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Simon Mackie
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Content pro. I also make electronic music: http://soundcloud.com/simonmackie he/him
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sardonicus.eu
Le chien de la concierge.
André Kertész, 1926.
a dog leaning over a balcony, looking around. a birdcage is behind it
November 15, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Throwback to the time I accidentally made a spooky ghost in my #latteart 👻
A latte. Somehow the form has formed into a ghostly figure!
October 31, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Happy Halloween everyone! For the last few years I’ve been making a silly dnb track for Halloween. This year’s is based on classic Vincent Price movie, House on Haunted Hill: on.soundcloud.com/7Kv0zVWTEu8t...
Hanmoto - The House on Haunted Hill
Another silly Halloween dnb track for Escher!
soundcloud.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Amazing work on this video!
September 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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It’s that time of the year when I start wearing jeans again and also remember how bloody uncomfortable they are 🙁
September 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Just did a tiny bit of pushback against right wing authoritarian creep by voting for the board recommendations for the National Trust AGM to keep the Restore Trust loonies out. (It’s really easy to do! Just hit the quick vote button to accept the board recommendations)
September 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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My statement on Ai from the mini-comic as syllabus i made for new class I'm teaching that starts tomorrow! It robs you of your decisions & struggles - and the joy of being surprised. We won’t to be robbed of our learning - this is essential. This & the full mini at post:
bsky.app/profile/nsou...
a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - for that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning.
August 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Bristol skies during the Balloon Fiesta can be pretty epic! Hoping the wind blows them over my house in North Bristol at some point…
syrpis.bsky.social Phil Syrpis @syrpis.bsky.social · Aug 8
Just the view from my house this morning…
August 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Morning Bluesky!
A latte in a red cup. Somewhat unusually for me, the latte art is pretty good- a heart with nice graduations
August 7, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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No.
July 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Now that is a front page!
scotnational.bsky.social The National @scotnational.bsky.social · Jul 24
Tomorrow's front page 📰

Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland
July 25, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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molly.wiki
the things you learn editing Wikipedia
In the early 1900s, bistro owner Michel Lunarca [fr] popularized the name croque monsieur by satirically using it after having been accused by rival cafe owners of cannibalism.[3][4]
July 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Timely reminder!
rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · Jul 19
PSA if you pay self-assessment tax in the UK that HMRC seem to delight in actively not reminding you about the second instalment, due on 30 July.
July 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Really looking forward to this. If you haven’t listened to the rest of the series, it’s very much recommended!
alexpodyssey.bsky.social Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · Jul 12
Let joy be unconfined!*

After weeks of sleepless battle that nearly broke me, with the story and fables of Aesop, a Nolanesque epic trilogy is coming atcha.

"Aesop, Part I" drops tomorrow, Sunday, lunchtime, with Part II and Part III the following two weekends.

Or should that be "unconfirmed"?
July 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Ha so true!
timexile.com Tim Exile @timexile.com · Jul 6
Let's face it synth hardware is model railway for graduated ravers
July 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Not sure it was Gen-z who started this… youtu.be/hx-Htb8ngQg?...
July 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Some big ant’s nests here in Austria (zoom in to see the busy little creatures!)
June 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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My favorite #Wisconsin #NoKings sign/flag from today.

#wipolitics
Image of an large cat walking on top of a long snake, with caption OH LAWD HE TREADIN'
June 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Morning Bluesky! Sometimes I can make a decent latte…
Photo of a latte in a red cup, sitting on a red saucer on a marble counter. The latte art resembles a heart
June 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Happy anniversary to all who celebrate! 19 years! NINETEEN!
A screenshot of the Wikipedia page about the Guy Goma BBC interview where a man at the BBC for a job interview was mistakenly interviewed on air as an expert in Apple and a dispute in the news at that time.
May 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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My Nest thermostat is getting Googled 😞
April 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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shop.viz.co.uk/viz345bs This bluey/greeny colour discovered by scientists is nothing new. An article from Viz issue 67 ... 31 years ago.
Overly wordy clipping from a very old Viz with the headline 'Boffins Paint the Town......Loaf!' British boffins have beaten America's top scientists in the race to discover a new colour...
April 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Just a friendly reminder.
April 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Yes please!
April 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM