Richard Powley
@richardpowley.bsky.social
Good governance, oblique strategies, music and cats.
Alt text: Profile pictures are photos I took of a bendy modern bridge in Norway and a very orange lifebuoy on a wall in Iceland.
Alt text: Profile pictures are photos I took of a bendy modern bridge in Norway and a very orange lifebuoy on a wall in Iceland.
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That’s numberwang!
August 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
That’s numberwang!
Be aware. New UK threat levels have now come into effect.
August 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Be aware. New UK threat levels have now come into effect.
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BINS! ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED??!
August 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
BINS! ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED??!
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it’s no secret i am a weepy, sentimental girl. a feeler. a tremendous sap.
but i defy you to watch these beautiful kids vibing and just absolutely murdering “everything in its right place” and not feel feelings.
but i defy you to watch these beautiful kids vibing and just absolutely murdering “everything in its right place” and not feel feelings.
June 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
it’s no secret i am a weepy, sentimental girl. a feeler. a tremendous sap.
but i defy you to watch these beautiful kids vibing and just absolutely murdering “everything in its right place” and not feel feelings.
but i defy you to watch these beautiful kids vibing and just absolutely murdering “everything in its right place” and not feel feelings.
I love this dorky limestone lion at the Ashmolean in Oxford. Such a happy big cat.
June 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I love this dorky limestone lion at the Ashmolean in Oxford. Such a happy big cat.
Don't be fooled by the innocent act. She will 100% attack your feet, with deadly force.
February 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Don't be fooled by the innocent act. She will 100% attack your feet, with deadly force.
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Revisiting this hauntingly beautiful dream pop delight. Sonoko Yasuda's original release from Belgium's Crammed Discs. Produced by Colin Newman of Wire and Aksak Maboul.
In Heaven
open.spotify.com
December 1, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Revisiting this hauntingly beautiful dream pop delight. Sonoko Yasuda's original release from Belgium's Crammed Discs. Produced by Colin Newman of Wire and Aksak Maboul.
The @tomrobinson.com Now Playing show on BBC 6 Music is all instrumentals tonight, and it is pretty, pretty great so far.
December 1, 2024 at 7:27 PM
The @tomrobinson.com Now Playing show on BBC 6 Music is all instrumentals tonight, and it is pretty, pretty great so far.
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Anyone here read Deadline magazine (The UK comic ‘n’ music mag from the late 80s, mid-90s, not the Hollywood insider mag)?
#comics #britishcomics #hugotate
#comics #britishcomics #hugotate
November 30, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Anyone here read Deadline magazine (The UK comic ‘n’ music mag from the late 80s, mid-90s, not the Hollywood insider mag)?
#comics #britishcomics #hugotate
#comics #britishcomics #hugotate
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wait, Black Friday is TODAY?!! why did nobody tell me?!
November 29, 2024 at 1:34 PM
wait, Black Friday is TODAY?!! why did nobody tell me?!
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'It is a reminder that it is possible to heal, even after we have been cut down.' Today the National Trust gave away 49 saplings grown from Sycamore Gap Tree seeds to communities - including an MND centre and a gardening project near Grenfell Tower.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It signifies renewal’: recipients of Sycamore Gap saplings announced
‘Trees of hope’ will be planted across the UK, including at a prison and a children’s hospital, in National Trust scheme
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2024 at 8:44 AM
'It is a reminder that it is possible to heal, even after we have been cut down.' Today the National Trust gave away 49 saplings grown from Sycamore Gap Tree seeds to communities - including an MND centre and a gardening project near Grenfell Tower.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Hey! Did you all know that you can watch tons of indigenous cinema here on the National Film Board of Canada's website? Well, you can, and I thought I'd share just a few of my favorites today for... reasons.
www.nfb.ca/indigenous-c...
www.nfb.ca/indigenous-c...
National Film Board of Canada
Discover our collection of films by Indigenous filmmakers, from Alanis Obomsawin to Gil Cardinal.
www.nfb.ca
November 28, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Hey! Did you all know that you can watch tons of indigenous cinema here on the National Film Board of Canada's website? Well, you can, and I thought I'd share just a few of my favorites today for... reasons.
www.nfb.ca/indigenous-c...
www.nfb.ca/indigenous-c...
