Dave T-W @davoloid@qoto.org

Special visitor from the USA again? Chinook flitting between RAF Northolt and Regents Park.

Well I'm off to bed. This has been a much more interesting election day than UK and US #politics, maybe it was the nostalgia of immersing myself and in .ar Spanish again and hearing cute turns of phrase I'd forgotten. "un ratito" or "muchachos".

The "Waldo"-like cartoon candidates were an amusing side piece which I would like to see here. The "Don't Tread On Me" flags... not so much.

Seems unlikely #Argentina they'll have the scary Gene Hunt as President tomorrow morning, but he's not going away.

Meanwhile Bullrich camp have "Good feelings" about the results.
But it's still the most uncertain election since the return to democracy 40 years ago, a sentiment shown here and voiced by an older citizen earlier in the broadcast.

Absolutely manic scenes (to UK eyes) as Florez emerges from her house to go vote, and the poll station is closed to everyone else. "We're supposed to be equals" one guy complains. Milei also turns up at his car and is surrounded by reporters.

Apparently it's National Reuse Day, and what better way to reduce energy consumption by retrofitting buildings. Great little exhibition at The Building Centre, near Goodge St, with some examples of community and individual housing where there's been a dramatic improvement to both efficiency and livability. Better than knocking down and rebuilding.
#Architecture #London #Sustainability

Taking kiddo to see Arsenal Women this afternoon and listening to Arsecast to prepare.
Image: colourised, 2023.

"Innovative" holographic display at kings cross. Wondering how much energy needed for these spinning led blades.

Passed the RIBA hq and spotted this gallery on #Architecture , #Photography and #UrbanPlanning. Free to public over next few months.

Sad to see that questions asked of the duty of these three practices don't seem to have been adequately answered in the decades since.any of these idealised developments have become slums or derelict. Some revived, others discarded (rightly or wrongly).

A lot of these developments seem similar to ones going up now, and I wonder, what's going to be different in 30 years time?

Stevie Wonder: My music is important to me. Make sure when it's licensed commercially, it has to be appropriate and wholesome.

Agent: Say no more boss.

FFS royal mail, you might want to remind people that non-barcoded stamps are no longer valid. Rather than *just* make people pay to receive their birthday cards. Shitty move.

Watching the Barbie movie again, it struck me how Ken's trip to "the real world" and bringing that toxic ideology back to Barbieland is like Trump and his ilk seeing the Russian kleptocracy and thinking "So cool!"

If you watched #BBCBreakfast yesterday and fancied a dabble into #organ #music there are loads of recitals round the country, often free or just a donation welcome. They usually provide a leaflet about the pieces, the composer and the organist, as well as a history of the building and the organ.

As @annalapwood said, this is an instrument that plays throughout the entire building. I think of it as an air-powered synthesiser.

It's one thing to hear via speakers or headphones, but it's something else when the huge 32ft pipes of somewhere like Temple Church (shown here) rattle you to the core.
https://www.organrecitals.uk/this-week

I mean, come on:
#Brutalism #Birmingham #London

"Do you need TP?"

It is, thanks all the same. That's not the reason for my visit to Boots the Chemist today.

I suspect the truth of this story is a regrettable drunken fumble at the Zoo Christmas party between Ms Giraffe and Mr Antelope.

Random thought while reading the news about child killer being sentenced: Gemma Whelan will surely play Lucy Letby when it comes to the inevitable TV dramatisation of this murderer. Uncanny similarity and she's an incredible actress.

Didn't expect UCL to enter a marketing deal with Norton AntiVirus.

In all seriousness, some #advice on #speaking to such a crowd would be useful. I have a tendency to overexplain, overanalyse and overshare. And there are people who will not pick up their own dog poo, and seem to think that the inflation rises won't accept the business they're part of.

Rainbow on a high cloud. Looked like a stag just before this.