Zoe Thorne
@zoethorne.bsky.social
Educational writer & composer. Ex developer, ex 🇫🇷 & 🇩🇪 teacher and general language nerd. Occasional comedian, sometimes intentionally. She/her.
Currently reading: Snuff by Terry Pratchett
Currently reading: Snuff by Terry Pratchett
To anyone who doesn't get on with Valentine's Day, today is also the 19th anniversary of my mum's heart transplant. So when you see hearts everywhere, think of them as tribute to my lovely, funny, kind, rainbow-haired, air-guitar-playing mum.
I am forever grateful to the NHS and Papworth Hospital.
I am forever grateful to the NHS and Papworth Hospital.
February 14, 2026 at 8:54 AM
To anyone who doesn't get on with Valentine's Day, today is also the 19th anniversary of my mum's heart transplant. So when you see hearts everywhere, think of them as tribute to my lovely, funny, kind, rainbow-haired, air-guitar-playing mum.
I am forever grateful to the NHS and Papworth Hospital.
I am forever grateful to the NHS and Papworth Hospital.
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The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it
February 13, 2026 at 9:37 PM
The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it
This was a lot of fun to be part of, and the postman had enough comic timing to knock at the door while I was still in full Stevie getup.
Props to @lionsroar.bsky.social and @octopody.bsky.social for their amazing work in putting this together.
Props to @lionsroar.bsky.social and @octopody.bsky.social for their amazing work in putting this together.
Behold, a very special birthday gift for the one and only @watsoncomedian.bsky.social!! After many weeks of secrecy, I reveal to you a collaborative labor of love to celebrate Mark and @murderbastard.bsky.social. Thank you, Mark, for creating such a special story and community of investigators!
Shake No More: Contemporary Discourse on the Death of Stevie Chase Pt. 1
YouTube video by Afton
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February 13, 2026 at 12:46 PM
This was a lot of fun to be part of, and the postman had enough comic timing to knock at the door while I was still in full Stevie getup.
Props to @lionsroar.bsky.social and @octopody.bsky.social for their amazing work in putting this together.
Props to @lionsroar.bsky.social and @octopody.bsky.social for their amazing work in putting this together.
Happy birthday @watsoncomedian.bsky.social ! Enjoy your day of half your notifications being wholesome birthday wishes and the other half being late-to-the-party people telling you in a specific number of syllables that they're horny.
February 13, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Happy birthday @watsoncomedian.bsky.social ! Enjoy your day of half your notifications being wholesome birthday wishes and the other half being late-to-the-party people telling you in a specific number of syllables that they're horny.
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Captain von Thirst-Trapp. Is that anything?
February 12, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Captain von Thirst-Trapp. Is that anything?
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how bad do you have to fuck up to allow an exploit in fucking NOTEPAD
The AI features added to Notepad created a critical exploit vulnerable to loading a compromised txt file.
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
AI-upgraded Notepad now exposes Windows users to critical exploit
A critical remote code execution vulnerability found in the AI-upgraded Windows 11 Notepad has fueled renewed criticism of Microsoft's forced AI feature creep.
cybernews.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM
how bad do you have to fuck up to allow an exploit in fucking NOTEPAD
I haven't been this simultaneously delighted and angry since I saw a panto with a convoluted scene involving German potwasher twins, a cowardly French chef and some unusual seafood that culminated in the cast singing, "Hans that do dishes will be as soft as Gervais with lime green hairy lip squids".
With Cruttenden pulling out of the comedy show tonight, Widdecombe and Conaty will be doing extended sets. Which just goes to prove...
Josh and Roisin gig longer with Hal gone.
Josh and Roisin gig longer with Hal gone.
February 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM
I haven't been this simultaneously delighted and angry since I saw a panto with a convoluted scene involving German potwasher twins, a cowardly French chef and some unusual seafood that culminated in the cast singing, "Hans that do dishes will be as soft as Gervais with lime green hairy lip squids".
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With Cruttenden pulling out of the comedy show tonight, Widdecombe and Conaty will be doing extended sets. Which just goes to prove...
Josh and Roisin gig longer with Hal gone.
Josh and Roisin gig longer with Hal gone.
February 11, 2026 at 1:33 PM
With Cruttenden pulling out of the comedy show tonight, Widdecombe and Conaty will be doing extended sets. Which just goes to prove...
Josh and Roisin gig longer with Hal gone.
Josh and Roisin gig longer with Hal gone.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
I'm from rural Suffolk. I see nothing unusual here.
February 10, 2026 at 9:32 PM
I'm from rural Suffolk. I see nothing unusual here.
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Something compelled me to make this
February 10, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Something compelled me to make this
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So did video ever get brought in on murder charges? Is there any justice for the radio star? Did video just get away with it?
