Philip Mountford

7 Followers
13 Following
51 Posts
Lefty, pro-EU, Catholic. Art, football, trail hiking, music, politics. Emeritus prof at Oxford Uni.

Does anyone remember Letraset, the scratch and print sheets that could be used to apply professional lettering to sheets of paper? They were part of the pain of writing a scientific thesis before the arrival of the Macintosh and the democratization of (admittedly often second-rate) graphic design.
anyway it's some pre-Christmas #ClassicKit

https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/letrasets-transfers-and-placing-precision-back-on-the-drawing-board/4022562.article

Letraset’s transfers and placing precision back on the drawing board

Professional lettering with a few rubs of a ballpoint pen

Chemistry World
The organic material of this exceptionally beautiful felt swan has been perfectly preserved in the frozen ground for over 2,400 years. Created of reindeer wool, it is a unique relic of the Pazyryk, the horse-riding people of the Altai Mountains.
#Siberia
📷 https://www.kornbluthphoto.com/Steppe1.html?fbclid=IwAR0eaa7BEiNnzubNbp24atOhi0UbXvJkOyRGiVNT3Urso-qnhvhhLZCmW9Y
I'm going to be on BBC World Service tomorrow morning from 06:30 to 09:00 on the Weekend programme with Julian Worricker and Dr Anna Matveeva of Kings College commenting on the news.
The impact of the Trump administration on science, and especially data collection, open access data archives and more both about climate and about biomedical sciences, will be one of the things I hope we get to talk about.

Important thread on the selective degradation of the judiciary in the service of an autocratic state. From @Nonilex

#GiftArticle
#America Is Watching the Rise of a #DualState
For most people, the #courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.
On Sept 20, 1938, a man who had witnessed the rise of #fascism packed his suitcases & fled Berlin. He smuggled separately a manuscript that he had drafted over the previous 2 yrs. This book was a remarkable one.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/05/trump-executive-order-lawlessness-constitutional-crisis/682112/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxXIqlJnvnf_thi93W4-JS0Y

America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State

For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.

The Atlantic
Early Spring by Gilbert Spencer (1892-1979)
Oil on Board
Good Day!
Springtime in Perthshire by James McIntosh Patrick (1907-1998)
Oil on Canvas
Norfolk Coast by John Nash c. 1971
Oil on Canvas
(Private Collection)
Drug Store by Edward Hopper 1927
Oil on Canvas
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Good Day!
Woman Holding a Balanceby Johannes Vermeer c. 1664
Oil on Canvas
(National Museum, Washington DC)
Previously entitled "Woman Weighing Gold" before it was determined the scales were empty.
Good Day!
Hampstead Heath with a Rainbow by John Constable RA 1836
Oil on Canvas
(Tate Gallery)