Neil
@nudgecloud.bsky.social
A reader. A coder. Against certainty. A one-time London marathon runner.
Whatever happened to the art of proofreading?
"Carefully insert the swab into *the your nostril* .."
Are typos and abuse of language still considered markers of a fraudulent communication?
"Carefully insert the swab into *the your nostril* .."
Are typos and abuse of language still considered markers of a fraudulent communication?
November 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Whatever happened to the art of proofreading?
"Carefully insert the swab into *the your nostril* .."
Are typos and abuse of language still considered markers of a fraudulent communication?
"Carefully insert the swab into *the your nostril* .."
Are typos and abuse of language still considered markers of a fraudulent communication?
Cory Doctorow's "enshittification" is late late capitalism, after Fred Jameson.
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Cory Doctorow's "enshittification" is late late capitalism, after Fred Jameson.
Divine Comedy
Cease and Desist Notice from National Express.
National Express are happy to discuss over crisps and tea.
Cease and Desist Notice from National Express.
National Express are happy to discuss over crisps and tea.
October 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Divine Comedy
Cease and Desist Notice from National Express.
National Express are happy to discuss over crisps and tea.
Cease and Desist Notice from National Express.
National Express are happy to discuss over crisps and tea.
Pork Wellington, pomme frites, and a tomato reduction.
October 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Pork Wellington, pomme frites, and a tomato reduction.
The Martin Beck novels came out in a great series design. Unfortunately I could not get them all in the same series.
October 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
The Martin Beck novels came out in a great series design. Unfortunately I could not get them all in the same series.
Tolstoy's description of Napoleon leaving Moscow.
For Napoleon, read Trump.
For Napoleon, read Trump.
October 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Tolstoy's description of Napoleon leaving Moscow.
For Napoleon, read Trump.
For Napoleon, read Trump.
There are premature antifascists, antifascists, and late antifascists.
Some antifascists are more welcome than other antifascists.
The USSR, with the Molotov Ribbentrop pact, were late to the antifascist party.
Some antifascists are more welcome than other antifascists.
The USSR, with the Molotov Ribbentrop pact, were late to the antifascist party.
October 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
There are premature antifascists, antifascists, and late antifascists.
Some antifascists are more welcome than other antifascists.
The USSR, with the Molotov Ribbentrop pact, were late to the antifascist party.
Some antifascists are more welcome than other antifascists.
The USSR, with the Molotov Ribbentrop pact, were late to the antifascist party.
Expiry dates on pharmaceuticals are important.
Why does the legibility of the date vary so much.
Sometimes it's so illegible it's malicious compliance with legal requirements.
White text on a white background - even if it is slightly indented - is bad.
Sometimes it is done well and is legible.
Why does the legibility of the date vary so much.
Sometimes it's so illegible it's malicious compliance with legal requirements.
White text on a white background - even if it is slightly indented - is bad.
Sometimes it is done well and is legible.
October 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Expiry dates on pharmaceuticals are important.
Why does the legibility of the date vary so much.
Sometimes it's so illegible it's malicious compliance with legal requirements.
White text on a white background - even if it is slightly indented - is bad.
Sometimes it is done well and is legible.
Why does the legibility of the date vary so much.
Sometimes it's so illegible it's malicious compliance with legal requirements.
White text on a white background - even if it is slightly indented - is bad.
Sometimes it is done well and is legible.
France is bacon - the origin story
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October 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
France is bacon - the origin story
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![world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce. Caussidière for Danton, Louis Blanc for Robespierre, the Montagne of 1848 to 1851[66] for the Montagne of 1793 to 1795, the nephew for the uncle. And the same caricature occurs in the circumstances of the second edition of the Eighteenth Brumaire.
Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living. And just as they seem to be occupied with revolutionizing themselves and things, creating something that did not exist before, precisely in such epochs of revolutionary crisis they anxiously conjure up the spirits of the past to their service, borrowing from them names, battle slogans, and costumes in order to present this new scene in world history in time-honored disguise and borrowed language.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l4lmtbbhxzjils2j4pfw6f2s/bafkreieg2kag7sw6urclcgvpljrqfh6dhwq7hwe2fxh3vqeuajxyqrddcy@jpeg)
And the USA proclaims its Department of Energy is committed to restoring America's energy dominance.
August 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
And the USA proclaims its Department of Energy is committed to restoring America's energy dominance.
There is more, far more, to Welsh Hip Hop than Goldie Looking Chain.
August 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
There is more, far more, to Welsh Hip Hop than Goldie Looking Chain.
Lincolnshire is a county of the majestic cathedral, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Reform, and Skeg Vegas.
What happens in Skeg Vegas stays in Skeg Vegas.
What happens in Skeg Vegas stays in Skeg Vegas.
August 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Lincolnshire is a county of the majestic cathedral, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Reform, and Skeg Vegas.
What happens in Skeg Vegas stays in Skeg Vegas.
What happens in Skeg Vegas stays in Skeg Vegas.
I have reached The End of the Internet, or Bluesky which is close enough in 2025.
July 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I have reached The End of the Internet, or Bluesky which is close enough in 2025.
In another chat I googled Pimlico, checking if I need my Passport to Pimlico (1949).
Google knows where I am and where a local airport is.
No-one in the English Midlands is ever going to fly to Pimlico when a train, a coach, a car is quicker, and cheaper.
Google knows where I am and where a local airport is.
No-one in the English Midlands is ever going to fly to Pimlico when a train, a coach, a car is quicker, and cheaper.
July 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
In another chat I googled Pimlico, checking if I need my Passport to Pimlico (1949).
Google knows where I am and where a local airport is.
No-one in the English Midlands is ever going to fly to Pimlico when a train, a coach, a car is quicker, and cheaper.
Google knows where I am and where a local airport is.
No-one in the English Midlands is ever going to fly to Pimlico when a train, a coach, a car is quicker, and cheaper.
Copilot gives Cola.
It's reasoning is something to behold.
It's reasoning is something to behold.
July 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Copilot gives Cola.
It's reasoning is something to behold.
It's reasoning is something to behold.
Over time words can flip their meaning.
Egregious can mean:
outstandingly bad, or remarkably good (ok that's flagged as archaic but that's just an arbitrary judgment, words never die).
Fulsome is another flipper.
Egregious can mean:
outstandingly bad, or remarkably good (ok that's flagged as archaic but that's just an arbitrary judgment, words never die).
Fulsome is another flipper.
July 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Over time words can flip their meaning.
Egregious can mean:
outstandingly bad, or remarkably good (ok that's flagged as archaic but that's just an arbitrary judgment, words never die).
Fulsome is another flipper.
Egregious can mean:
outstandingly bad, or remarkably good (ok that's flagged as archaic but that's just an arbitrary judgment, words never die).
Fulsome is another flipper.
An old single screen cinema half way through being demolished.
What a story it could tell.
What a story it could tell.
June 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
An old single screen cinema half way through being demolished.
What a story it could tell.
What a story it could tell.
Tonight's running venue.
Just shy of 8 km, if last year is anything to go by
Just shy of 8 km, if last year is anything to go by
June 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Tonight's running venue.
Just shy of 8 km, if last year is anything to go by
Just shy of 8 km, if last year is anything to go by
Mine arrived today. Thank you.
June 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Mine arrived today. Thank you.
