“Benches aren’t just disappearing from large railroad stations, but also from subways, parks, plazas, sidewalks, and esplanades…in the past decade, across the U.S., hundreds of places to sit in public have quietly disappeared.”
The Disappearance of the Public Bench.
By @placesjournal.bsky.social
Whitby Abbey
I like it here.
Whitby?
So quick update shipping of any figures to the US is no longer available and definitely won't do it again in the foreseeable future. The only things that will ever ship to the US are small soft things like tapestries for example.
Long story short the courier service managed to smash an entire batch
Movies released on April 22…
Beep Beep!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-43...
#trailer #CoyoteVsACME
Q: Can you say definitively that you have not been intoxicated or absent during your tenure as FBI director?
KASH PATEL: I can say unequivocally I never listen to the fake news mafia. This FBI director has been on the job twice as many days as every one before me. I've taken half as many days off
The cover of JITTERBUG by Gareth L Powell features a stylised rocket silhouette at the centre of an orrery, with a space suited figure dangling in its wake
The cover of WHO WILL YOU SAVE? by Gareth L Powell. It shows a figure on an alien landscape reaching up to a figure standing on an upside down reflection of the landscape above.
JITTERBUG and WHO WILL YOU SAVE? are both available now from @titanbooks.bsky.social
Menu for the White House Correspondents' Dinner:
/ Gulf of America shrimp cocktail
/ Leni Riefenstahl salad, sanewashed and served with normalized onions
/ Quisling stew
/ Quiet Piggy pork roast
/ Sauvignon Blanc, very blanc, imported from South Africa
/ Orange sherbet
/ Let them eat cake
🔴 Britain’s Solar Revolution Is Here and We Should Be Shouting It From the Rooftops
Ed Miliband is helping to turn the country into a nation of ‘solar zealots’ and I'm enthusiastically along for the ride. Thankfully I'm not alone.
bylinetimes.com/2026/04/22/b...
Art By Connor Flanagan
Thunderbirds are blasting back into brand new adventures. Thunderbirds: Hidden Dangers: BURNOUT is a four-issue comic series by Chris Thompson and Connor Flanagan that brings the question of how the Tracy family grapples with fatigue following an unstoppable barrage of dangerous rescues. Coming Soon
Also we got to chat about the upcoming Thunderbirds manual which goes on preorder next week and show off the replica communicator that comes with it.
Its a nice combination of resin and metal and hopefully will be very handy for cosplayers.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin figured out what stars are made of ✨ Also she wasn't believed for a while, but then a man independently made the same finding 🤷♀️
I wrote a short profile of her for @sciencenews.bsky.social celebrating her PhD thesis, which set an impossible bar for all theses to come:
Striking Purple and red background, with a gnarled old tree with flashes bursting from the leaves. Shoreline of Infinity's Event Horizon rides to Dundee with Gavin Cameron (poet) Rafael Torrubia (prose) Erin Farley (storyteller )Ash Alexander (another local poet) and featuring T L Huchu (prose)Hosted by MK Hardy 7.30pm-9pm 23rd April 2026 Stenecki Coffee18a Exchange St Dundee DD1 3DLTickets £5/£0 - https://www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/event-horizon-rides-to-dundee/
Tomorrow People!
In Dundee.
Shoreline of Infinity's Event Horizon for a *GREAT* night of fantastical readings, poetry and storytelling
Gavin Cameron
Rafael Torrubia
Erin Farley
Ash Alexander
T L Huchu
Hosted by MK Hardy
Tickets:
www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/even...
or at the door
Cymera's new Writer in Residence is hosting an online workshop this Sunday 26 April at 11am BST!
Multi‑award winning author Katya de Becerra will explore how horror uses monsters, the uncanny and fear itself to reflect identity, trauma and transformation.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/writer-in-re...
Originally considered obscene and heavily cut, the reinstated version of The Whip and the Body is now streaming on Shudder, but it remains gorgeous and expensive and as dull as wallpaper.
geekchocolate.co.uk/the-whip-and...
#review #horror #classicfilm
A handsome male tabby basking in warm afternoon sunshine.
Mrs Chippy the Magnificent!
Amazing that it’s always the same three transphobic columnists, over and over and over again. Here, we have the lesbian JD Vance rewriting a history she was never part of.
ON THIS DAY... In 1994, Legacy by Gary Russell was first published by Virgin Books. Cover by: Peter Elson.
#DoctorWho #VNA
JRR Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings as a side project while brainstorming a list of cool names for defense contractors
Baby Sinclair sits on Earl Sinclair shoulders in the kitchen whacking Earl on the head with a frying pan
"Not the Mama!"
One year ago today I posted this miniature Jim Henson's Dinosaurs photo I created using real figures, lighting and miniature sets.
#dinosaurs #photography #visualart #jimhenson #miniatures #babysinclair #earlsinclair #kitchen #cooking #fryingpan #creativephotography #photooftheday
Despite the bullshit about Starmer I'm *fascinated* by the Daily Mail running a feature on Nadine Dorries that pushes gender-affirming healthcare ... /s
Finally saw The Stranger yesterday @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social yesterday. The black and white cinematography was to die for. Not your chronological version of the book but perfectly related with two 21st Century twists in the last 5 minutes. Merci François Ozon!
We all need to lodge an official complaint. It takes no time at all, and I've dropped a link to BBC Complaints in the comments. This is shocking.
🚨 NORTH WEST FAMILIES🚨
I’m coming back to Salford in May half term - would be great to see you all there!
thelowry.com/whats-on/ola...
Spain has recently outpaced the US in GDP growth, emerging as one of the fastest-growing major advanced economies. As of 2024–2025, Spain’s economy is growing at a rate over 3% annually, exceeding the US (~2%) and Eurozone (~1%) averages.
Donald is such an uninformed idiot.
This is literally the best news I've heard this year. The world is a little bit better now, or at least not quite as sucky.
youtu.be/byd5PRryi_Y?...
The future is bleak. And blue.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=byd5...
#teaser #RogueTrooper #scifi
