Paul Deane

rhunedhel.bsky.social

21 May 2026 05:45

Tolkien's was the first generation to grow up with non-specialist access to a whole library of long-forgotten medieval legends & poems. That's what my talk at @westmoot.org will be about. Call them the generation that loved alliterative verse. Here are poems by Tolkien's contemporaries ... (more)

Russ Jones

russincheshire.bsky.social

19 May 2026 20:48

If you think the new Star Wars sounds like crap for 10 year olds, it's probably because you were 10 when you fell in love with the old Star Wars. In which case, drop everything and watch Andor. It'll give you the same tingle in your dingle, but it's for discerning adults who like John leCarre

womensartbluesky.bsky.social

19 May 2026 20:46

'You Blew Me Away' sculpture by Penny Hardy #womensart

Saeed Khan

saeedwkhan.bsky.social

19 May 2026 20:45

One of the biggest problems with green technology is that big businesses can’t make endless money from it. Oil/gas is a consumable that they make money from pumping, transporting, refining etc. LOTS of money year over year The same is not true for wind/solar. That’s the biggest hurdle.

George Takei

georgetakei.bsky.social

19 May 2026 20:42

The number of people who have died or will die as a result of Musk’s recklessness in slashing funding for USAID is already staggering. If Ebola gets loose, too, bookmark this moment.