Caspar Addyman
@kzzprr.bsky.social
Writer, technologist & infantologist creating ethical AI for families. Author of The Laughing Baby (pop sci), Babies Laugh™ (for babies) & Help Yourself (novel)
Reading: Mainly #scifi
Sanity: Running, tai chi & Zen
https://playtandem.com
https://babies.lol
Reading: Mainly #scifi
Sanity: Running, tai chi & Zen
https://playtandem.com
https://babies.lol
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Some say it's always Pub Day @deserterblog.bsky.social. If so, its' Double Pub Day today as our baby migrates to bookshops and bathrooms throughout the land. Trebles all round!
It’s Pub Day – Deserter
Deserter Stories is out today.
deserter.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Some say it's always Pub Day @deserterblog.bsky.social. If so, its' Double Pub Day today as our baby migrates to bookshops and bathrooms throughout the land. Trebles all round!
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
Yay, late friday, major release. 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
It might be scary if this project had any users 😂
github.com/InfantLab/Vi...
It might be scary if this project had any users 😂
github.com/InfantLab/Vi...
Release VideoAnnotator v1.3.0 - Production Reliability & Critical Fixes · InfantLab/VideoAnnotator
Released: October 31, 2025 🎃
This release addresses critical production blockers identified during client integration testing and establishes a production-ready foundation for JOSS publication.
Hig...
github.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Yay, late friday, major release. 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
It might be scary if this project had any users 😂
github.com/InfantLab/Vi...
It might be scary if this project had any users 😂
github.com/InfantLab/Vi...
Entertaining myself while coding robots do my real work for me. I half wrote a thing and am quite proud of coaxing gpt5 into making this image of Anne Hathaway.
⚠️~40%🤖
onemonkey.org/the-best-wil...
⚠️~40%🤖
onemonkey.org/the-best-wil...
The Best Will in the World? 📜🪶☠️🏆
Testaments as love notes, pranks, institutions — and the occasional drawing‑room mystery.
⚠️ Fair warning - post is ~40% AI slop ⚠️
I wrote my own will recently and afterwards I felt oddly buoyant.....
onemonkey.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Entertaining myself while coding robots do my real work for me. I half wrote a thing and am quite proud of coaxing gpt5 into making this image of Anne Hathaway.
⚠️~40%🤖
onemonkey.org/the-best-wil...
⚠️~40%🤖
onemonkey.org/the-best-wil...
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Mein Flakturm hat ein Gartenhut!
October 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Mein Flakturm hat ein Gartenhut!
Your annual reminder that the traditional naming of the Rider-Waite tarot deck erases the female artist who did most of the work - Pamela Colman-Smith
www.openculture.com/2025/10/meet...
www.openculture.com/2025/10/meet...
Meet the Forgotten Female Artist Behind the World’s Most Popular Tarot Deck (1909)
As an exercise draw a composition of fear or sadness, or great sorrow, quite simply, do not bother about details now, but in a few lines tell your story. Then show it to any one of your friends, or fa...
www.openculture.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Your annual reminder that the traditional naming of the Rider-Waite tarot deck erases the female artist who did most of the work - Pamela Colman-Smith
www.openculture.com/2025/10/meet...
www.openculture.com/2025/10/meet...
Given the season, I don't want to NOT scare you. But ...
Millennials killed serial killing
...and cults!
Courtesy of Adam Mastroianni @mastroianni.bsky.social
www.experimental-history.com/p/the-declin...
Millennials killed serial killing
...and cults!
Courtesy of Adam Mastroianni @mastroianni.bsky.social
www.experimental-history.com/p/the-declin...
October 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Given the season, I don't want to NOT scare you. But ...
Millennials killed serial killing
...and cults!
Courtesy of Adam Mastroianni @mastroianni.bsky.social
www.experimental-history.com/p/the-declin...
Millennials killed serial killing
...and cults!
Courtesy of Adam Mastroianni @mastroianni.bsky.social
www.experimental-history.com/p/the-declin...
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You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.
October 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.
👻✅
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
👻✅
As a Yorkshireman I can't abide Lancastrians. But 40 extra FREE brews?
By 'eck, I'm conflicted.
By 'eck, I'm conflicted.
October 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
As a Yorkshireman I can't abide Lancastrians. But 40 extra FREE brews?
By 'eck, I'm conflicted.
