Duncan Batey
@duncanbatey.bsky.social
is allegedly a gracefully ageing rocker whose life was demolished in a freak meditation accident back when he was a computer scientist
but also very definitely a singer-songwriter and t'ai-chi enthusiast based in Glastonbury, UK
duncanbatey.bandcamp.com
but also very definitely a singer-songwriter and t'ai-chi enthusiast based in Glastonbury, UK
duncanbatey.bandcamp.com
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Not an angle I normally photograph but the sky was just so lovely looking in this direction. Glastonbury Tor this morning at sunrise.
December 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Not an angle I normally photograph but the sky was just so lovely looking in this direction. Glastonbury Tor this morning at sunrise.
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The sun having a little rest on St Michael's tower before it set last night here in Glastonbury.
December 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The sun having a little rest on St Michael's tower before it set last night here in Glastonbury.
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Having previously written reviews for the TV show Supergirl (RIP Blastoff Comics!), it's days like this I miss writing reviews!
Pumped for this!
Pumped for this!
December 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Having previously written reviews for the TV show Supergirl (RIP Blastoff Comics!), it's days like this I miss writing reviews!
Pumped for this!
Pumped for this!
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Sunset tonight here in Glastonbury. Photo taken shortly before 4pm.
December 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Sunset tonight here in Glastonbury. Photo taken shortly before 4pm.
My first experience of mispronunciation humiliation was standing up in class at junior school to read something out, and pronouncing "knowledge" as "no ledge" because, well, it's the obvious way to say it, right? I was roundly mocked and have thus been very paranoid about pronunciation ever since.
Thank you to the lovely audience member at @hayfestival who shared that her daughter had once corrected her pronunciation of ‘epiphany’ and told her it should of course be ‘epi-fanny’.
Which word have you royally mispronounced because you’d only ever seen it written down?
Which word have you royally mispronounced because you’d only ever seen it written down?
December 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
My first experience of mispronunciation humiliation was standing up in class at junior school to read something out, and pronouncing "knowledge" as "no ledge" because, well, it's the obvious way to say it, right? I was roundly mocked and have thus been very paranoid about pronunciation ever since.
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If you saw me play with Thea Gilmore over the past week and a half, HELLO!
I am your new Penfriend, and I have a FREE tour memento for you: penfriendrocks.bandcamp.com/album/the-gh...
And if you didn't see me play with Thea, the memento is for you too!
Love,
Laura xxx
I am your new Penfriend, and I have a FREE tour memento for you: penfriendrocks.bandcamp.com/album/the-gh...
And if you didn't see me play with Thea, the memento is for you too!
Love,
Laura xxx
The Ghost in the Attic - Online Gig November 2025, by Penfriend
14 track album
penfriendrocks.bandcamp.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
If you saw me play with Thea Gilmore over the past week and a half, HELLO!
I am your new Penfriend, and I have a FREE tour memento for you: penfriendrocks.bandcamp.com/album/the-gh...
And if you didn't see me play with Thea, the memento is for you too!
Love,
Laura xxx
I am your new Penfriend, and I have a FREE tour memento for you: penfriendrocks.bandcamp.com/album/the-gh...
And if you didn't see me play with Thea, the memento is for you too!
Love,
Laura xxx
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Thanks for all the excellent responses to this. It might make you smile on this dreich day.
Thank you to the lovely audience member at @hayfestival who shared that her daughter had once corrected her pronunciation of ‘epiphany’ and told her it should of course be ‘epi-fanny’.
Which word have you royally mispronounced because you’d only ever seen it written down?
Which word have you royally mispronounced because you’d only ever seen it written down?
December 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Thanks for all the excellent responses to this. It might make you smile on this dreich day.
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Early morning colour today on Glastonbury Tor.
December 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Early morning colour today on Glastonbury Tor.
