Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 4h

worry that we're just circenses, I do feel we have more scope to offer a mirror to the world and proxy experiences of what better worlds might look like. Plus we're not as totally in the pocket of corporates, alcohol, and gambling I guess, and rarely induce riotous behavior. 2/2

1

Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 4h

I'm so glad you've articulated this. It's probably my most cancelable unexpressed opinion too. I grew up around professional ball sports and hated it for all the reasons you've listed there. I now work in professional theater (though I have to leave Tasmania to do it) and whilst I do sometimes 1/

1 1

Reposted by Alex Scott Fairley

Lena📎 @eriksdotter.bsky.social · 5h

“We are all going to be rich and famous… or we would be.. if we followed our passion.

It’s rubbish. It’s marketing. It’s advertising. It’s cynical. It’s a lie.“

open.substack.com/pub/jeanette...

Passion or Process?

How to find what you love...

open.substack.com

4 7

Reposted by Alex Scott Fairley

Michael Honey @michaelhoney.bsky.social · 5h

my most cancelable opinion!

It’s not sport per se: it’s pro sport as a self-mythologising commercial juggernaut, wound up with alcohol and gambling, which extracts $millions from communities. Being a fan can be both the most meaningful thing in your life and the thing which holds you back

3 2 4

Reposted by Alex Scott Fairley

Michael Honey @michaelhoney.bsky.social · 12h

hot #politas take:

yes, the stadium is bad because it's a waste of money

but also because professional football is bad

for every player living their dream, there are thousands of punters who trade participation for spectacle, who watch but don't do

there are better ways to spend your weekend

3 1 4

Reposted by Alex Scott Fairley

womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

Elin Thomas, UK textile artist who uses embroidery/crochet to create unique work resembling petri dishes and bacteria spores #womensart

Photo looking down on four petri dishes, neatly arranged, with what resembles bacteria and mould growing inside created with crochet and embroidery

140 850

Reposted by Alex Scott Fairley

Liza @lizamezzo.bsky.social · 1d

Among other things, fops in drama are often an early form of queer representation, pushing boundaries of acceptable gender expression.

The Frank’n’furter in the 17th-18th century’s Rocky Horror

Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 1d

"Literary critics have often taken a lugubrious tone toward the fop. Fops, we are told, are legitimate objects of ridicule because vain, selfish, narcissistic, and indifferent to the welfare of others."
Susan Staves, "A Few Kind Words for the Fop" (1982)
#theatre #drama
www.jstor.org/stable/450239

1 3

Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 1d

Hey there, @lner.co.uk. I'm pursuing a full refund for a huge delay to my train journey yesterday on a ticket purchased through your website. However, I'm a UK citizen that lives abroad, and your website doesn't accept non-UK addresses. That's a bit discriminatory/racist, isn't it? Any advice?

Reposted by Alex Scott Fairley

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 1d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

130 5.2K 15K

Reposted by Alex Scott Fairley

Did You See? @tvdidyousee.bsky.social · 1d

Back in the early 90s #CoronationStreet's Eileen Derbyshire, Emily Bishop, writes:
"I leave Emily's future entirely to the writers. It's hard enough managing my own life!"

1 1

Reposted by Alex Scott Fairley

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

800 17K 37K

Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 3d

Another venue I couldn't resist posting some photos from. Some incredible history and illustrious company. And Ken Dodd (I get to throw shade at him twice in the show). #theatre #Leeds #play #musichall

The beautiful interior of Leeds City Varieties.

Some of the illustrious footsteps we're following in...

Especially illustrious (reptilian) footsteps...

2

Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 3d

Definitely! I had to leave all my ID books back at home and my Luddite nature is such that I refuse to use the AI ID tools. :)

1

Reposted by Alex Scott Fairley

goldmartin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 4d

Perhaps, if British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmoud believes pro-Palestinian protests should be cancelled as a mark of respect for the victims of the Manchester attack, the government could also cancel its arms shipments to Israel, as a mark of respect for the victims of genocide .

