Simon Craven
@simoncraven.bsky.social
Writer/ editor/ photographer/ filmmaker
Producer and general behind-scenes at https://www.youtube.com/@CatherineWarr/videos
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Producer and general behind-scenes at https://www.youtube.com/@CatherineWarr/videos
Currently no access to DMs on here
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Remembering the British Soldiers of the American Civil War
YouTube video by Catherine Warr
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In which we managed to tame a horribly wet and blustery day to remember the British volunteers who fought (on the right side) in the American Civil War www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UmZ...
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New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Whatever they were paying the Leeds street-namer at a certain point in the late Victorian era, it was too much
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Whatever they were paying the Leeds street-namer at a certain point in the late Victorian era, it was too much
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When Scrooge sees his own future, why is it not mentioned he is now a duck?
November 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
When Scrooge sees his own future, why is it not mentioned he is now a duck?
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Listen, people who say this shit are just lazy thieves. If they had all the money in the world, they'd still steal your stuff, and they throw insults around because they're perfectly aware it's wrong.
AND!
Not paying artists is exactly what ensures only the wealthy can make art, you numpties.
AND!
Not paying artists is exactly what ensures only the wealthy can make art, you numpties.
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Listen, people who say this shit are just lazy thieves. If they had all the money in the world, they'd still steal your stuff, and they throw insults around because they're perfectly aware it's wrong.
AND!
Not paying artists is exactly what ensures only the wealthy can make art, you numpties.
AND!
Not paying artists is exactly what ensures only the wealthy can make art, you numpties.
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James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
To build on this unimpeachable observation from Rebecca, it is also possible to filter out and/or public deride anyone who puts their name to a meaningless "news" story or social media post along the lines of "I asked ChatGPT to (do XXXX) and this is what it said"
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
To build on this unimpeachable observation from Rebecca, it is also possible to filter out and/or public deride anyone who puts their name to a meaningless "news" story or social media post along the lines of "I asked ChatGPT to (do XXXX) and this is what it said"
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These are pretty naked -- and therefore instructive -- examples of the sorts of defenses that people offer to try and get off the hook
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
These are pretty naked -- and therefore instructive -- examples of the sorts of defenses that people offer to try and get off the hook
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
An imaginative yarn
What a time to be alive. Or something.
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
An imaginative yarn
I had forgotten this gem. Must re-read all my Clive James.
Clive James writes about how he tried to do the Paul Heinreid thing of lighting two cigarettes to give one to an attractive girl at a party, only for her to say she didn’t smoke, meaning he had to carry on smoking both simultaneously like a walrus.
You know how science invented vaping, for people who want the hit of smoking a cigarette while looking like an absolute dweeb? When will science invent a cigarette for people who don't want to smoke but do want to kid themselves that they are Paul Heinreid in 'Now Voyager'?
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I had forgotten this gem. Must re-read all my Clive James.
Only the impatient may use it
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Only the impatient may use it
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it just didn't have the legs 😢
Turns out interest in Metaverse had about a ~9 month half life.
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
it just didn't have the legs 😢
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Miss Piggy has yet to marry because her fella has kermitment issues.
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Miss Piggy has yet to marry because her fella has kermitment issues.
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West Point is committing "a crime of serious proportion" then.
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
West Point is committing "a crime of serious proportion" then.
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Hang onto these pictures because Hegseth will have the offending sign removed as soon as he sobers up today.
November 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hang onto these pictures because Hegseth will have the offending sign removed as soon as he sobers up today.
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I do think it's worth addressing that the intellectual lodestar of this government is a gibbering idiot.
There are some truly unhinged bits in the piece about Glasman, as to be expected when dealing with Glasman, but seriously what the actual? That's...one hell of a conflation of terminology.
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I do think it's worth addressing that the intellectual lodestar of this government is a gibbering idiot.
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It’s not what you know, it’s what you can prove.
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
It’s not what you know, it’s what you can prove.
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AI seems to be an expensive way to do someone else’s job as well as you reckon they probably do it, whatever, but no use for anything you do yourself, where you can professionally tell it’s hopeless.
Good luck with the bubble, lads.
(Clipped from The Wrap, about Disney giving up on its AI R&D.)
Good luck with the bubble, lads.
(Clipped from The Wrap, about Disney giving up on its AI R&D.)
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
AI seems to be an expensive way to do someone else’s job as well as you reckon they probably do it, whatever, but no use for anything you do yourself, where you can professionally tell it’s hopeless.
Good luck with the bubble, lads.
(Clipped from The Wrap, about Disney giving up on its AI R&D.)
Good luck with the bubble, lads.
(Clipped from The Wrap, about Disney giving up on its AI R&D.)
Absolutely love this
'Night Lights of Piccadilly'
(from 'This Is London', 1959) by Miroslav Šašek
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🎵 'Kinky Reggae' by Bob Marley and the Wailers
youtu.be/s0Ds9hec-CY?...
(from 'This Is London', 1959) by Miroslav Šašek
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🎵 'Kinky Reggae' by Bob Marley and the Wailers
youtu.be/s0Ds9hec-CY?...
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Absolutely love this
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In which we managed to tame a horribly wet and blustery day to remember the British volunteers who fought (on the right side) in the American Civil War www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UmZ...
Remembering the British Soldiers of the American Civil War
YouTube video by Catherine Warr
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
In which we managed to tame a horribly wet and blustery day to remember the British volunteers who fought (on the right side) in the American Civil War www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UmZ...
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Hi, Chloe here, I have now added all four of the monkey drawings I posted earlier today to my main gallery as originals for sale! I need to get a move on since it’s already the 20 somethingth of Nov. Please share if these appeal or you support me or something 🐵
www.chloecumming.com
www.chloecumming.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Hi, Chloe here, I have now added all four of the monkey drawings I posted earlier today to my main gallery as originals for sale! I need to get a move on since it’s already the 20 somethingth of Nov. Please share if these appeal or you support me or something 🐵
www.chloecumming.com
www.chloecumming.com
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There’s a real chance that Ukraine developments this coming week mean ‘Wednesday’s OBR numbers describe an alternative reality’.
November 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
There’s a real chance that Ukraine developments this coming week mean ‘Wednesday’s OBR numbers describe an alternative reality’.
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hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage: doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20757.html
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage: doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20757.html
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
Some of you may need this…
Adobe users: it’s the most beautiful time of the year, where you can threaten to cancel your plan and get the price cut down from $59.99 to $29.99 for the next 12 months ✨
Manage plan-> cancel my plan -> continue and then you get this offer: (more)
Manage plan-> cancel my plan -> continue and then you get this offer: (more)
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Some of you may need this…