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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ𝔞𝔪𝔰𝔡𝔢𝔫
@sjramsden.bsky.social
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I like old buildings and new ones. Planning, places, built environment, urbanism, architecture, heritage, and design stuff. Humanist. Scooterist. Set sail in Yorkshire, now washed up in Bristol. Opinions probably someone else’s.
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ𝔞𝔪𝔰𝔡𝔢𝔫 @sjramsden.bsky.social · 1d
Amazing work www.wallpaper.com/design-inter...
Irma Boom on books and beyond – meet a graphic design legend
‘You make books not for the past or for the present, but for the future,’ says Boom as we talk about her career highlights in her Amsterdam studio
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ𝔞𝔪𝔰𝔡𝔢𝔫 @sjramsden.bsky.social · 1d
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘stop doing this to him’
Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’
www.theguardian.com
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kojamf.bsky.social
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.
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ𝔞𝔪𝔰𝔡𝔢𝔫 @sjramsden.bsky.social · 3d
The world’s highest bridge finally opens cutting 1hr journey to 1min | UK | News | Express.co.uk share.google/BbjvwWeYMfzN...
Latest UK and World News, Sport and Comment | Express.co.uk
Latest news, showbiz, sport, comment, lifestyle, city, video and pictures from the Daily Express and Sunday Express newspapers and Express.co.uk
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ𝔞𝔪𝔰𝔡𝔢𝔫 @sjramsden.bsky.social · 3d
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Bring in Dutch-style rail fare system in Wales, says expert - BBC News
A leading transport expert says fares should be based on distance travelled, as in the Netherlands.
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ𝔞𝔪𝔰𝔡𝔢𝔫 @sjramsden.bsky.social · 4d
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘One rule for the rich’: the Salzburg mansion, the Porsche heir and the writer Stefan Zweig
The car magnate, who is restoring the Jewish author’s former villa, has been given permission to dig out a 500-metre road leading to a garage, causing consternation in the city
www.theguardian.com
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ𝔞𝔪𝔰𝔡𝔢𝔫 @sjramsden.bsky.social · 5d
observer.co.uk/news/science...
Heated debate: why Churchill’s birthplace lies at the hea...
Row over plans to build 2 million panels on land around historic Blenheim Palace has become symbolic of a national struggle
observer.co.uk
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ𝔞𝔪𝔰𝔡𝔢𝔫 @sjramsden.bsky.social · 5d
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Labour-run council loses battle to shut down pub's beer garden
Greenwich Council had claimed the Trafalgar Tavern's tables on the Thames Path were 'visual clutter' after it had received complaints.
www.dailymail.co.uk
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ𝔞𝔪𝔰𝔡𝔢𝔫 @sjramsden.bsky.social · 5d
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
Solar farm haters say 'don't flood Cornwall with solar'
An appeal into Cornwall Council's decision to refuse what would be the Duchy's largest solar farm has taken place
www.cornwalllive.com
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ𝔞𝔪𝔰𝔡𝔢𝔫 @sjramsden.bsky.social · 5d
www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/celebs-...
Sarah Beeny's battle to save her Somerset 'mini Downton Abbey' extension
TV presenter Sarah Beeny has been told she must demolish part of her home
www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ𝔞𝔪𝔰𝔡𝔢𝔫 @sjramsden.bsky.social · 5d
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Man at war with council after building swimming pool in garden
Locals in Mawgan Porth, Cornwall, have been left furious after a neighbour built a swimming pool, garage and office building.
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 5d
Timeline cleanse.

Newspaper clipping, 1906.
A newspaper clipping from 1906 that reads: "Noisy, Hungry Frogs Sadden Farmer's Life. They scare his cattle and they also eat his flannel shirt."
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 5d
Victorian Lady cyclist detectives... why is this not a tv series yet?
I can see it now, foggy London, ladies on bicycles through the narrow streets, swords hidden in walking sticks, Henry Cavill with a top hat, stolen diamonds, opium dens...
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
lady cyclist detectives
Clipping found in The Standard published in London, Greater London, England on 9/23/1895. lady cyclist detectives
www.newspapers.com
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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · 6d
#NationalPoetryDay ✒️

Roses are red,
Water comes in litres,
Trebuchets can use a counterweight to launch a 90kg stone projectile over 300 metres.

