Maybe don’t throw bacon sarnies and toasties at the nesting coot.

Coot nesting on a barge, with sandwiches.

Was wondering why the pot wasn’t boiling. I hadn’t actually turned the hob ring on.

A view of a social housing development of low architectural merit in East London Another view of a social housing development of low architectural merit in East London

What are we looking at, Sarge?

3 to 5 years for crimes against architecture, lad.

So I tried Threads today. Definitely not for me. But the promise of federation is … promising.

I can’t find a single quantity theory of money bro who’s loudly blaming inflation on pandemic stimulus demanding 100% tax on the excess pandemic savings of the upper half of the income distribution.

Brutalist Chinoiserie in Calabria

Along the Tyrrhenian coast on the gulf of Policastro you’ll find the fading legacy of a chain of dilapidated holiday homes. The unifying aesthetics are ornate green lanterns and “brutalist chinoiserie”. The look can’t have come cheap - but they are all falling apart now. (Buildings in the photos are in Praia a Mare and Tortora).

Brutalist holiday homes with a green laternBrutalist holiday homes with lanterns and chinoiserySwept brutalism in holiday homes, and green lanternsBrutalist holiday villas in Tortora