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  1. (1)
    Such an instrument as the Extremely Large Telescope (under construction) is very impressive indeed.
    Like other people, however, I can't help thinking that in this domain as well the time of expensive huge things in tiny numbers is ending and small inexpensive things in big numbers will rule.
    (In the military domain this was predicted decades ago and is already real.)

    In fact, the following sentence, buried near the end of the article, shows that astronomers are aware of that:
    «For example, there are ideas like building lots of telescopes, kilometres apart, and connecting them to make a mega-telescope.»

    (2)
    ESO astronomer Mariya Lyubenova indeed comes from Sofia, Bulgaria.

    (3)
    By going from "very large" to "extremely large", they skipped "ultra large".
    (Compare UHF after VHF for High (radio) Frequency.)

    (4)
    «That concrete, when it was laid, needed to be extraordinarily flat, he says, to an accuracy of 1/3,600th of a degree, and to account for the Earth's curvature too.»

    This is for a building that is only about 100 meters across, which is comparable to the length of an arc of a meridian for the same difference in latitude.

    I suppose the author or the editor decided that 1 arc second sounds less impressive.
    In my opinion, though, real knowledge of one _degree_ of arc can't be taken for granted, either.
    Does everybody know "cold", for example, the measure of a minute-of-time arc on a clock face, or of the face of the Moon observed from the Earth?

    (Very unfortunately, the above quote also reminded me of the poisonous belief in a flat Earth...)

    (5)
    I couldn't help thinking that alien life is to astronomy as gold artefacts are to archaeology.
    They do bring excitement to the public at large.

    BBC article:
    In the otherworldly Chilean desert, this huge telescope could reveal alien life
    <bbc.com/future/article/2026082>

    #Astronomy
    #EuropeanAstronomers
    #SizeQualifiers
    #SmallIsBeautiful
    #UnitsOfArc

  2. (1)
    Such an instrument as the Extremely Large Telescope (under construction) is very impressive indeed.
    Like other people, however, I can't help thinking that in this domain as well the time of expensive huge things in tiny numbers is ending and small inexpensive things in big numbers will rule.
    (In the military domain this was predicted decades ago and is already real.)

    In fact, the following sentence, buried near the end of the article, shows that astronomers are aware of that:
    «For example, there are ideas like building lots of telescopes, kilometres apart, and connecting them to make a mega-telescope.»

    (2)
    ESO astronomer Mariya Lyubenova indeed comes from Sofia, Bulgaria.

    (3)
    By going from "very large" to "extremely large", they skipped "ultra large".
    (Compare UHF after VHF for High (radio) Frequency.)

    (4)
    «That concrete, when it was laid, needed to be extraordinarily flat, he says, to an accuracy of 1/3,600th of a degree, and to account for the Earth's curvature too.»

    This is for a building that is only about 100 meters across, which is comparable to the length of an arc of a meridian for the same difference in latitude.

    I suppose the author or the editor decided that 1 arc second sounds less impressive.
    In my opinion, though, real knowledge of one _degree_ of arc can't be taken for granted, either.
    Does everybody know "cold", for example, the measure of a minute-of-time arc on a clock face, or of the face of the Moon observed from the Earth?

    (Very unfortunately, the above quote also reminded me of the poisonous belief in a flat Earth...)

    (5)
    I couldn't help thinking that alien life is to astronomy as gold artefacts are to archaeology.
    They do bring excitement to the public at large.

    BBC article:
    In the otherworldly Chilean desert, this huge telescope could reveal alien life
    <bbc.com/future/article/2026082>

    #Astronomy
    #EuropeanAstronomers
    #SizeQualifiers
    #SmallIsBeautiful
    #UnitsOfArc

  3. (1)
    Such an instrument as the Extremely Large Telescope (under construction) is very impressive indeed.
    Like other people, however, I can't help thinking that in this domain as well the time of expensive huge things in tiny numbers is ending and small inexpensive things in big numbers will rule.
    (In the military domain this was predicted decades ago and is already real.)

    In fact, the following sentence, buried near the end of the article, shows that astronomers are aware of that:
    «For example, there are ideas like building lots of telescopes, kilometres apart, and connecting them to make a mega-telescope.»

    (2)
    ESO astronomer Mariya Lyubenova indeed comes from Sofia, Bulgaria.

