Pamela Weaver
@pamelaweaver.bsky.social
Writing for a living, mostly about tech. Historian in a previous life. Politics, history, bikes, books, cricket, gardening, dogs, music. SocDem.
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Fair warning: expect photos of dogs, France & cake
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Fair warning: expect photos of dogs, France & cake
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“YOU MUST ALWAYS BE DOING THINGS AND OBVIOUSLY SUCCEEDING.
THE HARD PART IS TO KEEP PEOPLE ALWAYS AT THE WINDOW BECAUSE OF THE SPECTACLE YOU PUT ON FOR THEM.
AND YOU MUST DO THIS FOR YEARS.”
-BENITO MUSSOLINI
THE HARD PART IS TO KEEP PEOPLE ALWAYS AT THE WINDOW BECAUSE OF THE SPECTACLE YOU PUT ON FOR THEM.
AND YOU MUST DO THIS FOR YEARS.”
-BENITO MUSSOLINI
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“YOU MUST ALWAYS BE DOING THINGS AND OBVIOUSLY SUCCEEDING.
THE HARD PART IS TO KEEP PEOPLE ALWAYS AT THE WINDOW BECAUSE OF THE SPECTACLE YOU PUT ON FOR THEM.
AND YOU MUST DO THIS FOR YEARS.”
-BENITO MUSSOLINI
THE HARD PART IS TO KEEP PEOPLE ALWAYS AT THE WINDOW BECAUSE OF THE SPECTACLE YOU PUT ON FOR THEM.
AND YOU MUST DO THIS FOR YEARS.”
-BENITO MUSSOLINI
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“FASCISM SHOULD MORE APPROPRIATELY BE CALLED CORPORATISM BECAUSE IT IS A MERGER OF STATE AND CORPORATE POWER.”
-BENITO MUSSOLINI
At Poster House
-BENITO MUSSOLINI
At Poster House
November 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“FASCISM SHOULD MORE APPROPRIATELY BE CALLED CORPORATISM BECAUSE IT IS A MERGER OF STATE AND CORPORATE POWER.”
-BENITO MUSSOLINI
At Poster House
-BENITO MUSSOLINI
At Poster House
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Aujourd’hui, journée internationale de lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes, @lauriane.bsky.social rappelle 1 chiffre insoutenable : 151 femmes tuées en 2025, dont beaucoup avaient porté plainte.
La France doit protéger celles qui demandent de l’aide👇
derriere-le-vacarme.com/la-pensee-du...
La France doit protéger celles qui demandent de l’aide👇
derriere-le-vacarme.com/la-pensee-du...
151. Nos mortes. Leur indifférence. - Derrière le vacarme.
151. C’est le nombre de femmes tuées en 2025. Quatre en une seule journée de samedi.
derriere-le-vacarme.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Aujourd’hui, journée internationale de lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes, @lauriane.bsky.social rappelle 1 chiffre insoutenable : 151 femmes tuées en 2025, dont beaucoup avaient porté plainte.
La France doit protéger celles qui demandent de l’aide👇
derriere-le-vacarme.com/la-pensee-du...
La France doit protéger celles qui demandent de l’aide👇
derriere-le-vacarme.com/la-pensee-du...
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Meanwhile if you’re just a world-historical fraud whose entire day is spent harming people, everyone with money lines up around the block to give you some
In the memo, “Nvidia also responds to claims that the ‘current situation is analogous to historical accounting frauds (Enron, WorldCom, Lucent) that featured vendor financing and SPVs [special purpose vehicles.)’”
@barrons.com $NVDA
@firstadopter.bsky.social
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
@barrons.com $NVDA
@firstadopter.bsky.social
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Meanwhile if you’re just a world-historical fraud whose entire day is spent harming people, everyone with money lines up around the block to give you some
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L’austérité budgétaire va rendre la vie impossible aux femmes.
Or « les violences économiques décuplent les violences sexistes et sexuelles » @youlieyamamoto.bsky.social
Le grand blabla c’est terminé, il faut donner les 3 milliards réclamés.
www.humanite.fr/feminisme/fe...
