Bethan M Jenkins
@gwenynen.bsky.social
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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OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
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As Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon opens in theaters, Ethan Hawke talks to Marya E. Gates about embodying real-life lyricist Lorenz Hart, the nourishment of creative community and the ultra-fine line between comedy and tragedy. boxd.it/2LQ
Unplanned Obsolescence: Ethan Hawke on going to those dark places—while keeping it funny—in Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
As Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon opens in theaters, Ethan Hawke talks to Marya E. Gates about embodying real-life lyricist Lorenz Hart, the nourishment of creative community and the ultra-fine line be...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
As Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon opens in theaters, Ethan Hawke talks to Marya E. Gates about embodying real-life lyricist Lorenz Hart, the nourishment of creative community and the ultra-fine line between comedy and tragedy. boxd.it/2LQ
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👑 The King's Dinner 🍰 will be out this June.
It's our attempt at a truly digital history monograph. Our goal is to tell history. Our approach was to apply digital humanities methods to our historical questions.
I think we've done a good job, and I hope you like it.
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...
It's our attempt at a truly digital history monograph. Our goal is to tell history. Our approach was to apply digital humanities methods to our historical questions.
I think we've done a good job, and I hope you like it.
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...
The King’s Dinner
The King’s Dinner is about what it meant to be British at the end of the eighteenth century. Drawing on a large, open dataset of two royal household kitchen ledgers, the authors study the role and inf...
uclpress.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
👑 The King's Dinner 🍰 will be out this June.
It's our attempt at a truly digital history monograph. Our goal is to tell history. Our approach was to apply digital humanities methods to our historical questions.
I think we've done a good job, and I hope you like it.
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...
It's our attempt at a truly digital history monograph. Our goal is to tell history. Our approach was to apply digital humanities methods to our historical questions.
I think we've done a good job, and I hope you like it.
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...
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“Device hoarding” un fucking real
Both major political parties agree we have one job and it’s to buy shit
Both major political parties agree we have one job and it’s to buy shit
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“Device hoarding” un fucking real
Both major political parties agree we have one job and it’s to buy shit
Both major political parties agree we have one job and it’s to buy shit
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Purl one, chat two! Join our friendly band of crafters for a cuppa, a slice of cake, and a good natter. It's more than a craft group - it's a community. Every Wednesday, 10am-12noon. #WednesdayVibes #CraftCircle #Free
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Purl one, chat two! Join our friendly band of crafters for a cuppa, a slice of cake, and a good natter. It's more than a craft group - it's a community. Every Wednesday, 10am-12noon. #WednesdayVibes #CraftCircle #Free
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Free access to British Newspaper Archive
BTW some of you may know this but others won't. If you're in a place that's free WiFi is _TheCloud then it will give you unlimited credits to the BNA.
Key places are Wetherspoons (which is cheap and quiet during the day) and Cafe Nero (who don't do booze and whose coffee is good)
Key places are Wetherspoons (which is cheap and quiet during the day) and Cafe Nero (who don't do booze and whose coffee is good)
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Free access to British Newspaper Archive
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We used to have nice things
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We used to have nice things
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It's also bleakly funny that even in 2022 I thought it was laying it on awful thick about tech bro douches, but if anything Norton's character is way too aware of other people as a concept and is at least attempting to fake an interesting inner life.
Pregaming for Wake Up Dead by watching Glass Onion, for some reason it especially pleases me that Rian Johnson has Blanc quote "My God, it's full of stars" and make note that the line is from 2010 not 2001.
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 AM
It's also bleakly funny that even in 2022 I thought it was laying it on awful thick about tech bro douches, but if anything Norton's character is way too aware of other people as a concept and is at least attempting to fake an interesting inner life.
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I once live-tweeted our attempt to cancel a mis-sold Virgin Media contract.
It went viral to such a level that eventually the CEO had to call me personally to apologize for how fucking awful they are. Just to give them some modicum of a PR save they could use to counter the massive negative press.
It went viral to such a level that eventually the CEO had to call me personally to apologize for how fucking awful they are. Just to give them some modicum of a PR save they could use to counter the massive negative press.
underrated feature of old twitter was people with a decent following being able to bully brands into acting right
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I once live-tweeted our attempt to cancel a mis-sold Virgin Media contract.
It went viral to such a level that eventually the CEO had to call me personally to apologize for how fucking awful they are. Just to give them some modicum of a PR save they could use to counter the massive negative press.
It went viral to such a level that eventually the CEO had to call me personally to apologize for how fucking awful they are. Just to give them some modicum of a PR save they could use to counter the massive negative press.
