“Captain Video” From Outer Space
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I like the idea of a Tudor galleon with so many cannons it almost sank and it somehow has the name of a cartoon character who encourages kids to eat more fruit
#Ilizarov frame gang
Here for the participatory disinfotainment
#Ilizarov frame gang
Here for the participatory disinfotainment
Good that someone has finally just come out and said it. You can only be one star sign or the other - if not, it wouldn’t make sense
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Good that someone has finally just come out and said it. You can only be one star sign or the other - if not, it wouldn’t make sense
He’s just getting ready to throw one of those old timey diving suit lead boots next time they bump into each other
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
He’s just getting ready to throw one of those old timey diving suit lead boots next time they bump into each other
Ancilliary Justice by Anne Leckie.
GSEP: marooned component of a hive mind chases down a conspiracy that goes All The Way To The Top.
Bravura attempt at wrestling with other forms of consciousness (like A Fire Upon The Deep) and the political and cultural aspects are subtle but well-handled
GSEP: marooned component of a hive mind chases down a conspiracy that goes All The Way To The Top.
Bravura attempt at wrestling with other forms of consciousness (like A Fire Upon The Deep) and the political and cultural aspects are subtle but well-handled
November 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Ancilliary Justice by Anne Leckie.
GSEP: marooned component of a hive mind chases down a conspiracy that goes All The Way To The Top.
Bravura attempt at wrestling with other forms of consciousness (like A Fire Upon The Deep) and the political and cultural aspects are subtle but well-handled
GSEP: marooned component of a hive mind chases down a conspiracy that goes All The Way To The Top.
Bravura attempt at wrestling with other forms of consciousness (like A Fire Upon The Deep) and the political and cultural aspects are subtle but well-handled
I mean, is this crew something?
November 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I mean, is this crew something?
I think Judith Butler was right - Gender Reactionaries should be seen as one strand of a counter-revolution aiming to push back against “Woke 1” and the positive social trends that lead up to it (gay rights, BLM, MeToo, and wider acceptance of trans people and migrants)
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I think Judith Butler was right - Gender Reactionaries should be seen as one strand of a counter-revolution aiming to push back against “Woke 1” and the positive social trends that lead up to it (gay rights, BLM, MeToo, and wider acceptance of trans people and migrants)
Colombian prez’s bank account details are public, someone found he’d bought a round / v cheap lapdance in a stripclub, he’s now dad-posting about not paying for sex, with an awkward “you could be meeting the girl of your dreams, here’s how me and your mum felt about each other when we met” vibe?
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Colombian prez’s bank account details are public, someone found he’d bought a round / v cheap lapdance in a stripclub, he’s now dad-posting about not paying for sex, with an awkward “you could be meeting the girl of your dreams, here’s how me and your mum felt about each other when we met” vibe?
Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
GSEP: Interstellar bureaucrat arrives on a planet that’s about to flood, to track down a magician who’s always a step ahead of him. Sort of Conradesque tale, if Conrad went in more for sex and psychedelia. Enjoyable prose and a scifi carnival atmosphere
GSEP: Interstellar bureaucrat arrives on a planet that’s about to flood, to track down a magician who’s always a step ahead of him. Sort of Conradesque tale, if Conrad went in more for sex and psychedelia. Enjoyable prose and a scifi carnival atmosphere
November 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
GSEP: Interstellar bureaucrat arrives on a planet that’s about to flood, to track down a magician who’s always a step ahead of him. Sort of Conradesque tale, if Conrad went in more for sex and psychedelia. Enjoyable prose and a scifi carnival atmosphere
GSEP: Interstellar bureaucrat arrives on a planet that’s about to flood, to track down a magician who’s always a step ahead of him. Sort of Conradesque tale, if Conrad went in more for sex and psychedelia. Enjoyable prose and a scifi carnival atmosphere
Recently read Gnomon by Nick Harkaway. Thought it was super & fulfilled its ambitions. Multiple perspectives each with a compelling voice, across different eras but tying into the central narrative. Plus, funny!
GSEP: Cop in a soft-authoritarian utopia/dystopia is sucked into a big ideas mystery
GSEP: Cop in a soft-authoritarian utopia/dystopia is sucked into a big ideas mystery
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Recently read Gnomon by Nick Harkaway. Thought it was super & fulfilled its ambitions. Multiple perspectives each with a compelling voice, across different eras but tying into the central narrative. Plus, funny!