    (3)
    By going from "very large" to "extremely large", they skipped "ultra large".
    (Compare UHF after VHF for High (radio) Frequency.)

    (4)
    «That concrete, when it was laid, needed to be extraordinarily flat, he says, to an accuracy of 1/3,600th of a degree, and to account for the Earth's curvature too.»

    This is for a building that is only about 100 meters across, which is comparable to the length of an arc of a meridian for the same difference in latitude.

    I suppose the author or the editor decided that 1 arc second sounds less impressive.
    In my opinion, though, real knowledge of one _degree_ of arc can't be taken for granted, either.
    Does everybody know "cold", for example, the measure of a minute-of-time arc on a clock face, or of the face of the Moon observed from the Earth?

    (Very unfortunately, the above quote also reminded me of the poisonous belief in a flat Earth...)

    (5)
    I couldn't help thinking that alien life is to astronomy as gold artefacts are to archaeology.
    They do bring excitement to the public at large.

    BBC article:
    In the otherworldly Chilean desert, this huge telescope could reveal alien life
    <bbc.com/future/article/2026082>

    #Astronomy
    #EuropeanAstronomers
    #SizeQualifiers
    #SmallIsBeautiful
    #UnitsOfArc

  4. (1)
    Such an instrument as the Extremely Large Telescope (under construction) is very impressive indeed.
    Like other people, however, I can't help thinking that in this domain as well the time of expensive huge things in tiny numbers is ending and small inexpensive things in big numbers will rule.
    (In the military domain this was predicted decades ago and is already real.)

    In fact, the following sentence, buried near the end of the article, shows that astronomers are aware of that:
    «For example, there are ideas like building lots of telescopes, kilometres apart, and connecting them to make a mega-telescope.»

    (2)
    ESO astronomer Mariya Lyubenova indeed comes from Sofia, Bulgaria.

    (3)
    By going from "very large" to "extremely large", they skipped "ultra large".
    (Compare UHF after VHF for High (radio) Frequency.)

    (4)
    «That concrete, when it was laid, needed to be extraordinarily flat, he says, to an accuracy of 1/3,600th of a degree, and to account for the Earth's curvature too.»

    This is for a building that is only about 100 meters across, which is comparable to the length of an arc of a meridian for the same difference in latitude.

    I suppose the author or the editor decided that 1 arc second sounds less impressive.
    In my opinion, though, real knowledge of one _degree_ of arc can't be taken for granted, either.
    Does everybody know "cold", for example, the measure of a minute-of-time arc on a clock face, or of the face of the Moon observed from the Earth?

    (Very unfortunately, the above quote also reminded me of the poisonous belief in a flat Earth...)

    (5)
    I couldn't help thinking that alien life is to astronomy as gold artefacts are to archaeology.
    They do bring excitement to the public at large.

    BBC article:
    In the otherworldly Chilean desert, this huge telescope could reveal alien life
    <bbc.com/future/article/2026082>

    #Astronomy
    #EuropeanAstronomers
    #SizeQualifiers
    #SmallIsBeautiful
    #UnitsOfArc

  5. (1)
    Such an instrument as the Extremely Large Telescope (under construction) is very impressive indeed.
    Like other people, however, I can't help thinking that in this domain as well the time of expensive huge things in tiny numbers is ending and small inexpensive things in big numbers will rule.
    (In the military domain this was predicted decades ago and is already real.)

    In fact, the following sentence, buried near the end of the article, shows that astronomers are aware of that:
    «For example, there are ideas like building lots of telescopes, kilometres apart, and connecting them to make a mega-telescope.»

    (2)
    ESO astronomer Mariya Lyubenova indeed comes from Sofia, Bulgaria.

    (3)
    By going from "very large" to "extremely large", they skipped "ultra large".
    (Compare UHF after VHF for High (radio) Frequency.)

    (4)
    «That concrete, when it was laid, needed to be extraordinarily flat, he says, to an accuracy of 1/3,600th of a degree, and to account for the Earth's curvature too.»

    This is for a building that is only about 100 meters across, which is comparable to the length of an arc of a meridian for the same difference in latitude.

    I suppose the author or the editor decided that 1 arc second sounds less impressive.
    In my opinion, though, real knowledge of one _degree_ of arc can't be taken for granted, either.
    Does everybody know "cold", for example, the measure of a minute-of-time arc on a clock face, or of the face of the Moon observed from the Earth?

