notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Loving the personal touch from @britishmuseum.bsky.social 000
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Mummy From the Private Eye archive. 942955
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Wonder if bluesky has an expert on this! As a random bit of British sociological research, I am looking for the town with the cheapest budget hotel room in the UK for the night of 6Oct. Can anyone beat £47 for Bradford Travelodge? 000
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026From “BBC - pronouncing dictionary of British names” 100
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialWorld Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The Marge Simpson bollard. #WorldBollardAssociation 6184451033
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 11/09/2026just paid £8.60 for a pint 3224011
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/09/2026A photographer in the Chatsworth Nature Preserve in Los Angeles captured a real-life image of something you would never see in cartoons: a coyote who successfully nabbed a road runner, instead of falling from a cliff, getting hit by a train or having an anvil land on him.nyti.msPhoto of Road Runner Snagged by Coyote Shows That Cartoons Were a LieHere’s some bad news: Sometimes the coyote does win. 28552160
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialRichard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Happy birthday (Všechno nejlepší k narozeninám!) to Czech Surrealist and stop motion animation wizard Jan Švankmajer! 92 and still going strong - back in July he attended the opening of his latest gallery show 'Reliquaries and Fetishes' in the Czech Republic... 115261
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Road Safety Survey: Lennard and Cator Roads. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/petiti...actionnetwork.orgRoad Safety Survey: Lennard and Cator RoadsI want to hear your views about road safety on Lennard and Cators roads. Recent events, including a crash on Cator Road in August, have reinforced concerns that residents have raised for many years ... 000
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 01/09/20261st up #zulawski at @thegardencinema.bsky.social for me - That Most Important Thing: Love. The emotional register does not dip for the whole 109min. Schneider is so unbelievably raw, it is painful to watch at times. With a side order of Klaus Kinski cranked up to 11. Great intro to the film too. 000
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialMike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 03/06/2026lmao 23111393329
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialAlan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A truly biblical hailstorm brought an abrupt end to our holiday outside Zurich yesterday. I wonder if the climate is changing ? 48607175
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Perhaps most importantly, though, today is the sixth anniversary of the end of a highly important eBay auction 519157
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Intriguing. #decadentliterature #decadentmovement bads.gold.ac.ukbads.gold.ac.ukBADSBritish Association of Decadence Studies 000
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialcmitown @cmitown.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I trained for a marathon by driving my car for 26 miles everyday, but somehow I ended up being terrible at actually running. 315335
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialAlex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Virgin Active thinks it's increasing its price from a ridiculous £120 a month to a laughable £218, but it's really just reduced the amount I pay by exactly £120 a month 1221028
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Bangladesh have won a Test match in Australia for the first time. It is a two test series. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...theguardian.comAustralia humiliated as Bangladesh make history with crushing Test victoryBangladesh handed Australia one of their most humiliating and crushing Test defeats in 149 years, despite a career-saving century by Cameron Green 35610
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I was just considering a splurge at the #bfi on their #chabrol season (he is a bit of a blind spot for me) but couldn't help noticing almost all of the programme has content warnings, despite being mainly 15 or 12 rated by the censor. Is it really that outrageous? This is somewhat intriguing. 220
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Earthly Powers, Anthony Burgess "It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me." #thefirstlines 000
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I just don't get the enduring cult of Harry Potter 130
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026that design of window doesn't seem to have been widened in recent years 000
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The visa data showed that the 2025 number [trough at 205k] would already clearly be wrong when this was published in March. But the forecast to 2029 depended on the Home Office commitment to driving down numbers further + keeping them lower not being the government's objective, or being missed 012
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialDenali @denali.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Husband just came in to tell me that since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln every American president has been alive at the same time as Herbert Hoover. 713106616
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialDavid Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Cluckscarraldo. 217513
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 05/07/2026This is a bit a long shot but does anyone on bluesky know when the Byron statue that was marooned on a traffic island on Park Lane will get a fitting unveiling? I walked past that melancholic site on the way to work for years and would love to see Lord B rehoused. #byron #LordByron #DarkAcademia 100
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialDouglas Cheape @douglascheape.bsky.social · 05/07/2026They tell me I’m uncultured, but I’ll always recognise a bit of Beethoven. 9785461741
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialThe Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com · 04/07/2026Saw this ad for a goat on Facebook. It’s perhaps the greatest advert I’ve ever read. It’s just superb. 2229491051
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 01/07/2026which geopolitical conditions could be more favourable for the sale of tanks? 000
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026I reckon the Syndicat Interprofessional du Morbier should take long hard look at this. #FromageMorbier #FromageFrancais 000
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 27/06/2026This collection reveals interesting taste www.sworder.co.uk/auction/deta...sworder.co.ukThe Simon Hilton Collection 000
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialThe Carterhaugh School | Folklore, Fairy Tales, Everyday Magic @carterhaughschool.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Join us on 7/1 at 7PM ET for a special online fundraiser lecture on the folklore of cats! All proceeds will be donated to Brittany's dear cat Jasper, who was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure. Learn more here: carterhaughschool.lpages.co/folkloric-fe... #folklore #cats 0136
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 20/06/2026this looks intriguing..had never previously come across Farquharson (nor Housman books to be frank!) housmans.com/event/book-l...housmans.comBOOK LAUNCH: INTERNATIONAL FREAK ROBIN FARQUHARSON AND THE DREAM OF PSYCHEDELIC REVOLTM. SYD ROSEN AND OWEN HATHERLEY DISCUSS THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF COUNTERCULTURAL ICON ROBIN FARQUHARSON ‘Rosen is an intergenerational talent. That is, he seems to move effortlessly across deca… 000
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialMark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 19/06/2026“Mother, I've weighed the risks - which I prefer to living in a world dominated by Nazis. Bill" Thank god for Bill and so many more like him (Pic from @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social on X) 19978269
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.social🥑🗽🏗 Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂•5H₂O @gaylussite.himbonomics.com · 07/06/2026honestly think the new T shaped pylons will become recognised as a British design classic. they complement the landscapes they sit in so well compared to the old steel lattice design. 3439459
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 08/06/2026I know I should read Stefan Collini’s #LondonReviewofBooks article about the degradation of British Universities. I am sure it is brilliantly written, but the thought of it is so depressing I just can’t, for the moment, do it. 000
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialBen Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social · 30/05/2026This chart is bonkers. I think there's two possible explanations for why the UK runs so far ahead of other European countries – neither of them good. And the annual April price jump speaks to a wider issue. For more detail, see my column in this weekend's Observer. observer.co.uk/news/busines... 36267113
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Discovery of the day. The character name of Dylan in the original French version of Magic Roundabout was "Flappy" 000
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 28/05/2026the tempting analogy is Enron’s bandwidth futures, but i have a feeling this will be a genuinely strategic commodity www.marketsmedia.com/falconx-exec...marketsmedia.comFalconX Executes First OTC Compute Forward Trade - Markets MediaThe trade marks the emergence of compute as an institutionally tradeable asset class. 000
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Just back from a restored print of cavani’s “I cannibali” at bfi. Can’t beat some shapeless, excessively, idealistic 60s extravagance full of earnest beautiful revolutionaries. “Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié ne font que se creuser un tombeau.“ 000
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Watched Ken Russell's 1974 film about Mahler over the w/end. I thought Antonia Ellis's performance as Cosima Wagner was a subtle and nuanced portrayal of a complex character.. 110
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialMichael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 25/05/2026A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines 615288249435
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Hi @lcarrington.bsky.social, Have you seen "Leonora in the Morning Light"? Any thoughts? 000
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Why did no one tell me there is a new biopic about Leonora Carrington, shortly to arrive in London!! 000
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialsparkymark17.bsky.social @sparkymark17.bsky.social · 21/05/2026 1324863
Reposted by @notsewmot.bsky.socialMatthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Goodbye Michael Keating. The Vila of all our hearts. He was in the first thing I ever wrote, playing a mutant piglet who thought he was Hercule Poirot. In quiet patches he did the odd ushering shift at ENO. I never saw tickets torn with such panache. 824839
notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I think Ealing’s “The Man in White Suit” may prove to be the perfect metaphor for #aipessimism and #techdystopia .. but Ealing could never create caricatures as monstrous as the current techoverlords. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcps...youtube.comClip of The Man In The White Suit Hd (1951)YouTube video by BabelFish6x7 000
