Vici
@vicibox.bsky.social
Independent Spirit reflecting light from the Dark Mirror; retired Harwell Scientist PhD FInstP, Writer & Artist navigating zeitgeist towards the post-Holocene.
COP30: re-hung my SL Party at the End of the World Art Installation with info from the Global Heating Emergency Conference. Will it make the remotest difference to educating people, make them think? You think not? If we think that way we are finished. We do what we can, in hope, because we must ;-)
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
COP30: re-hung my SL Party at the End of the World Art Installation with info from the Global Heating Emergency Conference. Will it make the remotest difference to educating people, make them think? You think not? If we think that way we are finished. We do what we can, in hope, because we must ;-)
My COP30 Plan B Linkedin Post in a single JPG. Time for talking & agreements is past; we need serious action now by anybody who is willing; every little will help. We have 10yrs left to make a significant difference. Action in 10yrs time will mean existential failure & cant wait for Governments ;-)
November 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My COP30 Plan B Linkedin Post in a single JPG. Time for talking & agreements is past; we need serious action now by anybody who is willing; every little will help. We have 10yrs left to make a significant difference. Action in 10yrs time will mean existential failure & cant wait for Governments ;-)
Stopped at Boots to pick up a prescription & found that they had put in a self checkout. Original staff standing around supervising. Thus we see how useless the AI revolution is; deskilling staff & using less of them. Well I wont use them. It isn't saving labour, its getting us to do unpaid work.
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Stopped at Boots to pick up a prescription & found that they had put in a self checkout. Original staff standing around supervising. Thus we see how useless the AI revolution is; deskilling staff & using less of them. Well I wont use them. It isn't saving labour, its getting us to do unpaid work.
COP30 Party at the End of the World (Hate): What you don't think this is true; really? The Rich have never had it so good; private planes & yachts, expensive cars, huge houses full of appliances; why should they share? Globally the Poor are facing annihilation! This is evil #6thMassExtinction
October 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
COP30 Party at the End of the World (Hate): What you don't think this is true; really? The Rich have never had it so good; private planes & yachts, expensive cars, huge houses full of appliances; why should they share? Globally the Poor are facing annihilation! This is evil #6thMassExtinction
COP30: Yes I have left it very late (sorry been ill) but, surely you didn't expect me to let COP30, during my predicted Year From Hell, pass without an Art Show? Welcome to the Party At The End of the World by Vici. It is a big ask at this late stage but, I am going to try; it's all we can do ;-)
October 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
COP30: Yes I have left it very late (sorry been ill) but, surely you didn't expect me to let COP30, during my predicted Year From Hell, pass without an Art Show? Welcome to the Party At The End of the World by Vici. It is a big ask at this late stage but, I am going to try; it's all we can do ;-)
Jamaica & Cuba clinging in the storm as the entitled industrialised west complains about rising prices & their falling standards of living as an excuse not to act to prevent this existential crisis. I'm reminded of the deck chairs on the Titanic. 50s Sci-fi got it wrong; mankind killed themselves.
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Jamaica & Cuba clinging in the storm as the entitled industrialised west complains about rising prices & their falling standards of living as an excuse not to act to prevent this existential crisis. I'm reminded of the deck chairs on the Titanic. 50s Sci-fi got it wrong; mankind killed themselves.
Sucking on her fingernails: she can't believe what she sees.
She seems so engrossed: its what appears on her screen.
Use your 20th Century imagination: if you've got any.
I think AI and US Corporate greed has destroyed the internet,
Install Linux Mint & set yourself free ;-)
She seems so engrossed: its what appears on her screen.
Use your 20th Century imagination: if you've got any.
I think AI and US Corporate greed has destroyed the internet,
Install Linux Mint & set yourself free ;-)
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Sucking on her fingernails: she can't believe what she sees.
She seems so engrossed: its what appears on her screen.
Use your 20th Century imagination: if you've got any.
I think AI and US Corporate greed has destroyed the internet,
Install Linux Mint & set yourself free ;-)
She seems so engrossed: its what appears on her screen.
Use your 20th Century imagination: if you've got any.
I think AI and US Corporate greed has destroyed the internet,
Install Linux Mint & set yourself free ;-)
4yrs ago & I'd given up photographing spirituality. Then this; a dying leaf on a brick grid. It started my Dark Mirror: Spirituality & Reason Show inspired by COP26, mapping cultural evolution until Extinction. Retirement ended & I started lobbying on the #6thMassExtinction Net Zero 2035 ;-)
October 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
4yrs ago & I'd given up photographing spirituality. Then this; a dying leaf on a brick grid. It started my Dark Mirror: Spirituality & Reason Show inspired by COP26, mapping cultural evolution until Extinction. Retirement ended & I started lobbying on the #6thMassExtinction Net Zero 2035 ;-)
2021 COP26 I predicted 2025 would be the year from hell. The Global Heating Emergency Conference suggests we have 10yrs to save civilisation. Most chilling presentation of the day was by David King. The buffers now stand at 2035. This feels like the Bronze Age collapse #6thMassExtinction
October 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
2021 COP26 I predicted 2025 would be the year from hell. The Global Heating Emergency Conference suggests we have 10yrs to save civilisation. Most chilling presentation of the day was by David King. The buffers now stand at 2035. This feels like the Bronze Age collapse #6thMassExtinction
I have snapped. I have gone back to using a Filofax in my bag to take notes and drawings. I find the new AI phone culture toxic; its getting in the way of documenting my life & sketching out projects. Besides its a cheerful red colour. I like drawing with a pen ;-)
October 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I have snapped. I have gone back to using a Filofax in my bag to take notes and drawings. I find the new AI phone culture toxic; its getting in the way of documenting my life & sketching out projects. Besides its a cheerful red colour. I like drawing with a pen ;-)
I think the King should send round the King's Guard to round up all MPs (especially Badenoch) & make them watch this; after coffee they should be given the Environment Briefing again; this time with them ALL present. We might just survive this crisis ;-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptfm...
Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?
YouTube video by The Guardian
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October 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I think the King should send round the King's Guard to round up all MPs (especially Badenoch) & make them watch this; after coffee they should be given the Environment Briefing again; this time with them ALL present. We might just survive this crisis ;-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptfm...
Flying lessons; the Alton Kings Pond geese were having difficulty in the blustery wind outside learning to fly. We had a lot of Canada goslings this year ;-)
September 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Flying lessons; the Alton Kings Pond geese were having difficulty in the blustery wind outside learning to fly. We had a lot of Canada goslings this year ;-)
In the evening the moon was eclipsed as it rose. We were lucky to see it at all as there was a lot of cloud close to the horizon ;-)
September 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
In the evening the moon was eclipsed as it rose. We were lucky to see it at all as there was a lot of cloud close to the horizon ;-)
I decided to see if I could get my Lenovo ThinkPad WebCam to work under Linux so, I ran Fedora Workstation Live which has the latest Kernel 6.14. Yes, it did work. It is good to know that I can get this working if needed in future. Presently running Linux Mint 22.2 on Kernel 6.8.0-79-generic ;-)
September 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I decided to see if I could get my Lenovo ThinkPad WebCam to work under Linux so, I ran Fedora Workstation Live which has the latest Kernel 6.14. Yes, it did work. It is good to know that I can get this working if needed in future. Presently running Linux Mint 22.2 on Kernel 6.8.0-79-generic ;-)
In June when this photo was taken I was very optimistic about the future; now I'm distraught. I await 2025 environmental figures with dread. Resignation of Angela Rayner shows lack of Social & political cohesion; a survival pillar I doubt we will survive as a nation if >75%; prove me wrong.
September 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In June when this photo was taken I was very optimistic about the future; now I'm distraught. I await 2025 environmental figures with dread. Resignation of Angela Rayner shows lack of Social & political cohesion; a survival pillar I doubt we will survive as a nation if >75%; prove me wrong.
This shocked me to the core; this was the America the world loved. How did it become so degenerate? I can only accept that absolute power without empathy & responsibility corrupts absolutely. America stands on the edge of the abyss but all is not yet lost. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMSG...
The German POWs Mocked America at First—Then They Saw Its Factories
YouTube video by Heroes of the Homeland
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September 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
This shocked me to the core; this was the America the world loved. How did it become so degenerate? I can only accept that absolute power without empathy & responsibility corrupts absolutely. America stands on the edge of the abyss but all is not yet lost. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMSG...
