Willsh
@willsh.bsky.social
John V Willshire.
Scottish, understandably so.
Works @ smithery.com
Makes https://artefactshop.com
Writes https://buttondown.com/artefacts
Convenes https://lu.ma/stepscollective
Profeshing https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnvwillshire
Scottish, understandably so.
Works @ smithery.com
Makes https://artefactshop.com
Writes https://buttondown.com/artefacts
Convenes https://lu.ma/stepscollective
Profeshing https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnvwillshire
I have stumbled across Leonard and Hungry Paul on BBC2 and I am well that is to say I feel that actually come to think of it I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it and I’m here for it one hundred percent. #leonardandhungrypaul
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I have stumbled across Leonard and Hungry Paul on BBC2 and I am well that is to say I feel that actually come to think of it I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it and I’m here for it one hundred percent. #leonardandhungrypaul
Grieving for the version of the internet where @iamdanw.bsky.social would give us daily ratings of Christmas fare.
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Grieving for the version of the internet where @iamdanw.bsky.social would give us daily ratings of Christmas fare.
Ongoing reminder: AI doesn’t know anything. It just has users who should know better.
November 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Ongoing reminder: AI doesn’t know anything. It just has users who should know better.
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Latest newsletter from @willsh.bsky.social buttondown.com/artefacts? and reminded of Rutger Bregman’s Moral Ambition that people seek to be asked to act. How Mamdani asked for help and people gave their time and effort. 1/2
Artefacts
This is a newsletter is written by John V Willshire, founder of Smithery and creator of Artefact Cards. The theme is small pieces, loosely joined; ideas, observations, evidence and signals pulled fro...
buttondown.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Latest newsletter from @willsh.bsky.social buttondown.com/artefacts? and reminded of Rutger Bregman’s Moral Ambition that people seek to be asked to act. How Mamdani asked for help and people gave their time and effort. 1/2
If you forget your suit shoes for #newsnight, it turns out they make you do the interview in your PE Kit.
November 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
If you forget your suit shoes for #newsnight, it turns out they make you do the interview in your PE Kit.
Helen and the kids went up to see her brother and his kids this week.
Our nephew, 2, kept running into the room shouting “Gary Buckets! Gary Buckets!”
It took them a while to work out he was saying ‘scary pumpkins’.
They will now forever be known as ‘Gary Buckets’ to us…
Happy #halloween
Our nephew, 2, kept running into the room shouting “Gary Buckets! Gary Buckets!”
It took them a while to work out he was saying ‘scary pumpkins’.
They will now forever be known as ‘Gary Buckets’ to us…
Happy #halloween
October 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Helen and the kids went up to see her brother and his kids this week.
Our nephew, 2, kept running into the room shouting “Gary Buckets! Gary Buckets!”
It took them a while to work out he was saying ‘scary pumpkins’.
They will now forever be known as ‘Gary Buckets’ to us…
Happy #halloween
Our nephew, 2, kept running into the room shouting “Gary Buckets! Gary Buckets!”
It took them a while to work out he was saying ‘scary pumpkins’.
They will now forever be known as ‘Gary Buckets’ to us…
Happy #halloween
For all intents and purposes, Liquid Glass is the first piece of malware designed from the ground up and launched by the only company who will ever suffer its effects.
#apple #liquidglass
#apple #liquidglass
October 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
For all intents and purposes, Liquid Glass is the first piece of malware designed from the ground up and launched by the only company who will ever suffer its effects.
#apple #liquidglass
#apple #liquidglass
“Yeah, rest of the world, your kooky little Cricket game goes on too long where nothing is happening”
#baseball #worldseries
#baseball #worldseries
October 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
“Yeah, rest of the world, your kooky little Cricket game goes on too long where nothing is happening”
#baseball #worldseries
#baseball #worldseries
I can’t believe we’re into the ‘but not all bubbles are bad’ phase of this.
October 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I can’t believe we’re into the ‘but not all bubbles are bad’ phase of this.
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Lewis Goodall pressing Chris Philp on the difference between what Sarah Pochin said and what Robert Jenrick said about 'white faces'.
October 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Lewis Goodall pressing Chris Philp on the difference between what Sarah Pochin said and what Robert Jenrick said about 'white faces'.
