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Giles Turnbull
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https://gilest.org • https://usethehumanvoice.com
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gilestur.bsky.social
doing my bit to uphold tradition
A Christmas tree made of sticky notes, in the window of my office, viewed from the the street outside. We're looking up at an old building with lovely yellow stone walls and large arched windows.
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
gilestur.bsky.social
You will be visited by three spirits
Still from the Silent Running movie, showing Lowell (Bruce Dern) with two of the robots
December 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
gilestur.bsky.social
down our way
bw photo of a UK town street scene: cars, a pedestrian crossing, windows of the buildings lit up as the sky darkens on a winters evening. the ground is glistening after recent rain. the sky looks like more rain is coming soon
December 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
gilestur.bsky.social
four recent b/ws
moody b/w shot: looking up at the sky with whispy clouds, a church tower has some birds flickering away from it, lit up by the sun against dark clouds b/w selfie in a round mirror, i look like a dork oh hey I AM a dork fuzzy abstract b/w of something that looks like a hook, silhouetted against a lighter background. it doesn't sound like much but if I made an album of ambient electronica right now, this would be the cover b/w shot of a gap between a wall and one of those glass doors from the 1970s where the glass is hundreds of little squares
December 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
gilestur.bsky.social
This is a *lovely* thing, you should give it a listen

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
David Attenborough: My Life in Sound - BBC Sounds
An exclusive Radio 4 interview with David Attenborough about his life in wildlife sound.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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jonty.bsky.social
Did not expect a capybara explaining brexit to be so affecting
"Explain Brexit" "Grunt. Waddles heavily over to the center of the enclosure. Click-click-click-click-click... Nudges a large collection of lettuce, melons, and carrots into a big, tight circle. Lays down in the middle of them. Looks cozy. Purrrrrrrrrr. Hup! Stands up abruptly. Isolate: Pushes a single, lumpy turnip away from the main pile of delicious vegetables. Pushes it far away, into the muddy corner. Observe: Looks at the big pile of food. Looks at the lonely turnip. Bark! Drags a large branch over and drops it between the turnip and the rest of the vegetables. Then adds another branch. And a rock. Walks over to the big vegetable pile. Pick up: Grabs a delicious carrot in mouth. Attempt: Tries to walk over to the turnip. Block: Bonks nose against the branch barrier. Thump. Drop: Drops the carrot on the wrong side of the wall. Whimper. Stares at the turnip in the mud. It looks wet and alone. Stares at the carrot stuck at the wall. Heaving sigh. Plops down in the water. motionless. Wheek?"
December 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
gilestur.bsky.social
someone gave me an amaryllis so consider this the first of a new potato update style series
An amaryllis bulb perched in a pot, all bulb and no leaves or anything. Potential, if nothing else.
December 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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bengoldacre.bsky.social
I'm delighted to say we have won the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education with our work on OpenSAFELY, inventing new methods that let researchers analyse NHS GP data while protecting everyone's privacy, and with complete transparency, in a hugely productive platform!
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
OpenSAFELY team awarded Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and Further
Oxford’s OpenSAFELY team wins the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for revolutionising secure NHS data research, protecting patient privacy while unlocking life-saving health insights.
www.ox.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
gilestur.bsky.social
can confirm, this was a terrific show (cc @gidcoe.bsky.social in case you're inspired to mention it)
postpunkandnewwave.bsky.social postpunkandnewwave.bsky.social @postpunkandnewwave.bsky.social · Nov 13
@nationoflanguage.bsky.social
A storming gig last night at the Roundhouse from the awesome Nation Of Language
November 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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zuz.bsky.social
I’m on the lookout for a new contract (preferably inside).

I’ve got over a decade of experience working in the public sector, mostly in agile delivery management. Two weeks notice.

Not got DMs here but Signal is zuz.1337, or LinkedIn is good.

