1. English compound words are ‘right-headed’—so a BLACKBIRD is firstly a bird, specifically one that’s black. This rule is so ingrained that reversing a compound forces us to reinterpret it, even if the result is nonsense—so ‘BIRDBLACK’ sounds like something for blackening birds.

Lots of people asking what’s in front of me on stage… No they aren’t fridges/monitors, they’re air purifiers to make it safer for me as a clinically vulnerable performer. 2 x Mini Blasts made by SmartAirUK angled on amp stands. Air quality is monitored in real time.

In Year 6, my friend and I got sent to the headteacher for playing with LEGO rather than doing our schoolwork. We were told to take the LEGO model with us. Head assumed our teacher was proud of the model we'd built and gave us some gold stars instead of telling us off.

I’m a bit confused why people have set up profiles on the elephant site, but are not actively using them. Maybe even just copy and paste stuff you put on here, to give it a fair go?

I can’t stand him, but drivers should be able to not drive into a car in front of them if it stops in the road. Any car could have a legitimate reason to do an emergency stop at any time. If you can’t stop behind them, you’re driving too close.

Plasticfree.com went live yesterday and I'm thrilled to have been working on such a huge undertaking since last May. It's an incredible resource for designers and can help pave the way for new materials and systems change solutions.

Oh and a while ago I designed cow parsley bunting. No YOU'RE obsessed. Here's a free crochet pattern: emmamitchell.net/46/how-to-croc… ...yes the flowers in the bunting photos are wild carrot but they're related ok & it was August & all the cow parsley flowers had withered gimme a break

Tweetbot & Twitterrific are both unable to authenticate & access Twitter…

So the Twitter API is down so there are two options: 1- It’s a temporary issue that’ll be fixed momentarily. 2- Musk just killed the API and sent all 3rd party apps and millions of power users to the grave. I sure hope it’s 1 because that would be a death wish for Twitter. 🙏

I did wonder when Elon would have the inevitable 'big brain' moment of turning off api access for 3rd party apps. It fits the profile of things that look really smart to a simpleton but are horrifically damaging in reality.

ELONGGGGGGG, you fucking rotter! I think he’s switched off the API so all third party clients are now broken. If you think I’m using the shitty Twitter app, you’ve got another thing coming. Screenshot from TweetBot.

Not long now until Pierre Bastien visits Worcester for our third Soundings event. It's a real honour to play host to so many great artists. Join us. Info & tickets: worcestermusicfestival.co.uk/soundings/

♫ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: 1991 (1), Alanis Morissette (1), Daniel Avery (1), Keep Shelly In Athens (1) & Koffee (1) via Tweekly.fm

Damn. We *really* hope Pierre and his instruments are ok. We’ll update everyone about Saturday as soon as we know more.

We. Are. Go! Thankfully, Pierre’s luggage reappeared from the depths so we are on for Saturday, as planned. Don’t miss out. Still some tickets 👇🏼 worcestermusicfestival.co.uk/soundings/