Jeremy Scott-Joynt
@jcsj.uk
Barrister (regulatory, business crime, commercial). Avid if ageing capoeirista. Poor jazz piano player. Nerdish tendencies (Trek AND Wars, btw). Views not so much my own (who can honestly claim that?); but certainly my fault. Blogs at https://jcsj.uk.
Being a good parent is exhausting sometimes. Particularly when ep 1 of Murderbot drops and you’ve promised your daughter you’ll watch it together when her A levels are done. Almost a month from now.
May 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Being a good parent is exhausting sometimes. Particularly when ep 1 of Murderbot drops and you’ve promised your daughter you’ll watch it together when her A levels are done. Almost a month from now.
Alongside the other billion and one reasons why my daughter is fabulous is telling me about this screensaver. That I’ve never noticed it before is mortifying. But as a 35-year Mac veteran, all the way back to System 6, this is Clarus-level joy for me. #hiChicago
April 8, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Alongside the other billion and one reasons why my daughter is fabulous is telling me about this screensaver. That I’ve never noticed it before is mortifying. But as a 35-year Mac veteran, all the way back to System 6, this is Clarus-level joy for me. #hiChicago
New life rule.
If I buy something from you and you ship it to me via #Evri (and don't give me an alternative), I won't buy from you again.
Twice in two weeks an Evri delivery has been left somewhere utterly stupid. The first time, it was stolen. The second, thankfully not. Never again.
If I buy something from you and you ship it to me via #Evri (and don't give me an alternative), I won't buy from you again.
Twice in two weeks an Evri delivery has been left somewhere utterly stupid. The first time, it was stolen. The second, thankfully not. Never again.
March 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
New life rule.
If I buy something from you and you ship it to me via #Evri (and don't give me an alternative), I won't buy from you again.
Twice in two weeks an Evri delivery has been left somewhere utterly stupid. The first time, it was stolen. The second, thankfully not. Never again.
If I buy something from you and you ship it to me via #Evri (and don't give me an alternative), I won't buy from you again.
Twice in two weeks an Evri delivery has been left somewhere utterly stupid. The first time, it was stolen. The second, thankfully not. Never again.
Nothing I’ve ever done screams “nerd” quite as loudly as the fact I’ve just read this inordinately long piece about a font from top to bottom.
Still recommend it, though. It’s lovely. The font AND the piece.
(Thanks to the wonderful statusq.org for the link.)
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
Still recommend it, though. It’s lovely. The font AND the piece.
(Thanks to the wonderful statusq.org for the link.)
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
The hardest working font in Manhattan
A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org
February 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Nothing I’ve ever done screams “nerd” quite as loudly as the fact I’ve just read this inordinately long piece about a font from top to bottom.
Still recommend it, though. It’s lovely. The font AND the piece.
(Thanks to the wonderful statusq.org for the link.)
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
Still recommend it, though. It’s lovely. The font AND the piece.
(Thanks to the wonderful statusq.org for the link.)
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
am I a bad person for being onboard (sorry) with this?
www.thelocal.fr/20250206/fre...
www.thelocal.fr/20250206/fre...
French train passenger fined €150 for using phone on speaker
A passenger on the French rail network SNCF has revealed that he received a €150 fine for using his phone on loud speaker within a train station.
www.thelocal.fr
February 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
am I a bad person for being onboard (sorry) with this?
www.thelocal.fr/20250206/fre...
www.thelocal.fr/20250206/fre...
Interesting work from @danneidle.bsky.social and taxpolicy.org.uk on Companies House failings has prompted thoughts on broader strict liability "control offences" - and a spot of personal history to boot. www.jcsj.uk/2025ii4-tues...
2025ii4, Tuesday: Fruit.
We often think of the roads less travelled in our lives. More often than we might think, that phrase should end with the word "yet" - my becoming a barrister in my 40s is testament to that. (And somet...
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February 5, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Interesting work from @danneidle.bsky.social and taxpolicy.org.uk on Companies House failings has prompted thoughts on broader strict liability "control offences" - and a spot of personal history to boot. www.jcsj.uk/2025ii4-tues...
This resonates. Loud and clear. A key question, always.
