John Pindar
@johnpindararts.bsky.social
Retired science teacher. NW UK.
#Photography #Screenprinter and #Artist,
#pro-European #pro-EU and #pro-PR, LGBT+ ally, #art #printmaking #sketching
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Always looking for the positives in life.
#Photography #Screenprinter and #Artist,
#pro-European #pro-EU and #pro-PR, LGBT+ ally, #art #printmaking #sketching
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Always looking for the positives in life.
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As a philosophy major who adored symbolic logic courses, this may be my favorite cartoon ever.
May 25, 2025 at 5:06 AM
As a philosophy major who adored symbolic logic courses, this may be my favorite cartoon ever.
Now we know who is the second best sewer after Kit. #sewingbee
September 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Now we know who is the second best sewer after Kit. #sewingbee
This is what they call #publicart ! Looks fabulous! All done with #drones
#droneart #lightart #lightdisplay #art #Vatican #VaticanCity #Michelangelo #CreationOfAdam #ElonMusksYoungerBrother #Pieta #PopeFrancis
#droneart #lightart #lightdisplay #art #Vatican #VaticanCity #Michelangelo #CreationOfAdam #ElonMusksYoungerBrother #Pieta #PopeFrancis
Grace for the World: Recreating Michelangelo’s masterpieces above the Vatican
The lightweight tech is custom-made, with drones swapping in and out seamlessly to create halos of light—and the hand of God.
www.nationalgeographic.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is what they call #publicart ! Looks fabulous! All done with #drones
#droneart #lightart #lightdisplay #art #Vatican #VaticanCity #Michelangelo #CreationOfAdam #ElonMusksYoungerBrother #Pieta #PopeFrancis
#droneart #lightart #lightdisplay #art #Vatican #VaticanCity #Michelangelo #CreationOfAdam #ElonMusksYoungerBrother #Pieta #PopeFrancis
Back from #Rochdale #GMTownOfCulture and their #CommonWalls International #Mural festival. Some fabulous work created, together with 'old' work from a similar previous festival. Read Alt text for details
#streetart #Manchester #graffiti #GreaterManchester #GMTownOfCulture2025
#streetart #Manchester #graffiti #GreaterManchester #GMTownOfCulture2025
September 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Back from #Rochdale #GMTownOfCulture and their #CommonWalls International #Mural festival. Some fabulous work created, together with 'old' work from a similar previous festival. Read Alt text for details
#streetart #Manchester #graffiti #GreaterManchester #GMTownOfCulture2025
#streetart #Manchester #graffiti #GreaterManchester #GMTownOfCulture2025
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I thought this was way cool. It’s a fire hydrant painted in Starry Night by Van Gogh in Kirkwood.
August 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I thought this was way cool. It’s a fire hydrant painted in Starry Night by Van Gogh in Kirkwood.
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Science Sunday. A very easy read filled with facts.
#Science
“Although clean water, sanitation, improved nutrition, and advances in neonatal and perinatal care have all played crucial roles in this progress, the greatest single contributor has been the development and widespread use of vaccines.”
#Science
“Although clean water, sanitation, improved nutrition, and advances in neonatal and perinatal care have all played crucial roles in this progress, the greatest single contributor has been the development and widespread use of vaccines.”
Unraveling the arc of vaccine progress
The philosopher Thomas Hobbes famously described life in 1651 as “nasty, brutish, and short.” He was undeniably correct, with estimates of average life expectancy in the UK at the time ranging from 37...
www.science.org
September 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Science Sunday. A very easy read filled with facts.
#Science
“Although clean water, sanitation, improved nutrition, and advances in neonatal and perinatal care have all played crucial roles in this progress, the greatest single contributor has been the development and widespread use of vaccines.”
#Science
“Although clean water, sanitation, improved nutrition, and advances in neonatal and perinatal care have all played crucial roles in this progress, the greatest single contributor has been the development and widespread use of vaccines.”
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“They’re taking our jobs” was always a lie. Alabama proved it.
Alabama tried a “tough” immigration law, and it backfired hard. Immigrants fled, crops rotted, and farms collapsed. Americans tried to step in but couldn’t last a day.
They’re not taking your jobs; they’re doing the jobs you won’t do.
Alabama tried a “tough” immigration law, and it backfired hard. Immigrants fled, crops rotted, and farms collapsed. Americans tried to step in but couldn’t last a day.
They’re not taking your jobs; they’re doing the jobs you won’t do.
September 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
“They’re taking our jobs” was always a lie. Alabama proved it.
Alabama tried a “tough” immigration law, and it backfired hard. Immigrants fled, crops rotted, and farms collapsed. Americans tried to step in but couldn’t last a day.
They’re not taking your jobs; they’re doing the jobs you won’t do.
Alabama tried a “tough” immigration law, and it backfired hard. Immigrants fled, crops rotted, and farms collapsed. Americans tried to step in but couldn’t last a day.
They’re not taking your jobs; they’re doing the jobs you won’t do.
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What utter dickheads we are…
Rayner fought for workers: sick pay, maternity rights, protection from unfair dismissal
Farage and his MPs voted it down
Rayner gets binned over £40k in stamp duty
Farage dodges £44k, shrugs & strolls on
The mega wealthy win again.
Rayner fought for workers: sick pay, maternity rights, protection from unfair dismissal
Farage and his MPs voted it down
Rayner gets binned over £40k in stamp duty
Farage dodges £44k, shrugs & strolls on
The mega wealthy win again.
September 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
What utter dickheads we are…
Rayner fought for workers: sick pay, maternity rights, protection from unfair dismissal
Farage and his MPs voted it down
Rayner gets binned over £40k in stamp duty
Farage dodges £44k, shrugs & strolls on
The mega wealthy win again.
Rayner fought for workers: sick pay, maternity rights, protection from unfair dismissal
Farage and his MPs voted it down
Rayner gets binned over £40k in stamp duty
Farage dodges £44k, shrugs & strolls on
The mega wealthy win again.
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September 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
![One of Britain’s most senior police officers has launched an angry tirade against Extinction Rebellion protesters going “all floppy” when they get arrested.
Sir Stephen House, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the tactic of going limp was a “flipping nuisance” as it required extra officers to drag protesters away.
House told a London assembly police and crime committee hearing: “We have asked them to stop being floppy. And that might seem like a silly thing to say, but when we arrest them and pick them up, they go all floppy, which is why you see four or five officers carrying them away. It’s a complete waste of officers’ time, and a complete pain in the neck.”
Extinction Rebellion: how successful were the latest protests?
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House also expressed annoyance at how the tactic made the police look heavy-handed. He said: “The problem with them going floppy and four offices carrying them away [is that it] looks to the general public like police are overreacting here. We’re not making them go floppy. They’re just sort of being a nuisance.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7uvcqt45oqlutlrtgx7bpodq/bafkreie7yqxb4cj2t4gxftiqsno5wgk2kczb5vbtj7wh2b2u5sjtqtdrku@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
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Gift link: lovely appreciation of the astonishingly talented Tina Modotti (1896-1942) by Grace Linden for the NYT. #skystorians www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
Overlooked No More: Tina Modotti, Whose Life Was as Striking as Her Photographs
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Gift link: lovely appreciation of the astonishingly talented Tina Modotti (1896-1942) by Grace Linden for the NYT. #skystorians www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
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August 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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📈 “We are looking at 60% of people saying we should change the voting system... for the first time, we have majority support amongst the supporters of all parties in the country in favour of changing the voting system”
🎓 Professor John Curtice on record support for fair votes
🎓 Professor John Curtice on record support for fair votes
August 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
📈 “We are looking at 60% of people saying we should change the voting system... for the first time, we have majority support amongst the supporters of all parties in the country in favour of changing the voting system”
🎓 Professor John Curtice on record support for fair votes
🎓 Professor John Curtice on record support for fair votes
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“If the elections bill lands with no promise of a commission on electoral reform a great many Labour MPs will sign an amendment to include it – that would be a serious rebellion on a fundamental principle. Better by far for Starmer to seize the initiative”
✒️ Polly Toynbee
✒️ Polly Toynbee
Keir Starmer’s legacy could be electoral reform – or Farage as prime minister | Polly Toynbee
MPs are voting to get rid of first past the post in mayoral elections. Doing the same at a national level would be an antidote to Reform UK, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“If the elections bill lands with no promise of a commission on electoral reform a great many Labour MPs will sign an amendment to include it – that would be a serious rebellion on a fundamental principle. Better by far for Starmer to seize the initiative”
✒️ Polly Toynbee
✒️ Polly Toynbee
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📜 We're pleased to publish a Terms of Reference for a National Commission on Electoral Reform