Or « les violences économiques décuplent les violences sexistes et sexuelles » @youlieyamamoto.bsky.social
Le grand blabla c’est terminé, il faut donner les 3 milliards réclamés.
www.humanite.fr/feminisme/fe...
Dans la manif contre les violences sexistes et sexuelles : « Le gouvernement se désengage » - L'Humanité
De République à Nation, le cortège féministe parisien a répondu, ce samedi, aux appels de Grève féministe et de NousToutes, à quelques jours de la journée mondi...
www.humanite.fr
November 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
L’austérité budgétaire va rendre la vie impossible aux femmes.
Or « les violences économiques décuplent les violences sexistes et sexuelles » @youlieyamamoto.bsky.social
Le grand blabla c’est terminé, il faut donner les 3 milliards réclamés.
www.humanite.fr/feminisme/fe...
Or « les violences économiques décuplent les violences sexistes et sexuelles » @youlieyamamoto.bsky.social
Le grand blabla c’est terminé, il faut donner les 3 milliards réclamés.
www.humanite.fr/feminisme/fe...
Loving this too. Well worth a watch.
I've never had reason to care or read about James Garfield, but good lord "Death by Lightning" makes me want to do both in earnest. Outstanding performances by Michael Shannon and Matthew Macfadyen as James Garfield and Charles Guiteau respectively.
November 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Loving this too. Well worth a watch.
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For anyone in Dublin city centre later today, I'm chairing a conversation between @sineadgibney.bsky.social TD and Dr Tom Cowin on the subject of "is right wing populism unstoppable?". We're the second session, so we'll be kicking off around 3:30pm - Academy Plaza Hotel, just off Cathal Brugha St.
November 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
For anyone in Dublin city centre later today, I'm chairing a conversation between @sineadgibney.bsky.social TD and Dr Tom Cowin on the subject of "is right wing populism unstoppable?". We're the second session, so we'll be kicking off around 3:30pm - Academy Plaza Hotel, just off Cathal Brugha St.
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
I know for sure that this will absolutely, definitely persuade me to eat meat.
European meat industry lobbying extends its footprint to the UK as terms like 'veggie burger' to be banned n order to protect meat sales
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Ban on veggie ‘burgers’: plant-based products may lose meaty names in UK under EU law
Exclusive: Trade agreement means UK is subject to some food labelling rules, with vote on vegetarian food terms this week
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I know for sure that this will absolutely, definitely persuade me to eat meat.
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A link to the Scrivener article, since the one going around is a screenshot, doesn't have the actual link, AND no alt-text, making it useless.
Please share this.
www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/scriven...
Please share this.
www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/scriven...
Scrivener and AI: Why Do I See AI Prompts in My Scrivener Projects on Mac? - Literature & Latte
www.literatureandlatte.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A link to the Scrivener article, since the one going around is a screenshot, doesn't have the actual link, AND no alt-text, making it useless.
Please share this.
www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/scriven...
Please share this.
www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/scriven...
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Physics has a reputation for being dominated by men, especially a century ago, as quantum physics was just being invented – but there have been so many women who helped shaped the field since its inception
The forgotten women of quantum physics
Physics has a reputation for being dominated by men, especially a century ago, as quantum physics was just being invented – but there have been so many women who helped shaped the field since its inception
www.newscientist.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Physics has a reputation for being dominated by men, especially a century ago, as quantum physics was just being invented – but there have been so many women who helped shaped the field since its inception
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in a way don't we all need something we're drawn to attached to a long pole to free us from a skylight we're stuck in
parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
in a way don't we all need something we're drawn to attached to a long pole to free us from a skylight we're stuck in
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There won't be a Mars bar fried in Glasgow tonight.
November 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
There won't be a Mars bar fried in Glasgow tonight.
Never not at it.
Après un hommage à Pétain rendu à Verdun, le préfet de la Meuse va porter plainte pour des « propos clairement révisionnistes »
Au sortir d’une messe célébrée en l’honneur du chef du régime de Vichy, un membre de l’Association pour défendre la mémoire du maréchal Pétain a déclaré que ce dernier avait été « le premier résistant...
www.lemonde.fr
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Never not at it.
