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Why yes, @microsoft.com, I will HAPPILY provide you feedback on how exactly I feel about Word right now.
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Why yes, @microsoft.com, I will HAPPILY provide you feedback on how exactly I feel about Word right now.
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Right. Choir/classical music nerds, this is for you. Everyone else, you’re dismissed.
A very deep cut: Do any of you know of a recording of Haydn’s Creation that uses as the text the Michael Pilkington Novello edition (i.e New Novello, not old Novello). For the life of me I cannot find one.
A very deep cut: Do any of you know of a recording of Haydn’s Creation that uses as the text the Michael Pilkington Novello edition (i.e New Novello, not old Novello). For the life of me I cannot find one.
October 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Right. Choir/classical music nerds, this is for you. Everyone else, you’re dismissed.
A very deep cut: Do any of you know of a recording of Haydn’s Creation that uses as the text the Michael Pilkington Novello edition (i.e New Novello, not old Novello). For the life of me I cannot find one.
A very deep cut: Do any of you know of a recording of Haydn’s Creation that uses as the text the Michael Pilkington Novello edition (i.e New Novello, not old Novello). For the life of me I cannot find one.
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Maybe if Labour stop trying to appeal to the far right they would do better in the polls, I dunno.
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Maybe if Labour stop trying to appeal to the far right they would do better in the polls, I dunno.
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I am unfortunately in need of a new job, so if you need a highly experienced software engineer or know someone else who needs one, please let me know
June 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I am unfortunately in need of a new job, so if you need a highly experienced software engineer or know someone else who needs one, please let me know
There should be an 'AI slop' emoji you can slap on "historical" "photos" that will follow them round like a watermark unless the poster can cite a source.
June 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
There should be an 'AI slop' emoji you can slap on "historical" "photos" that will follow them round like a watermark unless the poster can cite a source.
@paulclammer.bsky.social you might enjoy this one... www.arctictoday.com/under-false-...
Under a false flag: A Moscow company tried to buy a Norwegian former coast guard ship for Arctic sailings - ArcticToday
Disguised as businessmen from Dubai, cronies of a Russian adventure company pursued a takeover of the 70-year-old Stålbas for expedition cruises to Novaya Zemlya and Franz Josef Land. The deal was hal...
www.arctictoday.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
@paulclammer.bsky.social you might enjoy this one... www.arctictoday.com/under-false-...
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VLADIMIR: Well? Shall we log off?
ESTRAGON: Yes, let's log off.
They do not log off.
ESTRAGON: Yes, let's log off.
They do not log off.
May 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
VLADIMIR: Well? Shall we log off?
ESTRAGON: Yes, let's log off.
They do not log off.
ESTRAGON: Yes, let's log off.
They do not log off.
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Yes. Good writing is hard but it’s an “invisible” skill in many fields. If you write cogently and clearly people just notice the content not the writing. They only notice the writing when it gets in the way.
May 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Yes. Good writing is hard but it’s an “invisible” skill in many fields. If you write cogently and clearly people just notice the content not the writing. They only notice the writing when it gets in the way.
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Watch this IMMEDIATELY.
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I made a silent puppet film about Godzilla vs. Paul Bunyan.
(thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)
(thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)
May 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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ppl keep mistaking Jurassic Park for a survival film against dinosaurs when it's actually a survival film against startup culture
Deep in my heart I do not believe that Jurassic Park would pose substantially different or more challenging security issues than any well stocked zoo.
April 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ppl keep mistaking Jurassic Park for a survival film against dinosaurs when it's actually a survival film against startup culture
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I've been gifted some papers from someone who worked on the Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Protector, which served in Antarctica in the 1960s, and if any ship had a better logo than its cheery nautical penguin I want to know about it. 🐧🐧🐧
#NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory
#NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory
February 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I've been gifted some papers from someone who worked on the Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Protector, which served in Antarctica in the 1960s, and if any ship had a better logo than its cheery nautical penguin I want to know about it. 🐧🐧🐧
#NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory
#NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory
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One of the things that bothers me a lot about AI* search/website generation is its effect on what I tend to think of as 'boring facts'. Recent examples for me:
* Obligatory note: 'AI' covers many things, some of which are useful (and/or have been re-named, see 'machine learning'...)
* Obligatory note: 'AI' covers many things, some of which are useful (and/or have been re-named, see 'machine learning'...)
January 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
One of the things that bothers me a lot about AI* search/website generation is its effect on what I tend to think of as 'boring facts'. Recent examples for me:
* Obligatory note: 'AI' covers many things, some of which are useful (and/or have been re-named, see 'machine learning'...)
* Obligatory note: 'AI' covers many things, some of which are useful (and/or have been re-named, see 'machine learning'...)
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#PenguinAwarenessDay 🐧:
Magellanic #Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) on 17th c. Dutch maps of Strait of Magellan:
1. 1602 Olivier Van Noort (I think this is the earliest depiction of one on a map?) storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img...
2. 1635 Jodocus Hondius library.princeton.edu/visual_mater...
Magellanic #Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) on 17th c. Dutch maps of Strait of Magellan:
1. 1602 Olivier Van Noort (I think this is the earliest depiction of one on a map?) storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img...
2. 1635 Jodocus Hondius library.princeton.edu/visual_mater...
January 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
#PenguinAwarenessDay 🐧:
Magellanic #Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) on 17th c. Dutch maps of Strait of Magellan:
1. 1602 Olivier Van Noort (I think this is the earliest depiction of one on a map?) storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img...
2. 1635 Jodocus Hondius library.princeton.edu/visual_mater...
Magellanic #Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) on 17th c. Dutch maps of Strait of Magellan:
1. 1602 Olivier Van Noort (I think this is the earliest depiction of one on a map?) storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img...
2. 1635 Jodocus Hondius library.princeton.edu/visual_mater...
@dangerpawbeans.bsky.social You have to admit the Beluga would fit right in here
Every museum should have a Little Guys Tour, and at the end of the tour you can buy reproductions of all the little guys
January 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
@dangerpawbeans.bsky.social You have to admit the Beluga would fit right in here
Here's a call for help I did not expect to be making
Do I know any medical practitioners or medical historians on here with expertise in STDs? Because I'd just *love* to ask your opinion on an 18thC autopsy report, & exactly what disease it might indicate
Who could resist that ?! #18c
Do I know any medical practitioners or medical historians on here with expertise in STDs? Because I'd just *love* to ask your opinion on an 18thC autopsy report, & exactly what disease it might indicate
Who could resist that ?! #18c
a man in a black and gold costume with a bow tie
ALT: a man in a black and gold costume with a bow tie
media.tenor.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Friends, are there any #Authors of #History books, the whole range of history from early to present day, who would be open to be interviewed for a new project I’m putting together. It’s a nice thing 🤣🤣 nothing nasty. I want to talk to you about being an author. DM please I’ll explain more.
December 23, 2024 at 2:28 PM
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UK WRITERS: You need to fill in this consulation. Govt is very clearly looking to an opt-out model of rights licensing that puts all the burden on creators instead of profiteers. It's long and boring but this is important.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
This consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together.
www.gov.uk
December 18, 2024 at 9:46 AM
UK WRITERS: You need to fill in this consulation. Govt is very clearly looking to an opt-out model of rights licensing that puts all the burden on creators instead of profiteers. It's long and boring but this is important.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
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At a polar conference I went to last month, anyone going over length on their presentations got a stuffed penguin thrown at them.
At the American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Conference, if you run over your time, you are literally forced to exit, pursued by a bear.
The bear can and will take your paper from you to shut you up.
The bear can and will take your paper from you to shut you up.
I could not tell you how often I have done readings with male writers who go way over the allotted time limit, biting into other people's reading time or making the event last way longer than it was supposed to.
But the worst ones are the ones who go: "I'll just read until someone stops me."
But the worst ones are the ones who go: "I'll just read until someone stops me."
December 9, 2024 at 9:30 PM
At a polar conference I went to last month, anyone going over length on their presentations got a stuffed penguin thrown at them.
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Rehearsing The Infant King.
"Can you sing it with a sense of wonder?" [pause] "That's wondering at the magic of Christmas. Not wondering what the words are."
#ThingsConductorsSay
"Can you sing it with a sense of wonder?" [pause] "That's wondering at the magic of Christmas. Not wondering what the words are."
#ThingsConductorsSay
December 5, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Rehearsing The Infant King.
"Can you sing it with a sense of wonder?" [pause] "That's wondering at the magic of Christmas. Not wondering what the words are."
#ThingsConductorsSay
"Can you sing it with a sense of wonder?" [pause] "That's wondering at the magic of Christmas. Not wondering what the words are."
#ThingsConductorsSay
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Please share, as Haunted Shores hasn’t quite made it to the new place yet!
The next Haunted Shores online seminar with Dr Isabelle Gapp — on reindeer, Sámi herders, & shipboard transportation in Canada — on Thursday 5 December, 3pm (UK).
Info/registration here!
haunted-shores.com/2024/11/26/h...
The next Haunted Shores online seminar with Dr Isabelle Gapp — on reindeer, Sámi herders, & shipboard transportation in Canada — on Thursday 5 December, 3pm (UK).
Info/registration here!
haunted-shores.com/2024/11/26/h...
Haunted Shores online seminar: Dr Isabelle Gapp, 5 December 2024
Haunted Shores online seminar series 3pm (UK time) 5 December 2024 Online (Zoom): link to be circulated ahead of seminar to registered attendees. We are delighted to invite you to the Haunted Shore…
haunted-shores.com
December 1, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Please share, as Haunted Shores hasn’t quite made it to the new place yet!
The next Haunted Shores online seminar with Dr Isabelle Gapp — on reindeer, Sámi herders, & shipboard transportation in Canada — on Thursday 5 December, 3pm (UK).
Info/registration here!
haunted-shores.com/2024/11/26/h...
The next Haunted Shores online seminar with Dr Isabelle Gapp — on reindeer, Sámi herders, & shipboard transportation in Canada — on Thursday 5 December, 3pm (UK).
Info/registration here!
haunted-shores.com/2024/11/26/h...
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One door sometimes tells the truth, and sometimes lies. The other door is open anyway. You have one question (the question is ‘Why?’)
October 15, 2023 at 3:15 PM
One door sometimes tells the truth, and sometimes lies. The other door is open anyway. You have one question (the question is ‘Why?’)