g.j.hilton
@hltn.bsky.social
historian of renaissance & em scenography: the material, manufacturers & manufacturing of spectacle - machines, entries, feasts, gardens. (burgundy, you're my favorite.)
(2025) msc bweh, edinburgh medical school
whitby, n.yorks because: goth
(2025) msc bweh, edinburgh medical school
whitby, n.yorks because: goth
(Mem. detail recipe for Alessandra) It is glorious - a stew without the stewing! - chuck the tofu at a wok & fling on sauce (toms, onion, vegan yoghurt, paprika, GARLIC) like you would a Thai curry. Dracula wd turn in his coffin but ❤️ with dumplings & probably red wine tho obvs I never drink... vine
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
(Mem. detail recipe for Alessandra) It is glorious - a stew without the stewing! - chuck the tofu at a wok & fling on sauce (toms, onion, vegan yoghurt, paprika, GARLIC) like you would a Thai curry. Dracula wd turn in his coffin but ❤️ with dumplings & probably red wine tho obvs I never drink... vine
The whole 'launch a new discipline' bit hilariously - actually no, rather poignantly - betrays the conversation he had with ChatGPT in full sycophant mode where it convinced him he was a genius. A different roll of the random matrices and he'd be trumpeting his new perpetual motion machine.
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The whole 'launch a new discipline' bit hilariously - actually no, rather poignantly - betrays the conversation he had with ChatGPT in full sycophant mode where it convinced him he was a genius. A different roll of the random matrices and he'd be trumpeting his new perpetual motion machine.
Oh my word. And it really is bespoke for me!
Tragically, I already had plans to make tofu paprikahendl tonight (don't judge me, just another Saturday night in Whitby!) so this will be hilariously perfect evening viewing.
Thank you, you're amazing!
Tragically, I already had plans to make tofu paprikahendl tonight (don't judge me, just another Saturday night in Whitby!) so this will be hilariously perfect evening viewing.
Thank you, you're amazing!
November 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Oh my word. And it really is bespoke for me!
Tragically, I already had plans to make tofu paprikahendl tonight (don't judge me, just another Saturday night in Whitby!) so this will be hilariously perfect evening viewing.
Thank you, you're amazing!
Tragically, I already had plans to make tofu paprikahendl tonight (don't judge me, just another Saturday night in Whitby!) so this will be hilariously perfect evening viewing.
Thank you, you're amazing!
This looks absolutely mouthwatering.
Le sigh, how I wish I could still travel.
Le sigh, how I wish I could still travel.
November 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This looks absolutely mouthwatering.
Le sigh, how I wish I could still travel.
Le sigh, how I wish I could still travel.
My loathsome nephew, you must exploit the human’s growing pride by... blast it, the Lower Pit Service Plan has reached its monthly whisper limit. Upgrade now to Corruption Pro™ to unlock the full arsenal of hellish ruses. T&Cs apply: monthly plan autorenews payable with major credit cards & in souls
November 15, 2025 at 8:41 AM
My loathsome nephew, you must exploit the human’s growing pride by... blast it, the Lower Pit Service Plan has reached its monthly whisper limit. Upgrade now to Corruption Pro™ to unlock the full arsenal of hellish ruses. T&Cs apply: monthly plan autorenews payable with major credit cards & in souls
Of all the great many reasons to love @realgdt.bsky.social most of all I admire how he enthusiastically exploits the Hollywood machine to be a patron and advocate for hundreds of artists. It is moving & inspirational that he very obviously has been there himself and hasn't forgotten what it's like.
November 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Of all the great many reasons to love @realgdt.bsky.social most of all I admire how he enthusiastically exploits the Hollywood machine to be a patron and advocate for hundreds of artists. It is moving & inspirational that he very obviously has been there himself and hasn't forgotten what it's like.
One would need to be of a particularly rash and unwise disposition to gainsay @madelinepotter.bsky.social on this.
Racists, she's thought harder on this than you, understands this better than you ever could, and is so much smarter than you it's unfair. Go home, you're embarrassing yourselves.
Racists, she's thought harder on this than you, understands this better than you ever could, and is so much smarter than you it's unfair. Go home, you're embarrassing yourselves.
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
One would need to be of a particularly rash and unwise disposition to gainsay @madelinepotter.bsky.social on this.
Racists, she's thought harder on this than you, understands this better than you ever could, and is so much smarter than you it's unfair. Go home, you're embarrassing yourselves.
Racists, she's thought harder on this than you, understands this better than you ever could, and is so much smarter than you it's unfair. Go home, you're embarrassing yourselves.
Quite a eureka moment. Bravo. Wow.
