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Bethan M Jenkins

@gwenynen.bsky.social

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Please look after this Bee. Cymraeg a Saesneg, fel y mynnoch. Was Dyddgu elseweb. Ei/Hi. She/Her Signal -> https://signal.me/#eu/p-v5DrC5-xRE_oL2kkAN_8Txhbp3p5q7YIHFXT7jB8a0wOpn7mRFza5I5q80veGU

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Claire Mead @carmineclaire.bsky.social · 2h

I cannot sit alone with the fact that the inventor of the carabiner is an early 20th century German mountaineer who went by Rambo Herzog

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 5h

WELL THEN IT'S NOT MEANINGFUL IS IT, NICK www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Philip Amies @amiesphilip.bsky.social · 6h

"Loading a hay cart near Hunstanton" by a follower of Peter De Wint, perhaps at Heacham.

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 4h

Ah, the gentle art of LJ-stalking. Feels quite quaint now.

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Rob T @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 16h

Debenhams is selling idols of Pazuzu, in case you were wondering what stage of late capitalism we’re in…

Pazuzu idol pendant for sale at Debenhams

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 6h

He needed AI to think up "nice to meet you"??!? 🤦‍♀️

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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 6h

A nice observational piece, showing what I learn is a ‘Ferguson Potato Spinner’ in action. Part of a suite of potato machines (mum took turns on this sort of work in the ‘60s - generally women’s labour then), i guess this shows how partial mechanisation was. #Skystorians #TractorCommentary

Advertising panel for Ferguson tractors potato attachments for their machines. The potato spinner is the bottom one and has a spinning blade with what looks like a tea tray on an arm.

The advert has a large body of text on the right on a white panel backed with yellow with black and white illustrations of cables tractors and machines on the left.

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 16h

Bourne, Lincolnshire holding a Worth Weekend festival to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of fashion designer Charles Frederick Worth who was born there in 1825. 👇
BBC News - 'Father of haute couture' celebrated in home town
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Fashion designer Charles Worth celebrated in home town of Bourne

Charles Worth was born 200 years ago in Bourne and became the most famous fashion designer of his time.

www.bbc.com

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Tron's evil twin brother Troff @tonygoldmark.bsky.social · 1d

If the Portland frogs REALLY want to fuck with the National Guard, each frog should stay completely motionless except when only ONE specific National Guardsman is looking.

a cartoon frog wearing a top hat and holding a baton

ALT: a cartoon frog wearing a top hat and holding a baton

media.tenor.com

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 21h

A Nobel story just popped up on one of my memories feed things. Still makes me laugh.

"They're like, 'Sir, there's something in your bag.'
I said, 'Yes, I think it's this box.' They said, 'What's in the box?' I said, 'a large gold medal, as one does.
So they opened it up and they said, 'What's it made out of?' I said, 'gold.'
And they're like, 'Uhhhh. Who gave this to you?'
"The King of Sweden.'
"Why did he give this to you?'
Because I helped discover the expansion rate of the universe was accelerating.'

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 17h

Wikipedia is having mee as UK ends My as US. I think it's one of those things that's shifting generationally...

Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 17h

Oh...oh! I don't think I'd really thought of that either!

Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 17h

Yeah, I think I've used the two myself and neither seem odd to me!

Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 17h

I wonder whether, as someone else suggests, mee is an older pronunciation and it's being superceded 🤔

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 17h

Ynde! Un ffrind yn meddwl taw mee yn perthyn i'r to hŷn, ac mae hynny'n swnio'n iawn i mi... (Gen X yma, yn y canol yn mhopeth!)

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 17h

*mee 🙄

Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 17h

Would track for me, indeed, I'm sure I've heard "mew" in older generations 👍

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 17h

Fellow folk trapped on these islands -
I've heard both Mee-grain and Meye-grain here. Neither ever struck me as "wrong" tbh, though I'd hazard Mee-grain I've heard more often in Wales (clearly doesn't tally w Le Carre!) Thoughts?

Moist Owlet (Flushable) @g-sharp-major.bsky.social · 17h

Aight I’m listening to an audiobook of le Carrré’s “Call for the Dead”, and the reader pronounced “migraine” as “mee-grain”???

WHAT???

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 17h

This will temporarily break your brain.

#CursedCarols #YesInOctober

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 17h

Tbh I've heard both here and it hasn't ever struck me weird. But yes, it is definitely *A* pronunciation...

Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 17h

(Even if the new cut is suboptimal, it will eventually grow out, this too shall pass x)

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 21h

As an example: AI doesn't understand "no." Because the statements "no ketchup on my burger" and "ketchup on my burger" are almost identical to a machine that does not and cannot actually reason. It's only a 2 letter difference.

AI doesn't know 'no' – and that's a huge problem for medical bots

Many AI models fail to recognise negation words such as “no” and “not”, which means they can’t easily distinguish between medical images labelled as showing a disease and images labelled as not showin...

www.newscientist.com

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 18h

Absolutely love this twitter classic:

Exchange between two twitter users. A man called Scott Castaneda write to Tom Morella, "I use to be a fan until your political opinions come out. Music is my sanctuary and the last thing I want to hear is political bs when I'm listening to music. As far as I'm concerned you and pink are completely done. Keep running your mouth and ruining your fan base." User Howard Finklestein replies, "What 'machine' did you think he was raining against? The dishwasher?"

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 17h

Warhammererers Knitters
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Ooooohh new shiny!

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 18h

RIP Diane Keaton
My favourite picture of her where everyone else is giving it their best Blue Steel & she looks like she’s just wandered in off the street looking super cool.
She was allowed to wear her own clothes & her wonderful personality shines out.
What a unique talent & human being.

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