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open.substack.com/pub/richardb...
Who Flourishes Because You Have Power?
Theologically, I've always had an ambivalent relationship with power.
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February 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This resonates. Loud and clear. A key question, always.
open.substack.com/pub/richardb...
open.substack.com/pub/richardb...
Jason Kottke (that global treasure) took me to the astonishing Questlove mix of SNL music (kottke.org/25/01/questl...). And that led me here... a beloved, multi-handed work of genius which for 35 years has taken me to a place where the soul flies free. A blessing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJXb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJXb...
Gang Starr & Branford Marsalis / Jazz Thing (Instrumental) / 1990
YouTube video by tw19751
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January 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Jason Kottke (that global treasure) took me to the astonishing Questlove mix of SNL music (kottke.org/25/01/questl...). And that led me here... a beloved, multi-handed work of genius which for 35 years has taken me to a place where the soul flies free. A blessing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJXb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJXb...
I've still got my Pebble somewhere. Don't really use it. But it was an absolute masterpiece when it came out more than a decade ago. Just wonderful.
So, yes. Of COURSE I've signed up to express interest in buying a new one... repebble.com
So, yes. Of COURSE I've signed up to express interest in buying a new one... repebble.com
We're bringing Pebble back!
Eight years later, you still can't beat a Pebble
repebble.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I've still got my Pebble somewhere. Don't really use it. But it was an absolute masterpiece when it came out more than a decade ago. Just wonderful.
So, yes. Of COURSE I've signed up to express interest in buying a new one... repebble.com
So, yes. Of COURSE I've signed up to express interest in buying a new one... repebble.com
Two people I care about are to be KCs. Amid my huge delight for them, a few musings on progression - and personal relationships.
www.jcsj.uk/2025i26-sund...
www.jcsj.uk/2025i26-sund...
2025i26, Sunday: Silk
I can't be alone, thank goodness, in taking a particular joy in other people's success.
It's great to win, of course. One's own victories are sweet indeed.
But I think there's something truly specia...
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January 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Two people I care about are to be KCs. Amid my huge delight for them, a few musings on progression - and personal relationships.
www.jcsj.uk/2025i26-sund...
www.jcsj.uk/2025i26-sund...
After 35 years of Mac use, there’s always something new to learn. An inadvertent keypress showed me that ctrl-Enter pops up a context menu (at least in Word, Notes, Bear and other text entry situations).
For lovers of keyboard shortcuts, very useful.
(Apologies to those who’ve known it for years!)
For lovers of keyboard shortcuts, very useful.
(Apologies to those who’ve known it for years!)
January 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
After 35 years of Mac use, there’s always something new to learn. An inadvertent keypress showed me that ctrl-Enter pops up a context menu (at least in Word, Notes, Bear and other text entry situations).
For lovers of keyboard shortcuts, very useful.
(Apologies to those who’ve known it for years!)
For lovers of keyboard shortcuts, very useful.
(Apologies to those who’ve known it for years!)
This whole thread. And especially this.
Ok. Now they’re connected. It’s porting your info across. Now set up Touch ID. Just keep putting your finger on the button. Don’t press it. No no need to press it. Don’t press the button. /5
December 31, 2024 at 6:22 AM
This whole thread. And especially this.
I always loved this pic. My beloved gave me a poster of it long ago and it stayed on our wall for years. And this story - www.nytimes.com/interactive/... (shared by the great managingeditor.substack.com/about) - sung its soul good and loud. Blessings.
58 Jazz Musicians Were Photographed for ‘Harlem 1958.' Only One Remains.
Art Kane’s “Harlem 1958” gathered giants of the music. Sonny Rollins, 94, looks back at the historic picture.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 9:08 PM
I always loved this pic. My beloved gave me a poster of it long ago and it stayed on our wall for years. And this story - www.nytimes.com/interactive/... (shared by the great managingeditor.substack.com/about) - sung its soul good and loud. Blessings.
This, from a piece by Tim Goodman about why professionals don’t vote Tory, is hilarious. Unrecognisable in its lack of connection with reality. A picture-perfect example of someone seeing their own biases and mistaking them for the outside world.