#Wales
A wooden replica siege engine, stands in front of a stone castle. A piece of purple fabric is wrapped around the tall central support beam.
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euronews.com
Euronews @euronews.com · 5d
Why has Jane Fonda relaunched this McCarthy-era free speech committee?
Why has Jane Fonda relaunched this McCarthy-era free speech committee?
Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, which was founded by her father Henry Fonda in the late 1940s, in order to protect free speech from government censorship. This comes in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension under pressure from the Trump administration.
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loreleikelly.bsky.social
loreleikelly @loreleikelly.bsky.social · 6d
Celebrities defending the First Amendment 👏 🇺🇸 #Constitution #FreeSpeech www.npr.org/2025/10/01/n...
Hundreds of celebrities relaunch a McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech
The Committee for the First Amendment first launched in the 1940s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee accused Hollywood actors, directors and writers of being communists or sympathizers.
www.npr.org
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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workingclasshistory.com
Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 5d
#OtD 2 Oct 1968 the Tlatelolco massacre took place in Mexico City when police murdered hundreds of students demonstrating peacefully, just prior to the start of the Olympic Games in the city stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9228...
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ𝔞𝔪𝔰𝔡𝔢𝔫 @sjramsden.bsky.social · 6d
From 2019, but seems very relevant geopoliticalfutures.com/the-internet...
The Internet and the Tragedy of the Commons - Geopolitical Futures
Jan. 4, 2017 The expectation of anonymity online has become extreme.
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 6d
Tinted, double-hinged spectacles, c.1790. Many opticians believed green or blue glass was easier on the eyes and would reduce glare; while clear glass was too soft and would distort images.

This extraordinary example is from the Wellcome Collection in London.
A pair of blue tinted spectacles with glass hinges on either side.
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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 6d
Born in York in 1933, John Barry Prendergast grew up with cinema in his blood – his father managed a chain of picture houses, and the boy spent his childhood absorbing film and music together. That marriage of sight and sound shaped a career that would make him one of Britain’s
Composter John Barry who will always be linked to the James Bond films.
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antiquity.ac.uk
Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 6d
This is a zhènmùshòu (镇墓兽), or tomb guardian, from Tang Dynasty (AD 618–907) China. Placed in tombs, their ferocious expressions and hybrid animal features were designed to defend the deceased from malevolent spirits.

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

📷 Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.118.1

🏺 #Archaeology
Colourfully-glazed (green, blue, brown & white) earthenware sculpture of a lion-like hybrid animal with a fierce expression and many horns protruding from its body.
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ𝔞𝔪𝔰𝔡𝔢𝔫 @sjramsden.bsky.social · 9d
www.wallpaper.com/architecture...
This house is a perfect cube
The box-like structure perches atop a hill in the Hudson Valley
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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 10d
This piece is wonderful wonderful wonderful
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The Believer @thebeliever.net · 20d
Mona Kareem on her father’s obsessive devotion to amassing an expansive personal library in Kuwait:

www.thebeliever.net/the-labyrinth/
The Labyrinth - Believer Magazine
When it came to books, my father had absolutely no shame. On his first day at the ten-day Kuwait International Book Fair, he’d pile stacks of books at a publisher’s booth and ask him to keep the books...
www.thebeliever.net
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handhyorkshire.bsky.social
History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 10d
The Marks & Spencer story began in 1884 when Michael Marks, a Polish refugee opened a market stall in Leeds. It was ten years later though OTD the 28th September in 1894 that the Marks and Spencer, one of the most recognisable names in retail history was born
one of the most recognisable names in retail history was born when cashier Thomas Spencer from Skipton Invested £300 in the business and the partnership with Michael Marks was created. Their market stalls were call Penny Bazaars
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