Hullo from Vic.
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Hullo from Vic.
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Scottish Wildcats were, until now, creatures unknown to me. Turns out, they look exactly how you would expect a Scottish Wildcat to look like...
November 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Scottish Wildcats were, until now, creatures unknown to me. Turns out, they look exactly how you would expect a Scottish Wildcat to look like...
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There is no reason why this should have made me laugh so hard a bit of gas escaped.
November 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
There is no reason why this should have made me laugh so hard a bit of gas escaped.
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What did the French grunt say to the Puddingwife wrasses?? 😮🤔 #frenchgrunt #puddingwifewrasse #puddingwife #wrasse #grunt #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
November 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
What did the French grunt say to the Puddingwife wrasses?? 😮🤔 #frenchgrunt #puddingwifewrasse #puddingwife #wrasse #grunt #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
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Aujourd'hui sur @franceculture.fr, mon dernier doc sur les traces de Marie Denizard, militante féministe au destin tragique : de la lutte pour les droits politiques des femmes à l’internement forcé www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Marie Denizard, de la présidentielle à l’asile : un podcast à écouter en ligne | France Culture
Dès 1913, l’Amiénoise Marie Denizard s’est portée candidate à la présidentielle – bien avant l’obtention du droit d’éligibilité par les femmes en 1944. Grâce à une jeune historienne, cette précurseuse...
www.radiofrance.fr
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Aujourd'hui sur @franceculture.fr, mon dernier doc sur les traces de Marie Denizard, militante féministe au destin tragique : de la lutte pour les droits politiques des femmes à l’internement forcé www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
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You could literally do a horror anthology based on the different ways this can go wrong.
AI dead mom escapes into your TV, and your digital fridge, and your pacemaker.
AI dead mom escapes into your TV, and your digital fridge, and your pacemaker.
What if AI dead mom ends up neglected just like one of those digital picture frames. Sold at a digital goodwill for $2.50.
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
You could literally do a horror anthology based on the different ways this can go wrong.
AI dead mom escapes into your TV, and your digital fridge, and your pacemaker.
AI dead mom escapes into your TV, and your digital fridge, and your pacemaker.
November. In Normandie. 😟
November 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
November. In Normandie. 😟
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slightly obsessed about the end of this lady's effigy tomb with the voluminous folds of her dress and petite heeled shoes
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
slightly obsessed about the end of this lady's effigy tomb with the voluminous folds of her dress and petite heeled shoes
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
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To all the doubters, AI is so close to being perfect
Look my iphone helpfully transcribed a voice message left by my French mechanic
Look my iphone helpfully transcribed a voice message left by my French mechanic
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
To all the doubters, AI is so close to being perfect
Look my iphone helpfully transcribed a voice message left by my French mechanic
Look my iphone helpfully transcribed a voice message left by my French mechanic
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The Tokyo Electro Automobile Co. Tama Electric Car from 1947.
It achieved the driving range of 96km and the maximum speed of 35km/h.
And it looks GORGEOUS.
I love it.
If they were still being made, I'd get one.
I wonder if a sheep fits in the back seat.
www.nissan-global.com/EN/HERITAGE_...
It achieved the driving range of 96km and the maximum speed of 35km/h.
And it looks GORGEOUS.
I love it.
If they were still being made, I'd get one.
I wonder if a sheep fits in the back seat.
www.nissan-global.com/EN/HERITAGE_...
November 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The Tokyo Electro Automobile Co. Tama Electric Car from 1947.
It achieved the driving range of 96km and the maximum speed of 35km/h.
And it looks GORGEOUS.
I love it.
If they were still being made, I'd get one.
I wonder if a sheep fits in the back seat.
www.nissan-global.com/EN/HERITAGE_...
It achieved the driving range of 96km and the maximum speed of 35km/h.
And it looks GORGEOUS.
I love it.
If they were still being made, I'd get one.
I wonder if a sheep fits in the back seat.
www.nissan-global.com/EN/HERITAGE_...