Pamela Weaver
@pamelaweaver.bsky.social
Writing for a living, mostly about tech. Historian in a previous life. Politics, history, bikes, books, cricket, gardening, dogs, music. SocDem.
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Fair warning: expect photos of dogs, France & cake
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Fair warning: expect photos of dogs, France & cake
I know for sure that this will absolutely, definitely persuade me to eat meat.
European meat industry lobbying extends its footprint to the UK as terms like 'veggie burger' to be banned n order to protect meat sales
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Ban on veggie ‘burgers’: plant-based products may lose meaty names in UK under EU law
Exclusive: Trade agreement means UK is subject to some food labelling rules, with vote on vegetarian food terms this week
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I know for sure that this will absolutely, definitely persuade me to eat meat.
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A link to the Scrivener article, since the one going around is a screenshot, doesn't have the actual link, AND no alt-text, making it useless.
Please share this.
www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/scriven...
Please share this.
www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/scriven...
Scrivener and AI: Why Do I See AI Prompts in My Scrivener Projects on Mac? - Literature & Latte
www.literatureandlatte.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A link to the Scrivener article, since the one going around is a screenshot, doesn't have the actual link, AND no alt-text, making it useless.
Please share this.
www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/scriven...
Please share this.
www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/scriven...
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Physics has a reputation for being dominated by men, especially a century ago, as quantum physics was just being invented – but there have been so many women who helped shaped the field since its inception
The forgotten women of quantum physics
Physics has a reputation for being dominated by men, especially a century ago, as quantum physics was just being invented – but there have been so many women who helped shaped the field since its inception
www.newscientist.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Physics has a reputation for being dominated by men, especially a century ago, as quantum physics was just being invented – but there have been so many women who helped shaped the field since its inception
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in a way don't we all need something we're drawn to attached to a long pole to free us from a skylight we're stuck in
parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
in a way don't we all need something we're drawn to attached to a long pole to free us from a skylight we're stuck in
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There won't be a Mars bar fried in Glasgow tonight.
November 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
There won't be a Mars bar fried in Glasgow tonight.
Never not at it.
Après un hommage à Pétain rendu à Verdun, le préfet de la Meuse va porter plainte pour des « propos clairement révisionnistes »
Au sortir d’une messe célébrée en l’honneur du chef du régime de Vichy, un membre de l’Association pour défendre la mémoire du maréchal Pétain a déclaré que ce dernier avait été « le premier résistant...
www.lemonde.fr
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Never not at it.
Hullo from Vic.
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Hullo from Vic.
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Scottish Wildcats were, until now, creatures unknown to me. Turns out, they look exactly how you would expect a Scottish Wildcat to look like...
November 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Scottish Wildcats were, until now, creatures unknown to me. Turns out, they look exactly how you would expect a Scottish Wildcat to look like...
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There is no reason why this should have made me laugh so hard a bit of gas escaped.
November 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
There is no reason why this should have made me laugh so hard a bit of gas escaped.
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What did the French grunt say to the Puddingwife wrasses?? 😮🤔 #frenchgrunt #puddingwifewrasse #puddingwife #wrasse #grunt #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
November 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
What did the French grunt say to the Puddingwife wrasses?? 😮🤔 #frenchgrunt #puddingwifewrasse #puddingwife #wrasse #grunt #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
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Aujourd'hui sur @franceculture.fr, mon dernier doc sur les traces de Marie Denizard, militante féministe au destin tragique : de la lutte pour les droits politiques des femmes à l’internement forcé www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Marie Denizard, de la présidentielle à l’asile : un podcast à écouter en ligne | France Culture
Dès 1913, l’Amiénoise Marie Denizard s’est portée candidate à la présidentielle – bien avant l’obtention du droit d’éligibilité par les femmes en 1944. Grâce à une jeune historienne, cette précurseuse...
www.radiofrance.fr
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Aujourd'hui sur @franceculture.fr, mon dernier doc sur les traces de Marie Denizard, militante féministe au destin tragique : de la lutte pour les droits politiques des femmes à l’internement forcé www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
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You could literally do a horror anthology based on the different ways this can go wrong.
AI dead mom escapes into your TV, and your digital fridge, and your pacemaker.
AI dead mom escapes into your TV, and your digital fridge, and your pacemaker.
What if AI dead mom ends up neglected just like one of those digital picture frames. Sold at a digital goodwill for $2.50.
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
You could literally do a horror anthology based on the different ways this can go wrong.
AI dead mom escapes into your TV, and your digital fridge, and your pacemaker.
AI dead mom escapes into your TV, and your digital fridge, and your pacemaker.
November. In Normandie. 😟
November 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
November. In Normandie. 😟
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slightly obsessed about the end of this lady's effigy tomb with the voluminous folds of her dress and petite heeled shoes
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
slightly obsessed about the end of this lady's effigy tomb with the voluminous folds of her dress and petite heeled shoes
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
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To all the doubters, AI is so close to being perfect
Look my iphone helpfully transcribed a voice message left by my French mechanic
Look my iphone helpfully transcribed a voice message left by my French mechanic
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
To all the doubters, AI is so close to being perfect
Look my iphone helpfully transcribed a voice message left by my French mechanic
Look my iphone helpfully transcribed a voice message left by my French mechanic
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The Tokyo Electro Automobile Co. Tama Electric Car from 1947.
It achieved the driving range of 96km and the maximum speed of 35km/h.
And it looks GORGEOUS.
I love it.
If they were still being made, I'd get one.
I wonder if a sheep fits in the back seat.
www.nissan-global.com/EN/HERITAGE_...
It achieved the driving range of 96km and the maximum speed of 35km/h.
And it looks GORGEOUS.
I love it.
If they were still being made, I'd get one.
I wonder if a sheep fits in the back seat.
www.nissan-global.com/EN/HERITAGE_...
November 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The Tokyo Electro Automobile Co. Tama Electric Car from 1947.
It achieved the driving range of 96km and the maximum speed of 35km/h.
And it looks GORGEOUS.
I love it.
If they were still being made, I'd get one.
I wonder if a sheep fits in the back seat.
www.nissan-global.com/EN/HERITAGE_...
It achieved the driving range of 96km and the maximum speed of 35km/h.
And it looks GORGEOUS.
I love it.
If they were still being made, I'd get one.
I wonder if a sheep fits in the back seat.
www.nissan-global.com/EN/HERITAGE_...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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Spoiler: it’s because he died. The writers of a franchise whose main character has been played by seven actors across sixty years think they have to come up with a plot explanation for the character coming back after dying in the previous movie. radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
EXCLUSIVE: James Bond Writers Reveal Twist That Has Left New Creators With 'Huge Headache' When It Comes to Resurrecting the Super-Spy for Amazon
Bond writers are now racking their brain, trying to move forward with the franchise after the last film's wild twist.
radaronline.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Spoiler: it’s because he died. The writers of a franchise whose main character has been played by seven actors across sixty years think they have to come up with a plot explanation for the character coming back after dying in the previous movie. radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
FPTP is a curse.
If you're looking around thinking "if Trump & the Republicans cause enough suffering, there will be backlash & accountability," I would direct your attention to the UK. Hard to think of any country in history so clearly, demonstrably, theatrically fucked by a single party ... and yet.
The thing to understand about this is that this catastrophe in the UK has redounded to the political benefit of the very same people and political movement that pushed for it! Extremely perverse.
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
FPTP is a curse.
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The Rest of The World: football can't be played in the snow.
Canada: Hold my beer and watch this...
Canada: Hold my beer and watch this...
This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The Rest of The World: football can't be played in the snow.
Canada: Hold my beer and watch this...
Canada: Hold my beer and watch this...
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Really thankful for this, from @winterjessica.bsky.social—a long-overdue corrective to an exhausting discourse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Really thankful for this, from @winterjessica.bsky.social—a long-overdue corrective to an exhausting discourse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What you get when yoplait innocent 🙄
Nicolas Sarkozy a été remis en liberté après 20 jours de détention. La cour a interdit tout contact avec des témoins dans son procès et fixé un procès en appel pour mars.
La justice ordonne la remise en liberté de Nicolas Sarkozy, après 20 jours de détention à la prison de la Santé
L'ancien président est néanmoins soumis à un contrôle judiciaire avec interdiction de quitter le territoire français.
https://www.franceinfo.fr/politique/nicolas-sarkozy/la-justice-ordonne-la-remise-en-liberte-de-nicolas-sarkozy-apres-20-jours-de-detention-a-la-prison-de-la-sante_7607546.html#xtor=RSS-3-[lestitres]
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
What you get when yoplait innocent 🙄
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things I have discovered while researching the new series of Human Intelligence: the first ever textbook on forensic science was written in the year 1247 by a crime investigator in Song dynasty China.
It is called Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collect...
It is called Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collect...
Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
things I have discovered while researching the new series of Human Intelligence: the first ever textbook on forensic science was written in the year 1247 by a crime investigator in Song dynasty China.
It is called Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collect...
It is called Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collect...