Central Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, c.1940s - Excel Series RP Postcard

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/central-promenade-blackpool-lancashire-c-1940s-excel-series-rp-postcard-243440484.htm

#Blackpool

Bluebells, marsh marigolds and wood anemones in a neighbour’s wood.

#BloomScrolling

Holy shit, look at this.

New renewables, installed in just the last year, met _all_ new demand for electricity globally. Battery costs dropped 20% in 2024 and another 45% in 2025. Fossil generation is dropping in China and India and that drop is not slowing down at all.

My god, look at these fucking graphs. Look at them.

We are still in this game.

https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2026/04/Global-Electricity-Review-2026.pdf

For #WIPWednesday, here’s a short process video showing how I’m adding texture and highlights to the grass in the marsh painting that’s on my easel.

Oil on 20”x20” stretched linen canvas

#MastoArt #art #painting #process #FediArt #TraditionalArt #wip

Hello fediverse
I’m Vanessa, a professional storyteller; academic projects, schools, parks, programme festivals, work with companies etc.

For joy, I lead folks into weird corners of London & tell them stories connected to the landscape.

For more joy I train new storytellers.

My events are always here https://connectionwithwonder.com/calendar
Here’s a picture of me after I’ve just finished telling a story. #introduction

Hauntingly beautiful and insightful essay about a fundamental question for knowledge institutions:

Is knowledge an endeavor of stackable, verifiable abstractions?

Or is it a creative conversation, set of relationships and human capacities?

I think we're increasingly going to be forced to choose.

via @Riedl

https://davidbessis.substack.com/p/the-fall-of-the-theorem-economy

“In our community, it’s not always easy. Some people say, ‘Why do you weave?’ But they don’t understand this work… We also teach our children to care for the environment, to grow things, to respect the land. That’s part of our work, too.” —Nadia, a Quechua weaver

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/04/awamkai-peru-sacred-valley-weavers/

#craft #climate

Oh what a day!

Earlier today I managed to communicate via mesh networks with my friend @stereo in Germany... some 400+ km away.

It only took 6 hops... the third one in the chain was the iconic Jungfraujoch radio relay station (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungfraujoch_radio_relay_station).

So exciting!

I can't thank Ralf enough for his help with this... I would have been completely lost without his guidance.

Let the fun mesh adventures begin!

#mesh #MeshCommunication #MeshCore #MySoCalledSudoLife