⚖️ This is a ready to go plan to independently review how Parliament is elected, promote a national conversation, and build consensus on a way forward
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⚖️ This is a ready to go plan to independently review how Parliament is elected, promote a national conversation, and build consensus on a way forward
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National Commission on Electoral Reform: Terms of Reference
APPG for Fair Elections
www.fairelections.uk
September 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM
📜 We're pleased to publish a Terms of Reference for a National Commission on Electoral Reform
⚖️ This is a ready to go plan to independently review how Parliament is elected, promote a national conversation, and build consensus on a way forward
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⚖️ This is a ready to go plan to independently review how Parliament is elected, promote a national conversation, and build consensus on a way forward
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🚨 NEW: Cross-party MPs publish ‘ready to go’ blueprint for electoral reform commission
— FPTP “threatens to undermine the resilience and stability of our democratic system”, @appgfairelections.bsky.social MPs say
— The group is calling on ministers to greenlight its plan
Exclusive story 👇
— FPTP “threatens to undermine the resilience and stability of our democratic system”, @appgfairelections.bsky.social MPs say
— The group is calling on ministers to greenlight its plan
Exclusive story 👇
Cross-party MPs publish ‘ready to go’ blueprint for electoral reform commission - Politics.co.uk
A group of cross-party MPs have set out a “ready to go” blueprint for an independent review of the UK’s first past the post (FPTP) electoral system. The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for fair e...
www.politics.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🚨 NEW: Cross-party MPs publish ‘ready to go’ blueprint for electoral reform commission
— FPTP “threatens to undermine the resilience and stability of our democratic system”, @appgfairelections.bsky.social MPs say
— The group is calling on ministers to greenlight its plan
Exclusive story 👇
— FPTP “threatens to undermine the resilience and stability of our democratic system”, @appgfairelections.bsky.social MPs say
— The group is calling on ministers to greenlight its plan
Exclusive story 👇
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Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences?
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
August 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences?
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
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Do you remember all those crafts you did as a child? Have you ever wondered why things like collages and sculpting are mostly seen as a creative entertainment for children?
I researched it. Turns out there are multiple reasons and I will tell you about it - the answers are one click away 🤭⬇️
I researched it. Turns out there are multiple reasons and I will tell you about it - the answers are one click away 🤭⬇️
From Respected Trade To A Child’s Craft Project
YouTube video by Baroque Oak
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August 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Do you remember all those crafts you did as a child? Have you ever wondered why things like collages and sculpting are mostly seen as a creative entertainment for children?
I researched it. Turns out there are multiple reasons and I will tell you about it - the answers are one click away 🤭⬇️
I researched it. Turns out there are multiple reasons and I will tell you about it - the answers are one click away 🤭⬇️
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Is the BBC Reform UK's mouthpiece? Yup.
"Researchers at Cardiff University have produced a detailed analysis of every episode of the BBC’s flagship Question Time programme broadcast between September 2014 and July 2023 to see if the broadcaster was balancing political viewpoints."
"Researchers at Cardiff University have produced a detailed analysis of every episode of the BBC’s flagship Question Time programme broadcast between September 2014 and July 2023 to see if the broadcaster was balancing political viewpoints."
Is the BBC now the official mouthpiece for Reform?
A study of the BBC’s Question Time has raised concerns about representation and political impartiality
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Is the BBC Reform UK's mouthpiece? Yup.
"Researchers at Cardiff University have produced a detailed analysis of every episode of the BBC’s flagship Question Time programme broadcast between September 2014 and July 2023 to see if the broadcaster was balancing political viewpoints."
"Researchers at Cardiff University have produced a detailed analysis of every episode of the BBC’s flagship Question Time programme broadcast between September 2014 and July 2023 to see if the broadcaster was balancing political viewpoints."
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"The numbers arriving so far this month have been the lowest in August since 2021" - The Times mentions in the 24th paragraph of its front-page splash something which few people in the print, broadcast and online newsrooms of the UK are aware of
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
August 27, 2025 at 7:07 AM
"The numbers arriving so far this month have been the lowest in August since 2021" - The Times mentions in the 24th paragraph of its front-page splash something which few people in the print, broadcast and online newsrooms of the UK are aware of
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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