Dr Stylite
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Quelques Feuilles / Some Leaves
New thing - this is a part of a much larger work. Each square comprises 4 of the colours of an actual leaf collected over a series of walks, and then photographed, uploaded, compiled and arranged in chronological order. The entire work has 144 leaves and 576 colours.
New thing - this is a part of a much larger work. Each square comprises 4 of the colours of an actual leaf collected over a series of walks, and then photographed, uploaded, compiled and arranged in chronological order. The entire work has 144 leaves and 576 colours.
Pretty much. We now seem to have shifted from ‘stop the boats’ to ‘punish people coming on the boats’ and that us just not right (it’s also exactly why the entire policy direction is now performative- being cruel).
I've been very soft on this Labour government. They inherited a booby-trapped nightmare and even though they're even now probably still the best of all our shitty options, the immigration thing is draconian, stupid and deliberately cruel.
Starmer and McSweeney must go. Now.
Starmer and McSweeney must go. Now.
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Pretty much. We now seem to have shifted from ‘stop the boats’ to ‘punish people coming on the boats’ and that us just not right (it’s also exactly why the entire policy direction is now performative- being cruel).
Such a nice day - people actually huh making things
November 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Such a nice day - people actually huh making things
This is the essential problem with everything being treated as performative (ie what is the best (perceived) short term political gain for any particular situation). THESE SITUATIONS ARE NOT PERFORMATIVE THEY ARE ACTUAL DIFFICULT PROBLEMS
Good thread this. I think people are much smarter than they are given credit for, and they intuit that the government’s actual view is “what can we say to make these people shut up about immigration?”
Which then takes you back into the familiar territory of pleasing nobody - winding up the left for a policy that potentially doesn’t make that much difference in practice
November 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is the essential problem with everything being treated as performative (ie what is the best (perceived) short term political gain for any particular situation). THESE SITUATIONS ARE NOT PERFORMATIVE THEY ARE ACTUAL DIFFICULT PROBLEMS
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Correctly, I think the Labour Party is best understood as the performance of a centre left political party put on by several political strategists but (unwittingly) in a manner akin the producers.
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Correctly, I think the Labour Party is best understood as the performance of a centre left political party put on by several political strategists but (unwittingly) in a manner akin the producers.
Correctly, I think the Labour Party is best understood as the performance of a centre left political party put on by several political strategists but (unwittingly) in a manner akin the producers.
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Correctly, I think the Labour Party is best understood as the performance of a centre left political party put on by several political strategists but (unwittingly) in a manner akin the producers.
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Middlemarch: Epigraphs and Mirrors
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Middlemarch: Epigraphs and Mirrors
George Eliot and Pascal
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November 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Middlemarch: Epigraphs and Mirrors
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At the Gerhard Richter the inimitable @donnad.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
At the Gerhard Richter the inimitable @donnad.bsky.social
At the Gerhard Richter the inimitable @donnad.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
At the Gerhard Richter the inimitable @donnad.bsky.social
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Can’t possibly imagine anyone who would be at a nice restaurant in Paris making friends with every single dog in the
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Can’t possibly imagine anyone who would be at a nice restaurant in Paris making friends with every single dog in the
Off the Richter scale etc
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Off the Richter scale etc
Friends fear he’s gone to the richter again
November 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Friends fear he’s gone to the richter again
The beautiful richter exhibition
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The beautiful richter exhibition
Admittedly a sub skeet but really the most incredible ‘it is autumn and thus the leaves they fall from the trees’ skeet out there.
November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Admittedly a sub skeet but really the most incredible ‘it is autumn and thus the leaves they fall from the trees’ skeet out there.
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Quite a contrast to the BlueSky consensus the last 24 hours
Do you think the government was right or wrong to decide not to raise income tax at the Budget?
Right: 58%
Wrong: 21%
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Right: 58%
Wrong: 21%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Self portrait at the richter
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Self portrait at the richter
My every so often huge recommendation for the Fiskebaren in Copenhagen. A *fantastic* seafood restaurant - pricey but not pricey vs its best in the world quality point. British chef, curiously, maybe not. Last time we were there they very charmingly took us for a spontaneous tour of the kitchen.
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
My every so often huge recommendation for the Fiskebaren in Copenhagen. A *fantastic* seafood restaurant - pricey but not pricey vs its best in the world quality point. British chef, curiously, maybe not. Last time we were there they very charmingly took us for a spontaneous tour of the kitchen.
At one of my favourite restaurants in Paris having a prune en terrasse after lunch with one of my best friends visiting from the US after going to the Richter exhibition at LVF.
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
At one of my favourite restaurants in Paris having a prune en terrasse after lunch with one of my best friends visiting from the US after going to the Richter exhibition at LVF.
Ginormous queue for the Richter
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Ginormous queue for the Richter
Minded to think the market (etc) reaction will end up causing them to have to u-u-turn. Quite an achievement to u-turn (repeatedly) on your budget before the budget
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Minded to think the market (etc) reaction will end up causing them to have to u-u-turn. Quite an achievement to u-turn (repeatedly) on your budget before the budget
I wasn’t able to skeet quickly enough about the huge danger of a government giving the impression that it’s completely useless and doesn’t care about economic outcomes. The Truss debacle is the most egregious example (and had specific factors) but this is the same overall territory imv.
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I wasn’t able to skeet quickly enough about the huge danger of a government giving the impression that it’s completely useless and doesn’t care about economic outcomes. The Truss debacle is the most egregious example (and had specific factors) but this is the same overall territory imv.
Well there you go - what a disaster. Expect the u turn squared later this morning post some emergency oh no what have we done meeting in 10DS.*
* NB skeeting about particular market moves is a bit cheap but still
* NB skeeting about particular market moves is a bit cheap but still
*UK GILTS PLUNGE AT OPEN, 10-YEAR YIELD CLIMBS 13 BPS TO 4.57%
November 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Well there you go - what a disaster. Expect the u turn squared later this morning post some emergency oh no what have we done meeting in 10DS.*
* NB skeeting about particular market moves is a bit cheap but still
* NB skeeting about particular market moves is a bit cheap but still
Absolutely right imv
I am excited to see the gilt market reaction to this news. Think it could be quite bad. A big chunk of the recent gilt rally was predicated on Labour showing they could hike the big taxes if needed and….well I guess that idea is dead.
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Absolutely right imv
At least since c…
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NEW: Pope Leo XIV will share a meal this Sunday with Alessia Nobile and four fellow transgender Catholic activists, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor — marking the most significant public encounter shared between a pope and the trans community.
NEW: Transgender Activists to Dine with Pope Leo XIV during Sunday's Jubilee for the Poor
Papal luncheon with trans advocate Alessia Nobile set for Sunday at Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor, highlighting a legacy of outreach and hopes for continued inclusion.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM
At least since c…
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