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Alex Torrance
@alextorrance.co.uk
· Jun 26
A place in England.
places.projects.alextorrance.co.uk
I was looking at some English placenames recently and thought they all sounded made up, and thought it would be fun to make a thing that makes up English place names — so that's exactly what I did.
Introducing: A place in England
places.projects.alextorrance.co.uk
Introducing: A place in England
places.projects.alextorrance.co.uk
I find it a bit weird when people put their degree qualifications on their email signature.
Maybe I’ll put my GCSEs on mine.
Maybe I’ll put my GCSEs on mine.
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I find it a bit weird when people put their degree qualifications on their email signature.
Maybe I’ll put my GCSEs on mine.
Maybe I’ll put my GCSEs on mine.
Are the hashtags his categorisation sections?
Henry Rollins and part of his vinyl collection
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #henryrollins #history #punkrockhistory #vinyl #vinylcollection
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #henryrollins #history #punkrockhistory #vinyl #vinylcollection
November 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Are the hashtags his categorisation sections?
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Happy 24th Birthday Wayback Machine!
On October 24, 2001, The Internet Archive organization launched a free digital archive of websites for the general public called the Wayback Machine.
The oldest pages stored in the archive date back to 1996.
On October 24, 2001, The Internet Archive organization launched a free digital archive of websites for the general public called the Wayback Machine.
The oldest pages stored in the archive date back to 1996.
October 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Happy 24th Birthday Wayback Machine!
On October 24, 2001, The Internet Archive organization launched a free digital archive of websites for the general public called the Wayback Machine.
The oldest pages stored in the archive date back to 1996.
On October 24, 2001, The Internet Archive organization launched a free digital archive of websites for the general public called the Wayback Machine.
The oldest pages stored in the archive date back to 1996.
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Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
October 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
This video about the history of synthesisers and how they work by Chris Miller (aka Gunnar Haslam) is really fascinating.
Has a great retro look reminiscent of Look Around You and Carl Sagan. Recommended if you are interested in synths, physics or just learning things.
youtu.be/waN4owHeyaQ?...
Has a great retro look reminiscent of Look Around You and Carl Sagan. Recommended if you are interested in synths, physics or just learning things.
youtu.be/waN4owHeyaQ?...
Synthesizing with Moog | Lesson 1: Listening
YouTube video by Moog Music
youtu.be
October 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This video about the history of synthesisers and how they work by Chris Miller (aka Gunnar Haslam) is really fascinating.
Has a great retro look reminiscent of Look Around You and Carl Sagan. Recommended if you are interested in synths, physics or just learning things.
youtu.be/waN4owHeyaQ?...
Has a great retro look reminiscent of Look Around You and Carl Sagan. Recommended if you are interested in synths, physics or just learning things.
youtu.be/waN4owHeyaQ?...
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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Mission patches
↖Aliens (1986): Dropship crew
↗Mission to Mars (2000): Mars Recovery
↙The Martian (2015): Ares III
↘Deliver Us the Moon (2019): Fortuna I
↖Aliens (1986): Dropship crew
↗Mission to Mars (2000): Mars Recovery
↙The Martian (2015): Ares III
↘Deliver Us the Moon (2019): Fortuna I
October 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Mission patches
↖Aliens (1986): Dropship crew
↗Mission to Mars (2000): Mars Recovery
↙The Martian (2015): Ares III
↘Deliver Us the Moon (2019): Fortuna I
↖Aliens (1986): Dropship crew
↗Mission to Mars (2000): Mars Recovery
↙The Martian (2015): Ares III
↘Deliver Us the Moon (2019): Fortuna I
Show us the last four albums you listened to.
October 6, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Show us the last four albums you listened to.
I find it interesting how articles like this* don’t include service design, civic design and people using tech to improve society. Is not relevant?
* I would say design criticism in general but also I’m not that well versed overall
* I would say design criticism in general but also I’m not that well versed overall
on.ft.com/46M9mXI Why designers abandoned their dreams of changing the world. Free to Read.
Why designers abandoned their dreams of changing the world
Design was once seen as a tool to improve lives — but as modernism has become marketing, that sense of social purpose has drifted away
on.ft.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I find it interesting how articles like this* don’t include service design, civic design and people using tech to improve society. Is not relevant?
* I would say design criticism in general but also I’m not that well versed overall
* I would say design criticism in general but also I’m not that well versed overall
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on.ft.com/46M9mXI Why designers abandoned their dreams of changing the world. Free to Read.
Why designers abandoned their dreams of changing the world
Design was once seen as a tool to improve lives — but as modernism has become marketing, that sense of social purpose has drifted away
on.ft.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
on.ft.com/46M9mXI Why designers abandoned their dreams of changing the world. Free to Read.
Just dropped 3/4 of a rich tea biscuit into my cup of tea. Tried to fish it out with the remaining 1/4 and that fell in too.
Now drinking a biscuity tea smoothie I guess.
Now drinking a biscuity tea smoothie I guess.
October 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Just dropped 3/4 of a rich tea biscuit into my cup of tea. Tried to fish it out with the remaining 1/4 and that fell in too.
Now drinking a biscuity tea smoothie I guess.
Now drinking a biscuity tea smoothie I guess.