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As it’s unofficial John Candy Day, here’s his pitch perfect Orson Welles:
November 28, 2024 at 12:39 PM
As it’s unofficial John Candy Day, here’s his pitch perfect Orson Welles:
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tQ24.5.1
Ex-Easter Island Head's "Norther"
Hammered guitars evoke the playfulness of rain on glass, copsed wind and birds flocking. The world in vignette. A collection of snow globes and ships in bottles.
Ignore.
Ex-Easter Island Head's "Norther"
Hammered guitars evoke the playfulness of rain on glass, copsed wind and birds flocking. The world in vignette. A collection of snow globes and ships in bottles.
Ignore.
November 28, 2024 at 7:30 AM
tQ24.5.1
Ex-Easter Island Head's "Norther"
Hammered guitars evoke the playfulness of rain on glass, copsed wind and birds flocking. The world in vignette. A collection of snow globes and ships in bottles.
Ignore.
Ex-Easter Island Head's "Norther"
Hammered guitars evoke the playfulness of rain on glass, copsed wind and birds flocking. The world in vignette. A collection of snow globes and ships in bottles.
Ignore.
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November 24, 2024 at 3:43 PM
I know there are more important things, and I am at risk of sounding like an unhinged Daily Telegraph columnist - but this new wrapping paper packaging SUCKS so bad.
Even though it says there's extra paper, you'll inevitably tear ACRES of it.
'Just peel here' is a LIE.
I feel better now.
Even though it says there's extra paper, you'll inevitably tear ACRES of it.
'Just peel here' is a LIE.
I feel better now.
November 18, 2024 at 3:16 PM
I know there are more important things, and I am at risk of sounding like an unhinged Daily Telegraph columnist - but this new wrapping paper packaging SUCKS so bad.
Even though it says there's extra paper, you'll inevitably tear ACRES of it.
'Just peel here' is a LIE.
I feel better now.
Even though it says there's extra paper, you'll inevitably tear ACRES of it.
'Just peel here' is a LIE.
I feel better now.
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Not much engagement yet? Quiet timeline?
Follow a ton of people, save and pin feeds and get chatting! 🙂
Follow a ton of people, save and pin feeds and get chatting! 🙂
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November 16, 2024 at 9:03 AM
Not much engagement yet? Quiet timeline?
Follow a ton of people, save and pin feeds and get chatting! 🙂
Follow a ton of people, save and pin feeds and get chatting! 🙂
I found this Nina Nastasia track while riffling through old CDs, and it is short, sublime, and sad.
Nina Nastasia: Too Much In Between.
youtu.be/q1T8G9KJTp8
Nina Nastasia: Too Much In Between.
youtu.be/q1T8G9KJTp8
Too Much in Between
YouTube video by Nina Nastasia - Topic
youtu.be
November 15, 2024 at 1:38 PM
I found this Nina Nastasia track while riffling through old CDs, and it is short, sublime, and sad.
Nina Nastasia: Too Much In Between.
youtu.be/q1T8G9KJTp8
Nina Nastasia: Too Much In Between.
youtu.be/q1T8G9KJTp8
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Feeling a little bit like this today. New York portraits, F train, 5/12/2012. (Almost 12 years ago.)
#sketchbook #portraits #drawing #art
#sketchbook #portraits #drawing #art
November 15, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Feeling a little bit like this today. New York portraits, F train, 5/12/2012. (Almost 12 years ago.)
#sketchbook #portraits #drawing #art
#sketchbook #portraits #drawing #art
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My Twitter friends told me - "go to Bluesky, Edwyn!" So here I am! Hello! - Edwyn
November 14, 2024 at 11:32 AM
My Twitter friends told me - "go to Bluesky, Edwyn!" So here I am! Hello! - Edwyn
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There’s been quite an influx here overnight! The great @severincarrell.bsky.social has made a starter pack of Guardian journalists and columnists here go.bsky.app/B6CxPTX
November 13, 2024 at 6:06 AM
There’s been quite an influx here overnight! The great @severincarrell.bsky.social has made a starter pack of Guardian journalists and columnists here go.bsky.app/B6CxPTX
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Despite the damage of 'ai' shit, the Actually Reliable info on the www is STILL accurately known by its blue links, default fonts, and the scholarship of pure subject matter obsessives
November 11, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Despite the damage of 'ai' shit, the Actually Reliable info on the www is STILL accurately known by its blue links, default fonts, and the scholarship of pure subject matter obsessives
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Nothing illustrates the triumph of hope over experience more than a Conference pear.
November 11, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Nothing illustrates the triumph of hope over experience more than a Conference pear.