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@colinstrickland.bsky.social
Over caffeinated IMDb message boards guy. Grumpy last.fm database guy. Furious Wonderbly typesetter guy. Cryptic Makeshift wizard. Cheery platform.sh containers dude.
More active on mastodon, but I am also here. Rough like a ninja, stinging like a bee.
More active on mastodon, but I am also here. Rough like a ninja, stinging like a bee.
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I found myself wondering how the default regular expression implementation on your favourite scripting language counts accented characters
www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/compute...
www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/compute...
Regular Expressions and counting lengths
www.beatworm.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I found myself wondering how the default regular expression implementation on your favourite scripting language counts accented characters
www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/compute...
www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/compute...
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Cate Le Bon was superb at the Barbican tonight. Bobby Gillespie popped up twice (once in place of John Cale then on again at the end with Dry Cleaning for “Are You With Me Now”).
November 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Cate Le Bon was superb at the Barbican tonight. Bobby Gillespie popped up twice (once in place of John Cale then on again at the end with Dry Cleaning for “Are You With Me Now”).
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Cate Le Bon was sensational at a sold out Barbican Centre this evening. Her band were like shape-shifters, swapping instruments literally during songs whilst Cate was the glue holding everything together. Fabulous.
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Cate Le Bon was sensational at a sold out Barbican Centre this evening. Her band were like shape-shifters, swapping instruments literally during songs whilst Cate was the glue holding everything together. Fabulous.
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oh my god
October 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
oh my god
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My own SFF conception of LLMs as intelligence is kinda like Gene Wolfe’s megatherians from BOTNS - colossal distributed beings whose pawns speak in regurgitated phrases but which can also create a sexy mermaid
October 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My own SFF conception of LLMs as intelligence is kinda like Gene Wolfe’s megatherians from BOTNS - colossal distributed beings whose pawns speak in regurgitated phrases but which can also create a sexy mermaid
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This is fucking GREAT.
"The wallpaper was busier maybe, the world was browner, but essentially it was the same world, where telephones were answered with a string of digits and time flowed begrudgingly forwards like gravy."
I wrote about my favourite sitcom of all time.
madeleinebrettingham.substack.com/p/that-is-wh...
I wrote about my favourite sitcom of all time.
madeleinebrettingham.substack.com/p/that-is-wh...
October 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This is fucking GREAT.
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Jack Kirby, born on August 28, 1917. The King.
August 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Jack Kirby, born on August 28, 1917. The King.
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While everyone's talking about Curtis Yarvin again, a book rec for @eruditorumpress.com's Neoreaction A Basilisk, the core of which is a highly enjoyable evisceration of Yarvin's incoherent extremist fart-sniffing and those that think he's profound
August 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
While everyone's talking about Curtis Yarvin again, a book rec for @eruditorumpress.com's Neoreaction A Basilisk, the core of which is a highly enjoyable evisceration of Yarvin's incoherent extremist fart-sniffing and those that think he's profound
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To be more explicit about it: there is plainly a concentrated effort to drive trans voices off this platform, and Bluesky’s moderation team is either complicit or directly assisting it.
August 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
To be more explicit about it: there is plainly a concentrated effort to drive trans voices off this platform, and Bluesky’s moderation team is either complicit or directly assisting it.
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Graphic designer Joe Caroff passed away yesterday at age 103. Responsible for absolutely legendary posters and typefaces. www.printmag.com/daily-heller...
August 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Graphic designer Joe Caroff passed away yesterday at age 103. Responsible for absolutely legendary posters and typefaces. www.printmag.com/daily-heller...
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If you think Superman is woke now, you should check out how he single-handedly - in real life - killed KKK recruiting in the northern states in the 1940's with the Superman Radio Series The Clan of the Fiery Cross. www.supermanhomepage.com/radio/radio....
Superman Homepage
www.supermanhomepage.com
July 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
If you think Superman is woke now, you should check out how he single-handedly - in real life - killed KKK recruiting in the northern states in the 1940's with the Superman Radio Series The Clan of the Fiery Cross. www.supermanhomepage.com/radio/radio....