Just before dinner I noticed a Sparrowhawk eating a small bird on the shed roof next door and managed to record it with my Sony A7cii with Tamron 28-200mm zoo lens cropped to 750mm ;-)
August 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Just before dinner I noticed a Sparrowhawk eating a small bird on the shed roof next door and managed to record it with my Sony A7cii with Tamron 28-200mm zoo lens cropped to 750mm ;-)
I have decided to change my lifelong photo format from 4x3 to 16x9HD. I am sick of seeing black bands down either side of my HD monitor screen. All my cameras will record in HD ;-)
August 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I have decided to change my lifelong photo format from 4x3 to 16x9HD. I am sick of seeing black bands down either side of my HD monitor screen. All my cameras will record in HD ;-)
Stereo; my new Logitech MX keyboard has arrived. The old one was hammered and is now failing to keep its charge, made worse by the backlight flashing erratically. I love these keyboards as my ThinkStation P3 is on chan 1 dongle with ThinkPad X1 & Chromebook Plus on Bluetooth chans 2 & 3 ;-)
August 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Stereo; my new Logitech MX keyboard has arrived. The old one was hammered and is now failing to keep its charge, made worse by the backlight flashing erratically. I love these keyboards as my ThinkStation P3 is on chan 1 dongle with ThinkPad X1 & Chromebook Plus on Bluetooth chans 2 & 3 ;-)
Well I didn't expect that. After processing the photos from my testing last week, I decided that my future cameras would be my Sony A7cii full frame and my Nikon Z50 crop sensor camera. The Sony has more than enough resolution at 33MP to use all my old APSc lenses ;-)
August 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Well I didn't expect that. After processing the photos from my testing last week, I decided that my future cameras would be my Sony A7cii full frame and my Nikon Z50 crop sensor camera. The Sony has more than enough resolution at 33MP to use all my old APSc lenses ;-)
This government is a disgrace. We petition for them to at least discuss CANZUK & we get even less of a response than we did for an MP Environment briefing. All Starmer cares about is some pathetic fictional "working man" & money. He is destroying what is left of our culture & embarrassing the King.
August 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This government is a disgrace. We petition for them to at least discuss CANZUK & we get even less of a response than we did for an MP Environment briefing. All Starmer cares about is some pathetic fictional "working man" & money. He is destroying what is left of our culture & embarrassing the King.
Diary entry Aug 1992; to Manchester UMIST train 1st Class for my PhD Viva. Torture for 3hrs followed; Harwell chose the examiners a FRS to maintain standards. Returned 2nd Class & bumped into Prof Elio Desimoni from Barrie who had shared my office. Told off by ticket collector for using wrong seat.
August 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Diary entry Aug 1992; to Manchester UMIST train 1st Class for my PhD Viva. Torture for 3hrs followed; Harwell chose the examiners a FRS to maintain standards. Returned 2nd Class & bumped into Prof Elio Desimoni from Barrie who had shared my office. Told off by ticket collector for using wrong seat.
Garden is very wild at the moment (I usually trim the central path area up to the pond & leave the rest wild). Tansys are doing well this year & we probably had the best Lodon Lily & Bluebell year too. Very few butterflies despite the buddleias doing well. In September the middle will be mowed ;-)
August 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Garden is very wild at the moment (I usually trim the central path area up to the pond & leave the rest wild). Tansys are doing well this year & we probably had the best Lodon Lily & Bluebell year too. Very few butterflies despite the buddleias doing well. In September the middle will be mowed ;-)
I took Elizabeth to Hospital yesterday for an eye operation & we found this ridiculous sign on the Toilet door. Its a bloody toilet!!! This worries & angers me. How much money is being wasted by Starmer's bigoted stupidity. And this is terrifying for the most at risk social minority (45% at risk).
July 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I took Elizabeth to Hospital yesterday for an eye operation & we found this ridiculous sign on the Toilet door. Its a bloody toilet!!! This worries & angers me. How much money is being wasted by Starmer's bigoted stupidity. And this is terrifying for the most at risk social minority (45% at risk).
New Computer Wallpaper; Church St Alton ;-)
July 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
New Computer Wallpaper; Church St Alton ;-)