    (Very unfortunately, the above quote also reminded me of the poisonous belief in a flat Earth...)

    (5)
    I couldn't help thinking that alien life is to astronomy as gold artefacts are to archaeology.
    They do bring excitement to the public at large.

    BBC article:
    In the otherworldly Chilean desert, this huge telescope could reveal alien life
    <bbc.com/future/article/2026082>

    #Astronomy
    #EuropeanAstronomers
    #SizeQualifiers
    #SmallIsBeautiful
    #UnitsOfArc

  6. #smallisbeautiful ist das definitiv nicht mehr. Aber als #goodnews würde ich die Baufortschritte am weltgrössten (bzw.: -höchsten) #Windrad #WEA schon sehen!

    "Rohbau der Gittermastkonstruktion des weltgrößten Windrades in Deutschland steht"

    heise.de/news/Rohbau-der-Gitte

    #Gicon #Windkraft #Entwicklung #Energiewende #erneuerbare

  7. #smallisbeautiful ist das definitiv nicht mehr. Aber als #goodnews würde ich die Baufortschritte am weltgrössten (bzw.: -höchsten) #Windrad #WEA schon sehen!

    "Rohbau der Gittermastkonstruktion des weltgrößten Windrades in Deutschland steht"

    heise.de/news/Rohbau-der-Gitte

    #Gicon #Windkraft #Entwicklung #Energiewende #erneuerbare

  8. #smallisbeautiful ist das definitiv nicht mehr. Aber als #goodnews würde ich die Baufortschritte am weltgrössten (bzw.: -höchsten) #Windrad #WEA schon sehen!

    "Rohbau der Gittermastkonstruktion des weltgrößten Windrades in Deutschland steht"

    heise.de/news/Rohbau-der-Gitte

    #Gicon #Windkraft #Entwicklung #Energiewende #erneuerbare

  9. @libre_vh c'est l'Agence Nationale pour la Recherche, qui finance des projets de recherche trop gros pour que les trouve intéressants. #smallIsBeautiful

  10. @libre_vh c'est l'Agence Nationale pour la Recherche, qui finance des projets de recherche trop gros pour que les trouve intéressants. #smallIsBeautiful

  11. @libre_vh c'est l'Agence Nationale pour la Recherche, qui finance des projets de recherche trop gros pour que les trouve intéressants. #smallIsBeautiful

  12. @libre_vh c'est l'Agence Nationale pour la Recherche, qui finance des projets de recherche trop gros pour que les trouve intéressants. #smallIsBeautiful

  13. @libre_vh c'est l'Agence Nationale pour la Recherche, qui finance des projets de recherche trop gros pour que les trouve intéressants. #smallIsBeautiful

  14. “We were still in the Cold War, there was #socialism one side & #capitalism the other, and both doing whatever they were doing & it seemed like a binary world. They were both employing large #technologies in similar ways. Then along comes #SmallisBeautiful …” fivebooks.com/best-books/l... #BookSky

    Landmark Environmental Books

  15. “We were still in the Cold War, there was #socialism one side & #capitalism the other, and both doing whatever they were doing & it seemed like a binary world. They were both employing large #technologies in similar ways. Then along comes #SmallisBeautiful …” fivebooks.com/best-books/l... #BookSky

    Landmark Environmental Books

  16. “We were still in the Cold War, there was #socialism one side & #capitalism the other, and both doing whatever they were doing & it seemed like a binary world. They were both employing large #technologies in similar ways. Then along comes #SmallisBeautiful …” fivebooks.com/best-books/l... #BookSky

    Landmark Environmental Books

  17. “We were still in the Cold War, there was #socialism one side & #capitalism the other, and both doing whatever they were doing & it seemed like a binary world. They were both employing large #technologies in similar ways. Then along comes #SmallisBeautiful …” fivebooks.com/best-books/l... #BookSky

    Landmark Environmental Books

  18. “We were still in the Cold War, there was #socialism one side & #capitalism the other, and both doing whatever they were doing & it seemed like a binary world. They were both employing large #technologies in similar ways. Then along comes #SmallisBeautiful …” fivebooks.com/best-books/l... #BookSky

    Landmark Environmental Books

  19. I suppose I should be thankful that none of my open source projects is high profile enough to attract AI generated PRs.

  20. I suppose I should be thankful that none of my open source projects is high profile enough to attract AI generated PRs.
    #OpenSource #SmallIsBeautiful

  21. I suppose I should be thankful that none of my open source projects is high profile enough to attract AI generated PRs.
    #OpenSource #SmallIsBeautiful

  22. I suppose I should be thankful that none of my open source projects is high profile enough to attract AI generated PRs.
    #OpenSource #SmallIsBeautiful

  23. @simonjust @fritjof Blandt mastodon instanser er det da en gigant. Eller er det fordi, der er proportionalt lige så mange lemminger blandt mastodonbrugere, som blandt øvrige segmenter af #some. #SmallIsBeautiful

  24. Idolatry of gigantism

    "Today, we suffer from an almost universal idolatry of gigantism. It is therefore necessary to insist on the virtues of smallness—where this applies."

    ~E.F. Schumacher,
    Small Is Beautiful (1973)

    #SmallIsBeautiful #economics

  25. Idolatry of gigantism

    "Today, we suffer from an almost universal idolatry of gigantism. It is therefore necessary to insist on the virtues of smallness—where this applies."

    ~E.F. Schumacher,
    Small Is Beautiful (1973)

    #SmallIsBeautiful #economics

  26. Idolatry of gigantism

    "Today, we suffer from an almost universal idolatry of gigantism. It is therefore necessary to insist on the virtues of smallness—where this applies."

    ~E.F. Schumacher,
    Small Is Beautiful (1973)

    #SmallIsBeautiful #economics

  27. RE: aus.social/@timrichards/115799

    I love this. Small is beautiful. And I love to see people finding creative ways to run a small business and earn a living.
    #smallIsBeautiful

  28. RE: aus.social/@timrichards/115799

    I love this. Small is beautiful. And I love to see people finding creative ways to run a small business and earn a living.
    #smallIsBeautiful

  29. RE: aus.social/@timrichards/115799

    I love this. Small is beautiful. And I love to see people finding creative ways to run a small business and earn a living.
    #smallIsBeautiful

  30. RE: aus.social/@timrichards/115799

    I love this. Small is beautiful. And I love to see people finding creative ways to run a small business and earn a living.
    #smallIsBeautiful

  31. RE: aus.social/@timrichards/115799

    I love this. Small is beautiful. And I love to see people finding creative ways to run a small business and earn a living.
    #smallIsBeautiful

  32. Every time I hear anything about DHH these days I feel I have to apologise for inviting him to Small Is Beautiful in 2021.

    small-tech.org/small-is-beauti

    I’m sorry, I didn’t know he was a dollar-store Elon Musk at the time.

    What can I say? He duped me with his “small tech” talk, making me think we were talking about the same thing. Which, clearly, we weren’t, because Small Tech is all about inclusivity and a non-colonial approach to designing and developing human-scale technology:

    “Small Tech is political through and through. It stands with both middle fingers raised high against Big Tech and capitalism. It’s proudly progressive. Small Tech is the opposite of Big Tech, not Big Tech Light.”

    Learn more about Small Technology here: small-tech.org/about/#small-te

    #SmallTech #BigTech #DHH #apologies #SmallIsBeautiful mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil/

  33. Every time I hear anything about DHH these days I feel I have to apologise for inviting him to Small Is Beautiful in 2021.

    small-tech.org/small-is-beauti

    I’m sorry, I didn’t know he was a dollar-store Elon Musk at the time.

    What can I say? He duped me with his “small tech” talk, making me think we were talking about the same thing. Which, clearly, we weren’t, because Small Tech is all about inclusivity and a non-colonial approach to designing and developing human-scale technology:

    “Small Tech is political through and through. It stands with both middle fingers raised high against Big Tech and capitalism. It’s proudly progressive. Small Tech is the opposite of Big Tech, not Big Tech Light.”

    Learn more about Small Technology here: small-tech.org/about/#small-te

    #SmallTech #BigTech #DHH #apologies #SmallIsBeautiful mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil/

  34. Every time I hear anything about DHH these days I feel I have to apologise for inviting him to Small Is Beautiful in 2021.

    small-tech.org/small-is-beauti

    I’m sorry, I didn’t know he was a dollar-store Elon Musk at the time.

    What can I say? He duped me with his “small tech” talk, making me think we were talking about the same thing. Which, clearly, we weren’t, because Small Tech is all about inclusivity and a non-colonial approach to designing and developing human-scale technology:

    “Small Tech is political through and through. It stands with both middle fingers raised high against Big Tech and capitalism. It’s proudly progressive. Small Tech is the opposite of Big Tech, not Big Tech Light.”

    Learn more about Small Technology here: small-tech.org/about/#small-te

    #SmallTech #BigTech #DHH #apologies #SmallIsBeautiful mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil/

  35. Every time I hear anything about DHH these days I feel I have to apologise for inviting him to Small Is Beautiful in 2021.

    small-tech.org/small-is-beauti

    I’m sorry, I didn’t know he was a dollar-store Elon Musk at the time.

    What can I say? He duped me with his “small tech” talk, making me think we were talking about the same thing. Which, clearly, we weren’t, because Small Tech is all about inclusivity and a non-colonial approach to designing and developing human-scale technology:

    “Small Tech is political through and through. It stands with both middle fingers raised high against Big Tech and capitalism. It’s proudly progressive. Small Tech is the opposite of Big Tech, not Big Tech Light.”

    Learn more about Small Technology here: small-tech.org/about/#small-te

    #SmallTech #BigTech #DHH #apologies #SmallIsBeautiful mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil/

  36. Every time I hear anything about DHH these days I feel I have to apologise for inviting him to Small Is Beautiful in 2021.

    small-tech.org/small-is-beauti

    I’m sorry, I didn’t know he was a dollar-store Elon Musk at the time.

    What can I say? He duped me with his “small tech” talk, making me think we were talking about the same thing. Which, clearly, we weren’t, because Small Tech is all about inclusivity and a non-colonial approach to designing and developing human-scale technology:

    “Small Tech is political through and through. It stands with both middle fingers raised high against Big Tech and capitalism. It’s proudly progressive. Small Tech is the opposite of Big Tech, not Big Tech Light.”

    Learn more about Small Technology here: small-tech.org/about/#small-te

    #SmallTech #BigTech #DHH #apologies #SmallIsBeautiful mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil/

  37. The frontier of digital expression is returning to code and text.

    Instead of massive models or flashy UIs,
    trust grows in small, readable code and honest words.

    ZINEs in .txt or .md, local AI, and the minimal beauty of UNIX.
    True freedom comes from technology you can understand.

    #TextCulture #UNIX #LocalFirst #SmallIsBeautiful #DIYTech #FediTech

  38. The frontier of digital expression is returning to code and text.

    Instead of massive models or flashy UIs,
    trust grows in small, readable code and honest words.

    ZINEs in .txt or .md, local AI, and the minimal beauty of UNIX.
    True freedom comes from technology you can understand.

    #TextCulture #UNIX #LocalFirst #SmallIsBeautiful #DIYTech #FediTech

  39. The frontier of digital expression is returning to code and text.

    Instead of massive models or flashy UIs,
    trust grows in small, readable code and honest words.

    ZINEs in .txt or .md, local AI, and the minimal beauty of UNIX.
    True freedom comes from technology you can understand.

    #TextCulture #UNIX #LocalFirst #SmallIsBeautiful #DIYTech #FediTech

  40. The frontier of digital expression is returning to code and text.

    Instead of massive models or flashy UIs,
    trust grows in small, readable code and honest words.

    ZINEs in .txt or .md, local AI, and the minimal beauty of UNIX.
    True freedom comes from technology you can understand.

    #TextCulture #UNIX #LocalFirst #SmallIsBeautiful #DIYTech #FediTech

  41. The frontier of digital expression is returning to code and text.

    Instead of massive models or flashy UIs,
    trust grows in small, readable code and honest words.

    ZINEs in .txt or .md, local AI, and the minimal beauty of UNIX.
    True freedom comes from technology you can understand.

    #TextCulture #UNIX #LocalFirst #SmallIsBeautiful #DIYTech #FediTech

  42. One of the small cultural things that, collectively, can make a big difference.

    In the English market town of Great Malvern in Worcestershire (at the foot of the lovely Malvern Hills), a local initiative has resurrected a tiny theatre venue that had fallen into disrepair.

