Zoe Thorne
@zoethorne.bsky.social
Educational writer & composer. Ex developer, ex š«š· & š©šŖ teacher and general language nerd. Occasional comedian, sometimes intentionally. She/her.
Currently reading: Snuff by Terry Pratchett
Currently reading: Snuff by Terry Pratchett
I always liked the folk etymology that it sticks out like a nose and that's how it's pronounced in Essex but yeah, that makes sense too.
February 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
I always liked the folk etymology that it sticks out like a nose and that's how it's pronounced in Essex but yeah, that makes sense too.
I wish it was more exciting but it's just a headland/peninsula (and, frankly, swamp). There are some birds on it and a very ugly tower.
February 12, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I wish it was more exciting but it's just a headland/peninsula (and, frankly, swamp). There are some birds on it and a very ugly tower.
I grew up going to Walton on the Naze and we still go there because it's my mum's favourite place for pie, mash and liquor. It is SO shit but I have nostalgic love for it. (The pie and mash is amazing, however)
February 12, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I grew up going to Walton on the Naze and we still go there because it's my mum's favourite place for pie, mash and liquor. It is SO shit but I have nostalgic love for it. (The pie and mash is amazing, however)
Excellently put. I may not be able to churn out pages of (at best) vaguely OK but bland exercises in seconds, and I'm the first to admit I'm scatty and often get the formatting wrong. But I *do* write stuff where the editors go "Oh, that's a cool new way of teaching that!" and that's why they pay me
February 12, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Excellently put. I may not be able to churn out pages of (at best) vaguely OK but bland exercises in seconds, and I'm the first to admit I'm scatty and often get the formatting wrong. But I *do* write stuff where the editors go "Oh, that's a cool new way of teaching that!" and that's why they pay me
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Captain von Thirst-Trapp. Is that anything?
February 12, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Captain von Thirst-Trapp. Is that anything?
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how bad do you have to fuck up to allow an exploit in fucking NOTEPAD
The AI features added to Notepad created a critical exploit vulnerable to loading a compromised txt file.
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
AI-upgraded Notepad now exposes Windows users to critical exploit
A critical remote code execution vulnerability found in the AI-upgraded Windows 11 Notepad has fueled renewed criticism of Microsoft's forced AI feature creep.
cybernews.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM
how bad do you have to fuck up to allow an exploit in fucking NOTEPAD
What? It wasn't me who wrote it! Genuinely it was an am dram panto I saw years ago.
February 11, 2026 at 3:38 PM
What? It wasn't me who wrote it! Genuinely it was an am dram panto I saw years ago.
I haven't been this simultaneously delighted and angry since I saw a panto with a convoluted scene involving German potwasher twins, a cowardly French chef and some unusual seafood that culminated in the cast singing, "Hans that do dishes will be as soft as Gervais with lime green hairy lip squids".
With Cruttenden pulling out of the comedy show tonight, Widdecombe and Conaty will be doing extended sets. Which just goes to prove...
Josh and Roisin gig longer with Hal gone.
Josh and Roisin gig longer with Hal gone.
February 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM
I haven't been this simultaneously delighted and angry since I saw a panto with a convoluted scene involving German potwasher twins, a cowardly French chef and some unusual seafood that culminated in the cast singing, "Hans that do dishes will be as soft as Gervais with lime green hairy lip squids".
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With Cruttenden pulling out of the comedy show tonight, Widdecombe and Conaty will be doing extended sets. Which just goes to prove...
Josh and Roisin gig longer with Hal gone.
Josh and Roisin gig longer with Hal gone.
February 11, 2026 at 1:33 PM
With Cruttenden pulling out of the comedy show tonight, Widdecombe and Conaty will be doing extended sets. Which just goes to prove...
Josh and Roisin gig longer with Hal gone.
Josh and Roisin gig longer with Hal gone.
Has Roger Allam ever murdered anybody? Case in point.
February 11, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Has Roger Allam ever murdered anybody? Case in point.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence š„
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence š„
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad ā the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad ā the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
I refer you to my last comment in LNSS, which I'm still terrified was a joke too far.
February 10, 2026 at 10:17 PM
I refer you to my last comment in LNSS, which I'm still terrified was a joke too far.
That's incredible!
February 10, 2026 at 10:16 PM
That's incredible!
I'm from rural Suffolk. I see nothing unusual here.
February 10, 2026 at 9:32 PM
I'm from rural Suffolk. I see nothing unusual here.
I did. Almost as much as you enjoyed drawing that, knowing perfectly well what I was going to say.
Good job all round, team, I'd say.
Good job all round, team, I'd say.
February 10, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I did. Almost as much as you enjoyed drawing that, knowing perfectly well what I was going to say.
Good job all round, team, I'd say.
Good job all round, team, I'd say.
Yes but what about the pizza cutter?
February 10, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Yes but what about the pizza cutter?
I don't understand. The pizza cutter is a circle. How is there a right and wrong way to hold it? (Other than it obviously being wrong to hold it by the circle bit)
Now panicking I'm using pizza cutters wrong.
Now panicking I'm using pizza cutters wrong.
February 10, 2026 at 7:06 PM
I don't understand. The pizza cutter is a circle. How is there a right and wrong way to hold it? (Other than it obviously being wrong to hold it by the circle bit)
Now panicking I'm using pizza cutters wrong.
Now panicking I'm using pizza cutters wrong.
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Something compelled me to make this
February 10, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Something compelled me to make this
That's amazing! Well done!
February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
That's amazing! Well done!
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't annoyed not to also be there. I don't even know what fell running is. I'd joke that I once fell while running but let's be honest - we all know I've never run.
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't annoyed not to also be there. I don't even know what fell running is. I'd joke that I once fell while running but let's be honest - we all know I've never run.
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So did video ever get brought in on murder charges? Is there any justice for the radio star? Did video just get away with it?
February 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM
So did video ever get brought in on murder charges? Is there any justice for the radio star? Did video just get away with it?
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.