@thequietus.com it would be great if your monthly subscriber playlist pages included a tracklist with links to the relevant articles/reviews — hard to find what you've written about some tracks/artists as they don't show up in your search. 👍
October 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
@thequietus.com it would be great if your monthly subscriber playlist pages included a tracklist with links to the relevant articles/reviews — hard to find what you've written about some tracks/artists as they don't show up in your search. 👍
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Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company, PPE Medpro, has just been ordered to refund the Government £122m from a PPE contract.
There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...
Thread:
There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...
Thread:
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company, PPE Medpro, has just been ordered to refund the Government £122m from a PPE contract.
There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...
Thread:
There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...
Thread:
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Google just wiped EU data from its political ad library. Meta’s ban on political ads in the EU starts soon and we're worried they might do the same.
We need a backup of the EU Meta Ad Library now. If you have data (2018–present) or skills to help, let us know:
ir96l7a6vsf.typeform.com/to/fIk9XMZT
We need a backup of the EU Meta Ad Library now. If you have data (2018–present) or skills to help, let us know:
ir96l7a6vsf.typeform.com/to/fIk9XMZT
Save the EU Ad Libraries
Meta may soon switch off ad libraries in the EU and remove data going back to 2018. Help ensure this data is archived for research.
ir96l7a6vsf.typeform.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Google just wiped EU data from its political ad library. Meta’s ban on political ads in the EU starts soon and we're worried they might do the same.
We need a backup of the EU Meta Ad Library now. If you have data (2018–present) or skills to help, let us know:
ir96l7a6vsf.typeform.com/to/fIk9XMZT
We need a backup of the EU Meta Ad Library now. If you have data (2018–present) or skills to help, let us know:
ir96l7a6vsf.typeform.com/to/fIk9XMZT
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Between 13 and 19m adults in the UK experience some kind of digital poverty - more than a million don't have a smartphone or a laptop. There are promises for consultation with digitally excluded groups, but from a build perspective this means backwards compatibility - needs to work on old phones
September 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Between 13 and 19m adults in the UK experience some kind of digital poverty - more than a million don't have a smartphone or a laptop. There are promises for consultation with digitally excluded groups, but from a build perspective this means backwards compatibility - needs to work on old phones
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A while back Historic England asked for my opinion on which was the oldest pub in London. The result is a new online article that outlines the variables, busts some myths, and points to a couple of genuinely ancient pubs in and around the city...
heritagecalling.com/2025/09/25/w...
heritagecalling.com/2025/09/25/w...
September 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A while back Historic England asked for my opinion on which was the oldest pub in London. The result is a new online article that outlines the variables, busts some myths, and points to a couple of genuinely ancient pubs in and around the city...
heritagecalling.com/2025/09/25/w...
heritagecalling.com/2025/09/25/w...
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To quote Marisa, the wife of #JDTwitch, in her post: "the most meaningful way to honour Keith is to keep playing his music, sharing your memories, and supporting the causes he cared about." In this thread, please find a series of links that will allow you to do just that. Please share widely:
September 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
To quote Marisa, the wife of #JDTwitch, in her post: "the most meaningful way to honour Keith is to keep playing his music, sharing your memories, and supporting the causes he cared about." In this thread, please find a series of links that will allow you to do just that. Please share widely:
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This is the thanks we get for lavishing him with a full state visit - more racist lies and smears about our capital city and its mayor.
I assume the condemnation from Starmer will be coming any moment now?
I assume the condemnation from Starmer will be coming any moment now?
September 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is the thanks we get for lavishing him with a full state visit - more racist lies and smears about our capital city and its mayor.
I assume the condemnation from Starmer will be coming any moment now?
I assume the condemnation from Starmer will be coming any moment now?
I think the evangelical Christians in the US saw The Rapture on the Coachella 2026 line up and got confused.
September 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I think the evangelical Christians in the US saw The Rapture on the Coachella 2026 line up and got confused.
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My getting my talk show cancelled opinion is that Kirk's shooting happened because there's an absurd amount of guns in the US. They outnumber people.
If all you've got is hammers, then everything looks like a nail.
If all you've got is hammers, then everything looks like a nail.
September 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My getting my talk show cancelled opinion is that Kirk's shooting happened because there's an absurd amount of guns in the US. They outnumber people.
If all you've got is hammers, then everything looks like a nail.
If all you've got is hammers, then everything looks like a nail.
I had to the make the text size on my phone bigger.
September 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I had to the make the text size on my phone bigger.
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Kirk’s Posthumous and Paradoxically Fitting Employment Reign of Terror talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/kirks...
Kirk’s Posthumous and Paradoxically Fitting Employment Reign of Terror
I’ve written several times over the last few days not only about...
talkingpointsmemo.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Kirk’s Posthumous and Paradoxically Fitting Employment Reign of Terror talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/kirks...
Anyone else feeling completely overwhelmed with despair and dismay at the state of the world?
September 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Anyone else feeling completely overwhelmed with despair and dismay at the state of the world?
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Geodesic genius: Nicholas Grimshaw brought futuristic grandeur to trains, planes, gardens – and shopping
Geodesic genius: Nicholas Grimshaw brought futuristic grandeur to trains, planes, gardens – and shopping
As well as the Eden Project, Grimshaw’s ambitious and audacious work on railway stations, airports, sports complexes and supermarkets could elevate even the most mundane experience
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Geodesic genius: Nicholas Grimshaw brought futuristic grandeur to trains, planes, gardens – and shopping