December 7, 2024 at 8:01 PM
This, from a piece by Tim Goodman about why professionals don’t vote Tory, is hilarious. Unrecognisable in its lack of connection with reality. A picture-perfect example of someone seeing their own biases and mistaking them for the outside world.
One of my most firmly-held beliefs is the critical importance of finding beauty in the small things.
The view south-east from the platform at Milton Keynes Central just now. This alone makes the morning a thing to treasure.
The view south-east from the platform at Milton Keynes Central just now. This alone makes the morning a thing to treasure.
December 2, 2024 at 9:18 AM
One of my most firmly-held beliefs is the critical importance of finding beauty in the small things.
The view south-east from the platform at Milton Keynes Central just now. This alone makes the morning a thing to treasure.
The view south-east from the platform at Milton Keynes Central just now. This alone makes the morning a thing to treasure.
Yes, a thousand times yes. “Around” in this usage makes me seethe, too.
www.ft.com/content/b589...
www.ft.com/content/b589...
The battle around ‘around’ and other awful woolly words
The fuzzy meaning space is becoming depressingly overcrowded
www.ft.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Yes, a thousand times yes. “Around” in this usage makes me seethe, too.
www.ft.com/content/b589...
www.ft.com/content/b589...
This post ends: “Experimental History is a RUNK in progress.” It is. It absolutely is. (That’s a compliment, btw.)
For those (like me) who didn’t know what a RUNK is - and you’ll want to, it’s a thing with buckets of *positive* explanatory power - read on.
open.substack.com/pub/experime...
For those (like me) who didn’t know what a RUNK is - and you’ll want to, it’s a thing with buckets of *positive* explanatory power - read on.
open.substack.com/pub/experime...
Underrated ways to change the world
How to get a good heart unstuck
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November 21, 2024 at 6:31 AM
This post ends: “Experimental History is a RUNK in progress.” It is. It absolutely is. (That’s a compliment, btw.)
For those (like me) who didn’t know what a RUNK is - and you’ll want to, it’s a thing with buckets of *positive* explanatory power - read on.
open.substack.com/pub/experime...
For those (like me) who didn’t know what a RUNK is - and you’ll want to, it’s a thing with buckets of *positive* explanatory power - read on.
open.substack.com/pub/experime...
Finally (!) finishing ST: #Discovery. (Penultimate ep.) And musing, once more, on the wonder that is Doug Jones’s Saru.
Amid the Forehead Aliens, a five-seasons-long note-perfect portrayal of someone genuinely alien (right down to the body language) yet hugely approachable.
Glorious. Just glorious.
Amid the Forehead Aliens, a five-seasons-long note-perfect portrayal of someone genuinely alien (right down to the body language) yet hugely approachable.
Glorious. Just glorious.
November 20, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Finally (!) finishing ST: #Discovery. (Penultimate ep.) And musing, once more, on the wonder that is Doug Jones’s Saru.
Amid the Forehead Aliens, a five-seasons-long note-perfect portrayal of someone genuinely alien (right down to the body language) yet hugely approachable.
Glorious. Just glorious.
Amid the Forehead Aliens, a five-seasons-long note-perfect portrayal of someone genuinely alien (right down to the body language) yet hugely approachable.
Glorious. Just glorious.
A friend, a stalwart of my found family (in capoeira and much else), and a woman I greatly esteem, has (re)found herself. She declares: “I’m an artist.”
Which she is. Rightly. Unquestionably. And it makes my heart sing to see her say so.
She tells the story here:
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Which she is. Rightly. Unquestionably. And it makes my heart sing to see her say so.
She tells the story here:
open.substack.com/pub/sharpeni...
239# A Newsletter for the Culturally Curious
SHARPENING MY PENCILS
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November 20, 2024 at 3:50 PM
A friend, a stalwart of my found family (in capoeira and much else), and a woman I greatly esteem, has (re)found herself. She declares: “I’m an artist.”
Which she is. Rightly. Unquestionably. And it makes my heart sing to see her say so.
She tells the story here:
open.substack.com/pub/sharpeni...
Which she is. Rightly. Unquestionably. And it makes my heart sing to see her say so.
