Rebecca Tickell

Just finished ‘The Philosophers’ Secret Fire: A History of the Imagination’ by Patrick Harpur. Exceptional. Read it. #folklore #myth #imagination #Philosophy #Neoplatonism #Jung #AnimaMundi #BookSky 📚

You can still do this. I have one in my study. I’ve connected it (GPO black rotary dial) to my iPhone via Bluetooth. My name is Rebecca and I am a geek 🤓

Turns out the findings from ‘Project Follow Through’ aren’t quite as clear cut as certain Edu-Influencers would have you believe Great blog #EducationalResearch #EduSky

Turns out that I have amassed a large number of #photographs of #Walls - the #BlueSkyArtShow theme for this week Here’s a section of an inscription on a #wall outside Martinskirche in #Sindelfingen #Germany It’s the Martinskirchen-Alphabet: "Ich bin die Schalen und ihr seid der Kern"

On the way back home from an #Autumn break in beautiful #Northumberland, decided to stop off at #Roker to visit the famous Arts & Crafts #Church, St Andrew — wow 🤩 Also spotted a pod of dolphins playing in the bay #Photography #Design #Seascape

The spin that is now needed from the AI overlords to prevent the bubble popping is getting ridiculous. Gen AI models are not alive. Gen AI models are not conscious. Gen AI models are not needed by humans to do our humanness for us, because they can’t.

I love this so much. Brilliant work!

Diwali on the Square returns to Trafalgar Square on Sunday 25 October. Join in for one of the biggest celebrations of the festival of lights outside India, with traditional dancing, activities for all the family and delicious food. It's free and everyone is welcome.

My beautiful local station here in Crediton has been nominated for a national award recognising the beautiful work in the old station building to create an autism inclusive space for connection and music. Please vote for Crediton and please share the link - www.raildeliverygroup.com/our-services...

An amazing place to visit. It is also very close to Byland Abbey, which has some beautiful medieval floor tiles still in situ, and is free to visit (parking is limited, so you might need to visit Rievaulx first and then circle back)

The new 2CV looks super cute - if it looks like this when it comes to market then take my money! We had a a bright green 2CV when I was a kid (a rare UK right-hand drive edition the Citroën 2CV6 Special Bamboo) and I’ve wanted one ever since 🥰 youtu.be/kIJ4JaUui-k

Can AI ever be conscious? Check out the articles here - including the lead article by Prof Anil Seth - it’s fully open access for a limited period #AI

www.theguardian.com/environment/... I would have loved this project when I was at school. What a great idea

This will only work if people have designated on-street parking spaces, which in a large number of cases they don’t. How annoying - and impractical - would it be to return home to find you can’t charge your car because somebody else has parked outside your house 🤷

September sunshine is so nice if you can get it. Enjoying the last few days before we head into autumn. #Mdina (the silent city) #Malta #Photography #Stone #Limestone #Gateway

Best thread I’ve read on Bluesky for ages

Yes, the Green Cross Code Man visited us in primary school too - I had my photo taken with him (sadly, the photo is long gone) #StopLookListen #MayTheForceBeWithYou

NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl...

Amazing archeological museums in Istanbul - if you get the chance to visit this beautiful city then they’re a must do. The Basilica Cistern is very impressive too.

Sometimes you come across gates almost hidden from view - a portal to a hidden realm - half frame photograph printed onto mulberry paper. The photograph was made using my Pentax 17 and Ilford HP5 developed with DD-X. #believeinfilm #halfframedriday

What a terrible thing to defund. Sure, improve access, but don't end the youth parliament! #democracy - it would be a good idea: we need a world where everyone makes politics what they do, not have done to them @younggreens.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fragments of people's lives, washed up on the beach.

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

I can’t understand why the panic. Biology teachers are more than qualified and capable of teaching this *new subject. They may need some additional training and time to get used to the new specs but 🤷 *it isn’t really new

This is a real Z for Zachariah moment. Is #AI is the new nuclear threat to humanity? I want to know more about the how. It’s quite the claim. In our tech-connected and controlled world we are hugely vulnerable; however, some pockets of our spp would still remain. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Things I was frightened of as a child: 1. Quicksand 2. The Croglin Vampire 3. Going blind (from playing with fireworks) 4. Spiders 5. Escalators 6. The Witch’s Hat (how was this ever allowed?) 7. Nuclear war 8. Opening the front door without checking who was there first youtu.be/rAjWdYQ0h38

England’s Pisa 2025 results might look impressive on the surface, but the data needs to be handled with care, and settling for stable scores after a pandemic decline isn’t very ambitious, writes @cbokhove.bsky.social

Mary has introduced me to this game where you have to identify where and when ancient artefacts are from, and despite having seen every episode of Relic Hunter more than twice, I cannot.

Soundscapes of ancient forests are made possible through reconstructions of the sound-producing structures of insects from the Jurassic period. These ancient relatives of today’s katydids lived in what is now Inner Mongolia, China. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/xee550ZISxP

I love #England in the #Summer time, it can’t be beaten. All I need is a bowl of strawberries and a glass of Pimms and I’m set ☀️ #BlueSkyArtShow #River #Boat #Church #Green (photo taken a few summers ago, not sure it would be this verdant right now) #Photography

Amazingly talented artist. I saw some of Yayoi Kusama’s work just over a couple of weeks ago at the National Gallery of Victoria - her influence lives on #Ripples @ngvmelbourne.bsky.social

A Giant Strangler Fig in Tamborine National Park #Australia Breathe in that #RainForest air #ForestFriday #EastCoastKin #Photography #Nature #Tree

i love when they recover some 3000 year old clay tablet and its something totally relatable like “i hope this tablet finds you well but the group project is a disaster…”

First visit to #Australia 🇦🇺 has given me the chance to see #koalas and #kangaroos in the wild 🐨 🦘 Feeling very fortunate right now. Currently in #Melbourne and working my way #East up the coast #GreatOceanRoad #12Apostles #Wildlife #Photography #Nature #EastCoastKin

Our education system is designed to sort people into groups. With this in mind, why then are the vocal middle classes so afraid of sorting young people into vocational and academic groups at age 14? It happens anyway (exam outcomes; poverty etc.) Investment in vocational pathways? Absolutely.

David Hockney (British, b. 1937): Garrowby Hill, 1998. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Oil on canvas, 60 x 76 in. l 152.4 x 193

It may be that the #Big Blue Bear in #Denver is looking for picnic baskets #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #Cityscape #Sculpture @blueskyartshow.bsky.social

Air conditioning. Are you contemplating it? “The machines keeping the financially comfortable cool make everyone else's nights worse; and as wealthier households cool their rooms, the rest fall further behind. A thermal divide, opening street by street.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I know it’s political spin and it’s early days, but I am liking this start from Andy Burnham a lot. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...

‘Gray and Gold.’ #Painting by John Rogers Cox (1942) #art

Just catching up with the news to find out that Ronnie Le Drew, puppeteer extraordinaire, has left this mortal coil. Goodnight Zippy 🌈

‘Great Inventions, 1961’ Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope Artist: Robert Ayton

You’ve been murdered. Who do you want on the case?

After 🌍’s next mass extinction event, I think it’s time for kingdom fungi to take centre stage. We can’t dig up the future just yet* but it would be equally fascinating to look forwards as well as back. *maybe quantum computers could help us with this (before our spp - as we are now - 👋s g’bye)

The Lotus Temple in New Delhi offers all visitors a moment of #Quiet contemplation in the rush 🇮🇳 #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #Temple #Bharat #India #Peace 🪷 @blueskyartshow.bsky.social

Well I think @countbinface.bsky.social winning Clacton is a possibility given that (a) the main parties aren’t running against Farage, (b) England loves a Boaty McBoatface outcome, (c) Reform only won 46% of the votes at the last election, and (d) he has done diddly squat for his constituents.

Bethan's Rock is a small grey stone on display at Poole Museum in Poole, England. It was donated to the museum in 2019 by a five-year-old girl named Bethan, and it has since attracted significant attention on social media and become the museum's most famous object. - Wikipedia

Haha, nice one @privateeyenews.bsky.social !