tomsw
@tomweissmann.bsky.social
Into books, cooking, origami, programming.
Still fondly imagining that one day I'll be able to play to piano & viola da Gamba.
Still fondly imagining that one day I'll be able to play to piano & viola da Gamba.
Interesting, thanks.
I assumed wealth because it seemed too personal - focused on a specific writer - to be just about the system and its weights & pulleys.
I assumed wealth because it seemed too personal - focused on a specific writer - to be just about the system and its weights & pulleys.
November 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Interesting, thanks.
I assumed wealth because it seemed too personal - focused on a specific writer - to be just about the system and its weights & pulleys.
I assumed wealth because it seemed too personal - focused on a specific writer - to be just about the system and its weights & pulleys.
By money you mean wealth? Definitely, and it's clearly audible now that you mention it, though intellect was the one I heard loudest.
November 14, 2025 at 7:11 AM
By money you mean wealth? Definitely, and it's clearly audible now that you mention it, though intellect was the one I heard loudest.
I surely am, but it's the first episode that made me feel there was one to be written...
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I surely am, but it's the first episode that made me feel there was one to be written...
You did sound a bit of a dick in the beginning, but by the end you sounded more rattled, or threatened. Is there a backstory there?
Great episode though & definitely made me curious to read the books.
Great episode though & definitely made me curious to read the books.
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
You did sound a bit of a dick in the beginning, but by the end you sounded more rattled, or threatened. Is there a backstory there?
Great episode though & definitely made me curious to read the books.
Great episode though & definitely made me curious to read the books.
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Just seeing this now. Really fascinating. Hungarians apparently still had measurable Yakut ancestry in the Middle Ages but by now are genetically indistinguishable from others in Central Europe, while Finns are still 10% Yakut
August 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Just seeing this now. Really fascinating. Hungarians apparently still had measurable Yakut ancestry in the Middle Ages but by now are genetically indistinguishable from others in Central Europe, while Finns are still 10% Yakut
Closest you'll ever get is a slight waggle of the eyebrows from a retired superintendent (of a different force) on a daytime talk show, and "not sure that's the approach I'd have used"
July 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Closest you'll ever get is a slight waggle of the eyebrows from a retired superintendent (of a different force) on a daytime talk show, and "not sure that's the approach I'd have used"
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Beach find, 11th March 2022. A beachcombing first for us - a string of plastic pork sausages with faces.
July 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Beach find, 11th March 2022. A beachcombing first for us - a string of plastic pork sausages with faces.
Has a touch of Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose.
July 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Has a touch of Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose.
Wayside School has moments of surreal genius (eg the one with the pets) My daughter got into reading thanks to them.
July 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Wayside School has moments of surreal genius (eg the one with the pets) My daughter got into reading thanks to them.
Best Friends for Frances is the best. Very snappy dialogue and perfect balance of malice & heart.
"Chompo Bar" is also a family reference now
"Chompo Bar" is also a family reference now
July 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Best Friends for Frances is the best. Very snappy dialogue and perfect balance of malice & heart.
"Chompo Bar" is also a family reference now
"Chompo Bar" is also a family reference now
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If you need a head cleanser today. 'Moominsummer Madness' this afternoon on Radio 4.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Moominsummer Madness
A tsunami hits Moominvalley, and the Moomins take refuge on a floating theatre, obviously.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
If you need a head cleanser today. 'Moominsummer Madness' this afternoon on Radio 4.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
How do they rank on the Skittles scale (of colourants banned in the EU)?
June 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
How do they rank on the Skittles scale (of colourants banned in the EU)?
The Skrmetti judgement is an encouraging sign - even judges make mistakes but in this case the majority didn't.
June 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The Skrmetti judgement is an encouraging sign - even judges make mistakes but in this case the majority didn't.
Also if you've not heard Irving Finkel talking about Noah's Ark, he's great.
youtu.be/jfadDEZdSoQ?...
youtu.be/jfadDEZdSoQ?...
