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Alex Waterston
@moggy.bsky.social
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Director of innovation
One half of the podcast www.brainsontheoutside.com (SEASON TWO OUT NOW!)
Like all the best bits of Ted Lasso and Don Draper combined.
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I just finished and absolutely loved North Continent Ribbon by @yarntheory.bsky.social. The fastest I’ve read a book in yonks. What a joy. Creative and dark and loving and hopeful all at once. Also with a beautiful cover by @treelet.bsky.social.
The cover for North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher. A drawing of a beautiful green valley surrounded by mountains. A brilliant white tower, probably a space elevator, piercing the sky as a ribbon winds down around its base. White birds and a person with long braided hair and a cape look on.
November 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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PhD level intelligence …
A ChatGPT transcript: Quelle parfum est le gâteau s'il vous plaît? Bien sûr, je vous ajoute ça. Un petit coup de parfum sur le gâteau, et voilà, ce sera parfait. Je vous le mets avec un joli petit emballage. What did you just say in English, please? Sure! I basically said, "Of course, I'll add that for you. A little spray of perfume on the cake, and there you go, it'll be perfect. I'll wrap it up nicely for you."
August 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Obviously …
A press photo from Eerie Indiana. A very 90s family of four stands in front of a town sign for Eerie, Indiana (population: 666) with a young friend. A raven sits on top of the sign.
August 1, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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I have this tiny clip of the gig on a boat on the thames.
July 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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In the UK coffee cake traditionally has Camp in it, which is coffee flavouring made from chicory root. I love coffee cake made with Camp. It reminds me of my Gran.
A bottle of camp - a coffee flavoured liquid made with chicory root. It has a red cap, a dark brown bottle and a bright yellow label.
March 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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I was in the game too! Ale’Wat. Although I have a feeling that name didn’t make it into the final release…
A screen grab from super monkey ball adventure. It shows a trading card style set of stats for a monkey called Ale’Wat. It says “everything he wants Ale’Wat gets - and he wants everything. Gadgets, premium bananas, toys and balloons. Lots of balloons. Someday soon Ale’Wat’s going to discover you can have too much of a good thing.” The stats are: Strength: 3 Lore: 4 Joy: 11 Charm: 3 Curiosity: 16 SMBValue: 3 There is a cartoon of Ale’Wat. He is dapper with a bow tie and purple jacket and a calculator.
February 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Walked past the British Heart Foundation in Durham today and my second published game was in the window …
A charity shop window. There is a glass cabinet just inside and on a shelf inside that is a copy of the PSP Essentials version of Super Monkey Ball Adventure.
February 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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@smestorp.bsky.social Facebook memories pays off for once. What a time that was.
December 29, 2024 at 8:11 PM
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Been looking at the instructions for the in-law’s thermostat which appears to be set at a permanent 25 degrees. The manufacturer has really committed to going above and beyond.
A screen grab of the instructions for a thermostat. They say: FEATURES On Appearance 1. Convenient operation creates convenient life. 2.Options of black and white housing. 3. Fashion design blends in with any decor. 4.Touch Screen display with backlight is easy to read ,even in the dark. 5. Bright buttons always remind you the world truely exist. 6. Easy Ul interface could be used even by child.
December 25, 2024 at 10:22 AM
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And number ten, this Bottega Venetta situation that I guess looks a bit like the tissue paper you might wrap a wine bottle in?
A model in baggy blue jeans and a dark red jumper that is weirdly textured with little pockets of material.
November 25, 2024 at 11:25 AM
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I guess number six is red and red is Christmassy?
A model wearing a bright red Nike sweatshirt and a grey running bottoms.
November 25, 2024 at 11:03 AM
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Coming in at a christmassy eight hundred quid, jumper number five is for when you like a little pattern with your beige.
A photo of a model in the corner of a room. They're wearing light brown chinos and a brown kitted jumper with a fine pattern of squares on it over a pale green shirt.
November 25, 2024 at 11:02 AM
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Christmas jumper number two, however...
A friend suggests maybe it would good if you wanted to go to a party dressed as a snowflake?
A model wears a cream jumper with cream cord trousers. They have their hands in the pockets. The photo is cropped just above their chin.
November 25, 2024 at 11:00 AM
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GQ's list of ten Best Christmas Jumpers You'd Actually Want to Wear is completely unhinged.
Christmas jumper number one is this expensive, but nice Christmassy affair from Ralph Lauren.
A blue jumper on a white background. There is a bear knitted into the front, he's wearing a red duffle coat, checked trousers and a bobble hat.
November 25, 2024 at 10:58 AM
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Just had a very very polite conversation with a Japanese knife lady about my global knives. With this box of knives right beside us.
Five very beautiful Japanese knives in a glass box. They sit on blue fabric. The glass reflects the lighting above. The knives have ornate handles and are of various blade shapes. Several are very long. There are price tags. The longest knife is £4,200. The cheapest knife is £1,050.
November 14, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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Just remembered about High Frontier. There are complicated board game boards and then there is this.
An incredibly complicated boardgame board. It is a map of the solar system in some intricate detail. It has concentric bands in varying shades of yellow, brown and purple and a vast network of interconnected paths. Some paths are smooth curves, others have sharp turns or zig zags. There are planets, moons and asteroids on the map. There are myriad different symbols and icons, different colours, letters and numbers.
November 13, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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My bus was in debug mode this morning.
October 14, 2024 at 8:21 AM
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Ummmmm. Didn’t realise I was quite that early. No wonder it felt quiet.
September 16, 2024 at 10:45 PM
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Two weeks today you'll be able to listen to the first episodes of SEASON 2 of Brains on the Outside. It has taken an entire year to record but it's all new and shiny and good. We've got QUESTIONS this year from businesses like AllBirds, AutoTrader and the amazing author @laurenbeukes.bsky.social.
September 16, 2024 at 9:24 AM
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Just been reminded (thanks @knopguy.bsky.social) that I am modelled in a Super Monkey Ball game. I am an “obnoxious kid” who demands balloons.
August 27, 2024 at 5:58 PM
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Sorry folks.
A close up photo of the incredibly scratched plastic glass in a bus shelter in North East England. On the glass, in sharpie, is graffiti that reads “only nobheads are reading this”
July 2, 2024 at 10:49 AM
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Just like they make it in Korea…
A recipe for caramelised Korean beef. It includes 50g of Werther’s original butter candies ground to a fine powder.
September 22, 2023 at 8:51 AM
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I can't get Midjourney to draw me an oil painting of the statue of liberty holding a banana?!
Four images of variations of the statue of liberty holding some weird yellow fruit which is definitely not a banana. Four images of variations of the statue of liberty holding some weird yellow fruit which is definitely not a banana.
August 14, 2023 at 9:54 AM
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Recreated the kale pasta from one of my favourite London restaurants, Manteca.
July 28, 2023 at 6:40 PM
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Visiting Brains on the Outside’s spiritual home.
July 28, 2023 at 4:53 PM