    The "Theatre of Small Convenience" is some 5m long and between 2-3m wide, a converted Victorian public toilet (hence the name!). It was founded by puppeteer Dennis Neale in 1997. It seats an audience of 12, or 16 standing.

    "Set to re-open its doors in October, the theatre’s first show is Sceptre, a seance-themed immersive show designed specifically for the space."

    So lovely!

    [My covid-cautious self has concerns about ventilation in such a tight space, but we can all wear FFP2 masks and I imagine windows and doors can be opened during performance.]

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thea

    smallesttheatre.org/

    theguardian.com/stage/2025/sep

    #theatre #SmallIsBeautiful #GreatMalvern #DennisNeale #TheatreOfSmallConvenience

  43. One of the small cultural things that, collectively, can make a big difference.

    In the English market town of Great Malvern in Worcestershire (at the foot of the lovely Malvern Hills), a local initiative has resurrected a tiny theatre venue that had fallen into disrepair.

    The "Theatre of Small Convenience" is some 5m long and between 2-3m wide, a converted Victorian public toilet (hence the name!). It was founded by puppeteer Dennis Neale in 1997. It seats an audience of 12, or 16 standing.

    "Set to re-open its doors in October, the theatre’s first show is Sceptre, a seance-themed immersive show designed specifically for the space."

    So lovely!

    [My covid-cautious self has concerns about ventilation in such a tight space, but we can all wear FFP2 masks and I imagine windows and doors can be opened during performance.]

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thea

    smallesttheatre.org/

    theguardian.com/stage/2025/sep

    #theatre #SmallIsBeautiful #GreatMalvern #DennisNeale #TheatreOfSmallConvenience

  44. One of the small cultural things that, collectively, can make a big difference.

    In the English market town of Great Malvern in Worcestershire (at the foot of the lovely Malvern Hills), a local initiative has resurrected a tiny theatre venue that had fallen into disrepair.

    The "Theatre of Small Convenience" is some 5m long and between 2-3m wide, a converted Victorian public toilet (hence the name!). It was founded by puppeteer Dennis Neale in 1997. It seats an audience of 12, or 16 standing.

    "Set to re-open its doors in October, the theatre’s first show is Sceptre, a seance-themed immersive show designed specifically for the space."

    So lovely!

    [My covid-cautious self has concerns about ventilation in such a tight space, but we can all wear FFP2 masks and I imagine windows and doors can be opened during performance.]

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thea

    smallesttheatre.org/

    theguardian.com/stage/2025/sep

    #theatre #SmallIsBeautiful #GreatMalvern #DennisNeale #TheatreOfSmallConvenience

  45. One of the small cultural things that, collectively, can make a big difference.

    In the English market town of Great Malvern in Worcestershire (at the foot of the lovely Malvern Hills), a local initiative has resurrected a tiny theatre venue that had fallen into disrepair.

    The "Theatre of Small Convenience" is some 5m long and between 2-3m wide, a converted Victorian public toilet (hence the name!). It was founded by puppeteer Dennis Neale in 1997. It seats an audience of 12, or 16 standing.

    "Set to re-open its doors in October, the theatre’s first show is Sceptre, a seance-themed immersive show designed specifically for the space."

    So lovely!

    [My covid-cautious self has concerns about ventilation in such a tight space, but we can all wear FFP2 masks and I imagine windows and doors can be opened during performance.]

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thea

    smallesttheatre.org/

    theguardian.com/stage/2025/sep

    #theatre #SmallIsBeautiful #GreatMalvern #DennisNeale #TheatreOfSmallConvenience

  46. One of the small cultural things that, collectively, can make a big difference.

    In the English market town of Great Malvern in Worcestershire (at the foot of the lovely Malvern Hills), a local initiative has resurrected a tiny theatre venue that had fallen into disrepair.

    The "Theatre of Small Convenience" is some 5m long and between 2-3m wide, a converted Victorian public toilet (hence the name!). It was founded by puppeteer Dennis Neale in 1997. It seats an audience of 12, or 16 standing.

    "Set to re-open its doors in October, the theatre’s first show is Sceptre, a seance-themed immersive show designed specifically for the space."

    So lovely!

    [My covid-cautious self has concerns about ventilation in such a tight space, but we can all wear FFP2 masks and I imagine windows and doors can be opened during performance.]

