Pete M
@gripecat.bsky.social
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@cultpens.bsky.social yay, a delivery today! Gasp, no love hearts? 😢
February 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
@cultpens.bsky.social yay, a delivery today! Gasp, no love hearts? 😢
Currently reading The Secret Garden, which I don’t think I’ve actually ever read before, and was just thinking about nonsense phrases - so I wondered if the Google AI was still giving meaning to made up things. So I made one up.
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February 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Currently reading The Secret Garden, which I don’t think I’ve actually ever read before, and was just thinking about nonsense phrases - so I wondered if the Google AI was still giving meaning to made up things. So I made one up.
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sorry to burst everyone's bubble but these are either entirely gen ai or at the very least ai upscaled or altered. these are taken from a page called @squirrel_boxes on instagram. quick 🧵 to explain why they're ai generated:
January 29, 2026 at 12:22 PM
sorry to burst everyone's bubble but these are either entirely gen ai or at the very least ai upscaled or altered. these are taken from a page called @squirrel_boxes on instagram. quick 🧵 to explain why they're ai generated:
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Owned by right wing billionaire fascist supporters and/or welcoming to fascists:
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January 28, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Owned by right wing billionaire fascist supporters and/or welcoming to fascists:
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This is so important because A) she did it in response to Benedict Wong, a far more prominent actor, saying he's listening to the audiobooks a lot and B) did it unprompted, she specifically stopped the fluff interview to draw the comparison to the themes of their film and support trans people.
You’ve got to love how actress Kelly Marie Tran, one of the most harassed people ever to be on the internet, still leapt up to defend trans people in a recent interview. No one would blame her for keeping her head down and shutting up forever but she will NOT and I admire her for it ⭐
Star Wars actor says ‘trans rights are human rights’ when asked about Harry Potter
Kelly Marie Tran said ‘trans rights are human rights’ when the topic of JK Rowling's Harry Potter series was mentioned in an interview.
www.thepinknews.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:33 AM
This is so important because A) she did it in response to Benedict Wong, a far more prominent actor, saying he's listening to the audiobooks a lot and B) did it unprompted, she specifically stopped the fluff interview to draw the comparison to the themes of their film and support trans people.
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Dear BBC. Dear CNN. Dear New York Times. The Trump administration lies all the fucking time. Hope this helps.
January 24, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Dear BBC. Dear CNN. Dear New York Times. The Trump administration lies all the fucking time. Hope this helps.
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Once you get into the details, this story raises more questions than it answers...
Barron Trump may have saved woman’s life with police call, London court hears
Barron Trump may have saved woman’s life with police call, London court hears
Youngest son of US president raised alarm after woman was allegedly attacked during video call last January
Barron Trump, the youngest son of the US president, alerted police in London after witnessing a woman allegedly being attacked by a former boyfriend, possibly saving her life, a court has heard.
Trump was on a video call a year ago with the woman, who cannot be named, when he saw Matvei Rumiantsev, a Russian citizen, repeatedly punch her, Snaresbrook crown court was told on Wednesday, according to reports. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Once you get into the details, this story raises more questions than it answers...
@alyfell.bsky.social rereading A Trick of the Light and the The Kissing Gate in preparation for your new work, and just got to the part in TKG where I get to look up ‘goose summer’ and marvel again about it and the origin of ‘gossamer’. Hopefully I’ll remember it this time.
January 22, 2026 at 11:03 AM
@alyfell.bsky.social rereading A Trick of the Light and the The Kissing Gate in preparation for your new work, and just got to the part in TKG where I get to look up ‘goose summer’ and marvel again about it and the origin of ‘gossamer’. Hopefully I’ll remember it this time.
Liquid Glass on phone and watch - I like that Apple sat down and thought “what if we made everything more difficult to read?”
And they’ve done a good job.
And they’ve done a good job.
January 21, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Liquid Glass on phone and watch - I like that Apple sat down and thought “what if we made everything more difficult to read?”
And they’ve done a good job.
And they’ve done a good job.
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Listening to a discussion about AI in university education with Amol Rajan & Prof Duncan Iveston on Radio 4 Today. Too short to get into the nuance of course, but an observation that copilot can do a literate review for you very quickly perfectly illustrates one of my main concerns with AI…1/1
January 19, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Listening to a discussion about AI in university education with Amol Rajan & Prof Duncan Iveston on Radio 4 Today. Too short to get into the nuance of course, but an observation that copilot can do a literate review for you very quickly perfectly illustrates one of my main concerns with AI…1/1
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No spoilers but, My God, Episode Five of *The Lowdown! Now that’s television!
*FX/Disney+
*FX/Disney+
January 19, 2026 at 10:57 AM
No spoilers but, My God, Episode Five of *The Lowdown! Now that’s television!
*FX/Disney+
*FX/Disney+
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i mean, the admin would suck, but that's politics for you. should be happening anyway
Because...
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Please sign and remember to confirm your email address.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 19, 2026 at 10:41 AM
i mean, the admin would suck, but that's politics for you. should be happening anyway
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❤️🔥🍏❤️🔥"Hail to thee old Apple tree!"
Old Twelfth Night, on the 17th of January, is one of the traditional dates for Wassailing apple orchards, to celebrate and bless the generous trees, and ensure a bountiful crop in the coming year.
#FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday
Old Twelfth Night, on the 17th of January, is one of the traditional dates for Wassailing apple orchards, to celebrate and bless the generous trees, and ensure a bountiful crop in the coming year.
#FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday
January 16, 2026 at 11:29 AM
❤️🔥🍏❤️🔥"Hail to thee old Apple tree!"
Old Twelfth Night, on the 17th of January, is one of the traditional dates for Wassailing apple orchards, to celebrate and bless the generous trees, and ensure a bountiful crop in the coming year.
#FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday
Old Twelfth Night, on the 17th of January, is one of the traditional dates for Wassailing apple orchards, to celebrate and bless the generous trees, and ensure a bountiful crop in the coming year.
#FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday
Always nice to have a cat collapse on your foot. I believe it is illegal to remove it.
By the way, this is not my cat. I don’t have a cat.
#proofofcat
By the way, this is not my cat. I don’t have a cat.
#proofofcat
January 15, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Always nice to have a cat collapse on your foot. I believe it is illegal to remove it.
By the way, this is not my cat. I don’t have a cat.
#proofofcat
By the way, this is not my cat. I don’t have a cat.
#proofofcat
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Reporting and writing this story consumed me at the tail end of 2025. I'll post my favourite details tomorrow but, for now, enjoy!!
Thanks to @mattleone.bsky.social for having me, all the interview subjects for talking to me, and @kim-hu.com for the incredible accompanying illustration.
Thanks to @mattleone.bsky.social for having me, all the interview subjects for talking to me, and @kim-hu.com for the incredible accompanying illustration.
Our next big project is live! @lewisgordon.bsky.social spent the past few months tracking down nine people who worked on DICE's innovative 2008 parkour runner.
Mirror's Edge: An oral history
17 years on from its release, DICE's first-person parkour thriller is a cult classic. We spoke to nine people who worked on it about how the revelatory game came to be.
www.designroom.site
January 13, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Reporting and writing this story consumed me at the tail end of 2025. I'll post my favourite details tomorrow but, for now, enjoy!!
Thanks to @mattleone.bsky.social for having me, all the interview subjects for talking to me, and @kim-hu.com for the incredible accompanying illustration.
Thanks to @mattleone.bsky.social for having me, all the interview subjects for talking to me, and @kim-hu.com for the incredible accompanying illustration.
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+ SCHOOLS IDENT CLOCK // RABIES SIGN +
Made these in Dec as Xmas gifts for a couple of good friends. Both were very pleasing to make so I've popped a small batch in the shop, available to pre-order for shipping in Feb. Short run and only available for a limited period.
hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com
Made these in Dec as Xmas gifts for a couple of good friends. Both were very pleasing to make so I've popped a small batch in the shop, available to pre-order for shipping in Feb. Short run and only available for a limited period.
hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
+ SCHOOLS IDENT CLOCK // RABIES SIGN +
Made these in Dec as Xmas gifts for a couple of good friends. Both were very pleasing to make so I've popped a small batch in the shop, available to pre-order for shipping in Feb. Short run and only available for a limited period.
hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com
Made these in Dec as Xmas gifts for a couple of good friends. Both were very pleasing to make so I've popped a small batch in the shop, available to pre-order for shipping in Feb. Short run and only available for a limited period.
hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com
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Oh, shove your 'smart speaker' up your arse, Radio 3. "All without touching a button!" I DON'T MIND TOUCHING A BUTTON! I CAN COPE WITH TOUCHING A FUCKING BUTTON! Good morning.
January 9, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Oh, shove your 'smart speaker' up your arse, Radio 3. "All without touching a button!" I DON'T MIND TOUCHING A BUTTON! I CAN COPE WITH TOUCHING A FUCKING BUTTON! Good morning.
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Happy David Bowie’s Birthday
January 8, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Happy David Bowie’s Birthday
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Got a sale on over at heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com - 10% off if you use the code MISERICORD at checkout.
January 8, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Got a sale on over at heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com - 10% off if you use the code MISERICORD at checkout.
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“Snow is the master of subtraction. Its arrival is heralded not by a sound, but by the death of it. As the flakes begin to fall in earnest, the world goes quiet.”
sightlessscribbles.com/the-acoustic...
sightlessscribbles.com/the-acoustic...
The Acoustic Signature of Weather, Sightless Scribbles
A fabulously gay blind author.
sightlessscribbles.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:48 AM
“Snow is the master of subtraction. Its arrival is heralded not by a sound, but by the death of it. As the flakes begin to fall in earnest, the world goes quiet.”
sightlessscribbles.com/the-acoustic...
sightlessscribbles.com/the-acoustic...
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My big night out: I realised I could leave the house party behind – and everything else that made me feel small
My big night out: I realised I could leave the house party behind – and everything else that made me feel small
It was New Year’s Eve and there had been fireworks, drinking and dancing. Amid it all, I felt ashen and cold. As I walked out, I felt my first surge of quiet liberation
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My big night out: I realised I could leave the house party behind – and everything else that made me feel small