Reposted by john boneAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Once I had the idea that Chris Mason is doing Starmer's daily horoscope, I could not unhave it. Have a listen with that thought in your head. In terms of pacing, writing, and tone, it could not be more perfect. 7344798
Reposted by john boneDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Greatest scientist between Newton & Einstein: James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist, born #OTD 1831; formulated Theory of Electromagnetism, four equations which underpin modern information & communication technologies. Monument George Street Edinburgh | James Clerk Maxwell Foundation Edinburgh 1389
Reposted by john boneAshmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Cheers to the approaching weekend! This fabulous cup is reminiscent of a medieval chalice. It is decorated with scrolling tendrils and foliage, and lapis lazuli, garnet, opal, amethyst, rock crystal, tourmaline, mother-of pearl and red coral! 27814
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Bowie’s musical trajectory might have been rather different had Asher chosen otherwise… 012
Reposted by john boneStephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Cuts and damage that have the de facto approval of the @royalsociety.org, which continues to honour Musk as a fellow despite his breaches of their code of conduct. 045
Reposted by john boneTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 02/06/2026This is how politicians of the Labour right used to deal with the fash, btw 47819239
Reposted by john boneBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 02/06/2026‘How Many Aunties?’, Black Hares Mount, Leeds, 1978, photo by Peter Mitchell. 213515
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Interesting that Burnham’s argument for less aggressive whipping is that this would “raise the status of members of parliament [and] let them appear more authentic to their constituents”, given his commitment also to PR which is somewhat inimical to the single-member constituency system. 100
Reposted by john boneMateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Sometime at the end of the second century a local aristocrat got buried close to what will become Berlin. He was laid to rest with a bronze relief showing the labors of Hercules and might have been a veteran of the Marcomannic Wars. Small world! Landesmuseum Brandenburg 0244
Reposted by john boneDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 31/05/2026It’s worth checking if your local library service offers press reader. Mine does. So that’s today’s editions of pretty much most of what I ever need free. 3122
Reposted by john boneDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Died (alas!) on this day in 1594, in Venice, the great Jacopo Robusti, commonly known as Tintoretto. Here, by himself, in 1587. 311913
Reposted by john boneDee Lilley🔻 @deelilley.bsky.social · 22/05/2026House at the sea, Paul Klee 1918 04910
Reposted by john boneNick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Stunning Iberian sculpture of a wolf head from El Pajarillo, Jaén, Andalucía, early 4th BCE. The ears pinned back and wrinkled muzzle suggest a threatening posture. It forms part of a large sculpture telling story of a hero who frees a youth from the wild animal. Museo de Jaén. 019442
Reposted by john boneRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 28/05/2026This work was painted in the late 1940s when Theodore Major and his family lived in Wigan. After moving to Appley Bridge in 1950, he painted on board rather than canvas and relatively few works remain from the earlier period. 210913
Reposted by john boneHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 28/05/2026The Kearton Brothers (Richard & Cherry): Born in the tiny Swaledale village of Thwaite in the Yorkshire Dales, these farmers' sons are credited by Sir David Attenborough with inventing natural history photography. In 1895, they published British Birds' Nests, the world’s first 49424
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Manifold blows a gasket.theguardian.comBP boardroom turmoil deepens as ousted chair hits back at ‘lies’ over conductAlbert Manifold disputes reports about his behaviour and says he always tried to set example 000
Reposted by john boneRoger Reynard @rogerday.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Nothing much. Just Hammet looking as sharp as one of his novels 131
Reposted by john boneGail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 26/05/2026These took a while to design. I lost my dad eighteen months ago and Father's Day felt like a tough job this year. I got there by thinking about what he gave me. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/fathers-day-... 1124063
Reposted by john boneCatbus @catbus.phd · 24/05/2026Director Akira Kurosawa posing with the cast of Rashomon (1950) 📽️ 4572127
Reposted by john boneEnnius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 22/05/202624th May is the feast of Pentecost. München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 4452; Evangeliary of Henry II; circa 1007 CE-1012 CE; Reichenau; f.135v 0337
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 23/05/2026“Can you imagine a worse choice as reserve player on a seven-week trip than a footballer who thinks this is the correct way to behave, and the best way to support his teammates and his country? Spot‑on, Thomas. I wouldn’t want that guy wandering around the tennis courts between games either.”theguardian.comTuchel has picked a good England squad and doesn’t care about the wider shout-verse | Barney RonayEvery choice or omission stands up to scrutiny, although the FA’s technology department did not do such a good job at the unveiling 000
Reposted by john bonewomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Contemporary painter Mary Pym, who was born in the Netherlands but who now lives in the UK #WomensArt 3948109
Reposted by john boneHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 22/05/2026The arrival of the nuns at Nun Monkton came roughly a century after the Norman Conquest. In 1172, Ivetta of the Arches, an Anglo-Norman landowner, founded a small Benedictine nunnery which owned the village. The priory survived until 1536, when it was dissolved under Henry VIII. The village 4528
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Introduce yourself with 10 bands you've seen live. Traffic Procol Harum Van Morrison Richard Thompson Blowzabella Vasmalom Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars Flaco Jiménez Shooglenifty The Hot Sardines 200
Reposted by john boneLev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 21/05/2026204 years ago now. RIP Pfeilstorch. 38019
