Wesley
@make52things.bsky.social
Encouraging people to make more things by showing my triumphs and disasters. Quite a lot of my life is TikTok.
I also narrate audiobooks
https://linktr.ee/Make52Things
I also narrate audiobooks
https://linktr.ee/Make52Things
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Nice to see Robbie Williams finally feels he can sing about himself
Oh wait...
Oh wait...
February 8, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Nice to see Robbie Williams finally feels he can sing about himself
Oh wait...
Oh wait...
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
While waiting for an international bank transfer to clear I'm researching how the UK stacks up against the rest of the world in workplace deaths for a one-line throw away quip in a comic script I'm writing
How's your day?
How's your day?
February 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM
While waiting for an international bank transfer to clear I'm researching how the UK stacks up against the rest of the world in workplace deaths for a one-line throw away quip in a comic script I'm writing
How's your day?
How's your day?
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Sorry, I can't come into the office because my cat would be sad.
February 3, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Sorry, I can't come into the office because my cat would be sad.
Just about to get the final sign-off for the latest audiobook - a psychic horror story set in the close confines of a Royal Navy frigate
Just submitted an audition for the next - a compendium of short stories about The Phantom of the Opera
And so the cycle goes...
Just submitted an audition for the next - a compendium of short stories about The Phantom of the Opera
And so the cycle goes...
February 4, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Just about to get the final sign-off for the latest audiobook - a psychic horror story set in the close confines of a Royal Navy frigate
Just submitted an audition for the next - a compendium of short stories about The Phantom of the Opera
And so the cycle goes...
Just submitted an audition for the next - a compendium of short stories about The Phantom of the Opera
And so the cycle goes...
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DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
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WAITER: You're married with a kid when you could be having fun with me. So, what'll it be, sir?
CUSTOMER: Can I hear the specials again?
CUSTOMER: Can I hear the specials again?
January 28, 2026 at 6:53 PM
WAITER: You're married with a kid when you could be having fun with me. So, what'll it be, sir?
CUSTOMER: Can I hear the specials again?
CUSTOMER: Can I hear the specials again?
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This was posted by @mambarlife.bsky.social in the Other Place and it’s too good not to share it.
January 21, 2026 at 3:03 PM
This was posted by @mambarlife.bsky.social in the Other Place and it’s too good not to share it.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
Can you imagine how much time we'd have if we didn't have to keep saying "You're on mute" or "Somebody has muted their microphone"?
January 15, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Can you imagine how much time we'd have if we didn't have to keep saying "You're on mute" or "Somebody has muted their microphone"?
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i think american life would improve significantly and quickly if society was more encouraging of people to have Hobbies. the most perfect and serene state of mind that exists is when one is Doing one's Little Things
January 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
i think american life would improve significantly and quickly if society was more encouraging of people to have Hobbies. the most perfect and serene state of mind that exists is when one is Doing one's Little Things
This is a relatively succinct way of putting something I've been trying to articulate for some time
I would add that we mock people who dare to hope or heaven forbid trust anyone or anything
I would add that we mock people who dare to hope or heaven forbid trust anyone or anything
January 6, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This is a relatively succinct way of putting something I've been trying to articulate for some time
I would add that we mock people who dare to hope or heaven forbid trust anyone or anything
I would add that we mock people who dare to hope or heaven forbid trust anyone or anything
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This is the funniest thing that's ever happened on Threads.
January 5, 2026 at 4:47 AM
This is the funniest thing that's ever happened on Threads.
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Here are four of my most popular cartoons on 2025
December 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Here are four of my most popular cartoons on 2025
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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The handmade, human qualities of your work are more valuable than they've ever been. Don't doubt that for a second.
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The handmade, human qualities of your work are more valuable than they've ever been. Don't doubt that for a second.
If it's any consolation my new studio monitors are not cut off by the headphones being plugged in
I habitually wear closed studio headphones - the speakers are a novelty
This has lead to a number of desperately dull YouTube instructionals on 3D printing being broadcast to the entire neighbourhood
I habitually wear closed studio headphones - the speakers are a novelty
This has lead to a number of desperately dull YouTube instructionals on 3D printing being broadcast to the entire neighbourhood
December 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
If it's any consolation my new studio monitors are not cut off by the headphones being plugged in
I habitually wear closed studio headphones - the speakers are a novelty
This has lead to a number of desperately dull YouTube instructionals on 3D printing being broadcast to the entire neighbourhood
I habitually wear closed studio headphones - the speakers are a novelty
This has lead to a number of desperately dull YouTube instructionals on 3D printing being broadcast to the entire neighbourhood
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Live footage of me remembering I should have bought milk
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 9, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Live footage of me remembering I should have bought milk
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It's a longshot people will get this joke
December 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It's a longshot people will get this joke