“I mean, your society’s broken… Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”
—Iain Banks died #OTD, 9 June, 2013
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Richie on the ball
Judgy Dawg being judgy again
#dogsofbluesky
This remarkable colour photograph of hot air balloons at the inaugural Paris Air Show was taken in 1909 by Léon Gimpel, using the Autochrome Lumière process, the first commercial process for colour photography
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Iain Banks died last Sunday, just before the publication of his final novel The Quarry. Last month he talked to Stuart Kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do . . .
Featuring cover bands, walking tours and the poet laureate as DJ, The Fall: Futures and Pasts is the ultimate Fall fan experience. But can our writer get through Eat Y’Self Fitter at karaoke?
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'A Drawing of the Shelf Unit Beside My Desk on February 27th 2024 at 2:35pm'. Part still life, part Pop Art, an artwork that can't be replicated/imitated by #AI (which can't deliver true detail). Every detail is verifiable, right down to correct fonts on book & record spines, & even product codes...
