Simon Hickinbotham
@franticspider.bsky.social
It's-not-music as a genre; Artificial Life; EvoDevo for Engineering; R for archaeology; attention deficit programming; cycling/fitness/MH in a 50+ alien world
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my thoughts as i draw things and share all the unfinished, rough doodles that quite frankly aren’t very good
November 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
my thoughts as i draw things and share all the unfinished, rough doodles that quite frankly aren’t very good
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#Alphabetchallenge #WeekVForVowels
#10minutesfromhome
Art Deco and Emerald Green Entrance
Marshall Street Manchester
#10minutesfromhome
Art Deco and Emerald Green Entrance
Marshall Street Manchester
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#Alphabetchallenge #WeekVForVowels
#10minutesfromhome
Art Deco and Emerald Green Entrance
Marshall Street Manchester
#10minutesfromhome
Art Deco and Emerald Green Entrance
Marshall Street Manchester
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Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889-1946)
London, Winter 1928.
Tempera on board.
London, Winter 1928.
Tempera on board.
November 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889-1946)
London, Winter 1928.
Tempera on board.
London, Winter 1928.
Tempera on board.
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For the first time in over 10,000 years, a long-silent volcano in Ethiopia has erupted. 🌋🇪🇹
Nothing like this has ever been documented in modern history. 🤯
The blast was so powerful that its ash traveled across continents, reaching countries far beyond Africa.
Nothing like this has ever been documented in modern history. 🤯
The blast was so powerful that its ash traveled across continents, reaching countries far beyond Africa.
November 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
For the first time in over 10,000 years, a long-silent volcano in Ethiopia has erupted. 🌋🇪🇹
Nothing like this has ever been documented in modern history. 🤯
The blast was so powerful that its ash traveled across continents, reaching countries far beyond Africa.
Nothing like this has ever been documented in modern history. 🤯
The blast was so powerful that its ash traveled across continents, reaching countries far beyond Africa.
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I promised some sound samples, a few of my "go to" demo tunes: Cottage in the Grove, Ashokan Farewell and Pride of Petravore
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I promised some sound samples, a few of my "go to" demo tunes: Cottage in the Grove, Ashokan Farewell and Pride of Petravore
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#FishFriday 🐠
Dry Tortugas National Park
Owen Davey (UK illustrator) for Fifty-Nine Parks print series
Seven color screen printed poster on 100# French White, 18"x24"
59parks.net/collections/...
#ContrmporaryArt #NationalParks
Dry Tortugas National Park
Owen Davey (UK illustrator) for Fifty-Nine Parks print series
Seven color screen printed poster on 100# French White, 18"x24"
59parks.net/collections/...
#ContrmporaryArt #NationalParks
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
#FishFriday 🐠
Dry Tortugas National Park
Owen Davey (UK illustrator) for Fifty-Nine Parks print series
Seven color screen printed poster on 100# French White, 18"x24"
59parks.net/collections/...
#ContrmporaryArt #NationalParks
Dry Tortugas National Park
Owen Davey (UK illustrator) for Fifty-Nine Parks print series
Seven color screen printed poster on 100# French White, 18"x24"
59parks.net/collections/...
#ContrmporaryArt #NationalParks
Lou Barlow in York last Monday... #photography #pleaaepleaseyou
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Lou Barlow in York last Monday... #photography #pleaaepleaseyou
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github.com/ryu10/M5Card...
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE. Now to see if I can code myself a Forth-based simplest-imaginable CYOA-style interactive text adventure on an m5stack Cardputer v.1.1
I was prepared to spend the next decade learning ESP32 assembler but this is probably faster...
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE. Now to see if I can code myself a Forth-based simplest-imaginable CYOA-style interactive text adventure on an m5stack Cardputer v.1.1
I was prepared to spend the next decade learning ESP32 assembler but this is probably faster...
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
github.com/ryu10/M5Card...
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE. Now to see if I can code myself a Forth-based simplest-imaginable CYOA-style interactive text adventure on an m5stack Cardputer v.1.1
I was prepared to spend the next decade learning ESP32 assembler but this is probably faster...
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE. Now to see if I can code myself a Forth-based simplest-imaginable CYOA-style interactive text adventure on an m5stack Cardputer v.1.1
I was prepared to spend the next decade learning ESP32 assembler but this is probably faster...
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Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
leftfootforward.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
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To me, the whole idea of managing scope is antiquated and not particularly useful. It assumes a fixed up-front plan from which you can deviate. It assumes a schedule based on that up-front plan. However, scope defined upfront does not work, and it never has.
