ambrosen
@ambrosen.bsky.social
One day I’ll work out what I talk about.
Some green stuff, some nature, some cities, some wonkish stuff.
Some green stuff, some nature, some cities, some wonkish stuff.
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Why is it getting harder to buy Advent calendars?
Their days are numbered!
Their days are numbered!
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Why is it getting harder to buy Advent calendars?
Their days are numbered!
Their days are numbered!
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the one thing we didn't want to happen
November 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
the one thing we didn't want to happen
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Oil beetle
Gannet
Puffin
Otter
Hare
Oil beetle
Gannet
Puffin
Otter
Hare
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Bunnies
Deer
Fox kits
Nutria
Roadrunners
Bunnies
Deer
Fox kits
Nutria
Roadrunners
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Horny toads
Prairie dogs
Armadillos
Roadrunners
Foxes
Horny toads
Prairie dogs
Armadillos
Roadrunners
Foxes
December 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Oil beetle
Gannet
Puffin
Otter
Hare
Oil beetle
Gannet
Puffin
Otter
Hare
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Upnor has a castle (closed to visitors in November… #planningfail) and a small High Street of very quirky houses. The oddest is Manna House…
November 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Upnor has a castle (closed to visitors in November… #planningfail) and a small High Street of very quirky houses. The oddest is Manna House…
Worth mentioning — because it’s a surprising semi-contradiction — that the weather forecasting AIs actually are using transformer neural nets.
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
November 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Worth mentioning — because it’s a surprising semi-contradiction — that the weather forecasting AIs actually are using transformer neural nets.
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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I heard there was a secret verse
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
this is quite the detail
November 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I heard there was a secret verse
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
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I'm eternally pissed about how for the past decade we've essentially gutted refugee admissions based on lies, xenophobia, and racism.
Like, St Louis alone took in 40,000 Bosnian refugees, it was fine, nobody cares. We can take in so many more refugees. It's okay.
Like, St Louis alone took in 40,000 Bosnian refugees, it was fine, nobody cares. We can take in so many more refugees. It's okay.
November 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I'm eternally pissed about how for the past decade we've essentially gutted refugee admissions based on lies, xenophobia, and racism.
Like, St Louis alone took in 40,000 Bosnian refugees, it was fine, nobody cares. We can take in so many more refugees. It's okay.
Like, St Louis alone took in 40,000 Bosnian refugees, it was fine, nobody cares. We can take in so many more refugees. It's okay.
Got the dry boak from this so bad I had to describe it with a phrase from someone else’s dialect.
If that is from the BBC piece then it was the mum of the autistic lad which really creeped me out.
November 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Got the dry boak from this so bad I had to describe it with a phrase from someone else’s dialect.
OK, but I’m hanging the 727 with open rear airstair from the ceiling
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
OK, but I’m hanging the 727 with open rear airstair from the ceiling
Apropos someone asking why it was a .gif in the replies:
Next year the .gif format will be as old as the last spitfire made was when the .gif format was released.
Next year the .gif format will be as old as the last spitfire made was when the .gif format was released.
Academia tends towards the spitfire_survivorship_bias.gif meme on multiple levels (not throwing shade here, lots of institutions are like this!), along with more senior types forgetting that lots of high flyers were so-so students once upon a time
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Apropos someone asking why it was a .gif in the replies:
Next year the .gif format will be as old as the last spitfire made was when the .gif format was released.
Next year the .gif format will be as old as the last spitfire made was when the .gif format was released.
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It's just very sad to me how many 17 year olds I meet who go 'I love maths but I'm applying to study business'. Bright kids, driven kids who are being missold IMO.
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It's just very sad to me how many 17 year olds I meet who go 'I love maths but I'm applying to study business'. Bright kids, driven kids who are being missold IMO.
Important fart walk notice: if you are wearing a long coat, you will need to ventilate it before hugging anyone.
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Important fart walk notice: if you are wearing a long coat, you will need to ventilate it before hugging anyone.
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Herons that come to the door... Invite you to choose. 1/2
In Amsterdam there lived, until recently, a Grey Heron called Kiri who visited a woman in her house over ~ 20 years. She was welcomed for sausages and TV
In Amsterdam there lived, until recently, a Grey Heron called Kiri who visited a woman in her house over ~ 20 years. She was welcomed for sausages and TV
January 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Herons that come to the door... Invite you to choose. 1/2
In Amsterdam there lived, until recently, a Grey Heron called Kiri who visited a woman in her house over ~ 20 years. She was welcomed for sausages and TV
In Amsterdam there lived, until recently, a Grey Heron called Kiri who visited a woman in her house over ~ 20 years. She was welcomed for sausages and TV
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IMPORTANT: When transporting a giant puffball mushroom you have recently foraged, it is absolutely crucial that you ensure the mushroom is firmly strapped into the passenger seat of your car to guard against sharp braking and potential whiplash
November 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
IMPORTANT: When transporting a giant puffball mushroom you have recently foraged, it is absolutely crucial that you ensure the mushroom is firmly strapped into the passenger seat of your car to guard against sharp braking and potential whiplash
I see the Exe is in spate again.
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I see the Exe is in spate again.
I agree with both the people who say that manual food delivery is a waste of human effort*, & with the people who say robots are theft of public space.
*undoubtedly people like delivery because they want to have servants. Like with hand car washes 10 years ago: theconversation.com/the-return-o...
*undoubtedly people like delivery because they want to have servants. Like with hand car washes 10 years ago: theconversation.com/the-return-o...
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I agree with both the people who say that manual food delivery is a waste of human effort*, & with the people who say robots are theft of public space.
*undoubtedly people like delivery because they want to have servants. Like with hand car washes 10 years ago: theconversation.com/the-return-o...
*undoubtedly people like delivery because they want to have servants. Like with hand car washes 10 years ago: theconversation.com/the-return-o...
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The replies to this are really interesting. It looks like parts of America are really leading the way in using parking policy to give people options not to drive
WORKPLACE PARKING. Has anyone heard of an employer paying people a daily sum, which if you drove went towards your parking space and if you didn't drive went into your pocket? I'm sure I've heard of somewhere doing this, but cannot remember where I heard it
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The replies to this are really interesting. It looks like parts of America are really leading the way in using parking policy to give people options not to drive
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proximal solution to this is to nationalise GPs 👍 www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
The Royal College of GPs says the UK is losing doctors when they are needed most and called on the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, to change immigration rules
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
proximal solution to this is to nationalise GPs 👍 www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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oh, speaking of Da Movies - Picturehouse is doing a sale on its yearly memberships, most of them are 40% off; can't recommend it enough tbh, have been a member for years and it's what drags me to the cinema so often
November 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
oh, speaking of Da Movies - Picturehouse is doing a sale on its yearly memberships, most of them are 40% off; can't recommend it enough tbh, have been a member for years and it's what drags me to the cinema so often
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The tale of the Spitting Image Golden Brain is a good yarn.
In Search of the Golden Brain – Dirty Feed www.dirtyfeed.org/2022/08/in-s...
In Search of the Golden Brain – Dirty Feed www.dirtyfeed.org/2022/08/in-s...
In Search of the Golden Brain
I’ve never been very good at being a comedy geek. I think I’m supposed to have lain under my bedcovers at night, listening to obscure radio comedy. I never did that. I was also supposed to be…
www.dirtyfeed.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The tale of the Spitting Image Golden Brain is a good yarn.
In Search of the Golden Brain – Dirty Feed www.dirtyfeed.org/2022/08/in-s...
In Search of the Golden Brain – Dirty Feed www.dirtyfeed.org/2022/08/in-s...
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING BIPEDS!
November 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
HAPPY THANKSGIVING BIPEDS!
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Is there any object that has changed less in the last 4000 years than a gaming die? There's an astonishingly human and above all social story around that profound survival.
This terracotta die comes from the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro, one of the first urban centres in human history 🎲⠀
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Is there any object that has changed less in the last 4000 years than a gaming die? There's an astonishingly human and above all social story around that profound survival.
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Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
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Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
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Actually the source publication is very readable too:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Deep eutectic solvent as a solution for polyester/cotton textile recycling
Global fibre production has expanded rapidly, with polyester and cotton dominating, significantly contributing to textile waste and increasing demand …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Actually the source publication is very readable too:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...