic for converting that into cocaine snorts? How many tons do you need to attain escape velocity?
So many questions.
So many questions.
November 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Thank you. Is there a rough and ready heuristic for converting that into cocaine snorts? How many tons do you need to attain escape velocity?
So many questions.
So many questions.
Reposted by Ceri Shields
What proportion of the distance to the moon is this? What I’m asking is, how high does 400 tons of coke get you?
November 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
What proportion of the distance to the moon is this? What I’m asking is, how high does 400 tons of coke get you?
What proportion of the distance to the moon is this? What I’m asking is, how high does 400 tons of coke get you?
November 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
What proportion of the distance to the moon is this? What I’m asking is, how high does 400 tons of coke get you?