1/4
1/4
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
To me, the whole idea of managing scope is antiquated and not particularly useful. It assumes a fixed up-front plan from which you can deviate. It assumes a schedule based on that up-front plan. However, scope defined upfront does not work, and it never has.
1/4
1/4
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In stead of sending a link to old threads every time someone uses the term "Dark Ages", I decided to put it all in an article.
Why most historians no longer use the biased misnomer “dark ages”.
Read it here:
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/25/w...
or:
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/why-most-h...
Why most historians no longer use the biased misnomer “dark ages”.
Read it here:
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/25/w...
or:
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/why-most-h...
Why most historians no longer use the biased misnomer “dark ages”
This is not YET another article on why calling the early middle ages the dark ages is iffy, it’s a list of sources & references. These days most historians no longer use the term “D…
fakehistoryhunter.net
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
In stead of sending a link to old threads every time someone uses the term "Dark Ages", I decided to put it all in an article.
Why most historians no longer use the biased misnomer “dark ages”.
Read it here:
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/25/w...
or:
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/why-most-h...
Why most historians no longer use the biased misnomer “dark ages”.
Read it here:
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/25/w...
or:
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/why-most-h...
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"The circle is the synthesis of the greatest oppositions. It combines the concentric and the eccentric in a single form and in equilibrium. Of the three primary forms, it points most clearly to the fourth dimension."
- W.Kandinsky -
🖼️ : "Circles in a Circle", 1923, oil on canvas
#Quotes #Art
- W.Kandinsky -
🖼️ : "Circles in a Circle", 1923, oil on canvas
#Quotes #Art
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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As December approaches, we bring you the last #complexitycat thread of 2025, full of opportunities, from postdoctoral fellowships to international events taking place in 2026!
Here we go! 👇🧵
Here we go! 👇🧵
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
As December approaches, we bring you the last #complexitycat thread of 2025, full of opportunities, from postdoctoral fellowships to international events taking place in 2026!
Here we go! 👇🧵
Here we go! 👇🧵
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If you’re still hunting for color tools, I’m working on a more user-friendly version of meodai.github.io/poline/ keeping you huedrated
November 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
If you’re still hunting for color tools, I’m working on a more user-friendly version of meodai.github.io/poline/ keeping you huedrated
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You’re going to pay $1/kwh to keep your home a livable temperature so billionaire man babies can pretend they’re inventing god and you’re supposed to be thankful.
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
You’re going to pay $1/kwh to keep your home a livable temperature so billionaire man babies can pretend they’re inventing god and you’re supposed to be thankful.
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"Love your neighbors more than your government"
Sticker spotted in Savannah, Georgia
Sticker spotted in Savannah, Georgia
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
"Love your neighbors more than your government"
Sticker spotted in Savannah, Georgia
Sticker spotted in Savannah, Georgia
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TECHNLGY/GIFINFO1.GIF
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
TECHNLGY/GIFINFO1.GIF
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Read 'em and weep. (www.nber.org/system/files...)
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Read 'em and weep. (www.nber.org/system/files...)
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New date for How Buildings Fail gig in Loughborough!
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
New date for How Buildings Fail gig in Loughborough!
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I was forced to use a tool today, like some kind of *crow.*
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I was forced to use a tool today, like some kind of *crow.*
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Beverly "Guitar" Watkins(1939 – 2019) was an American blues guitarist & singer. Here she's 78 years w/ the Rick Fowler Band 🎶'Rock Me Baby' #bluesmusic
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Beverly "Guitar" Watkins(1939 – 2019) was an American blues guitarist & singer. Here she's 78 years w/ the Rick Fowler Band 🎶'Rock Me Baby' #bluesmusic
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However, names like Pattee, Cariani, and Hofmeyr were left out of their scope despite their enormous contributions to the topic. As shown in my latest #complexitycat essay, the first in proposing time to resolve self-reference was Tomek Korbak, not them!/3
amahury.github.io/posts/time-a...
amahury.github.io/posts/time-a...
October 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
However, names like Pattee, Cariani, and Hofmeyr were left out of their scope despite their enormous contributions to the topic. As shown in my latest #complexitycat essay, the first in proposing time to resolve self-reference was Tomek Korbak, not them!/3
amahury.github.io/posts/time-a...
amahury.github.io/posts/time-a...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:13 AM