GSEP: Cop in a soft-authoritarian utopia/dystopia is sucked into a big ideas mystery
GSEP: Cop in a soft-authoritarian utopia/dystopia is sucked into a big ideas mystery
Currently reading Rosewater by Tade Thompson. Really enjoying it so far.
Very well-plotted and paced and the main character is understated and fascinating.
GOOFY-SOUNDING ELEVATOR PITCH:
Near-future Nigerian post-cyberpunk where a Roadside Picnic-esque artefact has made (some) people psychic
Very well-plotted and paced and the main character is understated and fascinating.
GOOFY-SOUNDING ELEVATOR PITCH:
Near-future Nigerian post-cyberpunk where a Roadside Picnic-esque artefact has made (some) people psychic
November 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Currently reading Rosewater by Tade Thompson. Really enjoying it so far.
Very well-plotted and paced and the main character is understated and fascinating.
GOOFY-SOUNDING ELEVATOR PITCH:
Near-future Nigerian post-cyberpunk where a Roadside Picnic-esque artefact has made (some) people psychic
Very well-plotted and paced and the main character is understated and fascinating.
GOOFY-SOUNDING ELEVATOR PITCH:
Near-future Nigerian post-cyberpunk where a Roadside Picnic-esque artefact has made (some) people psychic
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Going zip tie mode. In my zip tie era.
It’s giving “frame joined by zip ties”, it’s giving “frame comes off on Thursday”
(Cannot wait)
#Ilizarov
It’s giving “frame joined by zip ties”, it’s giving “frame comes off on Thursday”
(Cannot wait)
#Ilizarov
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Going zip tie mode. In my zip tie era.
It’s giving “frame joined by zip ties”, it’s giving “frame comes off on Thursday”
(Cannot wait)
#Ilizarov
It’s giving “frame joined by zip ties”, it’s giving “frame comes off on Thursday”
(Cannot wait)
#Ilizarov
Mostly reskeeting to share this incredible anecdote, though.
Jeremy should really find out what a “safety bicycle” was and is, and why they were called that!
Jeremy should really find out what a “safety bicycle” was and is, and why they were called that!
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Mostly reskeeting to share this incredible anecdote, though.
Jeremy should really find out what a “safety bicycle” was and is, and why they were called that!
Jeremy should really find out what a “safety bicycle” was and is, and why they were called that!
The Wentworth Needle’s Eye was built so the second Marquess of Rockingham could win a bet “to drive a coach and horses through the eye of a needle”
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The Wentworth Needle’s Eye was built so the second Marquess of Rockingham could win a bet “to drive a coach and horses through the eye of a needle”
Little-known, but a text that has greatly influenced my thinking over the years
November 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Little-known, but a text that has greatly influenced my thinking over the years
Every Halloween, Moretti’s Dialectics of Fear rises anew to terrify us
November 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Every Halloween, Moretti’s Dialectics of Fear rises anew to terrify us
Reminds me of these flowers that I keep seeing everywhere
October 31, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Reminds me of these flowers that I keep seeing everywhere
Had my frame “dynamised” (i.e. “loosened”) - if all goes well, I will be frame free in 14 days.
Pretty heady stuff, although what am I going to talk about with strangers from here on?
#Ilizarov
Pretty heady stuff, although what am I going to talk about with strangers from here on?
#Ilizarov
October 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Had my frame “dynamised” (i.e. “loosened”) - if all goes well, I will be frame free in 14 days.
Pretty heady stuff, although what am I going to talk about with strangers from here on?
#Ilizarov
Pretty heady stuff, although what am I going to talk about with strangers from here on?
#Ilizarov
Got out for a walk in the Peak the other day. I only needed a cane, as the path was forgiving even with the frame and limited mobility, and I took plenty of breaks for photographs.
#Ilizarov
#Ilizarov
October 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Got out for a walk in the Peak the other day. I only needed a cane, as the path was forgiving even with the frame and limited mobility, and I took plenty of breaks for photographs.
#Ilizarov
#Ilizarov
Hi Jon, please could I grab this one? Will email you my details.
October 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Hi Jon, please could I grab this one? Will email you my details.
Froze 5L of stock. Then had to chisel off 7.5cm of the world’s largest stock ice cube for a recipe that “only” needed 1.5L
October 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Froze 5L of stock. Then had to chisel off 7.5cm of the world’s largest stock ice cube for a recipe that “only” needed 1.5L
Ferret racing
October 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Ferret racing
Sheep racing
October 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Sheep racing