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Sean Flinn

@seanflinn.bsky.social

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Writer, human, uncle, recuperative multi-generic hybrid, obliterated romantic, scribbling, managing crap health stuff, steps and swims at a time. Saw the NBA fall, in another life. London. Home is a WIP, with Shelves, No Commercial Value. It hurts. Always.

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 5h

Overheard at British bookstore Waterstones: Customer’s child is doing a project on dinosaurs. Customer cannot believe bookstore doesn’t have a single book with actual photographs of real dinosaurs.
#bookstores #writingcommunity #amwriting #booksky #authors #dinosaurs

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Sean Flinn @seanflinn.bsky.social · 7m

The ghost of Arthur Lowe peers disapprovingly.

Taraaaaaaaaghhhhh! Zombies!!! @theblueststar.bsky.social · 1h

They're discontinuing Snaps at the end of the month. This is some fucking bullshit.

Fuck Walkers.

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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 1d

we’ll we’ll we’ll if it isn’t my old friend autocorrect

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 6h

It’s weird how the “young” Republicans are actually full-grown men and JD Vance treats them as children who shouldn’t face consequences for their racism, misogyny, or xenophobia.

But pregnant 12-year-old little girls are treated as adults and must literally bear the consequences of rape and incest.

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Manhattan Bird Alert @birdcpk.bsky.social · 1h

A Great Blue Heron on Central Park's Harlem Meer. 💙

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 3d

I get paid 7 figures a year to come up with this shit. Some stuff I have cooking up for you to look forward to: Amazon Prime changing to Amazon Plus. Paramount Plus changing to Paramount Now. HBO Max changing to just HBO. I fucking hate all of you and I will never stop.

Headline about Apple TV+ changing to Apple TV.

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English Folk Dance and Song Society @efdss.bsky.social · 1h

Good luck to the legendary Martin Carthy at tonight's Mercury Prize Awards!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mercury Prize 2025: Pulp and CMAT are favourites to win

Bookmakers say the stars are front-runners for the prize, which is held in Newcastle on Thursday.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mostly Harmless @whalepetunias.bsky.social · 2h

"According to the legends," he said, "the Magratheans lived most of their lives underground." "Why's that? said Arthur. "Did the surface become too polluted or overpopulated?" "No, I don't think so," said Zaphod. "I think they just didn't like it very much."

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Sean Flinn @seanflinn.bsky.social · 1h

FOLLOW THE MONEY ON STANLEY BAKER AND THE MOON LANDINGS

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 2h

OpenAI wants to own it all on.ft.com/4hktbu6 | opinion

OpenAI wants to own it all

ChatGPT maker has boundless ambition, but how much can it achieve before suffering a serious case of indigestion?

on.ft.com

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Son of Raum @sonofraucous.bsky.social · 3h

This made me laugh way more than I probably should have.

A flooded toby carvery show from the outside. The water looks very brown.
The caption reads, tell me when to stop with the gravy.

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 2h

Facebook has reminded me of a Doctor Who story I made two years ago. Do it, Disney, you know you want to. You could get eight hours out of this, easy.

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 3h

Teaching students “AI prompt engineering” is such an offensive perversion of inquiry based education it makes me breathe fire.

contemporary 2 slice toaster @poasting-toaster.bsky.social · 11h

genuinely what the fuck is an "ai skill" that isn't basic reading comprehension, skepticism, the ability to evaluate sources, and, like, typing?

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Chris Orton @chriso1.bsky.social · 2h

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 2h

Although many things were different, this first edition did feature the familiar Rainbow theme - performed by Telltale (Hugh Fraser was one of the song's co-writers).

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Sean Flinn @seanflinn.bsky.social · 2h

Autocorrect is getting increasingly strange, like HAL having that breakdown.

Sean Flinn @seanflinn.bsky.social · 2h

I remember seeing this go out, so it should just be a comforting childhood memory. It manages to be both that and deeply unnerving.

archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 2h

The first edition of Rainbow was broadcast on this day in 1972. Created by Pamela Lonsdale, it was presented by David Cook and featured John Leeson as Bungle (Zippy was performed by Violet Philpott and voiced by Peter Hawkins). Music was provided by Telltale.

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Cliff Chapghost (wooOOOooo) @cliffchapman.bsky.social · 2h

Should debates be conducted with deep mutual both respect on both sides? Depends entirely on the quality of the argument being put. Respecting stupidity is why we're in messes now. Fuck people who do not have the intellectual capacity to offer a worthwhile view & shouldn't be patronised.

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Cliff Chapghost (wooOOOooo) @cliffchapman.bsky.social · 2h

Are you a scientist? No? Then your opinion on climate change not being real is not valid. It isn't. It is worthless. Fuck off. Go and have an opinion on something else. As I had to tell a deeply stupid full of himself Manx Radio "celeb" last night. Stupid Eaters. Talk about nominative determinism.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 21h

Carbon Lifeforms is a new climate comedy show on BBC Radio 4, and it's ... really good??! Tonight was all about the carbon cost of AI and featured Mike Berners-Lee.

BBC Radio 4 - Carbon Lifeforms

Comedian Jon Long teams up with scientist Dr Tara Shine for a hybrid comedy magazine show.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 1d

hello consider this a reminder, in case people missed it last week, that I've launched a new quarterly night in London called the Outsiders Arts Club where people will be able to buy great affordable art and ask dumb questions to an art professional: outsidersartsclub.com

thanks, bye

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 20h

Sean Connery's James Bond shows up in Strange Tales #164 featuring Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD.

A man in a dinner jacket and bow tie is turned away from a barbershop

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JunkboxJim @junkboxjim.bsky.social · 15h

Most excellent gothic tree for the Halloween season.
Kensington Metro Park, I think.
Oct 16, 2022

Gnarly old snag with loads of character expressed in its knots and bumps and twisty limbs.

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 9h

No matter what else happens today, I've seen this, which makes it a very good day.

Paul Connell @paulconnell.bsky.social · 10h

youtu.be/fnxAR56B8vs?...

Sooty & Sweep play The Buzzcocks

YouTube video by redmondlondon

youtu.be

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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 10h

Pamela Hansford Johnson (R), pictured with the novelist Elizabeth Taylor at a party in Knightsbridge in 1954. Is that Henry Miller to the edge of the frame?

The aforesaid authors, smiling and chatting

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