Caspar Henderson
@casparhenderson.bsky.social
Bad singer, slow runner, writer. Award-winning knees https://linktr.ee/casparhenderson
Hobbled around in the Chilterns because it was too painful to run. Good to be alive, though 🙃
November 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Hobbled around in the Chilterns because it was too painful to run. Good to be alive, though 🙃
Spec-cat-ular
November 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Spec-cat-ular
Unborn child futures
November 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Unborn child futures
Somebody has helpfully painted the leaves the same colour as the visibility strips on these steps
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Somebody has helpfully painted the leaves the same colour as the visibility strips on these steps
Shadow bridge
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Shadow bridge
Today in the Sheldonian Curtis Yarvin said meritocracy in the West is to blame for COVID & Ukraine invasion, & argued monarchy should replace liberal democracy. The sovereign CEO would be accountable, but also, somehow, above the law. Alluded to Carl Schmitt. Made light of murder of Jamal Khashoggi
October 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Today in the Sheldonian Curtis Yarvin said meritocracy in the West is to blame for COVID & Ukraine invasion, & argued monarchy should replace liberal democracy. The sovereign CEO would be accountable, but also, somehow, above the law. Alluded to Carl Schmitt. Made light of murder of Jamal Khashoggi
"If you want to see something new, walk the same path everyday." A Chinese proverb, according to Alva Noë, who uses it as an epigraph to The Entanglement: How Art and Philosophy Make Us What We Are. (ht JB, but not an easy read)
October 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"If you want to see something new, walk the same path everyday." A Chinese proverb, according to Alva Noë, who uses it as an epigraph to The Entanglement: How Art and Philosophy Make Us What We Are. (ht JB, but not an easy read)
Just one of the monstrous and terrifying creatures recently released in Ennerdale. Where will the rampage and madness end? www.wildennerdale.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Just one of the monstrous and terrifying creatures recently released in Ennerdale. Where will the rampage and madness end? www.wildennerdale.co.uk
“Running is celebration. Running is prayer. Running is a teacher. Running is a healer.” I was fortunate to tag along today for the way marking of part of the Canyon de Chelly ultra which takes place tomorrow
October 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
“Running is celebration. Running is prayer. Running is a teacher. Running is a healer.” I was fortunate to tag along today for the way marking of part of the Canyon de Chelly ultra which takes place tomorrow
Rodin’s gates. But where are you actually
October 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Rodin’s gates. But where are you actually
'Munge' - the dull purple-brown of all water colours mixed together - is a great coinage from Brian Eno, and well used to describe the outputs of LLMs. See also 'enshittification' from Cory Doctorow www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...
October 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
'Munge' - the dull purple-brown of all water colours mixed together - is a great coinage from Brian Eno, and well used to describe the outputs of LLMs. See also 'enshittification' from Cory Doctorow www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...
"A neologism that would still place human flourishing at the center...but which also encompassed the supremacy of all living things—including the natural world." Paul Gilroy suggested 'planetary humanism' which is good but still too human centred? "Supremacy" not a great word choice by Zadie Smith
October 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
"A neologism that would still place human flourishing at the center...but which also encompassed the supremacy of all living things—including the natural world." Paul Gilroy suggested 'planetary humanism' which is good but still too human centred? "Supremacy" not a great word choice by Zadie Smith
Farage’s proposal to scrap leave to remain *is* racist (and stupid and evil), but could Starmer’s response be as ill-judged as Hilary Clinton’s ‘basket of deplorables’ remark? It opens the door to this kind of bad faith twisting by the Mail
September 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Farage’s proposal to scrap leave to remain *is* racist (and stupid and evil), but could Starmer’s response be as ill-judged as Hilary Clinton’s ‘basket of deplorables’ remark? It opens the door to this kind of bad faith twisting by the Mail
“The trees in truth are our parents,
We sprang from the oak, or perhaps, as the Greeks maintain, from the ash…”
Czesław Miłosz
We sprang from the oak, or perhaps, as the Greeks maintain, from the ash…”
Czesław Miłosz
September 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“The trees in truth are our parents,
We sprang from the oak, or perhaps, as the Greeks maintain, from the ash…”
Czesław Miłosz
We sprang from the oak, or perhaps, as the Greeks maintain, from the ash…”
Czesław Miłosz
“What other place on earth could more effectively rouse humanity from its desolation and birth a new age of freedom?” Brave and poignant words from Peter Beinart that I happened to read yesterday on the eve of recognition of Palestinian statehood by UK, France, Canada and others
September 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“What other place on earth could more effectively rouse humanity from its desolation and birth a new age of freedom?” Brave and poignant words from Peter Beinart that I happened to read yesterday on the eve of recognition of Palestinian statehood by UK, France, Canada and others
The Nobel Committee should cut out the middle puppet and give the Peace Prize straight to Mr Putin
August 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The Nobel Committee should cut out the middle puppet and give the Peace Prize straight to Mr Putin
whether it’s a war crime or a crime against humanity or a genocide... is a distraction from the real issue" @philippesands.bsky.social responds to @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
August 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
whether it’s a war crime or a crime against humanity or a genocide... is a distraction from the real issue" @philippesands.bsky.social responds to @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
“The whole idea of the Tragic Flaw presupposes that there is a kind of justice working in Shakespeare’s tragedies… But this is exactly the opposite of what happens in the plays.” Fintan O’Toole, Shakespeare Is Hard, But So Is Life
August 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“The whole idea of the Tragic Flaw presupposes that there is a kind of justice working in Shakespeare’s tragedies… But this is exactly the opposite of what happens in the plays.” Fintan O’Toole, Shakespeare Is Hard, But So Is Life
“Large text models are not founded on the intellect of Sam Altman but on the work of thousands of academics who pioneered machine learning, the countless workers who dig up and process the materials, and the myriad…individuals who provide the data and train the machines.” Goliath’s Curse, Luke Kemp
August 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
“Large text models are not founded on the intellect of Sam Altman but on the work of thousands of academics who pioneered machine learning, the countless workers who dig up and process the materials, and the myriad…individuals who provide the data and train the machines.” Goliath’s Curse, Luke Kemp
Are there any depths of evil and stupidity to which some human beings won't go? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/w...
July 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Are there any depths of evil and stupidity to which some human beings won't go? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/w...
Sea arch at Prawle point yesterday
July 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Sea arch at Prawle point yesterday
"The slaughter at Srebrenica was proof, if any were needed, that good intentions alone do not save lives." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...
July 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"The slaughter at Srebrenica was proof, if any were needed, that good intentions alone do not save lives." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...
Yew being near Tintern
June 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Yew being near Tintern
Cader Idris today
June 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Cader Idris today
Thousands of babies are on the verge of starvation, preparatory to mass ethnic cleansing in Gaza, sea level rise “will become unmanageable at just 1.5C of global heating and lead to catastrophic inland migration”, and I am looking at a digital representation of an oak
May 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Thousands of babies are on the verge of starvation, preparatory to mass ethnic cleansing in Gaza, sea level rise “will become unmanageable at just 1.5C of global heating and lead to catastrophic inland migration”, and I am looking at a digital representation of an oak