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Jenny Skene
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· Apr 6
I am very very convinced that the phrase “creative person” is completely tautologous. My evidence is only that I have met quite a lot of people.
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I can't get enough of this STUNNING image of spider silk (by Martin J. Ramirez, winner of the Royal Society Photography prize)
December 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I can't get enough of this STUNNING image of spider silk (by Martin J. Ramirez, winner of the Royal Society Photography prize)
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Ceefax Unwrapped telling me the five pages I’ve used most this year:
1) Top 40, numbers 40-31
2) Subtitles for Scooby Doo to see how they spell his dialogue
3) Pic of Len Murray made out of pound signs
4) Subtitles for New Shmoo (see 2)
5) Pic of Norman Willis made out of ampersands
1) Top 40, numbers 40-31
2) Subtitles for Scooby Doo to see how they spell his dialogue
3) Pic of Len Murray made out of pound signs
4) Subtitles for New Shmoo (see 2)
5) Pic of Norman Willis made out of ampersands
December 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Ceefax Unwrapped telling me the five pages I’ve used most this year:
1) Top 40, numbers 40-31
2) Subtitles for Scooby Doo to see how they spell his dialogue
3) Pic of Len Murray made out of pound signs
4) Subtitles for New Shmoo (see 2)
5) Pic of Norman Willis made out of ampersands
1) Top 40, numbers 40-31
2) Subtitles for Scooby Doo to see how they spell his dialogue
3) Pic of Len Murray made out of pound signs
4) Subtitles for New Shmoo (see 2)
5) Pic of Norman Willis made out of ampersands
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something so surreal and popular culture about finding out that Gil Scott-Heron was the voice of “You know when you’ve been Tango’d”
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
‘People still blame me for their perforated eardrums’: how we made the Tango ads
‘Gil Scott-Heron did the closing voiceover. He was giggling away, saying, “You English guys are crazy!”’
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
something so surreal and popular culture about finding out that Gil Scott-Heron was the voice of “You know when you’ve been Tango’d”
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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"At least $5.9 trillion will be inherited by billionaire children over the next 15 years, the bank calculates."
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Billionaires are inheriting record levels of wealth, UBS report finds
The spouses and children of billionaires inherited more wealth in 2025 than in any previous year since reporting began in 2015, according to UBS's Billionaire Ambitions Report published on Thursday.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"At least $5.9 trillion will be inherited by billionaire children over the next 15 years, the bank calculates."
Language colonisation is sometimes very literal
I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began
I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began
The granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call it
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Language colonisation is sometimes very literal
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Absolutely cracking blog post from @simonxix.com calling for collective investment in staff and community-owned, open-source infrastructures in place of costly proprietary systems, based on the BL incident. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Don’t rely on government to save the British Library - Impact of Social Sciences
Following a catastrophic hack British Library remains in crisis. Can it recover by refocusing on the people, skills and systems that enable it to function?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Absolutely cracking blog post from @simonxix.com calling for collective investment in staff and community-owned, open-source infrastructures in place of costly proprietary systems, based on the BL incident. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
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Steve Cropper, Booker T. And MG’s guitarist has passed away. Cropper co-wrote classics such as Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay, In the Midnight Hour and Knock on Wood.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFQE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFQE...
(1967) GREEN ONIONS - Live - Booker T. and MG's
YouTube video by LeeEstradaMusic
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Steve Cropper, Booker T. And MG’s guitarist has passed away. Cropper co-wrote classics such as Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay, In the Midnight Hour and Knock on Wood.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFQE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFQE...
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new blog post about a good website, vandalised blog.vbuckenham.com/good-website...
Good website: antiquebuildings.co.uk
Two contrary things to note about this webpage:
First, as the domain name suggests, the guy runs a business selling antique buildings? Like, he'll sell you all the parts for a barn built in the 1500s...
blog.vbuckenham.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:35 AM
this too shall replica watches uk pass
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The crabs
They destroyed their packages
Yes
YES
The crabs are out
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The crabs
They destroyed their packages
Yes
YES
The crabs are out
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December 4, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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The crabs
They destroyed their packages
Yes
YES
The crabs are out
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
The crabs
They destroyed their packages
Yes
YES
The crabs are out
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
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That time in 2014 when the BBC daytime soap 'Doctors' adapted M.R. James's short story 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jQO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jQO...
BBC Doctors: Whistle... (adapted from M.R. James' Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad)
YouTube video by JR Southall
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
That time in 2014 when the BBC daytime soap 'Doctors' adapted M.R. James's short story 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jQO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jQO...
Is your opinion really yours, tho
December 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Is your opinion really yours, tho
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November 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Seriously, Apple, have you broken Spotlight search? Seriously
November 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Seriously, Apple, have you broken Spotlight search? Seriously
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The world met Ferdinand de Saussure on a night like this (in 1857)
A presumed European substrate word *salik-/*selik-/*welik-: "willow" -> salicylic, Saussay/Saussure, sargasso, sallow, willow
#WorldLinguisticsDay
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A presumed European substrate word *salik-/*selik-/*welik-: "willow" -> salicylic, Saussay/Saussure, sargasso, sallow, willow
#WorldLinguisticsDay
circumvent bsky image compression in the link
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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We can neither confirm nor deny.
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
We can neither confirm nor deny.
I’m sparing the Leader of the Opposition the embarrassment of me having heard another of her GCSE performances. I‘m sure she’ll thank me one day
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I’m sparing the Leader of the Opposition the embarrassment of me having heard another of her GCSE performances. I‘m sure she’ll thank me one day
Why didn’t they call the knitting programme The Great British Cast Off?
(I’m not watching it I don’t think time peril is a good addition to working with your hands)
(I’m not watching it I don’t think time peril is a good addition to working with your hands)
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Why didn’t they call the knitting programme The Great British Cast Off?
(I’m not watching it I don’t think time peril is a good addition to working with your hands)
(I’m not watching it I don’t think time peril is a good addition to working with your hands)