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Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social · 3h

That map flatters the UK. Our "bike lanes" are mostly painted white lines at the side of the road. Riding a bike in the Netherlands is a wonderful experience.

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Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · 23h

Toxteth: The Harlem of Europe opens tomorrow at the Victoria Gallery & Museum! 🎵 Striking portraits by Ean Flanders celebrate Black musicians from L8.

📍 Free, from 11 Oct, Tues–Sat, 10am–5pm

Discover Toxteth's music legacy 👇
https://orlo.uk/NCZ4M

#BlackBritishMusic

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Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social · 1d

It was an absolute joy before they put a web browser in Windows 95; everyone was a PhD student or postdoc. I suggest everyone who started using the internet after that should be licensed and tested annually.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social · 2d

These fools used to go after Sports Science and Media Studies until they realised how much money they make. Are they working through the people who bullied them at school?

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Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social · 4d

That was always an idea I thought should have caught on. I think the day fee is a great way of doing it, rather than "guilt coffee" every two hours.

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Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social · 7d

One more reference point gone. It's librarians only now

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Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social · 7d

I wouldn't mind if people pronounced it like that rather than the mangling it usually gets.

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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 10d

If anyone has people in their network who work in charities which deal specifically with issues of rural poverty I’d be grateful for any connections. Not rural homelessness, although I appreciate there’s a crossover. Scoping out a possible follow on to Outsiders focused on this subject.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 10d

To mark its anniversary, we approached the Leeds-based theatre company Slung Low, with Harrison’s encouragement, about organising a live reading in Holbeck Cemetery, the place that inspired ‘v.’

On Sunday 12 October, we invite you to experience ‘v.’ with us:

www.slunglow.org/v-a-homecomi...

Poet Tony Harrison sits in front of a tomb stone, with text promoting 'V. A Homecoming', a live reading of his poem, organised by the London Review of Books and Slung Low theatre company.

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Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social · 11d

I seriously thought about the 300 when I was looking at the 240.

Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social · 11d

Yes, that one. It barely fits within the lens board. Beautiful thing.

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Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social · 11d

Should add, I don't have a Crown Graphic.

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Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social · 11d

I have a 240mm Nikkor which I bought for portrait work, but which turns out to be really good for landscapes, especially if you want to mess with the focal plane. It weighs as much as a small but muscular dog.

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Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social · 11d

Our pet rabbit used to steal the chorizo ones. Couldn't leave them on anything he could jump on to and he would chase you if you had them in your hand. He was a raw vegan otherwise.

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Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social · 11d

Worth every penny.

Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social · 11d

Yes! And I must watch that again. It came out in our "having a baby" stage, so everything was watched through a fog of exhaustion.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 11d

Lyme disease is a *massive* and largely unseen problem, especially in areas where deer or feral goats are prevalent.

Please, nature lovers: be tick-aware at all times.

Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 13d

This is the story of my daughter Milly and Lyme Disease. There was no rash, no "summer flu", NHS blood tests negative. And she's been ill for a quarter of her life.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Thank you @lymediseaseuk.bsky.social & @lymeresourcecentre.bsky.social for raising UK awareness.

As my daughter got sicker and sicker, our quest for answers dragged on. How did we all miss the bacteria taking over her body?

I write about nature, but when Milly got sick with a mystery illness, it never occurred to me that a long-forgotten tick bite could be the cause

www.theguardian.com

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Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎 @hardknottforest.bsky.social · 11d

Fungi fun this month at Restoring Hardknott Forest and Nature Rich Miterdale.
@leedsleaf.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social @wildhaweswater.bsky.social

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Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social · 11d

Maybe if one finds the holy iPhone that iris will unlock it and grant eternal upgrades and AppleTV subscriptions.

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Stig @stigofthedump.bsky.social · 11d

There's a smaller one top of Blundell St (Baltic)

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Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social · 11d

So God really does see everything, and is everywhere.

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Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social · 11d

After that giant eye I've been reminded that I have a history with advertising and Liverpool. This is from 2015, when half of Lime Street (in the reflection) was for sale and due for demolition. #Liverpool

Lime Street, Liverpool, reflected in a bus shelter advertising panel with the instruction "Sell Everything".

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Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social · 11d

It's alarming whatever it is.

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Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social · 11d

Photographed earlier tin the summer, this reminded me very much of the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg in The Great Gatsby, only in this case the giant, staring eye welcomes travellers from the train at Lime Street Station. I think it's a cosmetics ad. #Liverpool #BelieveInFilm

A giant eye, lids pulled back, stares from a billboard with St John's Beacon, Liverpool, in the background. Black and white photo.

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