Thx :)
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
gilestur.bsky.social
listening to my copies this evening, hurrah \o/
burningshed.com Burning Shed @burningshed.com · Oct 23
The Lilac Time

Looking For A Day In The Night (2025 reissue) and Live

CD / vinyl preorders shipped, now in stock including exclusive blue vinyl:

https://burningshed.com/store/needlemythology

#TheLilacTime #LookingForADayInTheNight #IndieMusic #LiveAlbum #Music #MusicSky #VinylSky
October 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
gilestur.bsky.social
*standing ovation*
October 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
gilestur.bsky.social
Stop what you're doing and go buy a copy of The Cords debut album, chock full of jingly-jangly riffs, soft harmonies, la la las, and enough 80s indie nostalgia to storm to the top of the Festive Fifty.

thecordsband.bandcamp.com/album/the-co...
The Cords, by The Cords
13 track album
thecordsband.bandcamp.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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bengoldacre.bsky.social
COME TO OUR CONFERENCE!

Lots of people work on medicines data: researchers; but also "medicines optimisation" teams, using data to directly improve NHS care; and teams who build data tools. These clans rarely meet... Until now! Join us, Dec 10th, in Oxford.

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/events/2025-...
2025 Bennett Institute Medicines Symposium | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
The two-day 2025 Bennett Institute Medicines Symposium will take place at Jesus College in Oxford on 10–11 December 2025.
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk
September 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
gilestur.bsky.social
Cutting my lunchtime sandwich into triangles. I deserve it.
September 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
gilestur.bsky.social
This might be useful: Signboard, a simple desktop kanban app that stores its data in Markdown files

cdevroe.com/2025/09/16/s...
Signboard - A kanban app that writes Markdown files
I've wanted this for a long time - a kanban style productivity desktop app that writes Markdown files to disk. And that is what Signboard is. It looks like this. Signboard 0.2.1 And here is
cdevroe.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
gilestur.bsky.social
New theory: eventually, all first names will be used as AI product names

giles.app
Giles® - Home
giles.app
September 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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pixlz.com
I thought this schematic was very good in A&E reception
A schematic of the journey through Dorset County Hospital A&E whilst the main entrance is ambulance arrivals only. Ambulance arrival - check in, assessment: handover, treatment: (you will be treated in order of urgency) resuscitation/majors, outcome: (you may have to wait while we process your test results and decide on the best treatment) hospital/short stay units/leave ED. Walk in arrival - check in, assessment: (you will be seen by a nurse in order of arrival) triage, treatment: (you will be treated in order of urgency) minors/see & treat, outcome: (you may have to wait while we process your test results and decide on the best treatment) hospital/short stay units/leave ED.
September 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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sjoy.lol
To anyone that was sad that they missed out on the hard copy of the Internet Phone Book (internetphonebook.net) - be ready, you can have another chance!

At:
10am ET (US)
4pm/16:00 CET (Europe)

..this page is to stop frowning, and allow you to place an order:
livingweb.metalabel.com/internetphon...
Internet Phone Book
An annual publication for exploring the vast poetic web, featuring essays, musings and a directory with the personal websites of hundreds of designers, developers, writers, curators, and educators. Pu...
internetphonebook.net
September 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
gilestur.bsky.social
had some stuff to get off my chest about strategies ~ gilest.org/notes/strate...
gilest.org: The strategy is enquiry
gilest.org
September 12, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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ginatrapani.org
Hi friends. Blogging is fun, so I started again. I hope you’ll take a look and follow along at @notetoself.studio
notetoself.studio
Note to Self by Gina Trapani
A blog & newsletter about creativity over productivity, by Gina Trapani.
notetoself.studio
September 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
gilestur.bsky.social
An oldie from the archives: some tweets that Pretend Office might have sent...

gilest.org/shoebox/pret...
gilest.org
gilest.org
September 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
gilestur.bsky.social
Bumpity bump bump
gilestur.bsky.social Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · Aug 27
I'm giving away the last few copies of my book, from the early print runs in 2021/22. Email me if you'd like one! Details here: gilest.org/notes/free-b...
gilest.org: Free copies of my book for charities
gilest.org
September 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
gilestur.bsky.social
Nice work Essex 👏
An amazing orange cloud looming over the tiny landscape
August 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM