Dave T-W @davoloid@qoto.org

Back on track now.

Just heard this overhead. What's the vertical and horizontal separation required over London? Possible near miss. #AVGeeks

Caught up on the #Olympics closing ceremony, absolutely love #Phoenix, Air, Vampire Weekend, and that Kavinsky song is one of the most iconic movie songs.
Thomas Mars seemed so grateful for the fans that came to their excellent Glastonbury closer last year (billed against Elton John) so this must have been such a thrill.

New hobby for me and adventure girl. Picked up a kayak and have been out for the last 3 days on the North Kent Coast. Best way to stay cool!
Alt text not working for me: photos show a cyan 2 person inflatable kayak, me and kiddo with coast in the background, wearing lifejackets, and a distant shot of us in the middle of the harbour, with proper boats behind.

I absolutely love Anderson.Paak, and fair play for some recent pop collaboations. I'm having fun visualising the pearl clutching as people go back to some of his regular and older tunes like "Silicon Valley" and "Milk and Honey"

Before Kamala Harris came on, this mashup was great. Can't find it online.
Anderson.Paak "Come Down" x "Jill Scott Golden"

Perhaps I'm late to spot this, but I have only just noticed that the logo for the Paris Olympics is a flame, but also silhouette of a woman's face with "chic" haircut and lips.

Unpopular opinion: Apart from the one manager who led England to victory in the 1966 England World Cup (side eye), Southgate has been the best #England manager ever: WC QF and SF, two Euro finals.
Via reddit:

NATO summit... Or is it?

Well yes, the one guy with the shiny faced photo was legit, but how is it possible that there's *no requirement* to check a candidate is a real boy?
https://emptycity.substack.com/
p/what-if-a-parliamentary-candidate

@DreadShips Not surprised to see Akshata Murty trying to blend into the background, using Dazzle camouflage.

Theae are my favourite #snack of the moment, but hard to track down! Holland & Barrett Soft Banana coins in a yoghurt coating, gives a chewy toffee vibe.

Eva's kindly sent me some pics as she doesn't have a website as such. I thought these might be of interest for those of you interested in #Reclaimed Materials and #Sustainability

Ali Wagner's project, Dancefloor Intimacy, is about designing nightclubs and similar spaces for neurodiverse people. Really comprehensive guidebook.

https://www.nighttime.org/neurodiverse-nightlife-redefining-nightlife-for-everyone/

https://ali-wagner.cargo.site/

3/4

Hannah Colthorpe had a gorgeous display of her Steg character, postcards, badges, posters and a bedroom rug.

https://www.hannahcolthorpe.com/

Rare night out, #Echobelly at my local. Lots here reliving their youth.

Thrilled to be on the stage at Royal Festival Hall seeing our UCLCS students' graduation ceremony. And first time in a gown for me, as I never went to mine as an UG. Also great that one of the Engineering technical staff received the Honorary degree after many years of service. Fantastic sendoff speech from our HoD too.

Drawing session hosted by the Bartlett today,l. Thanks Tom Mole and Zoe for organising. Been wanting to do this for a long time. In hindsight picking a complex dark object against a black reflective surface wasn't the easiest subject.

Weekend visit to #Bradford reminds me of the city's continued ability to absolutely screw up urban planning. I knew a few years back they'd squandered the opportunity to revive the centre with yet another boring Westfield shopping centre development, plonked right in the way. They could have made a pedestrian friendly space linking the City Hall in the middle to the Cathedral and Alhambra at north and south.

There are some absolutely beautiful buildings from the Victorian era, and more modern ones that came from a time before the government shut down regional development. Realistically, some of both might have needed to be demolished, and there's been times over the past 40 years when that would have had minimal impact. But now a set of motorways surrounds the best parts, and impractical blobs of ill conceived, cheap blocks are spread around. Nottingham, Sheffield and Coventry did this so much better.

Whilst they keep doing this, the centre will continue to be a rough place. Anyone who wants an enjoyable night out and a nice meal has dozens of towns and villages in this distributed metropolis.

1989 was a great year with some iconic albums, but why is Blue Nile on this list but not Deacon Blue? Heck, they even knocked Madonna off the top spot, in a month that also saw classics from INXS, Fine Young Cannibals and Guns n Roses https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1prqk6JLsFGqz8nTlbj2JfX/12-classic-albums-that-define-1989