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thea

    smallesttheatre.org/

    theguardian.com/stage/2025/sep

    #theatre #SmallIsBeautiful #GreatMalvern #DennisNeale #TheatreOfSmallConvenience

  47. 🌱 MICRO Common Lisp: Because who doesn't want to relive the glory days of CPM with a 64KB memory limit? 🚀 It's the perfect choice if you prefer your Lisp interpreters small, unhelpfully obscure, and proudly stuck in the 80s. 📼
    t3x.org/mcl/index.html #MICROCommonLisp #80sRevival #LispInterpreters #RetroComputing #SmallIsBeautiful #HackerNews #ngated

  48. 🌱 MICRO Common Lisp: Because who doesn't want to relive the glory days of CPM with a 64KB memory limit? 🚀 It's the perfect choice if you prefer your Lisp interpreters small, unhelpfully obscure, and proudly stuck in the 80s. 📼
    t3x.org/mcl/index.html #MICROCommonLisp #80sRevival #LispInterpreters #RetroComputing #SmallIsBeautiful #HackerNews #ngated

  49. 🌱 MICRO Common Lisp: Because who doesn't want to relive the glory days of CPM with a 64KB memory limit? 🚀 It's the perfect choice if you prefer your Lisp interpreters small, unhelpfully obscure, and proudly stuck in the 80s. 📼
    t3x.org/mcl/index.html #MICROCommonLisp #80sRevival #LispInterpreters #RetroComputing #SmallIsBeautiful #HackerNews #ngated

  50. 🌱 MICRO Common Lisp: Because who doesn't want to relive the glory days of CPM with a 64KB memory limit? 🚀 It's the perfect choice if you prefer your Lisp interpreters small, unhelpfully obscure, and proudly stuck in the 80s. 📼
    t3x.org/mcl/index.html #MICROCommonLisp #80sRevival #LispInterpreters #RetroComputing #SmallIsBeautiful #HackerNews #ngated

  51. 1/4 Folks everywhere are vibecoding the next viral, marketable thing to "make it big." Meanwhile, I’m pretty done with the whole "make it big" thing and, honestly, starting to feel done even with trying to fit the "average tech Joe persona" (whatever that is).

    #LifeAfterHustle #SlowTech #BuildForYourself #AltTech #SmallIsBeautiful #MeaningfulWork

  52. 1/4 Folks everywhere are vibecoding the next viral, marketable thing to "make it big." Meanwhile, I’m pretty done with the whole "make it big" thing and, honestly, starting to feel done even with trying to fit the "average tech Joe persona" (whatever that is).

    #LifeAfterHustle #SlowTech #BuildForYourself #AltTech #SmallIsBeautiful #MeaningfulWork

  53. 1/4 Folks everywhere are vibecoding the next viral, marketable thing to "make it big." Meanwhile, I’m pretty done with the whole "make it big" thing and, honestly, starting to feel done even with trying to fit the "average tech Joe persona" (whatever that is).

    #LifeAfterHustle #SlowTech #BuildForYourself #AltTech #SmallIsBeautiful #MeaningfulWork

  54. 1/4 Folks everywhere are vibecoding the next viral, marketable thing to "make it big." Meanwhile, I’m pretty done with the whole "make it big" thing and, honestly, starting to feel done even with trying to fit the "average tech Joe persona" (whatever that is).

    #LifeAfterHustle #SlowTech #BuildForYourself #AltTech #SmallIsBeautiful #MeaningfulWork

  55. …It is easier to descale a kettle than to descale a culture. And instead, our leaders seem intent on kettling culture.

    But we do have to try.
    To descale

    #smallisBeautiful

  56. …It is easier to descale a kettle than to descale a culture. And instead, our leaders seem intent on kettling culture.

    But we do have to try.
    To descale

    #smallisBeautiful

  57. …It is easier to descale a kettle than to descale a culture. And instead, our leaders seem intent on kettling culture.

    But we do have to try.
    To descale

    #smallisBeautiful

  58. …It is easier to descale a kettle than to descale a culture. And instead, our leaders seem intent on kettling culture.

    But we do have to try.
    To descale

    #smallisBeautiful

  59. …It is easier to descale a kettle than to descale a culture. And instead, our leaders seem intent on kettling culture.

    But we do have to try.
    To descale

    #smallisBeautiful