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
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Shaping up to be a Ditherer vs Ditherer leadership contest. 030
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
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 04/06/2026You forgot to put ‘wilfully’ before the first ‘wrong’, and ‘inadvertently’ before the second. 020
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Unexpected moment yesterday in the chamber, when he went off-script in his closing speech with an unsolicited admission and apology for his own relationship with Mandelson. Seemed admirable at the time. But maybe he’d just then been alerted to this leak. 110
Reposted by john boneTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 02/06/2026This is how politicians of the Labour right used to deal with the fash, btw 47818239
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
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 01/06/2026The better of those two candidates, for sure. Neither got my vote though. 010
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 01/06/2026All models, similarly, are wrong. One criterion of usefulness is the extent to which the behaviour of the model provides accurate predictions for the phenomenon. Likewise for metaphors? 210
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
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Thanks for that. Interesting and entertaining. That 1963 London Government Act was a real peach. 130
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 25/05/2026All there I think. 1. Mike’s neighbours secure ‘a’. 2. Place in Charlie’s neighbours. 120
Reposted by john boneGarth Marenghi's Catbus @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 · 23/05/2026apropostheguardian.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 200
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 23/05/2026just behind you there, in the gardens, is a memorial to John Snow, born nearby, famous for cracking the cholera problem in London. 110
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 3947109
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 · 22/05/2026Yes you’d mentioned that before. Magic moment indeed. I saw them (also post Blind Faith) at Oxford Poly, May 1974. Some great gigs there around that time, including top touring bands from the US. 110
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Summer job, before taking up postgrad place, as assistant gardener in a small private school for girls. Nightmare. 000
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. 37919
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
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Great idea. Subsidise demand as a response to short supply. 000
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Even on solely economic terms this is a poor characterisation. The enduring economic effect is on GDP level, not growth as such. No reason to suppose that rejoining would have anything other than a transitory effect on growth. 010
john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 21/05/2026unfortunate wording imo. The enduring economic hit from Brexit is to GDP level, not to growth as such. Describing it incorrectly as inhibiting growth enables brexiteers to point to decent growth outcomes as evidence of no damage. 100
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