February 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM
So did video ever get brought in on murder charges? Is there any justice for the radio star? Did video just get away with it?
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Yes I know, but unfortunately it's in the Lehrplan for Nordrhein-Westfalen so 🤷♀️"
"Yes I know, but unfortunately it's in the Lehrplan for Nordrhein-Westfalen so 🤷♀️"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work
“Do you have a wordcount in mind for this?”
“Do you have a wordcount in mind for this?”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Tell me exactly what you want it to do"
"Tell me exactly what you want it to do"
February 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Yes I know, but unfortunately it's in the Lehrplan for Nordrhein-Westfalen so 🤷♀️"
"Yes I know, but unfortunately it's in the Lehrplan for Nordrhein-Westfalen so 🤷♀️"
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But… but is there *ANY* way this could be a woman’s fault…?
February 7, 2026 at 10:53 AM
But… but is there *ANY* way this could be a woman’s fault…?
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Just a slob like one of us
February 6, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Just a slob like one of us
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There's something utterly heartbreaking about hearing Shakespeare (et al) write words pleading for us to recognize that the stranger among us is human, and that we should imagine ourselves suffering as they do...
... and to realize that, for at least 400 years, we've not gotten this right.
... and to realize that, for at least 400 years, we've not gotten this right.
Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 6, 2026 at 9:01 AM
There's something utterly heartbreaking about hearing Shakespeare (et al) write words pleading for us to recognize that the stranger among us is human, and that we should imagine ourselves suffering as they do...
... and to realize that, for at least 400 years, we've not gotten this right.
... and to realize that, for at least 400 years, we've not gotten this right.
I'm just a girl, standing in front of a baby, telling her to go the fuck to sleep.
February 5, 2026 at 8:07 PM
I'm just a girl, standing in front of a baby, telling her to go the fuck to sleep.
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Saying "here comes trouble" and "they'll let anyone in here" when your mate walks into the pub.
February 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Saying "here comes trouble" and "they'll let anyone in here" when your mate walks into the pub.
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- 57 ancient receipts that I'm keeping in case I somehow need them one day
- a packet of Jaffa Cakes
- three pens that have leaked in my pocket
- enough long hairs to knit into a cardigan
- a Discworld book
- 14 half-finished crosstitch projects (legendary drop)
- 57 ancient receipts that I'm keeping in case I somehow need them one day
- a packet of Jaffa Cakes
- three pens that have leaked in my pocket
- enough long hairs to knit into a cardigan
- a Discworld book
- 14 half-finished crosstitch projects (legendary drop)
Loot that drops after defeating me:
-cracked coffee mug
-1/2 bag Fancy Coffee Beans
-dog hair (crafting/alchemy material)
-1-47 guitar picks
-roll of dog poop bags
-guitar with too many strings (rare/legendary drop)
-cracked coffee mug
-1/2 bag Fancy Coffee Beans
-dog hair (crafting/alchemy material)
-1-47 guitar picks
-roll of dog poop bags
-guitar with too many strings (rare/legendary drop)
Loots drops after defeating me:
-28p in random coins
-A tiny AliExpress camera full of found footage of cats
-a small set of nail art brushes
-a status ailment, "Furious Whimsy"
-more empty cans than should realistically fit into the human body
-a half full mug of cold tea
-28p in random coins
-A tiny AliExpress camera full of found footage of cats
-a small set of nail art brushes
-a status ailment, "Furious Whimsy"
-more empty cans than should realistically fit into the human body
-a half full mug of cold tea
February 5, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- 57 ancient receipts that I'm keeping in case I somehow need them one day
- a packet of Jaffa Cakes
- three pens that have leaked in my pocket
- enough long hairs to knit into a cardigan
- a Discworld book
- 14 half-finished crosstitch projects (legendary drop)
- 57 ancient receipts that I'm keeping in case I somehow need them one day
- a packet of Jaffa Cakes
- three pens that have leaked in my pocket
- enough long hairs to knit into a cardigan
- a Discworld book
- 14 half-finished crosstitch projects (legendary drop)
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![Comic. [Person talking to person with black hat.] PERSON 1: Historically, it refers to a ceremony to predict the weather using a rodent. But nowadays people often use it to mean “a time loop experienced by one person.” PERSON 2: …What. [caption] Easily our weirdest holiday.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidknpywgj44ox6nphuyzs6si6lozn77jyx75nbh7v67wsjr6dssl4@jpeg)
February 4, 2026 at 9:35 PM
If I were a baby who was tired but warm, full and in my cosy bed, I would simply go to sleep. But that's just me; I'm weird like that.
February 4, 2026 at 8:08 PM
If I were a baby who was tired but warm, full and in my cosy bed, I would simply go to sleep. But that's just me; I'm weird like that.