By 'eck, I'm conflicted.
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This is still at an early stage, of course, but it shows promise that remotely operated heat pumps could be part of a consumer-friendly, bill-saving service.
Big credit to @nestauk.bsky.social colleagues Max Woollard and Oli Berry, plus the team at OVO for their work on this!
Big credit to @nestauk.bsky.social colleagues Max Woollard and Oli Berry, plus the team at OVO for their work on this!
The future of heat
How to drive decarbonisation with innovative tariffs and automated flexibility
www.nesta.org.uk
October 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This is still at an early stage, of course, but it shows promise that remotely operated heat pumps could be part of a consumer-friendly, bill-saving service.
Big credit to @nestauk.bsky.social colleagues Max Woollard and Oli Berry, plus the team at OVO for their work on this!
Big credit to @nestauk.bsky.social colleagues Max Woollard and Oli Berry, plus the team at OVO for their work on this!
Some scary stories about #Obsidian PKM for your nerdy #halloween enjoyment
🤓👻🤖
onemonkey.org/the-haunting...
🤓👻🤖
onemonkey.org/the-haunting...
The Haunting of My Second Brain: A field guide to Obsidian's AI ghosts and how to coexist peacefully with them.
My Obsidian vault is haunted. For years, it was a quiet, orderly place—a digital library of my thoughts, projects, and learnings. It wasn't exactly tidy but it was familiar. Over the last year, a new ...
onemonkey.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Some scary stories about #Obsidian PKM for your nerdy #halloween enjoyment
🤓👻🤖
onemonkey.org/the-haunting...
🤓👻🤖
onemonkey.org/the-haunting...
In 18 years living in the wonderful Barrier Block in Brixton, I've had hundreds of letters from estate agents telling me they have clients eager to buy my flat. Not once have they suggested where I should live instead.
October 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
In 18 years living in the wonderful Barrier Block in Brixton, I've had hundreds of letters from estate agents telling me they have clients eager to buy my flat. Not once have they suggested where I should live instead.
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It's out!
And it is a thing of disconcerting beauty.
Should be available from all proper book emporiums today. Read and enjoy and spread the word.
And it is a thing of disconcerting beauty.
Should be available from all proper book emporiums today. Read and enjoy and spread the word.
October 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It's out!
And it is a thing of disconcerting beauty.
Should be available from all proper book emporiums today. Read and enjoy and spread the word.
And it is a thing of disconcerting beauty.
Should be available from all proper book emporiums today. Read and enjoy and spread the word.
Elon Musk says he's not a Nazi. But he is also calling his newest rocket the V2...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
SpaceX finally got exactly what it needed from Starship V2
This was the last flight of SpaceX’s second-gen Starship design. Version 3 arrives next year.
arstechnica.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Elon Musk says he's not a Nazi. But he is also calling his newest rocket the V2...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
When I was a lad watching snooker with my gran, Ray Reardon looked like a complete fossil. (Fossil Dracula, ah-ha-ha!)
Now Mark Williams is older than that and I'm older than Mark Williams.
😭😭😭😭🤯
www.skysports.com/more-sports/...
Now Mark Williams is older than that and I'm older than Mark Williams.
😭😭😭😭🤯
www.skysports.com/more-sports/...
Mark Williams beats Shaun Murphy in Xi'an Grand Prix final to become oldest ranking event winner in snooker history
Three-time world champion Mark Williams became snookers oldest ranking event winner after beating Shaun Murphy in a one-sided Xian Grand Prix final on Monday; Williams is also the first ever player to...
www.skysports.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
When I was a lad watching snooker with my gran, Ray Reardon looked like a complete fossil. (Fossil Dracula, ah-ha-ha!)
Now Mark Williams is older than that and I'm older than Mark Williams.
😭😭😭😭🤯
www.skysports.com/more-sports/...
Now Mark Williams is older than that and I'm older than Mark Williams.
😭😭😭😭🤯
www.skysports.com/more-sports/...
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I genuinely think footnotes are almost always more fun than endnotes. If I have to flip to the back every time, I just won’t. Let me stay in the moment with the author. But curious to hear if others feel differently?
#Booksky
#Booksky
October 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I genuinely think footnotes are almost always more fun than endnotes. If I have to flip to the back every time, I just won’t. Let me stay in the moment with the author. But curious to hear if others feel differently?
#Booksky
#Booksky
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Just how did this building suddenly appear opposite Kings Cross? I'd swear it wasn't there last week.
It has lab space for a biomedical company who've pulled out because of regulation changes. No alternative tenants yet.
I love it.
It has lab space for a biomedical company who've pulled out because of regulation changes. No alternative tenants yet.
I love it.
October 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just how did this building suddenly appear opposite Kings Cross? I'd swear it wasn't there last week.
It has lab space for a biomedical company who've pulled out because of regulation changes. No alternative tenants yet.
I love it.
It has lab space for a biomedical company who've pulled out because of regulation changes. No alternative tenants yet.
I love it.
It is always worth reading the biographies of MacArthur fellows. Amazing humans from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines.
www.macfound.org/programs/awa...
www.macfound.org/programs/awa...
MacArthur Fellows - MacArthur Foundation
The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to ...
www.macfound.org
October 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
It is always worth reading the biographies of MacArthur fellows. Amazing humans from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines.
www.macfound.org/programs/awa...
www.macfound.org/programs/awa...
Mystery solved!!
For many years this textbook cover haunted me. No molecules look like, do they? (The book doesn't offer any explanation, i checked.)
But, maybe was trying to teach us about the intrinsic structure of metal organic frameworks.
Thanks #NobelPrize
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
For many years this textbook cover haunted me. No molecules look like, do they? (The book doesn't offer any explanation, i checked.)
But, maybe was trying to teach us about the intrinsic structure of metal organic frameworks.
Thanks #NobelPrize
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
October 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Mystery solved!!
For many years this textbook cover haunted me. No molecules look like, do they? (The book doesn't offer any explanation, i checked.)
But, maybe was trying to teach us about the intrinsic structure of metal organic frameworks.
Thanks #NobelPrize
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
For many years this textbook cover haunted me. No molecules look like, do they? (The book doesn't offer any explanation, i checked.)
But, maybe was trying to teach us about the intrinsic structure of metal organic frameworks.
Thanks #NobelPrize
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
Excellent use of ellipses...
"blind"?
I'm guessing it's "blind"
"blind"?
I'm guessing it's "blind"
October 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Excellent use of ellipses...
"blind"?
I'm guessing it's "blind"
"blind"?
I'm guessing it's "blind"
Seriously, Igorrr is the Heston Blumenthal of black metal.
youtu.be/9P7K3sdg6s4?...
youtu.be/9P7K3sdg6s4?...
Why IGORRR Is The Most Interesting Band In The World • Behind The Scenes of 'Amen'
YouTube video by Metal Injection
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Seriously, Igorrr is the Heston Blumenthal of black metal.
youtu.be/9P7K3sdg6s4?...
youtu.be/9P7K3sdg6s4?...
One thing I had never appreciated until now is how wonderful and perfect is the "Wow!" next to the Wow! signal.
Just look at it..
Wow!
Thank you, Jerry R. Ehman for your expressive penmanship.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_si...
Just look at it..
Wow!
Thank you, Jerry R. Ehman for your expressive penmanship.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_si...
October 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
One thing I had never appreciated until now is how wonderful and perfect is the "Wow!" next to the Wow! signal.
Just look at it..
Wow!
Thank you, Jerry R. Ehman for your expressive penmanship.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_si...
Just look at it..
Wow!
Thank you, Jerry R. Ehman for your expressive penmanship.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_si...
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Kids often ask me for advice on joining the SEAL Teams.
Now I tell them they shouldn't.
Nobody should sign up to die for a bunch of rich fucks using your blood to steal more wealth and power.
You're better than that. Don't become a stormtrooper like I did. Have imagination.
Now I tell them they shouldn't.
Nobody should sign up to die for a bunch of rich fucks using your blood to steal more wealth and power.
You're better than that. Don't become a stormtrooper like I did. Have imagination.
October 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Kids often ask me for advice on joining the SEAL Teams.
Now I tell them they shouldn't.
Nobody should sign up to die for a bunch of rich fucks using your blood to steal more wealth and power.
You're better than that. Don't become a stormtrooper like I did. Have imagination.
Now I tell them they shouldn't.
Nobody should sign up to die for a bunch of rich fucks using your blood to steal more wealth and power.
You're better than that. Don't become a stormtrooper like I did. Have imagination.