June 19, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Also if you've not heard Irving Finkel talking about Noah's Ark, he's great.
youtu.be/jfadDEZdSoQ?...
youtu.be/jfadDEZdSoQ?...
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And before you accuse people like me of any kind of any kind of phobia, understand that you are arguing for doing irreversible harm to healthy bodies, creating lifelong patients, taking years of their lives, taking their fertility and lowering their IQ.
While we want to keep them healthy and whole.
While we want to keep them healthy and whole.
June 19, 2025 at 5:38 AM
And before you accuse people like me of any kind of any kind of phobia, understand that you are arguing for doing irreversible harm to healthy bodies, creating lifelong patients, taking years of their lives, taking their fertility and lowering their IQ.
While we want to keep them healthy and whole.
While we want to keep them healthy and whole.
That we is referring to your own family or group, or do you mean society as a whole?
Because as a society we don't even teach our children to love and accept themselves for how they are - especially if they are girls and it's how they are physically - let alone other people.
Because as a society we don't even teach our children to love and accept themselves for how they are - especially if they are girls and it's how they are physically - let alone other people.
June 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
That we is referring to your own family or group, or do you mean society as a whole?
Because as a society we don't even teach our children to love and accept themselves for how they are - especially if they are girls and it's how they are physically - let alone other people.
Because as a society we don't even teach our children to love and accept themselves for how they are - especially if they are girls and it's how they are physically - let alone other people.
Insofar as the law seeks to prevent harm being done to children on the basis of their sex (which doesn't match their gender identification)... even judges make mistakes.
youtu.be/gvoajDAOHkc?...
youtu.be/gvoajDAOHkc?...
June 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Insofar as the law seeks to prevent harm being done to children on the basis of their sex (which doesn't match their gender identification)... even judges make mistakes.
youtu.be/gvoajDAOHkc?...
youtu.be/gvoajDAOHkc?...
Another reason to stay on the other app. Better the circle of hell you know, etc
June 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Another reason to stay on the other app. Better the circle of hell you know, etc
Passed someone on hands-free getting livid at a "misérable crétin" but still calling them vous
June 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Passed someone on hands-free getting livid at a "misérable crétin" but still calling them vous
Was going to hoist the Caca d'Oie pennant of it's always ruder in French, only to discover that the colour is called dark puke green in English
June 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Was going to hoist the Caca d'Oie pennant of it's always ruder in French, only to discover that the colour is called dark puke green in English
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'It took more than 45 minutes for the Women and Equalities Committee to mention “women and girls”. That was left to Conservative MP Rebecca Paul, who, with Rosie Duffield, sat physically apart from and in stark contrast to the rest of the committee.'
www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...
www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...
Do our politicians understand the supreme court’s gender ruling?
As members of the Women and Equalities Committee questioned Baroness Kishwer, it was not clear they do.
www.newstatesman.com
June 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
'It took more than 45 minutes for the Women and Equalities Committee to mention “women and girls”. That was left to Conservative MP Rebecca Paul, who, with Rosie Duffield, sat physically apart from and in stark contrast to the rest of the committee.'
www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...
www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...
Bet you can't throw a pot (without Patrick Swayze helping you).
June 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Bet you can't throw a pot (without Patrick Swayze helping you).
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Luca Taccardi -
Tobias Hume Deth and Life. Luca Taccardi, viola da gamba youtu.be/i5S7-S95PM4?... via @YouTube
#earlymusicnewsorg
Tobias Hume Deth and Life. Luca Taccardi, viola da gamba youtu.be/i5S7-S95PM4?... via @YouTube
#earlymusicnewsorg
Tobias Hume Deth and Life. Luca Taccardi, viola da gamba
YouTube video by Luca Taccardi
youtu.be
June 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Luca Taccardi -
Tobias Hume Deth and Life. Luca Taccardi, viola da gamba youtu.be/i5S7-S95PM4?... via @YouTube
#earlymusicnewsorg
Tobias Hume Deth and Life. Luca Taccardi, viola da gamba youtu.be/i5S7-S95PM4?... via @YouTube
#earlymusicnewsorg