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Autism’s Confusing Cousins
Autism’s Confusing Cousins
A differential diagnosis for the weird and the awkward
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Autism’s Confusing Cousins
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LONDON
MITCH BENN brings his electrifying one man version of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol to the Baron’s Court Theatre ALL THIS WEEK until Saturday 13th (plus matinee on Saturday)…
#AChristmasCarol #ChristmasReels #Dickens #LondonTheatre #TheatreReels #ViralReels #Storytelling #ChristmasInLondon
MITCH BENN brings his electrifying one man version of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol to the Baron’s Court Theatre ALL THIS WEEK until Saturday 13th (plus matinee on Saturday)…
#AChristmasCarol #ChristmasReels #Dickens #LondonTheatre #TheatreReels #ViralReels #Storytelling #ChristmasInLondon
December 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
LONDON
MITCH BENN brings his electrifying one man version of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol to the Baron’s Court Theatre ALL THIS WEEK until Saturday 13th (plus matinee on Saturday)…
#AChristmasCarol #ChristmasReels #Dickens #LondonTheatre #TheatreReels #ViralReels #Storytelling #ChristmasInLondon
MITCH BENN brings his electrifying one man version of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol to the Baron’s Court Theatre ALL THIS WEEK until Saturday 13th (plus matinee on Saturday)…
#AChristmasCarol #ChristmasReels #Dickens #LondonTheatre #TheatreReels #ViralReels #Storytelling #ChristmasInLondon
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A quick phone pic of the moon this morning.
December 10, 2025 at 6:52 AM
A quick phone pic of the moon this morning.
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After what feels like days of rain we eventually got some colour back. Photograph taken today on Glastonbury Tor on my way back down the hill.
December 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
After what feels like days of rain we eventually got some colour back. Photograph taken today on Glastonbury Tor on my way back down the hill.
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Just ban everyone on BlueSky for simplicity
Jeez. All tourists - including those from Britain - will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country's border force
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
US plans to start checking all tourists' social media
The potential social media mandate being proposed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would apply to anyone visiting, whether they require a visa or not.
news.sky.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Just ban everyone on BlueSky for simplicity
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My shop closes for the holidays tomorrow morning, so if you'd like one of these prints, or anything else, please order today: www.tomgauld.com/shop
December 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
My shop closes for the holidays tomorrow morning, so if you'd like one of these prints, or anything else, please order today: www.tomgauld.com/shop
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“Henceforth, all official documents will be written in the Black Tongue of Mordor.”
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“Henceforth, all official documents will be written in the Black Tongue of Mordor.”
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Once upon a time, this would have been a bit of a red flag.
Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision
Moscow welcomes White House document critical of the EU as talks to end the Ukraine war enter a key phase
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Once upon a time, this would have been a bit of a red flag.
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Someone needs to report him to Social Services.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Someone needs to report him to Social Services.
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"Instead, the richness and complexity of where we stand with others becomes the place from which a better world is imagined. We all have that capacity: to imagine a world beyond the horrors of now and to implicate a future in the very way we earn our insurgency and stand up heroically to the ...
December 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Instead, the richness and complexity of where we stand with others becomes the place from which a better world is imagined. We all have that capacity: to imagine a world beyond the horrors of now and to implicate a future in the very way we earn our insurgency and stand up heroically to the ...
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Opens TONIGHT at Barons
Court Theatre (on until Saturday 13th)
All dates & tickets at mitchbenn.com/tour-
dates #mitchbenn #achristmascarol #christmas #dickens #londontheatre #christmasinlondon
Court Theatre (on until Saturday 13th)
All dates & tickets at mitchbenn.com/tour-
dates #mitchbenn #achristmascarol #christmas #dickens #londontheatre #christmasinlondon
December 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Opens TONIGHT at Barons
Court Theatre (on until Saturday 13th)
All dates & tickets at mitchbenn.com/tour-
dates #mitchbenn #achristmascarol #christmas #dickens #londontheatre #christmasinlondon
Court Theatre (on until Saturday 13th)
All dates & tickets at mitchbenn.com/tour-
dates #mitchbenn #achristmascarol #christmas #dickens #londontheatre #christmasinlondon
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Nearly finished Claire North's new one, Slow Gods. Trademark dark humour, barely suppressed rage, a galactic tale of complex politics, conspiracies, conflicts and pronouns, through which our narrator - a uniquely strange hyperspace pilot - is buffeted, largely clueless as to what is really going on.
