Lexx Clarke
@lexxclarke.bsky.social
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Lexx Clarke
@lexxclarke.bsky.social
· Jan 18
Good afternoon #cookingsky, a request for help, please. I'm looking for a particular French fish soup I recall my late father bringing back from France in the 80s/very early 90s. It came in a packet, in dry form, with a smaller packet of croutons inside. These were so fierce with garlic my mother
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Are you looking for food and drink gifts you can send in the post (UK)?
Check out my recent guide:
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Check out my recent guide:
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November 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Are you looking for food and drink gifts you can send in the post (UK)?
Check out my recent guide:
www.kaveyeats.com/food-drink-g...
Check out my recent guide:
www.kaveyeats.com/food-drink-g...
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Today is the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Mahna Mahna on Sesame Street. You’re familiar with it by now, of course, but... well, it never hurts to be reminded, does it?
Sesame Street - Mahna Mahna (1969)
YouTube video by Tiny Dancer
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Today is the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Mahna Mahna on Sesame Street. You’re familiar with it by now, of course, but... well, it never hurts to be reminded, does it?
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As we move into “foreigners are cancelling Christmas in the name of political correctness” season it’s worth remember that Christmas was indeed once banned in England, by Christians and the man who enforced the ban has a statue in his honour outside the Houses of Parliament.
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
As we move into “foreigners are cancelling Christmas in the name of political correctness” season it’s worth remember that Christmas was indeed once banned in England, by Christians and the man who enforced the ban has a statue in his honour outside the Houses of Parliament.
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Well, firstly today, it’s the 121st anniversary of this article from The Spokane Press
![Press cutting: MARRIED HIM BECAUSE HE WAS FOND OF CATS. Now Mrs. Steele and Her Husband Have All Kinds of Fe-line Pets in Their Home. [Montage of photos features a black cat, a women holding three kittens, and a pair of cats] Text: DES MOINES, Ia., Nov. 25.-"Will, you be my wife?" "I don't know. Do you like cats?" "Yes, I am passionately fond of them." “Then I will marry you." Thus was the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Steele of Des Moines arranged. Today they reside in a cozy cottage. They have no children, but the place is a paradise for cats. The Steeles Victoria kennels are the finest in the west, and contain scores of beautiful specimens of Angora, Persian and many other varieties of blooded cats. Mrs. Steele passed her early youth with a maiden aunt. When tiny Marion would come home with hungry and bedraggled kitten, rescued from the tortures of street urchins, the aunt would give her a sound thrashing and drive the cat away. "I married the first man I met who loved cats," she says, "and we are as happy as two kittens." Mrs. Steele has published a book upon cats.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vckf3haopb3yncclmf7o2m3f/bafkreihipte65yy2fmltdtd4wkv72xsxdgha7cjbzejmw7grdqhg7cmsha@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Well, firstly today, it’s the 121st anniversary of this article from The Spokane Press
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We are so excited to share the absolutely *stunning* cover for @essiefox.bsky.social’s CATHERINE: A RETELLING OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS.
The greatest tragic love story ever told – but this time, Catherine tells it herself.
Coming February 2026.
The greatest tragic love story ever told – but this time, Catherine tells it herself.
Coming February 2026.
November 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We are so excited to share the absolutely *stunning* cover for @essiefox.bsky.social’s CATHERINE: A RETELLING OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS.
The greatest tragic love story ever told – but this time, Catherine tells it herself.
Coming February 2026.
The greatest tragic love story ever told – but this time, Catherine tells it herself.
Coming February 2026.
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An important holiday update from Effin' Birds
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
An important holiday update from Effin' Birds
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I'm sure this would make a decent album cover for some human artiste.
Details in alt text, my lovelies.
Details in alt text, my lovelies.
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I'm sure this would make a decent album cover for some human artiste.
Details in alt text, my lovelies.
Details in alt text, my lovelies.
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Added a translation. widget to the bottom left of my site. English and Irish (Gaeilge) supported. I hope it's not garbled nonsense. Could an Irish speaker have a look for me please?
For example:
timwrite.net/revengers-ta...
For example:
timwrite.net/revengers-ta...
Revenger’s Tales – John & Gordon
Revenge makes you right and wrong simultaneously. Something tells you that what you want to do is wrong but by doing it, by completing their Revengers’ Tale, the world will be set right.
timwrite.net
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Added a translation. widget to the bottom left of my site. English and Irish (Gaeilge) supported. I hope it's not garbled nonsense. Could an Irish speaker have a look for me please?
For example:
timwrite.net/revengers-ta...
For example:
timwrite.net/revengers-ta...
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Yes! This is so important! Machine Learning is doing wonderful things like mapping Martian craters and analyzing microbe genomes. LLMs are a very specific form & it’s them doing these huge amounts of harm. I also sometimes say “Gen AI”
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yes! This is so important! Machine Learning is doing wonderful things like mapping Martian craters and analyzing microbe genomes. LLMs are a very specific form & it’s them doing these huge amounts of harm. I also sometimes say “Gen AI”
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
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The Creature from the Lack Balloon.
November 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The Creature from the Lack Balloon.
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How did we get to a point where the tools we rely on can't get the basics right because they're too busy digging in the shitty LLM goldmine?
It might be my own bias, but I genuinely wonder whether specifically marketing a zero AI tool might actually pull in more customers.
It might be my own bias, but I genuinely wonder whether specifically marketing a zero AI tool might actually pull in more customers.
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
How did we get to a point where the tools we rely on can't get the basics right because they're too busy digging in the shitty LLM goldmine?
It might be my own bias, but I genuinely wonder whether specifically marketing a zero AI tool might actually pull in more customers.
It might be my own bias, but I genuinely wonder whether specifically marketing a zero AI tool might actually pull in more customers.
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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If AI can replace your staff, it can probably replace your product (and company) too.
One thing I'd caution against those who say "what my company does can be done entirely with AI... I don't need to pay actual people"...
If that's true, then what are you building that your customers can't just use ChatGPT to get?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
If that's true, then what are you building that your customers can't just use ChatGPT to get?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If AI can replace your staff, it can probably replace your product (and company) too.
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bullish on bullar over here today
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
bullish on bullar over here today
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Oh look, it's that time of year again! Time to place your orders for the 2026 Small Robots Calendar! It's £30, and this year's theme is Wistfulbot Goes for a Walk. It's got contemplative pictures and some sort-of poetry I guess? Anyway, the order form is here: forms.gle/AmdadzcTvzt8...
2026 Small Robots Calendar Order Form
This is the form for ordering a 2026 Small Robots Calendar. It's a wall calendar featuring twelve brand new full-colour illustrations of Wistfulbot going for a walk in various landscapes, thinking abo...
forms.gle
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Oh look, it's that time of year again! Time to place your orders for the 2026 Small Robots Calendar! It's £30, and this year's theme is Wistfulbot Goes for a Walk. It's got contemplative pictures and some sort-of poetry I guess? Anyway, the order form is here: forms.gle/AmdadzcTvzt8...
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I haven’t seen this get covered in English yet so let me translate.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I haven’t seen this get covered in English yet so let me translate.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
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I often see people saying we have to be careful about using the term evil. But fuck it, if you support a policy that brings potential harm to a vulnerable minority or just makes their everyday life extremely difficult I'm going to call it how I see it. It's YOU that needs to take a look at yourself.
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I often see people saying we have to be careful about using the term evil. But fuck it, if you support a policy that brings potential harm to a vulnerable minority or just makes their everyday life extremely difficult I'm going to call it how I see it. It's YOU that needs to take a look at yourself.
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19 November is remarkable for several odd things...
Firstly: the really quite dark story of Michael Rockefeller, son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, last seen alive on this day in 1961...
Firstly: the really quite dark story of Michael Rockefeller, son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, last seen alive on this day in 1961...
What Really Happened to Michael Rockefeller
A journey to the heart of New Guinea’s Asmat tribal homeland sheds new light on the mystery of the heir’s disappearance there in 1961
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
19 November is remarkable for several odd things...
Firstly: the really quite dark story of Michael Rockefeller, son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, last seen alive on this day in 1961...
Firstly: the really quite dark story of Michael Rockefeller, son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, last seen alive on this day in 1961...
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The introduction to my series about Brexit and Why I'm Learning the Irish Language can be found here:
timwrite.net/factual-work/
timwrite.net/factual-work/
Factual work
What follows happened. In real life. Mostly to me. https://timwrite.net/on-being-questioned-about-the-death-of-my-child/ https://timwrite.net/t-morgue-with-my-daughter/ https://timwrite.net/factual-wo...
timwrite.net
November 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The introduction to my series about Brexit and Why I'm Learning the Irish Language can be found here:
timwrite.net/factual-work/
timwrite.net/factual-work/
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Just seen the word “spittoon” in print. Not a daily occurrence, but a reminder of the excellence of -oon words. Harpoon. Poltroon. Festoon. Contrabassoon.
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Just seen the word “spittoon” in print. Not a daily occurrence, but a reminder of the excellence of -oon words. Harpoon. Poltroon. Festoon. Contrabassoon.
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Hi. It's me. I'm here to gently ask if you've been giving yourself grace? Patience? Self-care?
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
November 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Hi. It's me. I'm here to gently ask if you've been giving yourself grace? Patience? Self-care?
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
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An old cartoon which we've recently put back up on our website because it *feels* like the right time to do so i don't know why
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
An old cartoon which we've recently put back up on our website because it *feels* like the right time to do so i don't know why
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...