Wanda Opalińska

Reminds me of one of my all-time favourite @ericallenhatch.bsky.social posts 💜

Outstanding reel

It’s actually FEWER Misérables

Honey from Australian wildflowers has potent power to kill bacteria The next jar of Australian honey you buy may just be doing more good than you realise.

Fascinating findings from this chemical analysis of different types of Australian #honey.
More diverse floral sources leads to higher antimicrobial action! 🧪

theconversation.com/honey-from-a...

Tonight's BBC Front Row: Pixar at 40, Agnieszka Holland and Ian Christie on the cinema of Polish director Andrej Wadja, artist Rose Wylie at the RA, and the battle for Warner Brothers. R4 715pm or link: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

*screams in creative industry*

The UK government is looking to make legal for AI companies that which any ordinary citizen could be taken to court for. It is on the cusp of approving theft *only* in this case, a truly unequivocal “rules for thee, not for me” scenario.

That AI needs such special treatment indicts it utterly.

Settings

Nice of Firefox to give me a choice over whether every confidential document in my browser gets scanned for "enhancements". 🤨

Great news x

A cathartic watch (and the penny farthing in the book is a v nice touch). Lovely stuff

The Enshittificator Digital products and services keep getting worse. In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved…

Criminally funny, but also I'm crying inside

Norway comes for the #TechBros

www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree

vimeo.com/1168468796?f...

This sounds wonderful! Looking forward to reading it

This is like the sun coming out. Lovely news

Millions eligible for free shingles vaccine urged to come forward UKHSA data shows that fewer than half take up the free shingles jab.

UK govt urges those eligible to get free shingles vaccine www.gov.uk/government/n...

This is superb work.

from Tit-Bits magazine (1892)

"Show what you looked like before you joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine."

Ukrainian Defenders share photos from before they joined the military and after.

📷: drewndel / Threads

Copyright law webinar The NUJ, in partnership with Taylor Hamptons, is holding a webinar on copyright infringement at 1-2pm on Wednesday 4 March.

Copyright law webinar - 4 Mar 1 pm ✍️

Join us for a session on legal exceptions, recognising and avoiding copyright infringement, navigating court claims, and safeguarding your work as a freelance.

Members only. Book now:

Does anyone have an old BBC Spot FX door to lend??

A screenshot of an Android app. Text: ▲ Nearby Glasses Smart Glasses are probably nearby Device: Unknown RSSI: -42 dBm Reason: Meta Company ID (0x058E) Company: Meta Platforms, Inc. This app notifies you when smart glasses are nearby. It uses company identificators in the Bluetooth data sent out by these. Therefore, there likely are false positives (e.g. from VR headsets). Hence, please proceed with caution when approaching a person nearby wearing glasses. They might just be regular glasses, despite this app's warning. Debug Log [19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:41] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:42] Unknown (-57 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:43] Unknown (-40 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:43] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:43] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:45] Unknown (-40 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:45] Unknown (-63 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

I made an app.
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Nearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby.

I hope it's useful for someone.

Nearby Glasses's open source, free and rather simple
github.com/yjeanrenaud/...

It's also downloadable outside the Play Store. iOS port is in the making

Billionaire halts mass eviction after London Centric investigation Exclusive: Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital hoped to replace hundreds of tenants with more lucrative temporary accommodation. That plan has been shelved – for now.

Start your Tuesday cheerful with this evidence of the life-changing work of @londoncentric.media. Incredible stuff.

I know not whence this originally came but although I’m not a husband I’m thrilled to learn that my love of horseradish is stopping me getting dazy. Less sure I’ll be taking the advice to cure Staying Out - many, not least @nigella.bsky.social and @bcdreyer.social may have a view on the foodstuffs.

"Keep your side of the road clean." In a world of dolourous news, all you can do is find one small thing - then try to fix it. And so me and the British Society of Magazine Editors are launching this - to find the next generation of writers AND PAY THEM. Screw you, AI. We still believe in writing.

That’s gorgeous: such a clear green. Aptly named!

Seeing a dog out on its walk makes me automatically grin like a loon - their concentration and delight at Being Outside.
Even better if they’re carrying a stick like a prize trophy

#WutheringHeights Sweepcliff.

Monochrome horse heads looking left on a cave wall

May you have the energy of these fabulous Ice Age beasts as you enter the lunar New Year of the Horse! 🦣🐎

A close up side view of nine of the ivory hound and jackal pins placed in holes on the game board

Look at the superb hound and jackal detail on these ancient game pieces! 😍

📷 The Met

Carol Carter:

Surely to God there is a way to keep events like this free-to-air without this intrusion.