tomsw
@tomweissmann.bsky.social
Into books, cooking, origami, programming.
Still fondly imagining that one day I'll be able to play to piano & viola da Gamba.
Still fondly imagining that one day I'll be able to play to piano & viola da Gamba.
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Just seeing this now. Really fascinating. Hungarians apparently still had measurable Yakut ancestry in the Middle Ages but by now are genetically indistinguishable from others in Central Europe, while Finns are still 10% Yakut
August 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Just seeing this now. Really fascinating. Hungarians apparently still had measurable Yakut ancestry in the Middle Ages but by now are genetically indistinguishable from others in Central Europe, while Finns are still 10% Yakut
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Beach find, 11th March 2022. A beachcombing first for us - a string of plastic pork sausages with faces.
July 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Beach find, 11th March 2022. A beachcombing first for us - a string of plastic pork sausages with faces.
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If you need a head cleanser today. 'Moominsummer Madness' this afternoon on Radio 4.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Moominsummer Madness
A tsunami hits Moominvalley, and the Moomins take refuge on a floating theatre, obviously.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
If you need a head cleanser today. 'Moominsummer Madness' this afternoon on Radio 4.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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And before you accuse people like me of any kind of any kind of phobia, understand that you are arguing for doing irreversible harm to healthy bodies, creating lifelong patients, taking years of their lives, taking their fertility and lowering their IQ.
While we want to keep them healthy and whole.
While we want to keep them healthy and whole.
June 19, 2025 at 5:38 AM
And before you accuse people like me of any kind of any kind of phobia, understand that you are arguing for doing irreversible harm to healthy bodies, creating lifelong patients, taking years of their lives, taking their fertility and lowering their IQ.
While we want to keep them healthy and whole.
While we want to keep them healthy and whole.
Passed someone on hands-free getting livid at a "misérable crétin" but still calling them vous
June 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Passed someone on hands-free getting livid at a "misérable crétin" but still calling them vous
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'It took more than 45 minutes for the Women and Equalities Committee to mention “women and girls”. That was left to Conservative MP Rebecca Paul, who, with Rosie Duffield, sat physically apart from and in stark contrast to the rest of the committee.'
www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...
www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...
Do our politicians understand the supreme court’s gender ruling?
As members of the Women and Equalities Committee questioned Baroness Kishwer, it was not clear they do.
www.newstatesman.com
June 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
'It took more than 45 minutes for the Women and Equalities Committee to mention “women and girls”. That was left to Conservative MP Rebecca Paul, who, with Rosie Duffield, sat physically apart from and in stark contrast to the rest of the committee.'
www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...
www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...
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Luca Taccardi -
Tobias Hume Deth and Life. Luca Taccardi, viola da gamba youtu.be/i5S7-S95PM4?... via @YouTube
#earlymusicnewsorg
Tobias Hume Deth and Life. Luca Taccardi, viola da gamba youtu.be/i5S7-S95PM4?... via @YouTube
#earlymusicnewsorg
Tobias Hume Deth and Life. Luca Taccardi, viola da gamba
YouTube video by Luca Taccardi
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June 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Luca Taccardi -
Tobias Hume Deth and Life. Luca Taccardi, viola da gamba youtu.be/i5S7-S95PM4?... via @YouTube
#earlymusicnewsorg
Tobias Hume Deth and Life. Luca Taccardi, viola da gamba youtu.be/i5S7-S95PM4?... via @YouTube
#earlymusicnewsorg
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It’s 102 years to the day since the deeply eccentric Edith Sitwell sat behind a curtain at London’s Aeolian Hall, reciting bizarre poetry through what looked like a traffic cone, prompting Noel Coward to take the piss, which started a highly entertaining multi-decade literary feud...🧵
June 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
It’s 102 years to the day since the deeply eccentric Edith Sitwell sat behind a curtain at London’s Aeolian Hall, reciting bizarre poetry through what looked like a traffic cone, prompting Noel Coward to take the piss, which started a highly entertaining multi-decade literary feud...🧵
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A wheel from an airplane was found in downtown Reykjavík. Minutes later a plane landed at Reykjavík Airport, missing a wheel. Authorities are investigating if the incidents could possibly be related.
Grunur um að nefhjól úr flugvél hafi lent á Austurvelli - Vísir
Lögreglunni á höfuðborgarsvæðinu barst tilkynning um að nefhjól úr flugvél hefði lent á Austurvelli. Síðar barst þeim tilkynning um að flugvél hefði lent á Reykjavíkurflugvelli sem vantaði nefhjól.
www.visir.is
June 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A wheel from an airplane was found in downtown Reykjavík. Minutes later a plane landed at Reykjavík Airport, missing a wheel. Authorities are investigating if the incidents could possibly be related.
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The time I met the guy who built the Colditz Glider open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
Chance meeting with a remarkable man
Building an amphibian aircraft out of scrounged materials to settle a score with history
open.substack.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The time I met the guy who built the Colditz Glider open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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African prisoners made sound recordings in German camps in WW1: this is what they had to say
theconversation.com/african-pris...
theconversation.com/african-pris...
African prisoners made sound recordings in German camps in WW1: this is what they had to say
African prisoners in German camps were studied by ethnographers, who recorded their voices. What they had to say is poignant and unexpected.
theconversation.com
June 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
African prisoners made sound recordings in German camps in WW1: this is what they had to say
theconversation.com/african-pris...
theconversation.com/african-pris...
Me, reading posts like this from a supposedly serious person.
June 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Me, reading posts like this from a supposedly serious person.