She tells the story here:
open.substack.com/pub/sharpeni...
Spend day in police appeals tribunal. Note with delight venue is close to fabulous Korean takeaway. Gleefully buy food for wife, daughter and self (all of whom love the place). Run from venue to station to get home in time for everyone to eat.
And then leave the food on the effing train. Sigh.
And then leave the food on the effing train. Sigh.
November 12, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Spend day in police appeals tribunal. Note with delight venue is close to fabulous Korean takeaway. Gleefully buy food for wife, daughter and self (all of whom love the place). Run from venue to station to get home in time for everyone to eat.
And then leave the food on the effing train. Sigh.
And then leave the food on the effing train. Sigh.
I'm in Aldeburgh for a few days next week. The map tells me it's just down the coast from both Dunwich and Walberswick.
And my old #CallofCthulhu muscles started twitching. Fond (perhaps not quite the word) memories of a White Dwarf scenario set in the latter... and another one set in the former.
And my old #CallofCthulhu muscles started twitching. Fond (perhaps not quite the word) memories of a White Dwarf scenario set in the latter... and another one set in the former.
November 1, 2024 at 8:54 AM
I'm in Aldeburgh for a few days next week. The map tells me it's just down the coast from both Dunwich and Walberswick.
And my old #CallofCthulhu muscles started twitching. Fond (perhaps not quite the word) memories of a White Dwarf scenario set in the latter... and another one set in the former.
And my old #CallofCthulhu muscles started twitching. Fond (perhaps not quite the word) memories of a White Dwarf scenario set in the latter... and another one set in the former.
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Dear legal bluesky - can we get a whatever you call a retweet please? trying to help people to find us in this place and could do with your assistance! TYIA
A trio of somewhat depressing blog posts about open justice not going quite as it ought to in the family court…
First up, our legal blogger @maggotlaw.bsky.social's account of trying and failing to observe a family court hearing in the magistrates court
transparencyproject.org.uk/keep-out-whe...
First up, our legal blogger @maggotlaw.bsky.social's account of trying and failing to observe a family court hearing in the magistrates court
transparencyproject.org.uk/keep-out-whe...
transparencyproject.org.uk
September 24, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Dear legal bluesky - can we get a whatever you call a retweet please? trying to help people to find us in this place and could do with your assistance! TYIA
TFW:
1. You nostalgically browse the bit about ST:TRPG in @stuhorvath.bsky.social’s magnum opus.
2. You yarn with 17yo daughter about it, and the Zahn Trilogy, and how they kept the #starwars flame alive.
3. She goes to ComicCon… and buys you Heir to the Empire.
Could any parent be more blessed?
1. You nostalgically browse the bit about ST:TRPG in @stuhorvath.bsky.social’s magnum opus.
2. You yarn with 17yo daughter about it, and the Zahn Trilogy, and how they kept the #starwars flame alive.
3. She goes to ComicCon… and buys you Heir to the Empire.
Could any parent be more blessed?
October 28, 2024 at 8:12 PM
TFW:
1. You nostalgically browse the bit about ST:TRPG in @stuhorvath.bsky.social’s magnum opus.
2. You yarn with 17yo daughter about it, and the Zahn Trilogy, and how they kept the #starwars flame alive.
3. She goes to ComicCon… and buys you Heir to the Empire.
Could any parent be more blessed?
1. You nostalgically browse the bit about ST:TRPG in @stuhorvath.bsky.social’s magnum opus.
2. You yarn with 17yo daughter about it, and the Zahn Trilogy, and how they kept the #starwars flame alive.
3. She goes to ComicCon… and buys you Heir to the Empire.
Could any parent be more blessed?
The problem with this - from the FCA's CEO, in www.ft.com/content/8774... - is that it runs directly contrary to the FCA's previous stated estimate: that two thirds of its recently-opened investigations would be subject to the naming provisions. I don't think both statements can be true.
October 18, 2024 at 8:55 AM
The problem with this - from the FCA's CEO, in www.ft.com/content/8774... - is that it runs directly contrary to the FCA's previous stated estimate: that two thirds of its recently-opened investigations would be subject to the naming provisions. I don't think both statements can be true.