Register to vote Register to vote to take part in elections in the UK. Includes how to get on the electoral register and how to update your address on the register.

THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN MAY IS TONIGHT

go get em folks

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I hate Al and I refuse to use it Peter, if you don't use Al a bunch of super rich men will lose a lot of money I already said I hated Al Harry, you don't need to sell it to me

> The controversy associated with the statement “Ada Lovelace was the first computer programmer” reveals more about modern attitudes towards women [than her] achievements. [Her 1843 algorithm] was so advanced, that it was still utilised in record-breaking computation of Bernoulli numbers in 2008.

Original Puffin paperback cover of 1968 children's book The Giant Under The Snow by John Gordon. Illustration by the incomparable Antony Maitland.

Goodnight.

You win!

Sunset in Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow.

#glasgow #sunset #kelvingrovepark #glasgowtoday #glasgowuniversity

A digital illustration of two japanese lesbians flirting in a queer underground bar in the 80s. One of them wears a blue jacket, the other a suit, while in the background there's liquor and a multitude of little stickers and illustrations of lesbian and queer marks.

The full illustration I did for @taplingzines.bsky.social "We've Always Been Here"

The zine depicts queer couples throughout cultures and history and I had the honours of portraying a Japanese lesbian couple in an underground bar during the 80s✨

#queer #lesbians #illustration

When you use AI to do your writing, you are telling your audience: “I deserve your attention, but you do not deserve my effort.”

Woods in winter, bare branches, silhouetted against city glow

The wood is full of shining eyes,
The wood is full of creeping feet,
The wood is full of tiny cries;
You must not go to the wood at night.

- The Magic Wood, Henry Treece

J Mascis, guitar legend of Dinosaur Jr and more, with his guitars

Timeline cleanse: J Mascis with his guitars. An icon, a legend, a reason to be hopeful.

Over 120 years ago, a steam- powered elevator operated in the heart of St. Petersburg, Russia. It may sound like something out of a steampunk novel, but this remarkable invention existed. Built c. 1902 for a private residence, this elevator didn't rely on electricity. Instead, it used steam power, a cutting-edge solution at the time. It’s a stunning example of how technology and art coexisted in the early 20th century. The structure featured forged ironwork with floral patterns, typical of the Art Nouveau movement, which was flourishing in cities like St. Petersburg at the time. Inside the elevator, a beautifully crafted wooden bench invited passengers to sit and admire the surroundings. Far from being just a machine, this elevator was a symbol of luxury, innovation, and aesthetic sophistication. It operated using steam pressure generated by boilers installed in the basement - a method common before electricity became widespread in buildings. St. Petersburg, then the capital of the Russian Empire, was a hub of technological innovation and European influence. In neighborhoods like the Petrogradsky District, some early 20th-century buildings still preserve similar elevator shafts and decorative elements. This wasn’t just about moving between floors. It was about experiencing progress with elegance and grace. Source: Museum of the History of St. Petersburg, Department of Domestic Technology & Architecture. Reference: Andreas Bernard, "Lifted: A Cultural History of the Elevator" (Yale University Press).

A steam-powered elevator in St. Petersburg, Russia, c. 1902–03. Installed in the house of Guard Captain S. Muyaki, it shows how even early elevators could be designed with extraordinary ornament and detail.

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sign in a wood KINDRED INTERDIMENSIONAL MONITORING POINT PLEASE CLOSE ALL PORTALS WHEN FINISHED TO HELP MINIMIZE INTERDIMENSIONAL CONTAMINATION

Goodnight.

Love this thread. I had the pleasure of visiting Giverny about 20 years ago. As astonishing as the paintings are, the real thing is even more incredible.

Mask-off fascism, proud fascism, no ambiguity, no shame. It's repellent.

It's been said to death, I know, but naming your full-fash panopticon surveillance company after a plot element Tolkien mostly used to evoke corruption, distortion and the madness of kings really is A Choice.

If you vote for, or provide rhetorical cover for, any politician that allows Palantir permission to even speak to your government, then that politician is a nazi and so are you. This is as true in Britain as it is in America.

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If youre a UK resident you have a prime opportunity to push back against the Online Safety Act and online surveillance. PLEASE take a moment to fill this out and share it around

Caledonian Mansions, Kelvinbridge, #Glasgow.
🎨 Peter Brown

ruined castle with a stormy sky

box brownie camera

top view of a box brownie camera the leather handle reads brownie

The photo and the camera

Wonderful, both image and camera. Those old box Brownies are near indestructible, aren't they?

Kathy in a leather jacket looking fierce

Happy birthday, Kathy Acker, a great writer and a lovely person. We saw a press screening of Cronenberg's Crash and Fire Walk With Me on opening night. In both cases, we were the only ones smiling at the end, laughing at the waves of movie hate all around us. Love you, Kathy.

photo by Mark Baker

Impressive strategy there :)

a man singing into a microphone with the words now we don 't have time to unpack all of that written on the bottom Alt: John Mulaney "we don't have time to unpack all of that" gif

(Also, "I'm writing something" deserved a post of its own because that alone is a big deal for me right now.)

I want to be all gung-ho and "aha but not knowing what you're doing is so LIBERATING! I will EMBRACE it!" but I'm too low in confidence to walk that walk. It's not even particularly daring, it's just new, and yet it feels worryingly experimental.

I'm writing something completely different from most of the things I've tried before - different length, genre, likely audience etc. - and it's really unsettling. I have almost no frame of reference for whether it's working or not and I don't dare overthink it. #writing #rambling #procrastinating

A bit of light first-draft angst (let's not be hasty and call it writing yet) made 100% better by my rediscovery of the Arctic Icebreaker White Noise. Iykyk.

If you’re a Hachette author you should be talking to your editors and teams about this. If they’re using AI to counter AI, it’s still AI. And it may also be giving your work to the machine, serving it up on a contractual platter.

Same here

Mixed media Edinburgh tenements sketch