Ewan Spence
@ewanspence.co.uk
Scottish storyteller in online, media and tech; podcasting, smartphones, music, Eurovision, retro gaming, Scotland's baseball scorer, (he/him), #freelance #cats #podcaster #smartphones #forbes #eurovision #music #EliteDangerous ewanspence.co.uk/blog
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Ewan Spence
@ewanspence.co.uk
· Feb 21
Blog: ewanspence.co.uk/blog
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About Me: ewanspence.co.uk/blog/about-ewan-spence/
Signal: tinyurl.com/exs-signal
About Me: ewanspence.co.uk/blog/about-ewan-spence/
This is the establishment that has put all its faith in the Online Safety Act and "knows" that system is absolutely safe and secure.
wait that was it? I.....don't really think anyone from the OBR should be in trouble in that case?
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This is the establishment that has put all its faith in the Online Safety Act and "knows" that system is absolutely safe and secure.
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Watching Columbo for the first time and as someone with a working class chip on his shoulder, seeing all these smug, monied elitists sneeringly underestimating and then being utterly destroyed by a shabby, brilliant little guy is absolutely cathartic.
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Watching Columbo for the first time and as someone with a working class chip on his shoulder, seeing all these smug, monied elitists sneeringly underestimating and then being utterly destroyed by a shabby, brilliant little guy is absolutely cathartic.
Missing your baseball? Why not join me in 1947 as I climb into the Press Booth to broadcast the St Louis Browns at the Philadelphia Athletics. This is the fourth pilot episode of Classic Baseball Radio, recreating games to listen to on your "modern AM radio" www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0P6...
Browns At Athletics, June 25, 1947 (Full game re-enactment, Pilot Episode)
YouTube video by Ewan Spence
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November 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Missing your baseball? Why not join me in 1947 as I climb into the Press Booth to broadcast the St Louis Browns at the Philadelphia Athletics. This is the fourth pilot episode of Classic Baseball Radio, recreating games to listen to on your "modern AM radio" www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0P6...
I mean, if they wanted to have some fun, call it Heathrow...
The Dáil has heard a suggestion that Dublin Airport be named after the former Taoiseach Sean Lemass.
Any counteroffers?
Any counteroffers?
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I mean, if they wanted to have some fun, call it Heathrow...
Cliff, we'll remember you through your songs for a long time to come.
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Cliff, we'll remember you through your songs for a long time to come.
Perfect skeet, no notes.
Welp this is my new ringtone
Now we’re in 2025 😂
November 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Perfect skeet, no notes.
I am not Charlie Brown' he said. 'My name is Peter; I inherited the Charlie Brown Christmas Special from the previous Charlie Brown, just as you will inherit it from me.
Verify our range to target. One ping only please, Charlie Brown
Bullshit, I bet you could suck a golf ball through a garden hose, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I am not Charlie Brown' he said. 'My name is Peter; I inherited the Charlie Brown Christmas Special from the previous Charlie Brown, just as you will inherit it from me.
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
There are proposed rule changes for Eurovision 2026, designed to ease concern over the results and various actions in 2024. Will they be enough for the EBU members, broadcasters, delegations, and the wider community? Ben Robertson explores the changes and their potential impact.
New voting reforms introduced by the EBU promise stronger rules covering manipulation, promotion, enhanced security and expanded juries, all designed to protect the Eurovision Song Contest’s integrity. But will these changes be enough to rebuild confidence? escinsight.com/2025/11/22/e...
Eurovision's Voting Reform Overhaul: Is It Enough To Save The Contest?
Eurovision Song Contest Trophy, 2025 (Photo: EBU/Corrine Cumming)
escinsight.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
There are proposed rule changes for Eurovision 2026, designed to ease concern over the results and various actions in 2024. Will they be enough for the EBU members, broadcasters, delegations, and the wider community? Ben Robertson explores the changes and their potential impact.
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"Imagine the person you disagree with most in politics...
"Imagine what they could do with this type of [Digital ID] system if you didn't have the right safeguards in place."
"We don't have a written constitution that has privacy protections."
🗣️ ORG's James Baker
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
"Imagine what they could do with this type of [Digital ID] system if you didn't have the right safeguards in place."
"We don't have a written constitution that has privacy protections."
🗣️ ORG's James Baker
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Digital ID cannot be saved, MPs told - 'no one believes it's about immigration'
Campaigners told the Home Affairs Select Committee that voters are 'up in arms' about the proposals and do not believe it is just about tackling illegal migration
www.mirror.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"Imagine the person you disagree with most in politics...
"Imagine what they could do with this type of [Digital ID] system if you didn't have the right safeguards in place."
"We don't have a written constitution that has privacy protections."
🗣️ ORG's James Baker
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
"Imagine what they could do with this type of [Digital ID] system if you didn't have the right safeguards in place."
"We don't have a written constitution that has privacy protections."
🗣️ ORG's James Baker
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
"Even long shots make it in..." That they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T68...
Del Amitri - Don't Come Home Too Soon (Official Team Scotland Song World Cup '98)
YouTube video by DelAmitriVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
"Even long shots make it in..." That they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T68...
"Guaranteed paid work" FTW
Congratulations to Lilith Allen, the winner of this year's 2000 AD Writer Talent Search competition at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social! They'll get guaranteed paid work turning their "Creature Featurette" pitch into a Future Shock.
November 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"Guaranteed paid work" FTW
Today's exercise is to find the most "average" game of baseball between 1960 and 1964. Nothing spectacular, no first, no anolmalies, just a run-of-the-mill game. I'm still in the early stages of the baseball radio recreations, I don't want to 'burn' something interesting. Find me vanilla ball
November 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Today's exercise is to find the most "average" game of baseball between 1960 and 1964. Nothing spectacular, no first, no anolmalies, just a run-of-the-mill game. I'm still in the early stages of the baseball radio recreations, I don't want to 'burn' something interesting. Find me vanilla ball
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New #KeepDancingPodcast is here! Featuring vest semiotics, reasonable workplace adjustments and oops all lifts?
