Col Bond
@colinbond.bsky.social
Music, books, nature. Walks like a jerk, but he could eat you with a fork and a spoon. Judgy introvert. Bespoke librarian. Wales.
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Martin Parr, absolute mensch.
From Colin Wilkinson, founder of Bluecoat Press, on FB
From Colin Wilkinson, founder of Bluecoat Press, on FB
December 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Martin Parr, absolute mensch.
From Colin Wilkinson, founder of Bluecoat Press, on FB
From Colin Wilkinson, founder of Bluecoat Press, on FB
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2003 reunion. Good backstory.
web.archive.org/web/20030813...
web.archive.org/web/20030813...
December 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
2003 reunion. Good backstory.
web.archive.org/web/20030813...
web.archive.org/web/20030813...
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things Copilot has tried desperately to help me with this morning: a thread
1) suggesting '10 compelling titles' for a spreadsheet I use to log student attendance
1) suggesting '10 compelling titles' for a spreadsheet I use to log student attendance
December 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
things Copilot has tried desperately to help me with this morning: a thread
1) suggesting '10 compelling titles' for a spreadsheet I use to log student attendance
1) suggesting '10 compelling titles' for a spreadsheet I use to log student attendance
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I'm sorry but a country where the legislature sells jerk seasoning as gift shop tat is not one where the engines of multiculturalism can be rolled back to 1948
December 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I'm sorry but a country where the legislature sells jerk seasoning as gift shop tat is not one where the engines of multiculturalism can be rolled back to 1948
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"House of Commons Jerk Seasoning" is 1) an extremely funny concept and more importantly 2) a sign of a complete and total victory for cultural pluralism in a way that is kind of difficult to concieve
Look, I know things aren’t great at the moment for (a) anyone, and (b) the Labour Party, but fuck me that’s bleak
December 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"House of Commons Jerk Seasoning" is 1) an extremely funny concept and more importantly 2) a sign of a complete and total victory for cultural pluralism in a way that is kind of difficult to concieve
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this other one from that "The Cost of Living" series. really complicated image. those guys back there. full three dimensional space with two apertures playing against each other. that rainbow sweater, the flowers, forlorn young parents and look out here comes a baby head
December 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
this other one from that "The Cost of Living" series. really complicated image. those guys back there. full three dimensional space with two apertures playing against each other. that rainbow sweater, the flowers, forlorn young parents and look out here comes a baby head
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Martin Parr was so good at color, too. Look at these people. Conservative “Midsummer Madness” Party, Bath, Avon, 1986–1989:
December 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Martin Parr was so good at color, too. Look at these people. Conservative “Midsummer Madness” Party, Bath, Avon, 1986–1989:
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The sheer laziness is one of the things that bothers me most about the style of column writing Phillips embodies.
If I make a small mistake in a post I spend all day wanting to crawl into hole but these guys will just happily write any bollocks without any research at all.
If I make a small mistake in a post I spend all day wanting to crawl into hole but these guys will just happily write any bollocks without any research at all.
Because of course Henry had got the full roll call from Dulwich College and of course Trevor Phillips couldn’t even be bothered to read the stories he’s writing about
On a purely factual point, Trevor Phillips’s column in the Times misrepresents our reporting in casting doubts on claims that there were more boys called Patel than Smith at Dulwich in 1980 (we did not report 1976 as the year it occurred). 1980 roll shows 13 Patels and 12 Smiths.
December 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The sheer laziness is one of the things that bothers me most about the style of column writing Phillips embodies.
If I make a small mistake in a post I spend all day wanting to crawl into hole but these guys will just happily write any bollocks without any research at all.
If I make a small mistake in a post I spend all day wanting to crawl into hole but these guys will just happily write any bollocks without any research at all.
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so look, some of the 'tells' of AI in here are things I feel by instinct, and I could be wrong about any individual one, but apart from the obvious stuff (lists of three, 'not this but that') and the less obvious (no personal recollection, all just abstract nouns) there's a *meaning gap*...
Also something like “groundedness”. Not about physical details but a sense of a mind reflecting on its own experiences.
I’m sure Sarah Friar of OpenAI feels it’s great to “write” with ChatGPT so I can explain with hers.
There is no thinking about the person in here.
I’m sure Sarah Friar of OpenAI feels it’s great to “write” with ChatGPT so I can explain with hers.
There is no thinking about the person in here.
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
so look, some of the 'tells' of AI in here are things I feel by instinct, and I could be wrong about any individual one, but apart from the obvious stuff (lists of three, 'not this but that') and the less obvious (no personal recollection, all just abstract nouns) there's a *meaning gap*...
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i did not enjoy House of Leaves, i missed a lot of information because i refused to spin the book around to read the various typography, i will not allow a novel to force me into the role of a circus clown
February 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
i did not enjoy House of Leaves, i missed a lot of information because i refused to spin the book around to read the various typography, i will not allow a novel to force me into the role of a circus clown
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This is only going to get much worse too, because these people don’t only want the minority groups they hate hounded and excluded. They want society to welcome them, praise them and tell them they are correct and beautiful. And that won’t ever happen, because they are repugnant and hateful.
Like MAGA, transphobes have gotten everything they wanted in 2025. And, like MAGA, they've never been more vitriolic toward the institutions they've captured, more disgusted by their wounded victims, more ready to plough forth into realms of cruelty that even they would have balked at a year ago.
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This is only going to get much worse too, because these people don’t only want the minority groups they hate hounded and excluded. They want society to welcome them, praise them and tell them they are correct and beautiful. And that won’t ever happen, because they are repugnant and hateful.
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The thing is that writers have always been horny and weird, but before the age of social media they really had to channel that into their writing and at least produce interesting work. Now you can just post anything and the worst part about it is that it’s just dull and porn brained
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The thing is that writers have always been horny and weird, but before the age of social media they really had to channel that into their writing and at least produce interesting work. Now you can just post anything and the worst part about it is that it’s just dull and porn brained
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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I call my fists Statler and Waldorf because they're bare
...barely putting up with this meme!
...barely putting up with this meme!
two muppets are sitting on a balcony in a dark room
Alt: Statler and Waldorf from the Muppet Show doing a little jig in their balcony
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December 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I call my fists Statler and Waldorf because they're bare
...barely putting up with this meme!
...barely putting up with this meme!
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Javier Bardem from No Country For Old Men, but instead of killing you he's just very interested in making sure you Stay True To your Art
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Javier Bardem from No Country For Old Men, but instead of killing you he's just very interested in making sure you Stay True To your Art
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
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M. John Harrison's Viriconium trilogy in one sentence.
I wielded an elfen blade, as was the fashion at the time
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
M. John Harrison's Viriconium trilogy in one sentence.
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Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
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It's funny when you feel as if you don't want anything more in your life except to sleep, or else to lie without moving. That’s when you can hear time sliding past you, like water running.
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
It's funny when you feel as if you don't want anything more in your life except to sleep, or else to lie without moving. That’s when you can hear time sliding past you, like water running.
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Seriously, just one of the best onscreen presences to ever grace the silver screen. The definition of raw magnetism. RIP, Udo.
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Seriously, just one of the best onscreen presences to ever grace the silver screen. The definition of raw magnetism. RIP, Udo.
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R.I.P. Udo Kier (1944—2025)
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
R.I.P. Udo Kier (1944—2025)
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Congratulations to British fascists, who have quite thoroughly retoxified their own favourite symbols in just a few months, just by association with them.
November 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Congratulations to British fascists, who have quite thoroughly retoxified their own favourite symbols in just a few months, just by association with them.