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The advantage of an old fashioned blog--especially one that hasn't been monetised--being that you haven't taken on yet another paid gig with a regular deadline & the expectations of a layered structure of paying customers-- www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Where authors gossip, geek out and let off steam: 15 of the best literary Substacks
More and more writers are publishing newsletters – but which are worth your time? From Margaret Atwood to Hanif Kureishi, George Saunders to Miranda July, here’s our guide to the best
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The advantage of an old fashioned blog--especially one that hasn't been monetised--being that you haven't taken on yet another paid gig with a regular deadline & the expectations of a layered structure of paying customers-- www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
More people need to appreciate the mid-song #guitar catch from the #Prodigy at #Glastonbury last weekend
July 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
More people need to appreciate the mid-song #guitar catch from the #Prodigy at #Glastonbury last weekend
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Not happy that Eric Bedford’s elegant and simple Blue Bridge in St James’s Park is to be replaced. Bedford also designed the Post Office Tower, so his is not an insignificant contribution to London’s architecture.
June 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Not happy that Eric Bedford’s elegant and simple Blue Bridge in St James’s Park is to be replaced. Bedford also designed the Post Office Tower, so his is not an insignificant contribution to London’s architecture.
I am going to see some pop concerts this summer - www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/me/2025...
Upcoming gigs
www.beatworm.co.uk
June 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I am going to see some pop concerts this summer - www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/me/2025...
Oh no, I'm blogging about AI tools, like literally nobody was asking me to do
www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/AI/ai-s...
it's gently pro, so just skip it if that kind of thing enrages you 👍
www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/AI/ai-s...
it's gently pro, so just skip it if that kind of thing enrages you 👍
Shibboleths
www.beatworm.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Oh no, I'm blogging about AI tools, like literally nobody was asking me to do
www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/AI/ai-s...
it's gently pro, so just skip it if that kind of thing enrages you 👍
www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/AI/ai-s...
it's gently pro, so just skip it if that kind of thing enrages you 👍
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There's going to be a brilliant comedy gig in Exeter on Wednesday 21 May featuring Mike Wozniak, Spencer Jones and a bunch of other comedians, to raise funds for the the comedy festival in June. There are plenty of tickets left so please spread the word! www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/whats-on/exe...
May 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
There's going to be a brilliant comedy gig in Exeter on Wednesday 21 May featuring Mike Wozniak, Spencer Jones and a bunch of other comedians, to raise funds for the the comedy festival in June. There are plenty of tickets left so please spread the word! www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/whats-on/exe...
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We need to bring back "sellout" as an insult, because some people are way too comfortable selling out.
May 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We need to bring back "sellout" as an insult, because some people are way too comfortable selling out.
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Right, it's been A TIME, and it might be too late, but we have a fantastic website thanks to @natbuckley.bsky.social.
Anti-SXSW is vaguely go! We just need you to help make it happen.
If you'd like to run an FKFJ event, or get involved: fkfj.london
Anti-SXSW is vaguely go! We just need you to help make it happen.
If you'd like to run an FKFJ event, or get involved: fkfj.london
May 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Right, it's been A TIME, and it might be too late, but we have a fantastic website thanks to @natbuckley.bsky.social.
Anti-SXSW is vaguely go! We just need you to help make it happen.
If you'd like to run an FKFJ event, or get involved: fkfj.london
Anti-SXSW is vaguely go! We just need you to help make it happen.
If you'd like to run an FKFJ event, or get involved: fkfj.london
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worse colour of all time is white on your phone after viewing a HDR video
March 17, 2025 at 7:15 AM
worse colour of all time is white on your phone after viewing a HDR video
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I, um, wrote another 3000 words on Neil Gaiman. www.patreon.com/posts/lwia-v...
LWIA v4 Chapter 1: Spawn and Miracleman | Elizabeth Sandifer and Penn Wiggins
Get more from Elizabeth Sandifer and Penn Wiggins on Patreon
www.patreon.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I, um, wrote another 3000 words on Neil Gaiman. www.patreon.com/posts/lwia-v...
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It’s World Book Day, why not buy and dress up as one of my books, you know, like normal?
www.gralefrit.co.uk/books.html
www.gralefrit.co.uk/books.html
BOOKS
BOOKS
www.gralefrit.co.uk
March 6, 2025 at 8:49 AM
It’s World Book Day, why not buy and dress up as one of my books, you know, like normal?
www.gralefrit.co.uk/books.html
www.gralefrit.co.uk/books.html