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Live Forever (2026) by Vytas Jankauskas is brilliant. It's a great bit of satirical art. One of the big themes in the work is cryptocurrency and the large amount of waste heat that is produced by crypto mining. Jellyfish are involved.

More updates from my recent visit to Whitchurch and surrounding area. This time I'm sharing some photos from Danson's Wood. Visiting Danson's Wood was a strange time-travelling experience. The territory sits between the canal and the Whitchurch bypass and you can find it if you walk around 15-20 minutes along the canal towpath from Grindley Brook in the direction of Whitchurch. You can get to Danson's Wood using a small footbridge over the canal. I'm positing images of the wood as it currently is because I have vivid memories of the place when it was wildflower meadow which had been planted with saplings by the Woodland Trust. Over the course of around 20 years those saplings have grown into trees. The wood would probably not be especially notable to me if I didn't have the sharply contrasting images of the two time periods in my mind. There is a very small pond in the middle of the wood. When I last saw it it was surrounded by meadow and scrub. Now it's surrounded by young and semi-mature trees.

I visited my hometown and village for the first time in 16 years. I even looked at the house that I grew up in for the first time since 2010. At least two families have lived in that house since my mum moved out. Window frames and door fittings have been replaced and the garden has been changed drastically. But there are odd things that haven't been changed. The house has a small field at the front of it. When I was living there, it was fenced off and we kept chickens, geese and goats. I remember my dad building the fence with treated wooden posts and galvanised wire mesh when I was probably 4 or 5 years old. When I looked at the house last week, the same fence was still there but had gone into disrepair with cross-beams falling down and the posts rotting away. Perhaps I'd made a mistake though, and that was a different fence installed by a later inhabitant, and that one had fallen to pieces in the 16 years that I had not visited. The village appeared run down. It's not really a village but more a collection of houses and pathways that are cut in half by a busy main road, along which heavy good vehicles drive along all day. The towpaths that I used to walk along to get from one end of the village to the other are overgrown with dusty brambles and buildings that are major focal points are close to collapsing completely.

It is I. reposted from @thecheerfulnihilism image description: a still from the anime Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Alex Armstrong and Sig Curtis are shaking hands in front of a vibrant, explosive background. The text over Sig Curtis reads: 'People that like Mean Girls', the text over Alex Armstrong reads: 'Weebs that like Fullmetal Alchemist', a text over their joined hands reads: 'October 3rd'. @withregram #cheerfulnihilism #october3rd #fullmetalalchemist #meangirls https://www.instagram.com/p/CF4GwYkFjuVzqpWZY39yhXFHzV-tg1kS6zHXuY0/?igshid=1jbwbm8dhh92m

Just look at all these amazing rocks from when @chloeshouldhaveig and I visited West Kirby beach earlier this week. (at West Kirby Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFXXa7lFPZb/?igshid=x9qjpumzv4pc

I like having nice things. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAqOBEEl3AjWRqPLnK-2eniJoR93w5E209y3580/?igshid=1p6vgt5wxrf8o

It’s time to join a union if you’re not already part of one. @usdawunion @bfawuscotland #bfawu @unitedvoicesoftheworld @tradesunioncongress @unitetheunion @unisontheunion @gmbunion @artistsunionengland @fightfor15 @nationaleducationunion @ucunion #joinaunion https://www.instagram.com/p/CAGZkB9lz6qDAdmmUMNERRYi1FIZ-tmxtc7MIY0/?igshid=by0trlt35vlg

Tune in from midday today on @resonancefm to hear @sophie_chapman @kerrijefferis and myself talk about our band molejoy + @bagsoundproject!! - Reposted from @hello_goodbye_show: Midday - 1.30pm today Saturday 2nd May 2020 #molejoy @molejoyisaband + #bag @bagsoundproject interviews and exclusive music. Plus, the announcement of the return of One Minute Wonders. Please tune-in for further details (or via link in bio) #hellogoodbyeshow #resonancefm #dexterbentley #oneminutewonders2020 #radio #london #music #arts @withregram (at Resonance 104.4fm) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_rmsHLlH-47JOT-CE32MdHPcDlJ5tMfwPMx6I0/?igshid=1iv2y94xtkhkj

Please sign and share the @unitedvoicesoftheworld petition for all key workers to be paid at least £15 per hour. Link in bio! https://www.instagram.com/p/B-eu-KNF2Tzu3Z0-9TDDHuTvxwSh0nPZkZa9dI0/?igshid=qi44y5kzolfm

Double Miatas on my road this morning. #mx5 #miata #mazda #eunosroadster #eunos #roadster https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Q9ILRF46l/?igshid=1f1nwcdcq119u

Support the @fnb_london fundraiser! Link in bio 💫🪐🥦🍅 • “How can anyone justify the arms trade and war when countless people are going hungry in our streets? A shocking 4 million people are living in poverty in the UK, while cuts to public services continue to deepen. In the face of this injustice, North London Food Not Bombs takes direct action by gathering food that would otherwise be wasted, cooking it and serving it for free in public to anyone who's hungry. While the government prioritises profit over people, we believe that mutual aid and care are radical acts. We've been sharing free veggie food, clothes, hygiene products for just over 5 years now. We've shared over 8,000 meals, including strikes, protests and meetings. We've shown how care is powerful in sustaining communities and movements.” • #foodnotbombs #foodnotborders #mutualaid #fundraiser #sevensisters #gofundme (at Seven Sisters, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6QpKJLFiR1/?igshid=17fxxjvxfluyt

North London Food Not Bombs are FIVE YEARS OLD!!!! 🎉🎉🎉 And to celebrate we’re throwing a HUGE party at The Gunners pub! There’s gonna be music! There’s gonna be dancing! Bring yer mates and bring cash 💰for the amazing raffle we’ve got planned with prizes from @blackcathackney @housmans_books @molejoyisaband and many more! Full details linked in bio Wicked party poster by @shelkadelic - Friday 29th November 19:30 till late The Gunners Pub 204 Blackstock Road N5 1EN The Gunners is wheelchair accessible. Gender-neutral toilets available on the night. - @thegunnerspub @fnb_london #foodnotbombs #blackstockroad #solidaritynotcharity #nlfnb #thegunners #northlondon #kurdishdance #freeentry #birthdayparty #birthday (at N5 Live at The Gunners) https://www.instagram.com/p/B42Qbq-lOvQ/?igshid=r590avptk6dy

hi what are you doing? https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Mdw-AFkGB/?igshid=3ey99c1epau2

A fox posing with its mazda. #mazda #miata #mx5 #foxesoflondon #mazdamiata (at Harringay) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1EYasVpQjO/?igshid=122s7k29gf7bg

Common Toadflax has the best flowers. https://www.instagram.com/p/B08MPRNlwS3/?igshid=1vn2c5saddpf3

I COULDN'T FIND A SINGLE COPY OF CLUELESS ANWHERE IN WOOD GREEN. DO THESE FILMS COMBINED EVEN COME CLOSE TO THE MAGNIFICENCE OF CLUELESS? LIKE FUCK THEY DO. BUT THIS IS THE CLOSEST I CAN GET TO FILING THE CLUELESS SHAPED HOLE IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW. #justavirginwhocantdrive #getinloserweregoingshopping #kurtrussellisababe #clueless (at Wood Green) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0YwW3wFxYJ/?igshid=2m6fd8cz3rua