Peter Scott Reid
@peterscottreid.bsky.social
user researcher
Cambridge, UK
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banner is a photo of Composition 8: https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/1924
Cambridge, UK
he | him
banner is a photo of Composition 8: https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/1924
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This term is so social media-brained. Coined by people who can't imagine themselves without an audience, or that anyone could genuinely want to pass time in any other form than Stare at Phone
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This term is so social media-brained. Coined by people who can't imagine themselves without an audience, or that anyone could genuinely want to pass time in any other form than Stare at Phone
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I watched "No Other Land" with my students last week and afterwards, one commented at how their focus on Gaza these past years had diverted them from thinking enough about the grinding repression in the West Bank.
Earlier today, a mob of Israeli Jewish settlers attacked and assaulted roughly 30 Palestinian villagers and activists, plus about 10 journalists who had gathered during an attempt to harvest olives near a settler outpost in the Israeli-occupied West Bank
November 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I watched "No Other Land" with my students last week and afterwards, one commented at how their focus on Gaza these past years had diverted them from thinking enough about the grinding repression in the West Bank.
amazing obituary
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
amazing obituary
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
wise and incredibly funny
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
wise and incredibly funny
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I skipped this article for a while because I figured I'd read enough about the NYT's Mamdani coverage. I don't want to say the headline does the article a disservice - it is also very much about that - but goes well beyond as well
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I skipped this article for a while because I figured I'd read enough about the NYT's Mamdani coverage. I don't want to say the headline does the article a disservice - it is also very much about that - but goes well beyond as well
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Out this evening at the theatre. Intrigued to know what the middle-aged themes are.
November 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Out this evening at the theatre. Intrigued to know what the middle-aged themes are.
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do you know how horrid and evil you have to be to be in this much pain in public and everyone still hates you
Elon Musk is over on Twitter posting his sad/pathetic Ai prompts.
November 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
do you know how horrid and evil you have to be to be in this much pain in public and everyone still hates you
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Dear Hilda Am having a good time, my tongue has not stopped.
November 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Dear Hilda Am having a good time, my tongue has not stopped.
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people who can compartmentalize elon musk’s actions and are able to keep using his app must better at navigating social realities than i’ll ever be
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
people who can compartmentalize elon musk’s actions and are able to keep using his app must better at navigating social realities than i’ll ever be
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Peasant with a Chopping Knife - 1881
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/11758
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/11758
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Peasant with a Chopping Knife - 1881
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/11758
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/11758
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Hard to think of anything in media that regularly brings me as much pure joy anymore as the headline in The New York Times' Trilobites section.
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Hard to think of anything in media that regularly brings me as much pure joy anymore as the headline in The New York Times' Trilobites section.
Fascinating discussion below
Slightly odd question, but:
What cities in Britain would you say have the most homogenous homes (i.e., a lot of buildings are quite similar)? And which have the most diversity in their built form?
What cities in Britain would you say have the most homogenous homes (i.e., a lot of buildings are quite similar)? And which have the most diversity in their built form?
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Fascinating discussion below
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Slightly odd question, but:
What cities in Britain would you say have the most homogenous homes (i.e., a lot of buildings are quite similar)? And which have the most diversity in their built form?
What cities in Britain would you say have the most homogenous homes (i.e., a lot of buildings are quite similar)? And which have the most diversity in their built form?
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Slightly odd question, but:
What cities in Britain would you say have the most homogenous homes (i.e., a lot of buildings are quite similar)? And which have the most diversity in their built form?
What cities in Britain would you say have the most homogenous homes (i.e., a lot of buildings are quite similar)? And which have the most diversity in their built form?
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“It’s kind of a shocking number."
The median age of first-time home buyers in the U.S. hit an all-time high of 40 in 2025, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. nyti.ms/4hKc58V
The median age of first-time home buyers in the U.S. hit an all-time high of 40 in 2025, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. nyti.ms/4hKc58V
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
“It’s kind of a shocking number."
The median age of first-time home buyers in the U.S. hit an all-time high of 40 in 2025, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. nyti.ms/4hKc58V
The median age of first-time home buyers in the U.S. hit an all-time high of 40 in 2025, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. nyti.ms/4hKc58V
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Change in Headline
November 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Change in Headline
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Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
moonrise over in Gaza City, by Dawoud Abu Alkas
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
moonrise over in Gaza City, by Dawoud Abu Alkas
'...Sometimes that means through layers of intermediaries, user researchers, service designers and workshops. All of that has its place, but nothing beats an engineer being there in person to witness the problems first-hand.'
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
'...Sometimes that means through layers of intermediaries, user researchers, service designers and workshops. All of that has its place, but nothing beats an engineer being there in person to witness the problems first-hand.'
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An old style thing is that if people say the acronym as a word, like Defra, you only cap up the first letter. So like Uefa or similar. Whether government is consistent like this idk.
November 4, 2025 at 11:43 AM
An old style thing is that if people say the acronym as a word, like Defra, you only cap up the first letter. So like Uefa or similar. Whether government is consistent like this idk.
big news for em-oh-jay or modge people
it is 'MOJ', not 'MoJ'
design-patterns.service.justice.gov.uk/content-stan...
it is 'MOJ', not 'MoJ'
design-patterns.service.justice.gov.uk/content-stan...
November 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
big news for em-oh-jay or modge people
it is 'MOJ', not 'MoJ'
design-patterns.service.justice.gov.uk/content-stan...
it is 'MOJ', not 'MoJ'
design-patterns.service.justice.gov.uk/content-stan...