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Quite a eureka moment. Bravo. Wow.
yes yes yes! it's very much on the agenda to add much greater coverage over time - for exactly that reason.
a whole word companion is also 💯 on the wish list (if only because: abbreviations!) but I'm trying to get the single letters just right first
loading up a ton more hands is the priority
a whole word companion is also 💯 on the wish list (if only because: abbreviations!) but I'm trying to get the single letters just right first
loading up a ton more hands is the priority
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
yes yes yes! it's very much on the agenda to add much greater coverage over time - for exactly that reason.
a whole word companion is also 💯 on the wish list (if only because: abbreviations!) but I'm trying to get the single letters just right first
loading up a ton more hands is the priority
a whole word companion is also 💯 on the wish list (if only because: abbreviations!) but I'm trying to get the single letters just right first
loading up a ton more hands is the priority
Youre totally right on all points! The font is only there as a stopgap while I load up a decent dataset of hands - as soon as I can, it's history! I couldn't get deep linking to pages to work (but wanted to use a source which didn't need academic access) I shall revisit & improve! Thank you so much
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Youre totally right on all points! The font is only there as a stopgap while I load up a decent dataset of hands - as soon as I can, it's history! I couldn't get deep linking to pages to work (but wanted to use a source which didn't need academic access) I shall revisit & improve! Thank you so much
80% is a strong score - some maj/min confusion almost impossible to eliminate without eg a baseline. (Hmm that's a good idea!)
Ill be beefing up the character db w more examples, especially from fringes of the time period , so fingers crossed for some dustier, less familiar majuscules especially.
Ill be beefing up the character db w more examples, especially from fringes of the time period , so fingers crossed for some dustier, less familiar majuscules especially.
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
80% is a strong score - some maj/min confusion almost impossible to eliminate without eg a baseline. (Hmm that's a good idea!)
Ill be beefing up the character db w more examples, especially from fringes of the time period , so fingers crossed for some dustier, less familiar majuscules especially.
Ill be beefing up the character db w more examples, especially from fringes of the time period , so fingers crossed for some dustier, less familiar majuscules especially.
There's only me would pour so much love into this then stuff up the post announcing it. Sigh.
Anyway: you are ace. Thank you.
Anyway: you are ace. Thank you.
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
There's only me would pour so much love into this then stuff up the post announcing it. Sigh.
Anyway: you are ace. Thank you.
Anyway: you are ace. Thank you.
Thank you SO much - you're wonderful. There is some basic physics of these things that makes them invisible to one's own eye as soon one commits them. I shall change it within the next minnite :)
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Thank you SO much - you're wonderful. There is some basic physics of these things that makes them invisible to one's own eye as soon one commits them. I shall change it within the next minnite :)
I'm mortified. One tries to turn off every possible autocorrect option and still...
That said, my tired eyes can't immediately find any obvious flubs on the landing page... could I impose on your patience to show me?
That said, my tired eyes can't immediately find any obvious flubs on the landing page... could I impose on your patience to show me?
November 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I'm mortified. One tries to turn off every possible autocorrect option and still...
That said, my tired eyes can't immediately find any obvious flubs on the landing page... could I impose on your patience to show me?
That said, my tired eyes can't immediately find any obvious flubs on the landing page... could I impose on your patience to show me?
I truly despair of trying to teach autocorrect the word 'palaeography'!
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I truly despair of trying to teach autocorrect the word 'palaeography'!
Oh my gosh yes. thank you for being that person!
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Oh my gosh yes. thank you for being that person!
And of course one tool doesn't need to do everything - BUT - you're also completely right, and it nags me too - perhaps a middle way extension might be whole word or phrase mode... which might also allow exploration of edge cases eg abbreviation, etc?
v useful feedback, thank you. Food for thought.
v useful feedback, thank you. Food for thought.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
And of course one tool doesn't need to do everything - BUT - you're also completely right, and it nags me too - perhaps a middle way extension might be whole word or phrase mode... which might also allow exploration of edge cases eg abbreviation, etc?
v useful feedback, thank you. Food for thought.
v useful feedback, thank you. Food for thought.
You're completely right of course.
That said, part of the inspiration was my own tendency to rely too much on context & whole word-recognition - which failed me e.g. on names or (niche!) Scots dialect. So this was a decision...
[ctd 1/2]
That said, part of the inspiration was my own tendency to rely too much on context & whole word-recognition - which failed me e.g. on names or (niche!) Scots dialect. So this was a decision...
[ctd 1/2]
November 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
You're completely right of course.
That said, part of the inspiration was my own tendency to rely too much on context & whole word-recognition - which failed me e.g. on names or (niche!) Scots dialect. So this was a decision...
[ctd 1/2]
That said, part of the inspiration was my own tendency to rely too much on context & whole word-recognition - which failed me e.g. on names or (niche!) Scots dialect. So this was a decision...
[ctd 1/2]
Apparently there were three - the last, taken after nightfall, now lost and mon dieu how one hopes one day some shoebox in a Parisian attic...
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Apparently there were three - the last, taken after nightfall, now lost and mon dieu how one hopes one day some shoebox in a Parisian attic...
God I love this so much. Thank you, the course goes form strength to strength.
Daguerre, Blvd du Temple, huit heures and midi.
Daguerre, Blvd du Temple, huit heures and midi.
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
God I love this so much. Thank you, the course goes form strength to strength.
Daguerre, Blvd du Temple, huit heures and midi.
Daguerre, Blvd du Temple, huit heures and midi.