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Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 39m

Glorious Exploits, by Ferdia Lennon

I found it brutal and not at all funny.

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 6h

I love this story 😭

TIMELINE CLEANSE ✨

Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 12h

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize

Dr Fred Ramsdell was "living his best life" offline when the Nobel committee tried to contact him.

www.bbc.com

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Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 6h

Nobel Prize for Literature goes to László Krasznahorkai

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1...

László Krasznahorkai - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/László_Krasznahorkai

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 9h

Keeping phone off secret to winning Nobel

Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 12h

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize

Dr Fred Ramsdell was "living his best life" offline when the Nobel committee tried to contact him.

www.bbc.com

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Kat Beaufort @onbearfeet.bsky.social · 10h

If I ever win a big award for anything, expect me to either react like this or hide behind the nearest piece of furniture.

Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 12h

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize

Dr Fred Ramsdell was "living his best life" offline when the Nobel committee tried to contact him.

www.bbc.com

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Owen Blacker @owenblacker.bsky.social · 10h

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When asked by the BBC whether he thought it might be a trick that his wife might play on him, Dr Ramsdell said: "I have a lot of friends, but they're not coordinated enough to pull off this joke, not with that many of them at the same time."
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Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 12h

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize

Dr Fred Ramsdell was "living his best life" offline when the Nobel committee tried to contact him.

www.bbc.com

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Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 11h

This is a delightful story

Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 12h

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize

Dr Fred Ramsdell was "living his best life" offline when the Nobel committee tried to contact him.

www.bbc.com

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 12h

Hahahhaaa awwww

Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 12h

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize

Dr Fred Ramsdell was "living his best life" offline when the Nobel committee tried to contact him.

www.bbc.com

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Roderick Leeuwenhart @leeuwenhart.bsky.social · 12h

How wonderful this is still possible in today's world. Airplane mode's a blessing.

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lillielangtry.bsky.social @lillielangtry.bsky.social · 12h

Every year I love the stories of people being surprised by their Nobels. Doris Lessing was told by reporters on her way back from the supermarket and responded "oh christ"

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Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 12h

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize

Dr Fred Ramsdell was "living his best life" offline when the Nobel committee tried to contact him.

www.bbc.com

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Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 17h

Nice consecutive order of solving today.

Daily Duotrigordle #1317
Guesses: 35/37
0️⃣4️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣ 3️⃣3️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣
0️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣
1️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣
1️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣
1️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣
2️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣
2️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣
2️⃣9️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 3️⃣2️⃣
duotrigordle.com

Duotrigordle

Put your skills to the test and solve thirty-two Wordles at once! You have 37 guesses to solve all 32 words. A new Duotrigordle available each day to solve.

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Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 1d

Het Zoet Water door de eeuwen heen, by Jean Binon and Paul Coeckelbergh

A short punchy book with lots of photographs.

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Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 1d

Wednesday reading

Last books finished The Twist The Partition

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Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 1d

Hans Gutbrod’s take on the latest happenings in Georgia:

open.substack.com/pub/hansgutb...

October Overview on State of Play in Georgia

Where are we now? Some provisional thoughts.

open.substack.com

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Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 2d

The Last Unicorn, and Two Hearts, by Peter S. Beagle

I must be getting bitter as I get older.

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Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 2d

Excited to find someone stating that Procul Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" was recorded 26 April, 1967, the day I was born.

However it was actually first played on a London pirate radio station on 17 April, so must have been recorded earlier.

Still - enjoy.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb3i...

𝕬 𝖂𝖍𝖎𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝕾𝖍𝖆𝖉𝖊 𝕺𝖋 𝕻𝖆𝖑𝖊 - 𝕻𝖗𝖔𝖈𝖔𝖑 𝕳𝖆𝖗𝖚𝖒

YouTube video by Meowbay

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Tony Lee @pigasuspress.bsky.social · 2d

Social-media has become a shitstorm, doing for the Web what climate-change has done for the planet.

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Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 2d

Cory Doctorow on ‘enshittification’:

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

www.theguardian.com

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James Goss @gossjam.bsky.social · 3d

Discussing with a friend which Who parts Patricia Routledge could have played.

We settled on Helen A or the Captain from Earthshock. But neither of those should be touched.

However. Imagine her Rani. "Einstein!"

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Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 3d

Previous blog about her: fromtheheartofeurope.eu/mother-ross-...

Mother Ross, aka Christian Davies: a genderqueer soldier under Marlborough

Third paragraph of The life and adventures of Mrs. Christian Davies, commonly call’d Mother Ross; who, in several campaigns under King William and the late Duke of Marlborough, in the quality…

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Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 3d

Mother Ross: An Irish Amazon, by G.R. Lloyd

Not a terribly good novelisation of the story.

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Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 3d

Russia's Growing Influence in Africa

youtu.be/u0yIWgS2uIk

MAPPING CONFLICT | Russia’s Growing Influence in Africa

YouTube video by International Crisis Group

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Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 3d

So it turns out that running a candidate with no political experience isn’t necessarily a winning strategy. Who knew?

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Jim Gavin withdraws from presidential election

Fianna Fáil candidate’s move leaves Heather Humphreys and Catherine Connolly in race for Áras

www.irishtimes.com

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Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 4d

Official name Helsh(ea)ven, built in 2019 by artist Frits Jeuris from the wood of cherry trees that had been felled because of disease.

www.fritsjeuris.be/helsheaven

Helsh(ea)ven | fritsjeuris

www.fritsjeuris.be

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