Peter Walker
@pegerteg.bsky.social
Occasional music journo, weekday business editor. Embra born and based.
Portfolio/blog: pegerteg.com
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Peter Walker
@pegerteg.bsky.social
· Aug 30
Pete’s Pad
Trying out a different way to disseminate my online musings.
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Explains a lot - I’d never really thought about how not being able to conjure mental images affects reading, remembering and relationships…
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound
Research has linked the ability to visualize to a bewildering variety of human traits—how we experience trauma, hold grudges, and, above all, remember our lives.
www.newyorker.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Explains a lot - I’d never really thought about how not being able to conjure mental images affects reading, remembering and relationships…
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
EdTech platform proliferation has gone too far.
Messages from school to my parents in the 90s: Fill in the slip at the bottom & bring in £2 for the trip to the zoo
Messages from school now: Your child's exam schedule is on Zoop, login via the LernPortal to access it, the results will be on HoneyTree, their homework is on Zappp & NumberHub
Messages from school now: Your child's exam schedule is on Zoop, login via the LernPortal to access it, the results will be on HoneyTree, their homework is on Zappp & NumberHub
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
EdTech platform proliferation has gone too far.
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
Missed this last week, but I’ll take good environmental news where I can get it:
infoamazonia.org/en/2025/11/1...
infoamazonia.org/en/2025/11/1...
Colombia declares itself the first nation in the Amazon with its entire forest free from oil and mining activities
Colombia's minister of environment and sustainable development, Irene Vélez Torres, made the announcement Thursday (Nov. 13) at a meeting of Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) ministers dur...
infoamazonia.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Missed this last week, but I’ll take good environmental news where I can get it:
infoamazonia.org/en/2025/11/1...
infoamazonia.org/en/2025/11/1...
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The Stone Roses - Fools Gold (Official Video)
YouTube video by StoneRosesVEVO
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
She’s getting pretty good at this pop music lark, is @avalonemerson.bsky.social
Delightful new single with The Charm:
youtu.be/lCjrVAmzmLU
Delightful new single with The Charm:
youtu.be/lCjrVAmzmLU
Avalon Emerson & the Charm - Eden (Official Video)
YouTube video by AvalonEmersonVEVO
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
She’s getting pretty good at this pop music lark, is @avalonemerson.bsky.social
Delightful new single with The Charm:
youtu.be/lCjrVAmzmLU
Delightful new single with The Charm:
youtu.be/lCjrVAmzmLU
Bantertastic lob, perfect riposte to that ref not blowing and fair play to Kenny (and Kieran) for the way they played after a fair amount of stick.
Yep, why not score a goal from your own half in the 98th minute?
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Bantertastic lob, perfect riposte to that ref not blowing and fair play to Kenny (and Kieran) for the way they played after a fair amount of stick.
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Scotland’s First Minister addresses the nation
November 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Scotland’s First Minister addresses the nation
We’re going to the World Cup!
November 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We’re going to the World Cup!
This is going to be a tortuous 45 minutes.
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This is going to be a tortuous 45 minutes.
There was me thinking my McTominay crush couldn’t get much bigger…
That might be the best goal I’ve ever seen Scotland score live.
That might be the best goal I’ve ever seen Scotland score live.
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
There was me thinking my McTominay crush couldn’t get much bigger…
That might be the best goal I’ve ever seen Scotland score live.
That might be the best goal I’ve ever seen Scotland score live.
Great intro and interview by @antelava.bsky.social with Google’s long-time face of journalism.
Having worked in several newsrooms with an uneasy reliance on the search engine, this is a fascinating - if infuriating - discussion.
www.codastory.com/authoritaria...
Having worked in several newsrooms with an uneasy reliance on the search engine, this is a fascinating - if infuriating - discussion.
www.codastory.com/authoritaria...
The Werewolf game: an interview with Google's former news chief Richard Gingras - Coda Story
Richard Gingras spent 15 years shaping Google's relationship with journalism—funding conferences, building friendships, creating dependencies. At a Vienna conference, we asked him to account for the s...
www.codastory.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Great intro and interview by @antelava.bsky.social with Google’s long-time face of journalism.
Having worked in several newsrooms with an uneasy reliance on the search engine, this is a fascinating - if infuriating - discussion.
www.codastory.com/authoritaria...
Having worked in several newsrooms with an uneasy reliance on the search engine, this is a fascinating - if infuriating - discussion.
www.codastory.com/authoritaria...
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No, I'd say it's racists and those pandering to them.
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
No, I'd say it's racists and those pandering to them.
My mate Mike has new music out, for the first time in over a decade. Have a listen if you like muscular yet melodic transatlantic techno…
mfo-grave.bandcamp.com/album/termin...
mfo-grave.bandcamp.com/album/termin...
Terminal Ave EP, by mfò
3 track album
mfo-grave.bandcamp.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
My mate Mike has new music out, for the first time in over a decade. Have a listen if you like muscular yet melodic transatlantic techno…
mfo-grave.bandcamp.com/album/termin...
mfo-grave.bandcamp.com/album/termin...
Good points, well made.
In an open letter shared with The Edinburgh Minute, architect Malcolm Fraser, known for his work on the Scottish Poetry Library, Scottish Storytelling Centre, DanceBase and Dovecot Studios, argues against plans to demolish Argyle House: www.edinburghminute.com/three-reason...
November 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Good points, well made.
Good international and conflict reporting is hard, but that’s no excuse for the repeated failings in how we’ve reported on Sudan.
yassmin.substack.com/p/how-to-wri...
yassmin.substack.com/p/how-to-wri...
November 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Good international and conflict reporting is hard, but that’s no excuse for the repeated failings in how we’ve reported on Sudan.
yassmin.substack.com/p/how-to-wri...
yassmin.substack.com/p/how-to-wri...
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New music from Robyn!
New music from Robyn!
Robyn, new music from!
From new music, Robyn!
New Robyn music from!
Music.
Robyn.
New.
💥
youtu.be/vitil9qMN6A?...
New music from Robyn!
Robyn, new music from!
From new music, Robyn!
New Robyn music from!
Music.
Robyn.
New.
💥
youtu.be/vitil9qMN6A?...
Robyn - Dopamine (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Robyn
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Thoroughly enjoyed The Running Man - bravo @edgarwright.bsky.social - and always raises a smirk when Glesga stands in for a dystopian slum…
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Thoroughly enjoyed The Running Man - bravo @edgarwright.bsky.social - and always raises a smirk when Glesga stands in for a dystopian slum…
Can’t argue with most of these - and the list is making me want to go to the pub @pelliclemag.com
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...
The Essential Guide to Pub Etiquette — Pellicle
It was the writer and politician Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953) who famously said, “ Change your hearts or you will lose your inns and you will deserve to have lost them. But when you have lost your inns ...
www.pelliclemag.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Can’t argue with most of these - and the list is making me want to go to the pub @pelliclemag.com
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...
I can’t believe people eat these incredible creatures.
Mattias Krantz bought an octopus from the fish market and taught it how to play piano. [youtube.com]
I taught an octopus piano (It took 6 months)
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November 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I can’t believe people eat these incredible creatures.
And they say this place isn’t as entertaining as the other place…
Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
And they say this place isn’t as entertaining as the other place…
Baby Dave - San Pellegrino (Official Video)
YouTube video by Baby Dave
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM