WordPress.com has unveiled a theme that focuses on shortform content, a la #socialmedia sites. I’m experimenting with it, to see if it could serve as a feasible alternative. Certainly more straightforward than Fediverse offerings. Although I am skeptical of mass public takeup via new WordPress users and/or RSS subscriptions (ah nostalgic 2000s). At least I... Continue Reading →
@AlexKane221b I still see a Rhodesia-effect of much of political unionism: remain loyal to the Union while wider UK political life evolves away. Labour is conjuring a post-divorce reconciliation with the EU, and Reform could rip up the Protocol (but still shaft NI).
@JP_Biz Beautiful images, John. Love your camera eye. Keep at it.
@BBCMarkSimpson So long as rugby doesn't introduce the forward pass. 😀
@alaninbelfast A welcomed antidote!
@photolinepic I didn't realise that Long's Fish and Chips was still there. A true institution that I must revisit.
Sad news in the photography world with the passing of #MartinParr. He was a prolific image maker and chronicler of the photo book. His 3-volume series with Gerry Badger -- The Photobook: A History -- is comprehensive and authorative. Poignant that his latest biography co-authored…
@Saraita101 Caution: #genealogy is addictive https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gregg-2483
@ShpatBlakcori Thanks for sharing this, Shpat. Any link to your interview?
@photolinepic I particularly approve of The Street Photographer's Manual! 📸
French domestic politics has been an entertaining if dismal spectacle to watch over the past year. While the DUP agreed a confidence-and-supply agreement with Conservatives in a matter of hours, #Macron still doesn't see this except on his own terms. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/07/the-guardian-view-on-political-chaos-in-france-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving-to-marine-le-pen-and-the-far-right
@alaninbelfast @bowstreetmall Perhaps it escaped from W5, where my seven-year-old nephew and I saw some last week? https://w5online.co.uk/whats-on/dinosaurs-survive-summer-2025