James Forrester
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James Forrester
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Government/tech British geek living in New York. Principal engineer at Wikimedia, now tech lead for Wikifunctions/Abstract Wiki. Formerly UK civil servant on digital, data.gov.uk, & others. Also jdforrester@mastodon.social and threads.net/jdforrester_ etc.
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Updated my portfolio site of my shots published since June: jdforrester.myportfolio.com Of the ~180 shots, I think this one, “Mudlarking under Blackfriars’ Bridge” from June is my favourite.
November 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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October: Still a fair bit less, as I’ve been busy with some real-world things; I foresee that it’ll ramp back up in November though. #podcastswrapped
A three-by-three grid of labelled podcast icons, titled “My Top Podcasts, October 2025”. The entries are The Economist ($, 22 hours); The Adam Buxton Podcast (18 hours); BBC Newscast (17 hours); The Rest Is Classified (14 hours); Get Into Gate (14 hours); BBC Six O’Clock News (13 hours); The New Statesman (12 hours); The News Agents (12 hours); and The Times's Politics Unpacked (12 hours). At the bottom, it states that I have listened in total to 138 hours of podcasts in Overcast in November.
October 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Excited for the kick-off of #WikiConferenceNorthAmerica
A shot of a holding screen saying welcome to WikiConference North America
October 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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September: Slightly less listening, as after > 100 hours of the amazing @unspoiledpodcast.bsky.social I deleted and migrated my listening to be the Patreon podacst feed. #podcastswrapped
A three-by-three grid of labelled podcast icons, titled “My Top Podcasts, September 2025”. The entries are The Economist ($, 22 hours); BBC Newscast (20 hours); THe New Statesman (17 hours); The News Agents (15 hours); Unspoiled! Podcast ($ 15 hours); BBC Six O'Clock News (14 hours); Vergecast (13 hours); The Times's Politics Unpacked (13 hours); and The Bunker (11 hours). At the bottom, it states that I have listened in total to 143 hours of podcasts in Overcast in September.
October 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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August: Another month of five hours’ listening a day. #podcastswrapped
A three-by-three grid of labelled podcast icons, titled “My Top Podcasts, August 2025”. The entries are The Economist ($, 24 hours); The Times’s Jane & Fi (20 hours); Digital Foundry (19 hours); Vergecast (18 hours); BBC Newscast (18 hours); The Adam Buxton Podcast (15 hours); Origin Story (15 hours); Spoil Me’s Vorkosigan Saga (14 hours); and The News Agents (14 hours). At the bottom, it states that I have listened in total to 160 hours of podcasts in Overcast in August.
September 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Delighted to be at #Wikimania2025 in Nairobi. Our 20th Wikimania!
A shot of an empty stage in a session at Wikimedia Nairobi. The screen has the name, dates, and slogan of the event, in blue-green hues with art around. There is a podium to the left, similarly adorned.
August 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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July: Back to normal listening patterns; catching up on Hello, Crawlers about the superb Dungeon Crawler Carl book series. #podcastswrapped
A three-by-three grid of labelled podcast icons, titled “My Top Podcasts, July 2025”. The entries are The Economist ($, 29 hours); BBC Newscast (19 hours); The News Agents (18 hours); Hello, Crawlers (16 hours); The New Statesman (14 hours); BBC Six O’Clock News (14 hours); The Times’s Politics Unpacked (14 hours); Vergecast (13 hours); and The Bunker (13 hours). At the bottom, it states that I listened in total to 155 hours of podcasts in Overcast in July.
August 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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June: A significant reduction in podcast listening, as I spent more time reading and otherwise hiding inside from the heat. #podcastswrapped
A three-by-three list of podcasts represented by their icons, titled "My Top Podcasts, June 2025". The entries are The Economist feed ($, 22 hours); Kermode & Mayo's Extra Takes (4, 16 hours); BBC Newscast (14 hours); The News Agents (12 hours); The Times’s Politics Unpacked (11 hours); The Daily Show (10 hours); Today in Parliament (9 hours); and The Vergecast (9 hours). At the bottom, the graphic shows that I've listened to a total of 117 hours of podcasts in June 2025 in Overcast.
