Nick Watkins
@bunchedblackswan.bsky.social
Ex-Twitter @BunchedBlackSwn & @WatkinsNick. Likes may be bookmarks, reposts may not be endorsements.
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Still can't stop thinking about my lost wife Sylvia's little poem, written in a pad of paper I found in her car.
*Coming Home*
On LG Blvd
Another similar day
Nothing new
Blue sky, medium
traffic, hot sun
I’m lucky
To be here alive
& well & happy
Carpe diem
*Coming Home*
On LG Blvd
Another similar day
Nothing new
Blue sky, medium
traffic, hot sun
I’m lucky
To be here alive
& well & happy
Carpe diem
August 29, 2023 at 12:03 AM
Still can't stop thinking about my lost wife Sylvia's little poem, written in a pad of paper I found in her car.
*Coming Home*
On LG Blvd
Another similar day
Nothing new
Blue sky, medium
traffic, hot sun
I’m lucky
To be here alive
& well & happy
Carpe diem
*Coming Home*
On LG Blvd
Another similar day
Nothing new
Blue sky, medium
traffic, hot sun
I’m lucky
To be here alive
& well & happy
Carpe diem
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C5 are showing a colorised version of Scrooge (1951) in the wrong aspect ratio and I think arrests need to be made.
December 24, 2024 at 10:59 AM
C5 are showing a colorised version of Scrooge (1951) in the wrong aspect ratio and I think arrests need to be made.
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Nothing to see here....just a KH-9 being tested.... move along 😇
December 22, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Nothing to see here....just a KH-9 being tested.... move along 😇
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you know who should be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame? Sisyphus
December 23, 2024 at 1:15 AM
you know who should be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame? Sisyphus
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The Orbital Transport was featured on the cover of the very first (1970) Estes Industries catalog I ever had.
December 13, 2024 at 11:01 PM
The Orbital Transport was featured on the cover of the very first (1970) Estes Industries catalog I ever had.
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The biggest shock of the Haigh resignation is discovering that once upon a time the police actually investigated a stolen phone.
November 29, 2024 at 7:39 AM
The biggest shock of the Haigh resignation is discovering that once upon a time the police actually investigated a stolen phone.
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Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it
November 29, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it
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it has become clear that the Concorde… doesn't actually fit in my house. Words Have Been Had.
May 6, 2024 at 1:21 PM
it has become clear that the Concorde… doesn't actually fit in my house. Words Have Been Had.
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James Webb's view of the M51 galaxy.
November 24, 2024 at 11:34 AM
James Webb's view of the M51 galaxy.
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Started thinking about Bill's 3Jane (=third clone of Jane) in Neuromancer. Haven't read it for 40 years. Loading up on the trilogy in Kindle! Cozy read for Thanksgiving. Photo of Bill at our Lynchburg, VA, house soon after he wrote it...
November 21, 2023 at 1:26 AM
Started thinking about Bill's 3Jane (=third clone of Jane) in Neuromancer. Haven't read it for 40 years. Loading up on the trilogy in Kindle! Cozy read for Thanksgiving. Photo of Bill at our Lynchburg, VA, house soon after he wrote it...
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A column by me on multitasking, with a wonderfully witchy illustration by Ben Hickey for Halloween week 🧙♀️
on.ft.com/3UnMFDy
on.ft.com/3UnMFDy
If you’re going to multitask, do it mindfully
[FREE TO READ] Doing more than one thing at once can feel overwhelming — but it can also be liberating
on.ft.com
October 27, 2024 at 10:32 AM
A column by me on multitasking, with a wonderfully witchy illustration by Ben Hickey for Halloween week 🧙♀️
on.ft.com/3UnMFDy
on.ft.com/3UnMFDy
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I'm in LA and will not be providing any socio-political commentary at this time, I will just say that Silver Lake is really giving Stoke Newington a real run for its money with these HALF-KILO bags of truffle-flavoured Torres crisps.
November 9, 2024 at 8:52 PM
I'm in LA and will not be providing any socio-political commentary at this time, I will just say that Silver Lake is really giving Stoke Newington a real run for its money with these HALF-KILO bags of truffle-flavoured Torres crisps.
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A little something to start the day.
(The music player just served this one up to me and it was a reminder of just how great a debut album "Rickie Lee Jones" was.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gx8...
(The music player just served this one up to me and it was a reminder of just how great a debut album "Rickie Lee Jones" was.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gx8...
Easy Money
YouTube video by Rickie Lee Jones - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:28 PM
A little something to start the day.
(The music player just served this one up to me and it was a reminder of just how great a debut album "Rickie Lee Jones" was.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gx8...
(The music player just served this one up to me and it was a reminder of just how great a debut album "Rickie Lee Jones" was.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gx8...
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We want to build a Starter Pack of Blue Sky accounts for all the fantastic Grassroots Music Venues in the UK. If you're a venue, or you know of a venue, please drop your account details below.