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On the 8th day of Pride, I would like to honour Tove Jansson, the lesbian author and illustrator. Tove is primarily famous for writing and illustrating the Moomins books, with her first novel released in 1945. The Moomins are world famous and as a kid I grew up on their stories.
June 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
On the 8th day of Pride, I would like to honour Tove Jansson, the lesbian author and illustrator. Tove is primarily famous for writing and illustrating the Moomins books, with her first novel released in 1945. The Moomins are world famous and as a kid I grew up on their stories.
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It's when you start saying these things that ppl start to realise quite how bonkers the belief system they are being asked to comply with is.
People don't believe that male people are female.
That is why you keep losing in court.
Bc your political claims are based on things that are not true.
People don't believe that male people are female.
That is why you keep losing in court.
Bc your political claims are based on things that are not true.
June 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
It's when you start saying these things that ppl start to realise quite how bonkers the belief system they are being asked to comply with is.
People don't believe that male people are female.
That is why you keep losing in court.
Bc your political claims are based on things that are not true.
People don't believe that male people are female.
That is why you keep losing in court.
Bc your political claims are based on things that are not true.
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On the 2nd day of Pride, I would like to honour Willem Arondéus, a gay Dutch artist. During WWII he bombed the Amsterdam public records office to hinder the Nazi effort to identify Jews. Sentenced to death, his last words were: "Let it be known that homosexuals are not cowards"
June 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
On the 2nd day of Pride, I would like to honour Willem Arondéus, a gay Dutch artist. During WWII he bombed the Amsterdam public records office to hinder the Nazi effort to identify Jews. Sentenced to death, his last words were: "Let it be known that homosexuals are not cowards"
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On the 7th day of Pride, I would like to honour Rock Hudson. I first saw RH in Dynasty in the mid 80's where he was Krystle's love interest until an AIDS-related illness made it impossible for him to continue. He became one of the first celebrities to disclose his diagnosis.
June 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
On the 7th day of Pride, I would like to honour Rock Hudson. I first saw RH in Dynasty in the mid 80's where he was Krystle's love interest until an AIDS-related illness made it impossible for him to continue. He became one of the first celebrities to disclose his diagnosis.
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We’re in big trouble.
“Behind the steepening declines, a clear culprit is beginning to emerge: global heating.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“Behind the steepening declines, a clear culprit is beginning to emerge: global heating.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2025 at 5:49 AM
We’re in big trouble.
“Behind the steepening declines, a clear culprit is beginning to emerge: global heating.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“Behind the steepening declines, a clear culprit is beginning to emerge: global heating.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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'Police investigate an outbreak of surrealism at Shandy Hall' Glen Baxter exhibition from July 5th. All welcome at the opening at 1pm (With apologies - I cannot get this picture to display correctly. Please follow the link for more details)
www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/event/an-out...
www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/event/an-out...
An Outbreak of Surrealism at Shandy Hall - The Laurence Sterne Trust
Exhibition of prints and drawings by Glen Baxter at Shandy Hall
www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk
June 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
'Police investigate an outbreak of surrealism at Shandy Hall' Glen Baxter exhibition from July 5th. All welcome at the opening at 1pm (With apologies - I cannot get this picture to display correctly. Please follow the link for more details)
www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/event/an-out...
www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/event/an-out...
I think I can safely say this is the most middle-class flex you will read today.
Tried out the pregnant pianos idea last night as a bedtime story and the girls ended up going to sleep at 11pm. So a rather disastrous success. There are some big practical issues that need to be resolved or glossed over if it's going to get anywhere as a story.
June 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I think I can safely say this is the most middle-class flex you will read today.
Tried out the pregnant pianos idea last night as a bedtime story and the girls ended up going to sleep at 11pm. So a rather disastrous success. There are some big practical issues that need to be resolved or glossed over if it's going to get anywhere as a story.
June 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Tried out the pregnant pianos idea last night as a bedtime story and the girls ended up going to sleep at 11pm. So a rather disastrous success. There are some big practical issues that need to be resolved or glossed over if it's going to get anywhere as a story.
I wish grand pianos could get pregnant, actually.
June 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I wish grand pianos could get pregnant, actually.
The girls were being impossible over having to go home on foot, then they found a ladybird.
June 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The girls were being impossible over having to go home on foot, then they found a ladybird.
Jericho orchestra cancels Israelite trumpeters over - oh, wait
And this helps who, exactly? Utterly baseless, outright stupid and ugly. One of the greatest dancers and choreographers in history.
“Zionist dance methods”?
Ridiculous nonsense.
www.haaretz.com/world-news/2...
“Zionist dance methods”?
Ridiculous nonsense.
www.haaretz.com/world-news/2...
Canadian dance studio cancels Israeli-created Gaga style classes over 'genocide in Gaza'
***
www.haaretz.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Jericho orchestra cancels Israelite trumpeters over - oh, wait
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Aaaand I'll raise you 91,694 via 77 lunatic lists. It's v quiet here, with the delicate flowers hyperventilating in their cells. Decent moderation for those of us who resent being called pedophiles etc, and a bit more polite disagreement/engagement wld be good. Social media it ain't.
May 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Aaaand I'll raise you 91,694 via 77 lunatic lists. It's v quiet here, with the delicate flowers hyperventilating in their cells. Decent moderation for those of us who resent being called pedophiles etc, and a bit more polite disagreement/engagement wld be good. Social media it ain't.
In honour of world parrot day, this again
youtu.be/UkmcE7uHR5s?...
youtu.be/UkmcE7uHR5s?...
Trying to Argue with a Parrot
YouTube video by M fields
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May 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
In honour of world parrot day, this again
youtu.be/UkmcE7uHR5s?...
youtu.be/UkmcE7uHR5s?...