Cameron the Apostate
@cameronp.bsky.social
Writer, thinker, journalist, photographer, lover of languages and language. Fabulous tales and simple stories. A decade+ veteran of Twitter
Beer for real men
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Beer for real men
Hey Bluesky: any friendly neighbourhood Latinists out there know of a source for the 1980s-era paperback editions of this legendary-but-long-out-of-print Latin textbook?
October 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Hey Bluesky: any friendly neighbourhood Latinists out there know of a source for the 1980s-era paperback editions of this legendary-but-long-out-of-print Latin textbook?
...And now, in September we'll be getting this. Icons like Calendar, Phone, Settings and Photos have been polished but are still fundamentally the same /3
June 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
...And now, in September we'll be getting this. Icons like Calendar, Phone, Settings and Photos have been polished but are still fundamentally the same /3
...to this... /2
June 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
...to this... /2
The liquid glass UI newly announced by Apple isn't quite the drastic redesign the hypesters and executives suggested. Yes, there are new elements, but the jump from iOS 6 to iOS 7 back in 2013 was noticeably more all-in, when we went from this... /1
June 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The liquid glass UI newly announced by Apple isn't quite the drastic redesign the hypesters and executives suggested. Yes, there are new elements, but the jump from iOS 6 to iOS 7 back in 2013 was noticeably more all-in, when we went from this... /1
@dannybate.bsky.social Just six weeks away: May 27
April 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
@dannybate.bsky.social Just six weeks away: May 27
..."At visu er pat satt, pví at ek var par faddr, er hvárki skorti vínvio né vinber" (I am very sure because where I was born there was no shortage of grape trees and grape berries). In other words, he was born in somewhere in the warmer, southern end of Germany /4
February 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
..."At visu er pat satt, pví at ek var par faddr, er hvárki skorti vínvio né vinber" (I am very sure because where I was born there was no shortage of grape trees and grape berries). In other words, he was born in somewhere in the warmer, southern end of Germany /4
Glossing Beowulf in a coffee shop ☕️🧌🗡️🔥
January 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Glossing Beowulf in a coffee shop ☕️🧌🗡️🔥
Yards from my front door this every afternoon...
December 29, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Yards from my front door this every afternoon...
Winter solstice panorama in Knaresborough. The wind 🌬️ was fierce
December 21, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Winter solstice panorama in Knaresborough. The wind 🌬️ was fierce
Thought for the day
December 4, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Thought for the day
December evening in my town
December 2, 2024 at 8:02 PM
December evening in my town
This morning I awoke to a heavy blanket of fine white snow. A sense of stillness had descended on the world. Very unusual for November
November 23, 2024 at 1:21 PM
This morning I awoke to a heavy blanket of fine white snow. A sense of stillness had descended on the world. Very unusual for November
I can’t imagine why they wouldn’t. My copy arrived today: se bera is her!
November 22, 2024 at 6:26 PM
I can’t imagine why they wouldn’t. My copy arrived today: se bera is her!
Hello darkness, my old friend
November 21, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Hello darkness, my old friend
Little known fact: 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' is actually much, much older than is commonly believed. Beatrix Pottere was a noblewoman in the court of King Cnut in the 1020s. Here is the rarely seen untranslated version in the original Old English
November 21, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Little known fact: 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' is actually much, much older than is commonly believed. Beatrix Pottere was a noblewoman in the court of King Cnut in the 1020s. Here is the rarely seen untranslated version in the original Old English
A glorious golden carpet in my town today
November 15, 2024 at 11:27 AM
A glorious golden carpet in my town today
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #23,257!
September 23, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #23,257!
Such a useful word
September 8, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Such a useful word
Professors: be courteous to students catching up on their sleep
February 4, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Professors: be courteous to students catching up on their sleep
I have been getting in touch with my inner horologist by slowly building a very modest collection of interesting wristwatches. Here we seea replica of the Omega watches worn by the Apollo 11 crew on the Moon, and on the right, a replica standard issue British military watch from WW2 ⌚️
October 21, 2023 at 12:44 PM
I have been getting in touch with my inner horologist by slowly building a very modest collection of interesting wristwatches. Here we seea replica of the Omega watches worn by the Apollo 11 crew on the Moon, and on the right, a replica standard issue British military watch from WW2 ⌚️