3 43 130

Reposted by Alex Scott Fairley

Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 3d

What is the Australian government doing to free the 6 Australians detained by Israel in international waters? Where is the outrage? The urgency?

9 44 120

Reposted by Alex Scott Fairley

Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 3d

You don't understand, it was necessary to beat up and humiliate the tiny 22-year-old autistic girl because she was trying to feed hungry babies

10 190 660

Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 3d

I do have a mirror, but I'm away from home (Tasmania via Queensland) for four months and doing a tour where I'm performing in 45 venues then a month-long Christmas gig, so as you can imagine, I tried to pack as light as I could, and even a pocket mirror made a difference! :)

1 2

Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 3d

Ah, thank you; I wondered about a Galerina sp. It's hard trying to keep the fungi of two hemispheres in my head (especially when half the southern ones don't have official names yet!) Thank you!

1 1

Reposted by Alex Scott Fairley

Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 3d

They always say the same basic thing. They are always wrong. And we should do what we have always done and do the thing that needs doing anyway, which this time around is universal basic income and healthcare, and a 4-day workweek.

4 150 310

Reposted by Alex Scott Fairley

MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 3d

Sometimes I think about what problems could be solved by all the wealth being hoarded. I think about what could be done for the children of the globe, the animals, land, water & for the FUTURE, if just a few greedy men wanted to HELP. There’s no way to accept the evil choices they make.

20 58 280

Reposted by Alex Scott Fairley

Dan McPainInTheKnees @danmckee.bsky.social · 3d

4 years ago today I stumbled across the greatest tv listing ever written

18 100 430

Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 3d

It's @britmycolsoc.org.uk UK #Fungus Day today! I don't live here any more, but get to visit, so here are a few species I've found over the last 15 years or so! (adding IDs for all of them would finish me off, but happy to answer if anyone is interested!) #fungi #mushroom #mycology #FungiFriends

Some fungi in reds, yellows, and oranges, including iconic species like fly agaric, orange caterpillar club, orange-peel fungus, and chanterelle, as well as some more unusual ones such as red cage fungus, flame shield, and yellow earth fan.

UK fungi species in eye-popping shades from blue to violet, including some relative rarities such as violet coral, wrinkled peach, and ballerina waxcap, as well as more common species such as plums-and-custard, blue roundhead, hare's ears, amethyst deceiver, and wooly milkcap.

Even when they're in shades of brown, fungi are beautiful, so here are some including jelly baby, hen-of-the-woods, old-man-of-the-woods, magpie inkcap, and trooping crumble-cap.

And yet more fungi, in shades from light brown to white, including some dapperlings and parasols, earthstars, saddles, stalkballs, clubs, and cauliflower fungus!

3 9 40

Reposted by Alex Scott Fairley

British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk · 4d

🍄 ⭐ It's #UKFungusDay today! ⭐🍄 Join in with events, online activities, competitions. Share your favourite fungus facts, photos & creations. Learn about these amazing organisms & celebrate our fungal world. www.ukfungusday.co.uk
#fungi #nature #mushrooms #fungus

A photo of pin mould Spinellus fusiger covering the cap of a Mycena species fruitbody. White mushroom cap with brown stem on a green background. Taken by Mike Blacknell, a UK Fungus Day 2024 Photography Competition runner-up.

2 16 33

Reposted by Alex Scott Fairley

Did You See? @tvdidyousee.bsky.social · 4d

#OnThisDay 4 October 1989 - FAST FORWARD
Feddie Boswell and Lilo Lil frolic in the bushes in BREAD:
"...pink and passionate, eh? H-MMMGNNPHFF!!!"
Whilst in 'ALLO 'ALLO:
"All the time I lie in bed, I see flashing knobs. I am plagued by flashing knobs..."

2 2

Reposted by Alex Scott Fairley

Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 5d

You can protest against Israel’s genocide in Gaza and unequivocally condemn the antisemitic terror attack in Manchester.

Don’t let politicians or the media tell you that you can’t do both.

24 270 970