July 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Updated my portfolio site of my photos published since February: jdforrester.myportfolio.com Of the ~100 shots, I think this one, “Flowers garlanding Cornell Tech’s Tata Innovation Center” from April is my favourite.
A shot of a flowering bush (possibly a Winter-flowering cherry?) of vibrant pink, fuschia, and white flowers in front of a concrete and glass building labelled "Tata Innovation Center", a part of the campus of Cornell Tech in New York City. The shot is composed with a foreground trunk that splits most of the view into the low-colour structure to the left, and the richly-hued blossoms to the right, though some sneak through to interact with the corporate academia, as a contrast.
June 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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May: A little retrenchment in my podcast listening rate, spending less time travelling and walking solo; I caught up on the excellent #StrongMessageHere. #podcastswrapped
A three-by-three list of podcasts repesented by their icons, titled "My Top Podcasts, May 2025". The entries are The Economist feed ($, 30 hours); BBC Newscast (22 hours); The News Agents (15 hours); The Times’s Politics Unpacked (14 hours); Quiet Riot (14 hours); BBC Six O’Clock News (14 hours); The Vergecast (13 hours); BBC’s Strong Message Here (13 hours); and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (11 hours). At the bottom, the graphic shows that I've listened to a total of 150 hours of podcasts in May 2025 in Overcast.
June 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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April: Catching up on the “Honorverse Today” series, otherwise about the same. #podcastswrapped
A three-by-three list of podcasts repesented by their icons, titled "My Top Podcasts, April 2025". The entries are Honorverse Today (47 hours); The Economist feed ($, 26 hours); the Rachel Maddow Show (16 hours); BBC Newscast (15 hours); the Daily Haow (13 hours); BBC Six O’Clock News (13 hours); The Vergecast (13 hours); The Times's Politics Unpacked (12 hours); and The News Agents (12 hours). At the bottom, the graphic shows that I've listened to a total of 167 hours of podcasts in April 2025 in Overcast.
May 5, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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And now for March, with Quiet Riot’s discursive episodes expanding my listening further. #podcastswrapped
A three-by-three list of podcasts repesented by their icons, titled "My Top Podcasts, March 2025". The entries are The Economist feed ($, 26 hours); BBC Newscast (18 hours), The Vergecast (17 hours); the Rachel Maddow Show (16 hours); The News Agents (15 hours); Quiet Riot (13 hours); The Times's Politics Unpacked (13 hours); BBC Six O'Clock news (13 hours); and The Daily Show (12 hours). At the bottom, the graphic shows that I've listened to a total of 146 hours of podcasts in March 2025 in Overcast.
April 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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For February, the heightened pace of Maddow’s show bumps up, as does my catchup on the excellent Origin Story. #podcastswrapped
March 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Have updated my portfolio site for the first time in six months: jdforrester.myportfolio.com — my favourite of the ~100 shots is probably this one, "Bench views at sunrise", posted in November.
A view along a wooden bench curving away from the camera, with the view behind of New York City in the richly-warm, early morning sunshine. The near distance has a number of trees in green, orange, and red; the skyline features the Chrysler Building amongst others.
February 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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My top podcasts for January 2025; unsurprisingly, the excellent and extensive @economist.com full feed of podcasts top the list, like most weeks.
A three-by-three list of podcasts repesented by their icons, titled "My Top Podcasts, January 2025". The entries are The Economist feed ($, 24 hours); BBC Newscast (17 hours), BBC Six O'Clock news (13 hours), Welcome ($, 13 hours); The News Agents (13 hours); The Times's Politics Unpacked (12 hours); The Bunker (12 hours); The Daily Show (12 hours); and The Vergecast (10 hours). At the bottom, the graphic shows that I've listened to a total of 131 hours of podcasts in January 2025 in Overcast.
February 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM