Ian Winick, Translator & Copywriter
@ianwinick.bsky.social
Translator (German/French to English), word-tamer, songwriter, atheist, podcaster and popular man about town.
www.ianwinick.com
Blackadder fan podcast: http:// lordofaddersblack.bsky.social
www.ianwinick.com
Blackadder fan podcast: http:// lordofaddersblack.bsky.social
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I'm Ian, an Irish freelancer translator based in Germany who overuses Spongebob gifs.
I've been on BlueSky for a while but always as a backup plan in case I gave up on Twitter. Which I have done now.
I also co-host a Blackadder podcast called Lord Of Adders Black: @lordofaddersblack.bsky.social
I've been on BlueSky for a while but always as a backup plan in case I gave up on Twitter. Which I have done now.
I also co-host a Blackadder podcast called Lord Of Adders Black: @lordofaddersblack.bsky.social
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Ireland good
December 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ireland good
show me a fictional character who has a lot of red flags but makes them look sexy
Over to you, @janinaruth.bsky.social
Over to you, @janinaruth.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
show me a fictional character who has a lot of red flags but makes them look sexy
Over to you, @janinaruth.bsky.social
Over to you, @janinaruth.bsky.social
Ah, the beautiful SEO culture, @janinaruth.bsky.social!
two tech men having an incredibly annoying meeting next to me in the café and one of them just said "the thing I love about SEO is.....the culture", gobsmacking, beautiful piece of dialogue, would have struggled with it in a sitcom yet he just said it, in real life
December 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Ah, the beautiful SEO culture, @janinaruth.bsky.social!
Well said, madam!
Zero tolerance for doomerism. Stop lazily accepting that everything is screwed forever. Stop normalising low expectations. That’s part of the problem & it’s what the bastards want. It’s also a product of privilege. People in more desperate situations don’t have the option to just sit back & shrug.
December 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Well said, madam!
But who would actually want to read one?
Suddenly I don't feel so bad about not always using bookshops.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Waterstones would sell books written by AI, says chain's boss
James Daunt says booksellers instinctively have
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
But who would actually want to read one?
I wonder if they kept the original names of the kids: Jo, Bessie ... Dick and ... Fanny?
We are so thrilled to share the teaser trailer for The Magic Faraway Tree! 🌳✨ Watch it here or on YouTube at the link in our bio 🌙🧚🍅
#TMFTmovie #TheMagicFarawayTree #TheMagicFarawayTreeMovie
#TMFTmovie #TheMagicFarawayTree #TheMagicFarawayTreeMovie
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I wonder if they kept the original names of the kids: Jo, Bessie ... Dick and ... Fanny?
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Hey America, if you were a Christian nation, you’d be feeding the poor, not yelling at them for using food stamps.
December 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Hey America, if you were a Christian nation, you’d be feeding the poor, not yelling at them for using food stamps.
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🚨🚨🚨Senator Mark Kelly with a special announcement. 1/2
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
🚨🚨🚨Senator Mark Kelly with a special announcement. 1/2
Does Joni Mitchell's River count as a Christmas song? There's ice, snow, mentions of "Christmas" and "joy and peace" and a piano intro that borrows a little from Jingle Bells.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NH-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NH-...
Joni Mitchell - River
YouTube video by jon jon jon
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Does Joni Mitchell's River count as a Christmas song? There's ice, snow, mentions of "Christmas" and "joy and peace" and a piano intro that borrows a little from Jingle Bells.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NH-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NH-...
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“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.”
— Bertrand Russell
— Bertrand Russell
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.”
— Bertrand Russell
— Bertrand Russell
Just stumbled upon a good example of an adjectival phrase where no apostrophe is needed. Always good to an example handy when some tedious know-it-all claims that there's an apostrophe missing.
An apostrophe isn't incorrect here but it's not necessary either. And I find it rather inelegant here.
An apostrophe isn't incorrect here but it's not necessary either. And I find it rather inelegant here.
December 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Just stumbled upon a good example of an adjectival phrase where no apostrophe is needed. Always good to an example handy when some tedious know-it-all claims that there's an apostrophe missing.
An apostrophe isn't incorrect here but it's not necessary either. And I find it rather inelegant here.
An apostrophe isn't incorrect here but it's not necessary either. And I find it rather inelegant here.
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Reminder: those who demonstrate against nazis aren't left-wing, they're just normal.
December 2, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Reminder: those who demonstrate against nazis aren't left-wing, they're just normal.
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A tip for anyone with a pet that is reactive & stressed by fireworks is to stay in a hotel at an airport that accepts pets on & around New Year’s Eve. Apparently the Hilton at Schiphol airport is completely full then & it’s not for a party.
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A tip for anyone with a pet that is reactive & stressed by fireworks is to stay in a hotel at an airport that accepts pets on & around New Year’s Eve. Apparently the Hilton at Schiphol airport is completely full then & it’s not for a party.
"No bangers* sold in this store".
This is the way to go, people!
*noisy fireworks.
This is the way to go, people!
*noisy fireworks.
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"No bangers* sold in this store".
This is the way to go, people!
*noisy fireworks.
This is the way to go, people!
*noisy fireworks.
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Some people call me space cowboy. Some call me gangster of love.
This one guy calls me Maurice. He sucks at giving nicknames.
This one guy calls me Maurice. He sucks at giving nicknames.
December 2, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Some people call me space cowboy. Some call me gangster of love.
This one guy calls me Maurice. He sucks at giving nicknames.
This one guy calls me Maurice. He sucks at giving nicknames.
Top tip if you want to hire people with no self-respect and no options.
Idiots, who would want to work for a dickhead like this?
Imagine how he will treat them now.
Imagine how he will treat them now.
December 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Top tip if you want to hire people with no self-respect and no options.
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Morning all!
Here is the first of three bonus episodes we will be releasing throughout December: the full interview with @pitchblacksteed.bsky.social, with a generous selection of comments from his Blackadder community.
shows.acast.com/663dc3b21f99...
Here is the first of three bonus episodes we will be releasing throughout December: the full interview with @pitchblacksteed.bsky.social, with a generous selection of comments from his Blackadder community.
shows.acast.com/663dc3b21f99...
Bonus Episode 08 - @pitchblackstead on Series 1 | Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
shows.acast.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Morning all!
Here is the first of three bonus episodes we will be releasing throughout December: the full interview with @pitchblacksteed.bsky.social, with a generous selection of comments from his Blackadder community.
shows.acast.com/663dc3b21f99...
Here is the first of three bonus episodes we will be releasing throughout December: the full interview with @pitchblacksteed.bsky.social, with a generous selection of comments from his Blackadder community.
shows.acast.com/663dc3b21f99...
I love fruitcake. Send them to me.
November 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I love fruitcake. Send them to me.
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Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
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Fuck, yeah! 😎
@ianwinick.bsky.social has swears! They've used 43 profanities in their last 962 posts.
🥇 "fuck" (11 times)
🥈 "shit" (5 times)
🥉 "hell" (4 times)
🥇 "fuck" (11 times)
🥈 "shit" (5 times)
🥉 "hell" (4 times)
November 30, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Fuck, yeah! 😎
Do your worst, @profanity.accountant!
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Do your worst, @profanity.accountant!
Roll on the weekend, baby!
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Roll on the weekend, baby!
Personally, I can't think of anyone I'd less like to have lunch with.
(I'd take the risk with the Orange Fucktrumpet just in case he falls face-first in his soup and drowns ...)
(I'd take the risk with the Orange Fucktrumpet just in case he falls face-first in his soup and drowns ...)
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Personally, I can't think of anyone I'd less like to have lunch with.
(I'd take the risk with the Orange Fucktrumpet just in case he falls face-first in his soup and drowns ...)
(I'd take the risk with the Orange Fucktrumpet just in case he falls face-first in his soup and drowns ...)
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Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.