Pamela Weaver
@pamelaweaver.bsky.social
Writing for a living, mostly about tech. Historian in a previous life. Politics, history, bikes, books, cricket, gardening, dogs, music. SocDem.
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Ireland/France/South Africa 🇮🇪 🇿🇦 🇫🇷
Fair warning: expect photos of dogs, France & cake
#FreeSafeLegal
Ireland/France/South Africa 🇮🇪 🇿🇦 🇫🇷
Fair warning: expect photos of dogs, France & cake
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Ok. So. They anonymised the sheep.
January 4, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Ok. So. They anonymised the sheep.
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Pulitzer
Imagine trying to look tough and serious but the projector behind you shows that you're just browsing Twitter.
January 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Pulitzer
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January 3, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Started reading this the other day, and the timing feels a little bit too perfect. Starts with Guantanamo Bay. In 1898.
Gangsters of Capitalism by Jonathan Katz.
Gangsters of Capitalism by Jonathan Katz.
January 4, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Started reading this the other day, and the timing feels a little bit too perfect. Starts with Guantanamo Bay. In 1898.
Gangsters of Capitalism by Jonathan Katz.
Gangsters of Capitalism by Jonathan Katz.
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Am about to lift the following from a thread I did once in the Olim Bird Place, but if I leave a legacy behind, please let it be the legacy of coining the term The Chortlemuffin effect. The Chortlemuffin Effect describes a citational chain leading to bullshit. /1
October 1, 2023 at 10:27 PM
Am about to lift the following from a thread I did once in the Olim Bird Place, but if I leave a legacy behind, please let it be the legacy of coining the term The Chortlemuffin effect. The Chortlemuffin Effect describes a citational chain leading to bullshit. /1
Anyone else willing that orange piece of drek to fall asleep and fall over in the background.
January 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Anyone else willing that orange piece of drek to fall asleep and fall over in the background.
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“and in other news, President Trump has ordered the bombing of Venezuela”
“Caracas?”
“not according to his doctors”
“Caracas?”
“not according to his doctors”
January 3, 2026 at 8:10 AM
“and in other news, President Trump has ordered the bombing of Venezuela”
“Caracas?”
“not according to his doctors”
“Caracas?”
“not according to his doctors”
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Trunp says Maduro has been captured and flown out of the country.
January 3, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Trunp says Maduro has been captured and flown out of the country.
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Parisians bathe in front of the Eiffel Tower, 1980s.
January 2, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Parisians bathe in front of the Eiffel Tower, 1980s.
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When men made AI "revenge porn" of Taylor Swift, men from both political sides defended it because they didn't like her & therefore sexual abuse was deserved, demonstrating it isn't about pleasure or desire, it's about asserting power to violate women. And now we're here.
January 2, 2026 at 7:53 PM
When men made AI "revenge porn" of Taylor Swift, men from both political sides defended it because they didn't like her & therefore sexual abuse was deserved, demonstrating it isn't about pleasure or desire, it's about asserting power to violate women. And now we're here.
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It's the first #FungiFriday of 2026, and a good time for a selection of my favorite fungi photos of last year!
January 2, 2026 at 4:20 PM
It's the first #FungiFriday of 2026, and a good time for a selection of my favorite fungi photos of last year!
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🧵!
About the issue of historians (here again, a man) who are used to their lenses on history being dominant, and to have trouble when a field shift shifts or opens up.
About the issue of historians (here again, a man) who are used to their lenses on history being dominant, and to have trouble when a field shift shifts or opens up.
Years ago I co-edited a festschrift with a colleague whose work was very different from mine, who could not grasp why or how what I did mattered to the field. I was remembering him today, and started thinking about the meta-question: why is it so hard to change dominant historical narratives. 1/
January 2, 2026 at 5:02 PM
🧵!
About the issue of historians (here again, a man) who are used to their lenses on history being dominant, and to have trouble when a field shift shifts or opens up.
About the issue of historians (here again, a man) who are used to their lenses on history being dominant, and to have trouble when a field shift shifts or opens up.
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In our latest interview, Matthew Dominguez, the Executive Director of @ciwfusa.bsky.social, shares how different advocacy approaches create meaningful change for animals.
Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on YouTube, or visit ourhenhouse.org/ep886
#EndFactoryFarming #FoodNotFeed
Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on YouTube, or visit ourhenhouse.org/ep886
#EndFactoryFarming #FoodNotFeed
January 2, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In our latest interview, Matthew Dominguez, the Executive Director of @ciwfusa.bsky.social, shares how different advocacy approaches create meaningful change for animals.
Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on YouTube, or visit ourhenhouse.org/ep886
#EndFactoryFarming #FoodNotFeed
Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on YouTube, or visit ourhenhouse.org/ep886
#EndFactoryFarming #FoodNotFeed
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For the BFI, 10 great films from 1926 www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...
10 great films of 1926
As we hurtle into 2026, take a 10-film trip back in time to celebrate these 100th anniversaries.
www.bfi.org.uk
January 2, 2026 at 12:33 PM
For the BFI, 10 great films from 1926 www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...
Spoken like a true banana republican.
#speirgorm
#speirgorm
January 2, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Spoken like a true banana republican.
#speirgorm
#speirgorm
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ROV pilots filmed this giant phantom jelly, or Stygiomedusa gigantea, at 253 meters during an ROV descent to explore the Colorado-Rawson submarine canyon wall. #ArgentinianDeepSeeps
January 2, 2026 at 12:07 AM
ROV pilots filmed this giant phantom jelly, or Stygiomedusa gigantea, at 253 meters during an ROV descent to explore the Colorado-Rawson submarine canyon wall. #ArgentinianDeepSeeps
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"Something ineffable happens when you write down a thought: You think something you did not know you could or would think and it leads you to another thought… the process of writing itself leads to previously unthought thoughts [and] crystallizes half-formulated or unformulated thoughts"
- Lynn Hunt
- Lynn Hunt
June 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
"Something ineffable happens when you write down a thought: You think something you did not know you could or would think and it leads you to another thought… the process of writing itself leads to previously unthought thoughts [and] crystallizes half-formulated or unformulated thoughts"
- Lynn Hunt
- Lynn Hunt
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A 21 year-old gymnast from Azerbaijan landed the worlds first full “full” this year at the World Games in Chengdu, China: #AGoodPlace
Source: www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...
Source: www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...
December 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A 21 year-old gymnast from Azerbaijan landed the worlds first full “full” this year at the World Games in Chengdu, China: #AGoodPlace
Source: www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...
Source: www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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It's not shutting down a debate when one side has facts and the other side makes things up because that's not an actual debate. You can't debate with made up nonsense because it is made up.
You can't shut down a debate when there isn't a debate to be had.
You can't shut down a debate when there isn't a debate to be had.
December 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It's not shutting down a debate when one side has facts and the other side makes things up because that's not an actual debate. You can't debate with made up nonsense because it is made up.
You can't shut down a debate when there isn't a debate to be had.
You can't shut down a debate when there isn't a debate to be had.
All of this 👇
Sorry but we literally debunked this like last month when he did this dog whistle. Fintan O'Toole literally did the maths, in the Times no less, that showed that this isn't true.
Why are we bothering to publish such an obvious lie when we know it's a lie?
Why are we bothering to publish such an obvious lie when we know it's a lie?
Simon Harris claims ‘significant number’ in emergency accommodation ‘don’t have housing right’
December 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
All of this 👇
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Et de réfléchir. 😘
December 31, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Et de réfléchir. 😘
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My favourite cross-linguistic homophone (a word in one language that sounds the same as a word from another language) is the Dutch word for a squirrel, eekhoorn, which is pronounced pretty much the same as the English word "acorn" (that squirrels of course love to eat).
December 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
My favourite cross-linguistic homophone (a word in one language that sounds the same as a word from another language) is the Dutch word for a squirrel, eekhoorn, which is pronounced pretty much the same as the English word "acorn" (that squirrels of course love to eat).
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The Second-Order Streisand Effect is a social phenomenon where if a party makes an effort to censor information, discussion and news about the censorship paradoxically leads to an increased awareness of Barbara Streisand, a musician whom most "Zoomers" would probably have otherwise never heard of
December 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Second-Order Streisand Effect is a social phenomenon where if a party makes an effort to censor information, discussion and news about the censorship paradoxically leads to an increased awareness of Barbara Streisand, a musician whom most "Zoomers" would probably have otherwise never heard of