Lol I am "not clinically straightforward" hahahaaargh... 🫠
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Lol I am "not clinically straightforward" hahahaaargh... 🫠
Training documentation I'm writing starts to sound like an extremely dull RPG. "You are a Library Assistant; a Senio Library Assistant has assigned you a list..."
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Training documentation I'm writing starts to sound like an extremely dull RPG. "You are a Library Assistant; a Senio Library Assistant has assigned you a list..."
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I know a lot of people like this sort of thing, so for those who like this sort of thing, here it is. corp.oup.com/word-of-the-...
Oxford Word of the Year 2025 - Oxford University Press
Voting is now open for Oxford Word of the Year 2025! Discover our shortlist and have your say by Thursday 27 November.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I know a lot of people like this sort of thing, so for those who like this sort of thing, here it is. corp.oup.com/word-of-the-...
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When Scooby Doo processes your Visa application...
![R. H. Bing (October 20, 1914 – April 28, 1986)[1] was an American mathematician who worked mainly in the areas of geometric topology and continuum theory.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreid62wy3dekb2kzbisjfdlimlb35j4rlgew5iof7vi32byfszmg26a@jpeg)
![Bing's father was named Rupert Henry, but Bing's mother thought that "Rupert Henry" was too British for Texas. Thus she compromised by abbreviating it to R. H.[5] Consequently, R. H. does not stand for a first or middle name.
When Bing was applying for a visa, he was requested not to use initials. He explained that his name was really "R-only H-only Bing", and ended up receiving a visa made out to "Ronly Honly Bing".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreigmfj53q4uy33spga2bxdkllqm3ag5sffovg5g7ddmu3vqzkb6k24@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
When Scooby Doo processes your Visa application...
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Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
New Ratner just dropped
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
New Ratner just dropped
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Today in "Jokes that work in written form only" ...
How do you tell the difference between a train driver and a chemist?
Ask them to say "unionised".
How do you tell the difference between a train driver and a chemist?
Ask them to say "unionised".
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Today in "Jokes that work in written form only" ...
How do you tell the difference between a train driver and a chemist?
Ask them to say "unionised".
How do you tell the difference between a train driver and a chemist?
Ask them to say "unionised".
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okay so here’s the thing about being racist, right
you can’t do it nicely!!! There is no kind or complimentary way to be racist!!!
you can’t do it nicely!!! There is no kind or complimentary way to be racist!!!
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
okay so here’s the thing about being racist, right
you can’t do it nicely!!! There is no kind or complimentary way to be racist!!!
you can’t do it nicely!!! There is no kind or complimentary way to be racist!!!
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New from your favourite toy designer (me).
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Knit a Little Raccoon pattern by Rosie Fletcher
When I knitted the sample for my cat pattern, the stripe placement reminded me of a raccoon’s little bandit mask. Inspiration properly struck when I realised I a) had the perfect amount of light grey ...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
New from your favourite toy designer (me).
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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TIL: conchologists
Search is on for the German hairy snail in London
Conchologists, and citizen scientists team up to seek out endangered mollusc species along River Thames
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
TIL: conchologists
This must be some new usage of "gay" of which I was hitherto unaware...
November 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This must be some new usage of "gay" of which I was hitherto unaware...
A hit! A palpable hit!
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
A hit! A palpable hit!
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To be clear, this is a tariff on our own exports.
Yes, it will raise money - tariffs do. The question is whether it will also cut exports from one of our core economic strengths- HE.
Yes, it will raise money - tariffs do. The question is whether it will also cut exports from one of our core economic strengths- HE.
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
To be clear, this is a tariff on our own exports.
Yes, it will raise money - tariffs do. The question is whether it will also cut exports from one of our core economic strengths- HE.
Yes, it will raise money - tariffs do. The question is whether it will also cut exports from one of our core economic strengths- HE.
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"Then Lee Anderson MP turned up, claiming he knew what the area wanted... We have many positive local groups, businesses, and individuals working to make Llantarnam better. Yet they’re not approached to talk about it. Instead, someone who doesn’t even live here gets the media"
Exactly the problem.
Exactly the problem.
The view from Llantarnam: combatting the populist right
Alternately insulting and ignoring voters won’t tackle growing support for the populist right in Wales – quite the opposite. Other parties must roll their sleeves up
bylines.cymru
November 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Then Lee Anderson MP turned up, claiming he knew what the area wanted... We have many positive local groups, businesses, and individuals working to make Llantarnam better. Yet they’re not approached to talk about it. Instead, someone who doesn’t even live here gets the media"
Exactly the problem.
Exactly the problem.