November 23, 2024 at 9:59 AM
We want to build a Starter Pack of Blue Sky accounts for all the fantastic Grassroots Music Venues in the UK. If you're a venue, or you know of a venue, please drop your account details below.
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ME: Hello Darkness, my old friend.
DARKNESS: We went out for wings *once*
DARKNESS: We went out for wings *once*
November 23, 2024 at 3:59 AM
ME: Hello Darkness, my old friend.
DARKNESS: We went out for wings *once*
DARKNESS: We went out for wings *once*
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Now’s your chance to try Microsoft’s controversial Windows Recall ... maybe
Now’s your chance to try Microsoft’s controversial Windows Recall ... maybe
Like its AI, this automated screenshotter and logger is a feature not exactly everyone wanted
Microsoft has initiated a limited public preview of its Windows Recall system – about six months after its unveiling sparked backlash over privacy and…
dlvr.it
November 22, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Now’s your chance to try Microsoft’s controversial Windows Recall ... maybe
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Cape Canaveral this evening in the last of the twilight. Seen as I was piloting a jet overhead at 16,000 feet. Launch complexes 39B, 39A, 41, 40, and 36 all show up bright as does the shuttle runway and the VAB. Beautiful night to fly.
November 23, 2024 at 12:12 AM
Cape Canaveral this evening in the last of the twilight. Seen as I was piloting a jet overhead at 16,000 feet. Launch complexes 39B, 39A, 41, 40, and 36 all show up bright as does the shuttle runway and the VAB. Beautiful night to fly.
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A part of me wants computers to still look like this
July 31, 2024 at 1:01 PM
A part of me wants computers to still look like this
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thinking about forgotten computer sounds we no longer hear:
• the grinding noise of a defragmenting hard drive
• the BZWOMM of the monitor degauss button
• the squeal of an ejecting floppy drive
• the crackle of static as you switch off a CRT monitor
• the horrifying shriek of a dot matrix printer
• the grinding noise of a defragmenting hard drive
• the BZWOMM of the monitor degauss button
• the squeal of an ejecting floppy drive
• the crackle of static as you switch off a CRT monitor
• the horrifying shriek of a dot matrix printer
September 3, 2024 at 5:18 PM
thinking about forgotten computer sounds we no longer hear:
• the grinding noise of a defragmenting hard drive
• the BZWOMM of the monitor degauss button
• the squeal of an ejecting floppy drive
• the crackle of static as you switch off a CRT monitor
• the horrifying shriek of a dot matrix printer
• the grinding noise of a defragmenting hard drive
• the BZWOMM of the monitor degauss button
• the squeal of an ejecting floppy drive
• the crackle of static as you switch off a CRT monitor
• the horrifying shriek of a dot matrix printer
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I DO want AIs to train on my writing. I write to influence how human and any other minds think and write. A writer's immortality. Over time I've posted a lot of my work for free online. Read and enjoy with whatever senses you got. www.rudyrucker.com/blog/rudy-ru...
November 18, 2024 at 5:04 AM
I DO want AIs to train on my writing. I write to influence how human and any other minds think and write. A writer's immortality. Over time I've posted a lot of my work for free online. Read and enjoy with whatever senses you got. www.rudyrucker.com/blog/rudy-ru...
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This isn't quite the world I thought we were living in. I tell myself it's chaos. The world's like that. Things to up and down. And every morning I take the paper in my driveway and throw it in the trash. Like dog doo in a plastic wrapper. I get it, okay? Don't need to think about it every second.
November 16, 2024 at 1:01 AM
This isn't quite the world I thought we were living in. I tell myself it's chaos. The world's like that. Things to up and down. And every morning I take the paper in my driveway and throw it in the trash. Like dog doo in a plastic wrapper. I get it, okay? Don't need to think about it every second.
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The world’s natural processes are, if you’ll forgive an edifying interruption, impossible to predict. Breezes, rocking leaves, flowing water, your body, your mind¬—all of them equally complex, all of them chaotic. Chaos isn’t rare. It’s not a disease. It’s the norm. It’s health.
November 14, 2024 at 9:25 PM
The world’s natural processes are, if you’ll forgive an edifying interruption, impossible to predict. Breezes, rocking leaves, flowing water, your body, your mind¬—all of them equally complex, all of them chaotic. Chaos isn’t rare. It’s not a disease. It’s the norm. It’s health.
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Writing tip. When you're writing a novel, and don't know what's going to happen, you might include scenes where characters discuss what they think will happen. And this is fine. Bu later, when you DO know what's going to happen, you delete such scenes. (But fine to add prefigurations.)
November 19, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Writing tip. When you're writing a novel, and don't know what's going to happen, you might include scenes where characters discuss what they think will happen. And this is fine. Bu later, when you DO know what's going to happen, you delete such scenes. (But fine to add prefigurations.)