#SCD #Strictly
#SCD #Strictly
KDP S10 E8: Not One Of The Big Weeks
An unofficial fan podcast, celebrating the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
New #KeepDancingPodcast is here! Featuring vest semiotics, reasonable workplace adjustments and oops all lifts?
#SCD #Strictly
#SCD #Strictly
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In the second episode of Eurovision Uncovered, James Stephenson finds out what it takes to perform on the world's biggest stage and explores just how much pressure the Eurovision Song Contest puts them under. escinsight.com/2025/11/12/e...
Eurovision Insight Presents... Eurovision Uncovered: The Ticking Clock
Eurovision Uncovered, the pressure if performing a the Song Contest, Season 1 sharing image (James Stephenson)
escinsight.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In the second episode of Eurovision Uncovered, James Stephenson finds out what it takes to perform on the world's biggest stage and explores just how much pressure the Eurovision Song Contest puts them under. escinsight.com/2025/11/12/e...
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I am *so* excited about this!
Features my game - and I can't wait to re-type it 😄
Features my game - and I can't wait to re-type it 😄
🚀 NEW MAGAZINE ⌨️
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
DOCTYPE magazine 🚀⌨️
’80s BASIC type-in mags are back, but this time for HTML!
vole.wtf
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I am *so* excited about this!
Features my game - and I can't wait to re-type it 😄
Features my game - and I can't wait to re-type it 😄
Really?? "I am not James Bond' he said. 'My name is Clive; I inherited the name from the previous James Bond, just as you will inherit it from me. The man I inherited it from is not the real James Bond either. His name was Henry. The real Bond has retired to Jamaica.' www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHZG...
November 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Really?? "I am not James Bond' he said. 'My name is Clive; I inherited the name from the previous James Bond, just as you will inherit it from me. The man I inherited it from is not the real James Bond either. His name was Henry. The real Bond has retired to Jamaica.' www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHZG...
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Broadcasters from Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania are returning to #Eurovision. @bensvision.bsky.social asks what lies behind their decisions to return to the Song Contest, why now was the right time, and what Eurovision offers to today's public service broadcasters? escinsight.com/2025/11/10/t...
Three Nations, One Stage: Bulgaria, Romania, and Moldova Return to Eurovision
Promotional card for the return Bulgaria, Romania, and Moldova to Eurovision, with Victoria, Bulgaria 2021 entry (EBU / Thomas Hanses)
escinsight.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Broadcasters from Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania are returning to #Eurovision. @bensvision.bsky.social asks what lies behind their decisions to return to the Song Contest, why now was the right time, and what Eurovision offers to today's public service broadcasters? escinsight.com/2025/11/10/t...
Hallucinating AI will never guarantee facts. Booka can. But we're not allowed books, just AI trained (for free) on books. Sigh.
The Internet Archive has removed 500,000 books from its Open Library. If it trained machines instead of people, like Anthropic, it might have avoided all the fuss
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
“We survived, but it wiped out the library,” Internet Archive’s founder says.
arstechnica.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Hallucinating AI will never guarantee facts. Booka can. But we're not allowed books, just AI trained (for free) on books. Sigh.
All set in the booth to commentate on another Baseball game. It's Wednesday, June 25, 1947, and the St Louis Browns are visiting the Philadelphia Athletics. Let's "Play Ball" as the recreation recording commences!
November 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
All set in the booth to commentate on another Baseball game. It's Wednesday, June 25, 1947, and the St Louis Browns are visiting the Philadelphia Athletics. Let's "Play Ball" as the recreation recording commences!
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I really enjoyed writing this piece about the importance of small green spaces to biodiversity for @katebevan.com and the Friends of Brompton Cemetery Magazine. If you're nearby, print copies will be available soon from the visitor centre.
fieldworkpodcast.substack.com/p/our-precio...
fieldworkpodcast.substack.com/p/our-precio...
Our precious island of biodiversity in the city
Discover the life that’s teeming in Brompton cemetery, thanks to the work of the Royal Parks and volunteers
fieldworkpodcast.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I really enjoyed writing this piece about the importance of small green spaces to biodiversity for @katebevan.com and the Friends of Brompton Cemetery Magazine. If you're nearby, print copies will be available soon from the visitor centre.
fieldworkpodcast.substack.com/p/our-precio...
fieldworkpodcast.substack.com/p/our-precio...
The 'problem' with prepping Christmas projects in November is immersing yourself in Christmas Cheer is ... it's still November!!!! Although it does mean I can dip into my "wtf christmas songs" playlist and call up Nanowar! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M68...
Nanowar Of Steel - Christmas with nanowar (Made In Naples, 2007)
YouTube video by nanowarVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The 'problem' with prepping Christmas projects in November is immersing yourself in Christmas Cheer is ... it's still November!!!! Although it does mean I can dip into my "wtf christmas songs" playlist and call up Nanowar! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M68...
I do not know their politcs or anything surrounding these political figures; but for now, for this moment, I share their joy in giving and receiving a really good present.
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I do not know their politcs or anything surrounding these political figures; but for now, for this moment, I share their joy in giving and receiving a really good present.
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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Will the RW media remember the driver and conductor of the Huntingdon attack, and how many lives they saved, the next time train companies try to eliminate staff and they strike, citing passenger safety?
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Will the RW media remember the driver and conductor of the Huntingdon attack, and how many lives they saved, the next time train companies try to eliminate staff and they strike, citing passenger safety?