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 21/05/2026“He had no plans to rejoin the EU in the next 10 years and he quite fancied some kind of electoral reform. And welfare also needed looking at. This was all for later, though. Now he just wanted to let Makerfield know he was an ordinary, humble local boy. A politician they could trust.”theguardian.comManchester Messiah Burnham anointed to fix Westminster politicsKing of the North searches for the hero inside himself to an Oasis backing track to change politics for the better 041
Reposted by john boneDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 20/05/2026A Swiss luxury train elegantly navigates two different track gauges without changing cars, showcasing innovative engineering in action. 28876176
Reposted by john boneRG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 21/05/2026#OTD in 1941, York Barracks. Infantry recruits practicing aiming their rifles at an aircraft, with the aid of a model plane held aloft on a pole. #WW2 #HISTORY 49210
Reposted by john boneTimothy Gowers @wtgowers.bsky.social · 20/05/2026OpenAI's claim that this is a central conjecture in discrete geometry is not an exaggeration. This will I think be looked back on as the first time that AI solved a major mathematics problem (defined as a problem that all experts in some subfield had thought about). openai.com/index/model-...openai.comAn OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometryAn OpenAI model solved the 80-year-old unit distance problem, disproving a major conjecture in discrete geometry and marking a milestone in AI-driven mathematics. 17652191
Reposted by john boneDorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 20/05/2026bonkers. We need more care workers, not millionaires 1268
Reposted by john boneOccasionally Lost @mostlyrambling.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Comprehensive record-keeping on the North Yorkshire coast in March 2020. ☀️ 🌊 🕒 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTForTime #Time #WoodensDay #History #ECK #EastCoastKin #Scarborough #Yorkshire 2343
Reposted by john bonewomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Cornwall based, UK ceramics artist Linda Styles #womensart 244751
Reposted by john bonewomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Nicola Kantorowicz, contemporary stained glass artist #womensart 233065
Reposted by john boneSempaiScuba @sempaiscuba.bsky.social · 19/05/202619 May 1649: The Long Parliament passed an Act declaring #England a Commonwealth. #History 042
Reposted by john boneMerchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 19/05/2026Can a skull be cute you ask? In this case? Yes. This is a close up of a silver spoon which is engraved with a small skull. Made in York in 1666, this is one of several skull decorated spoons that were gifts exchanged between two families in East Yorkshire to celebrate christenings. 3442
Reposted by john boneBecky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 18/05/2026#AllMetalMonday The extraordinary 57.5cm tall C3 BC #Etruscan figure, called (in recent times anyway) Ombre della Sera, as it recalls long shadows cast at the end of day. Inspiration for Giacometti is pretty clear..... Now in Volterra's Guarnacci Etruscan Museum, stopping people in their tracks. 821167
Reposted by john boneHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 19/05/2026🧵Near Dewsbury lived a man described as there being 'no more bold and original thinker ever devoted himself to the study of the earth or the heavens.' He has also been called the true 'father” of the black hole concept,' John Michell was born in Nottinghamshire in 1724, and attended 46114
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Curiously irksome 2012 episode from the IOT archive, comprising little more than a disjointed tour through simple game forms. MB keeps asking, reasonably, what makes this *mathematical*. No-one can tell him, beyond some mumbling about calculating equilibrium probabilities in mixed strategies.bbc.co.ukIn Our Time - Game Theory - BBC SoundsMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss game theory, the mathematical study of decision-making 000
Reposted by john boneeastlondongroup.bsky.social @eastlondongroup.bsky.social · 17/05/2026#SundayMorning has arrived once again so here's our traditional start to the day, Cecil Osborne's iconic view from his window at 221, Farringdon Road Buildings of "Sunday Morning, Farringdon Road" from 1929. The painting is in the collection at Brighton & Hove Museums. #CecilOsborne #EastLondonGroup 1257
Reposted by john boneG W Lang @smokeybarkid.bsky.social · 16/05/2026“Distracted Expressionist Boyfriend”, Skip Doncaster, 2019 0215
Reposted by john bonechristhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 16/05/2026I've read 32 of the Mr Men and Little Miss books. How many have you read? mrmenbooks.lovable.appmrmenbooks.lovable.appLovable AppIf you're feeling bad about how few of the Guardian's best novel you have read… maybe this will help? 33913
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 15/05/2026interesting attempt by Tory central to control its local councillors in what would seem to be a matter of local politics. And not obvious that it will change the situation anyway. 010
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 13/05/2026◽️ Starmer ◽️ Streetingtheguardian.comEasy as ABC: voters in England tend to pick names nearer top of ballot, data suggestsExclusive: Where parties fielded multiple candidates in last week’s vote, those at top of list were more likely to be picked 010
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Interesting difference of focus between the likes of Clive Lewis, for whom the primary issue is winning the next election, and the likes of Jess Phillips for whom the primary issue is getting stuff done between now and then. Not unrelated of course, but definite difference of focus. 010
Reposted by john bonePaul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 11/05/2026From now on, I'm going to write papers where I take an arbitrary performance metric, restrict the sample to top performers on that metric, and then hunt for negative correlations with everything else in the truncated sample. I'm at a business school, so this should be extremely lucrative. 1028044
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Fifty years since David Munrow sadly took his own life aged 33. Nice piece in the Graun.theguardian.comThe connoisseur of the crumhorn, the showman of the shawn: the brilliance of early music pioneer David MunrowSix decades ago, Munrow’s passionate and persuasive advocacy for early music opened audience’s eyes and ears – and took the rackett on to primetime TV. Fifty years after his early death, we look back ... 000
Reposted by john boneCameron Yarde Jnr @cameronyardejnr.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Oh my word! There's an Andrew Davies night on Wednesday 20th May on BBC4. He adapted novels into classic television like Pride & Prejudice, House Of Cards & Mother Love. But the best thing he ever did was his own creation. A Very Peculiar Practice. And it's getting a repeat! 🥳 44213