David Fenton
@davefenton.bsky.social
Art, science, culture, & other stuff. 🏴 "The hardest thing of all to see is what is really there." J. A. Baker.
Whimsical…
January 16, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Whimsical…
Reposted by David Fenton
“Tablet is a sort of crystalline fudge made from sugar, condensed milk, more milk, butter, more sugar and – that might be all, actually. It is an alchemical procedure, not a recipe.”
—Don Paterson on tablet, in his memoir TOY FIGHTS (Faber, 2023)
#memoir #tablet
💙📚
www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
—Don Paterson on tablet, in his memoir TOY FIGHTS (Faber, 2023)
#memoir #tablet
💙📚
www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
December 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“Tablet is a sort of crystalline fudge made from sugar, condensed milk, more milk, butter, more sugar and – that might be all, actually. It is an alchemical procedure, not a recipe.”
—Don Paterson on tablet, in his memoir TOY FIGHTS (Faber, 2023)
#memoir #tablet
💙📚
www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
—Don Paterson on tablet, in his memoir TOY FIGHTS (Faber, 2023)
#memoir #tablet
💙📚
www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
Watched the Scotland match more in hope than expectation. Jesus, what an ending! Will be whistling “yes sir, I can boogie” for a good few days now!
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Watched the Scotland match more in hope than expectation. Jesus, what an ending! Will be whistling “yes sir, I can boogie” for a good few days now!
enterprise train packed to the rafters today! First four carriages all booked, the rest stuffed full and people struggling to even get on it. Should be more carriages if they expect so many! Cattle trucks have more room!
October 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
enterprise train packed to the rafters today! First four carriages all booked, the rest stuffed full and people struggling to even get on it. Should be more carriages if they expect so many! Cattle trucks have more room!
And then there were two. It was already so uninspiring that I can’t work out if this improves our choice or not.
Fianna Fáil's candidate Jim Gavin has announced he is withdrawing from the Presidential Election "with immediate effect"
Jim Gavin withdraws from Presidential Election
Fianna Fáil's candidate Jim Gavin has announced he is withdrawing from the Presidential Election "with immediate effect".
www.rte.ie
October 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
And then there were two. It was already so uninspiring that I can’t work out if this improves our choice or not.
Very detailed explanation of how Amazon exploits retail customers and business customers alike…
Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Very detailed explanation of how Amazon exploits retail customers and business customers alike…
Reposted by David Fenton
Arctic sea ice hit its 2025 summer minimum without setting a record low on Sept. 10.
Scientists say sea ice loss has slowed over the past 20 years due to natural variability in atmospheric and ocean systems, counterbalancing the impacts from human-caused climate change.
Scientists say sea ice loss has slowed over the past 20 years due to natural variability in atmospheric and ocean systems, counterbalancing the impacts from human-caused climate change.
No new record low for Arctic sea ice loss in 2025
Sea ice floating atop the Arctic Ocean reached its minimum extent for 2025 on Sept. 10, covering 4.602 million square kilometers (1.78 million square miles) concluding this year’s summer melt-out.…
news.mongabay.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Arctic sea ice hit its 2025 summer minimum without setting a record low on Sept. 10.
Scientists say sea ice loss has slowed over the past 20 years due to natural variability in atmospheric and ocean systems, counterbalancing the impacts from human-caused climate change.
Scientists say sea ice loss has slowed over the past 20 years due to natural variability in atmospheric and ocean systems, counterbalancing the impacts from human-caused climate change.
Pointless triviality of the day so far. Conor McGregor pulls out of a race he was never in.
September 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Pointless triviality of the day so far. Conor McGregor pulls out of a race he was never in.
Hell of a meltdown on here yesterday, reminiscent of the bin fights that were all the rage during late Twitter. Lost heart before I could reach the start of it so no idea how it began but not many came out with much credit. Pretty toxic really.
August 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hell of a meltdown on here yesterday, reminiscent of the bin fights that were all the rage during late Twitter. Lost heart before I could reach the start of it so no idea how it began but not many came out with much credit. Pretty toxic really.
Just heard that Gareth Sheridan was a new Irish Presidential hopeful. Came on here to find out who he was and, after reading through the car crash interview and noting his connections with Sean Gallagher, Serguei Melnik and Sharon Keoghan, I reckon he has less of a chance than Conor Mcgregor.
August 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Just heard that Gareth Sheridan was a new Irish Presidential hopeful. Came on here to find out who he was and, after reading through the car crash interview and noting his connections with Sean Gallagher, Serguei Melnik and Sharon Keoghan, I reckon he has less of a chance than Conor Mcgregor.