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I rewatched some LotR on this flight, and man, I never fully noticed how little juice everyone has in this war. Ring doesn't do anything, Gandalf's magic barely detectable, Sauron's not even a guy. Replacement-level fantasy army owns Middle-Earth in 48 hours. I take no pleasure in reporting this
October 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I rewatched some LotR on this flight, and man, I never fully noticed how little juice everyone has in this war. Ring doesn't do anything, Gandalf's magic barely detectable, Sauron's not even a guy. Replacement-level fantasy army owns Middle-Earth in 48 hours. I take no pleasure in reporting this
Half an hour to #cardstock, the internet's premier* online meetup for people who use cards in their work.
luma.com/j6e1ep2a
*Well, only** to be fair
**probably
luma.com/j6e1ep2a
*Well, only** to be fair
**probably
Cardstock Monthly Meetup · Zoom · Luma
Cardstock is a monthly meetup for anyone who uses cards in their work, whether working with their own ideas, facilitating for others, making connections in…
luma.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Half an hour to #cardstock, the internet's premier* online meetup for people who use cards in their work.
luma.com/j6e1ep2a
*Well, only** to be fair
**probably
luma.com/j6e1ep2a
*Well, only** to be fair
**probably
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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a chatGPT enthusiast enthuses
October 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
a chatGPT enthusiast enthuses
For obvious reasons*, I am totally here for this.
*artefactshop.com
*artefactshop.com
Absolute pure chef's kiss. A company called Ugmonk have invented pieces of paper to make notes on as a way to stay offline. One of them is a ring-binder notebook ugmonk.com/en-gb/collec...
October 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
For obvious reasons*, I am totally here for this.
*artefactshop.com
*artefactshop.com
Office design, shearing layers, and the one number that really matters.
#layers #work #workplace #design
smithery.com/2025/10/16/s...
#layers #work #workplace #design
smithery.com/2025/10/16/s...
Shearing layers and square metres
Workplace Design shouldn’t be a paint by numbers job. But there’s one number that interests me in particular. A recent post by Bruce Daisley caught my eye. He has been looking at some r…
smithery.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Office design, shearing layers, and the one number that really matters.
#layers #work #workplace #design
smithery.com/2025/10/16/s...
#layers #work #workplace #design
smithery.com/2025/10/16/s...
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If you’re in the States and planning to go out this weekend, I recommend watching this for context. www.pbs.org/video/hard-h...
American Experience | Hard Hat Riot | Season 37 | Episode 5
The violent 1970 clash between student protestors and construction workers in downtown NY.
www.pbs.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
If you’re in the States and planning to go out this weekend, I recommend watching this for context. www.pbs.org/video/hard-h...
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One of the funny things about chatgpt pivoting to porn is that Meta already tried that just a few months ago.
Zuckerberg made a John Cena chatbot that would sext with children.
Then, a few months later, Zuckerberg *did it again*. Same results.
Zuckerberg made a John Cena chatbot that would sext with children.
Then, a few months later, Zuckerberg *did it again*. Same results.
October 15, 2025 at 4:52 AM
One of the funny things about chatgpt pivoting to porn is that Meta already tried that just a few months ago.
Zuckerberg made a John Cena chatbot that would sext with children.
Then, a few months later, Zuckerberg *did it again*. Same results.
Zuckerberg made a John Cena chatbot that would sext with children.
Then, a few months later, Zuckerberg *did it again*. Same results.
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October 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The #firstbrands debacle continues to make headlines. As I hinted at before, worth keeping an eye on with regards to its effects on the financing available to the #ai bubble.
October 8, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The #firstbrands debacle continues to make headlines. As I hinted at before, worth keeping an eye on with regards to its effects on the financing available to the #ai bubble.
I can’t help but think the interviewer is wilfully misunderstanding the ‘2 hour’ point in order to generate a story. It’s not two hours from ‘when you park’. Just a limit on how much footage will be watched.
#r4today
#r4today
October 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I can’t help but think the interviewer is wilfully misunderstanding the ‘2 hour’ point in order to generate a story. It’s not two hours from ‘when you park’. Just a limit on how much footage will be watched.
#r4today
#r4today