December 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Nearly finished Claire North's new one, Slow Gods. Trademark dark humour, barely suppressed rage, a galactic tale of complex politics, conspiracies, conflicts and pronouns, through which our narrator - a uniquely strange hyperspace pilot - is buffeted, largely clueless as to what is really going on.
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I have a few codes for promo copies of this, so the first five people who respond and express a desire to hear it are welcome. Shout and I'll follow you back and provide code via 'chat'.
So, after a labourious couple of months of self-recording and mastering, my first novel, BOOK THIRTEEN, is now available in an audio edition via Audible and Apple Books etc.
If anyone wants to invest a monthly credit and give it a star or two, I'd be grateful. Recommended for insomniacs.
If anyone wants to invest a monthly credit and give it a star or two, I'd be grateful. Recommended for insomniacs.
December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I have a few codes for promo copies of this, so the first five people who respond and express a desire to hear it are welcome. Shout and I'll follow you back and provide code via 'chat'.
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Vicambulate [vahy-KAM-byoo-layt]
(v.)
- To take a stroll about town; to saunter leisurely.
Used in a sentence:
“Percival drew himself up, affronted. ‘Aunt Agatha, please. I wasn’t ‘wandering.’ I was vicambulating, which is considerably more dignified, you know.’”
(v.)
- To take a stroll about town; to saunter leisurely.
Used in a sentence:
“Percival drew himself up, affronted. ‘Aunt Agatha, please. I wasn’t ‘wandering.’ I was vicambulating, which is considerably more dignified, you know.’”
December 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Vicambulate [vahy-KAM-byoo-layt]
(v.)
- To take a stroll about town; to saunter leisurely.
Used in a sentence:
“Percival drew himself up, affronted. ‘Aunt Agatha, please. I wasn’t ‘wandering.’ I was vicambulating, which is considerably more dignified, you know.’”
(v.)
- To take a stroll about town; to saunter leisurely.
Used in a sentence:
“Percival drew himself up, affronted. ‘Aunt Agatha, please. I wasn’t ‘wandering.’ I was vicambulating, which is considerably more dignified, you know.’”
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Warmest regards =
December 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Warmest regards =
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Thank you to the lovely audience member at @hayfestival who shared that her daughter had once corrected her pronunciation of ‘epiphany’ and told her it should of course be ‘epi-fanny’.
Which word have you royally mispronounced because you’d only ever seen it written down?
Which word have you royally mispronounced because you’d only ever seen it written down?
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Thank you to the lovely audience member at @hayfestival who shared that her daughter had once corrected her pronunciation of ‘epiphany’ and told her it should of course be ‘epi-fanny’.
Which word have you royally mispronounced because you’d only ever seen it written down?
Which word have you royally mispronounced because you’d only ever seen it written down?
This is a wonderful short listen. In the space of 12 minutes, Rebecca Stott gets into the intuitive spiritual beauty of maths, the shocking nature of quantum physics, and even the wonder of slime molds, all in a disarmingly easy and personal manner. It's a real treat.
Beautiful Strangeness by Rebecca Stott - Episode 2: The Attic - BBC Sounds
Five original essays on how the mysterious is woven into the ordinary and the everyday.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is a wonderful short listen. In the space of 12 minutes, Rebecca Stott gets into the intuitive spiritual beauty of maths, the shocking nature of quantum physics, and even the wonder of slime molds, all in a disarmingly easy and personal manner. It's a real treat.