Reposted by David Fenton
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
Reposted by David Fenton
Me, 2019: "Epstein gambled on the differential between his power and voice in the world and theirs and for the most part he won, because the game was rigged by dozens of people around him... Monsters rule over us, on behalf of monsters." lithub.com/in-patriarch...
In Patriarchy No One Can Hear You Scream: Rebecca Solnit on Jeffrey Epstein and the Silencing Machine
One of my favorite books when I was young was T. H. White’s The Once and Future King, and one of its central themes is the attempt of King Arthur to replace an ethos of “might is right” with someth…
lithub.com
July 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Me, 2019: "Epstein gambled on the differential between his power and voice in the world and theirs and for the most part he won, because the game was rigged by dozens of people around him... Monsters rule over us, on behalf of monsters." lithub.com/in-patriarch...
Reposted by David Fenton
I think it's going to be very difficult for anyone who served in the same government as this guy to later use the defence that the destruction of a people wasn't intentional
On the starvation in Gaza, an Israeli minister says 1) “there is no nation that feeds its enemies," and 2) Israel is “driving out the population that educated its people on the ideas of 'Mein Kampf.'"
Seriously? If you're accusing others of following Mein Kampf ... maybe don't parrot Mein Kampf.
Seriously? If you're accusing others of following Mein Kampf ... maybe don't parrot Mein Kampf.
As Starvation Rises, Israeli Minister Says Israel Is ‘Driving Out’ Gazans
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I think it's going to be very difficult for anyone who served in the same government as this guy to later use the defence that the destruction of a people wasn't intentional
People peacefully protesting are not the enemy, nor are punk bands, nor are those queing for food in Gaza.
July 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
People peacefully protesting are not the enemy, nor are punk bands, nor are those queing for food in Gaza.
I just don’t get Starmer. Like many people I used to think he was tying himself in knots by saying one thing but believing another. But what if what he says is actually what he thinks? What does that make him?
June 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I just don’t get Starmer. Like many people I used to think he was tying himself in knots by saying one thing but believing another. But what if what he says is actually what he thinks? What does that make him?
No humanity, no excuses…
‘These are traps set for the people’: the story of a mother shot dead searching for food in Gaza
A family is reeling from the killing of a woman who walked for hours to an Israeli-backed distribution point with her son and daughter
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
No humanity, no excuses…
Brilliant.
March 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Brilliant.
Reposted by David Fenton
Worth sharing with alt text. Brian Eno's response to the Quaker arrests.
March 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Worth sharing with alt text. Brian Eno's response to the Quaker arrests.
Got married to Roberta Flack’s version of ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’. Some voice, so heartfelt, such a loss. RIP
February 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Got married to Roberta Flack’s version of ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’. Some voice, so heartfelt, such a loss. RIP
Current rogue states: Russia, North Korea, Mar-a-Lago…
February 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Current rogue states: Russia, North Korea, Mar-a-Lago…
Reposted by David Fenton
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... on private wires and why it’s a terrible idea
What would private electricity wires mean for our energy system?
History shows we would not be well served by voluntarily re-instituting a broken, disjointed approach to energy infrastructure
www.rte.ie
January 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... on private wires and why it’s a terrible idea
Never seen one this big before!
January 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Never seen one this big before!
Load of fences in the area down, aerials broken, garden furniture on walkabout, but Storm Éowyn did drop off a bunch of cowering balloons as a belated gift, so not all bad!
January 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Load of fences in the area down, aerials broken, garden furniture on walkabout, but Storm Éowyn did drop off a bunch of cowering balloons as a belated gift, so not all bad!
We can laugh (or cry) all we want at the state of politics across the pond but the ridiculous strokes being pulled by our lot just make us seem like a toy town in comparison.
January 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We can laugh (or cry) all we want at the state of politics across the pond but the ridiculous strokes being pulled by our lot just make us seem like a toy town in comparison.
Reposted by David Fenton
When I woke up this morning I had a message from my niece in England asking me to go to "cherry tomato bridge", which is apparently a thing on TikTok. So I did. There are tomatoes on it, and ketchup, presumably offerings to the tomato god. 🤷🏼♀️
January 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
When I woke up this morning I had a message from my niece in England asking me to go to "cherry tomato bridge", which is apparently a thing on TikTok. So I did. There are tomatoes on it, and ketchup, presumably offerings to the tomato god. 🤷🏼♀️