Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Gaynor Madoc Leonard @madocleonard1.bsky.social · 3m

Diane Keaton has died at 79.

Reposted by Gaynor Madoc Leonard

Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 6h

'Nocturne: Grey and Gold, Westminster Bridge' (1874) by James McNeill Whistler

(The Burrell Collection)

9 70

Reposted by Gaynor Madoc Leonard

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11h

Limited liability is one of our weird silences. It's a massive free gift society makes to plutocrats, seldom remarked upon, let alone contested.
Shareholders should have to buy limited liability, like any other insurance. The insurers would then be liable. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Will UK taxpayers get their £122m back from PPE Medpro?

The high court told the company linked to Michelle Mone to pay up over the supply of defective gowns, but there appears no clear route to reclaim the funds

www.theguardian.com

54 320 810

Gaynor Madoc Leonard @madocleonard1.bsky.social · 2h

Okay, thank you

1

Reposted by Gaynor Madoc Leonard

womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 3h

Tamara de Lempicka,
Blue Woman with a Guitar, 1929
Polish painter who created her work in an Art Deco style #womensart

Stylised painting of a white woman in a soft blue dress holding a round stringed instrument with a long neck on her lap and holding it as if playing

60 390

Gaynor Madoc Leonard @madocleonard1.bsky.social · 3h

I'm so glad you're all back. How do we buy your new creations?

1 1 3

Reposted by Gaynor Madoc Leonard

Oor Blaze fae Skye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @blazespage.bsky.social · 5h

2 3 22

Reposted by Gaynor Madoc Leonard

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4h

Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...

Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna posthumously named Press Freedom Hero

The IPI said Roshchyna's death on Sept. 19, 2024 "exposed the brutal treatment suffered by the dozens of Ukrainian journalists unjustly held by Russian authorities, and brought new urgency to the need...

kyivindependent.com

43 1K 3.3K

Gaynor Madoc Leonard @madocleonard1.bsky.social · 3h

I've just watched an Alun Richards play on YouTube, Under the Carpet (1970). A possessive aunt tries to poison her nephew's wife with slug killer. Some good lines:
"She's a woman of the world, her husband's with the Gas Board"
"If I left a piece of fly paper, it would be too good for her"

Reposted by Gaynor Madoc Leonard

Tony Pentimalli @tonywriteshere.bsky.social · 1d

She never faced soldiers or spies—her war was with authority itself.
Grace Hopper didn’t just invent modern code; she defied every rule written to stop her.
Her machines learned to speak our language. The question is whether we’ve learned to speak hers. Read more:
www.facebook.com/share/p/1JhZ...

2 10 34

Reposted by Gaynor Madoc Leonard

Barbara Nadel @barbaranadel.bsky.social · 1d

Help needed. I'm off to Venice Noir in November and while I've got hotel room arranged for the festival I still need some extra nights in hotel or guest house in both Venice and Rome. Has anyone got any good recommendations?

a ricksteves.com advertisement shows a man in a gondola on a canal

ALT: a ricksteves.com advertisement shows a man in a gondola on a canal

media.tenor.com

2 2 2

Reposted by Gaynor Madoc Leonard

thomas w schaller @thomaswschaller.bsky.social · 1d

City of Gold
Watercolor - 30x22 inches
This view of the Manhattan skyline at dusk - from Roosevelt Island - has been a bit of an obsession. I've tried numerous angles and lighting conditions. This is my largest and latest take.
#artistt #imagination #watercolorpainting #reality #nyc #architecture

A view of the Manhattan skyline at sunset from Rooselt Island

7 20 110

Gaynor Madoc Leonard @madocleonard1.bsky.social · 7h

Today, I spotted a British flag with a Welsh dragon on it, on a house in Carmarthen. I also saw a front door with Happy Halloween on it 🙁.

1

Reposted by Gaynor Madoc Leonard

F.L. Everett @fliceverett.bsky.social · 7h

Terrified to find out what answers AI is giving to these questions.

1 1

Reposted by Gaynor Madoc Leonard

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

Inventive People of Portland Dressing as Animals:

Please don't dress as dogs. Your life will not be safe with psychopath Kristi Noem on the rooftops.

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 1d

This is awesome.

320 2.1K 8.5K

Gaynor Madoc Leonard @madocleonard1.bsky.social · 7h

I am a mere plaything of the gods. They wish upon me only sorrow. I went to the PO to post a card and thought I'd have something from Catch Fish and Chips. I was early, so I sat in the Square until after their opening time. No sign of anyone there when I went back. So I'm back at the house.

Gaynor Madoc Leonard @madocleonard1.bsky.social · 8h

Some ladies in Guildhall Square, playing for charity. #Carmarthen

1

Gaynor Madoc Leonard @madocleonard1.bsky.social · 8h

Cuddly coo and coo bedlinen at Days in Carmarthen

Shop window with a cuddly coo on coo bedlinen

1

Reposted by Gaynor Madoc Leonard

Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 20h

Alas, somebodye took the German holidaye fruit breade. It was stollen!

14 31 240

Gaynor Madoc Leonard @madocleonard1.bsky.social · 9h

Another Blue Sky problem is that it can take several minutes for a repost or "quote" to go through. Eventually, it tells me to check my Internet connection (nothing wrong with it, I have a VPN), and I press Post again, and it goes through!

Reposted by Gaynor Madoc Leonard

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

590 6.3K 24K

Reposted by Gaynor Madoc Leonard

Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 1d

You wonderfully people.
I’ve reached 10 thousand subscribers on my YouTube channel.
Thank you so very much

My YouTube channel shows I have 10,001 subscribers

6 5 32

Reposted by Gaynor Madoc Leonard

Evans The Crime @evansthecrime.bsky.social · 9h

A man crept into the home of a woman in her 90s who lived alone and stole money from her handbag. Having burgled the woman's house once he returned months later to break in again. The victim says wishes she could feel safe in her home again, but can’t.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

He burgled the home of a woman in her 90s, then went back and did it again

A judge said that at the age of 22 Brandon Williams was already a "prolific burglar", and he told him that "earning an honest living is something you might want to try at some stage"

www.walesonline.co.uk

3 3

Reposted by Gaynor Madoc Leonard

Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

2.9K 5.5K

Gaynor Madoc Leonard @madocleonard1.bsky.social · 9h

😄

Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 9h

My local greengrocer has started putting the aubergines on the top shelf.