Zoë E. Heriot-Shaw
@zeheriot-shaw.bsky.social
Interests: cellular automata, cosmology, foundational physics, ontological continuum, philosophical fantasy, physics of clocks and philosophy of time/philosophy of clocks and physics of time, structural fabulation. Location: realm of Platonic ideals
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I think you might be over thinking it.
January 28, 2026 at 5:24 AM
I think you might be over thinking it.
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January 24, 2026 at 11:48 AM
So, are the historical solecisms in "Bookish" supposed to clue us in that the show is set in an Alternative Universe?
January 28, 2026 at 5:14 AM
So, are the historical solecisms in "Bookish" supposed to clue us in that the show is set in an Alternative Universe?
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Wouldn’t have thought this 20 years ago, but I do love a good xylophone in a jazz piece.
January 24, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Wouldn’t have thought this 20 years ago, but I do love a good xylophone in a jazz piece.
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Leibowitz is best adapted by the BBC in 1976 and filmed in a collection of gravel pits and Anglican cathedrals
January 22, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Leibowitz is best adapted by the BBC in 1976 and filmed in a collection of gravel pits and Anglican cathedrals
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Never has a truer bloot been blooted
January 22, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Never has a truer bloot been blooted
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Medieval Scribe Keeps Forgetting ‘Whence/Whither’ Rule
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Medieval Scribe Keeps Forgetting ‘Whence/Whither’ Rule
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I've taken the opposite approach of spending a lot but always buying absolutely massive headphones. There is no way I'm ever buying anything in the airbuds genre
January 22, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I've taken the opposite approach of spending a lot but always buying absolutely massive headphones. There is no way I'm ever buying anything in the airbuds genre
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I have never spent more than fifteen (15) pounds on headphones and this is why
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I have never spent more than fifteen (15) pounds on headphones and this is why
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managed to lose my new headphones an amazing and smooth two hours after buying them, setting a new all-time record for this absolute buffoon
January 22, 2026 at 4:59 PM
managed to lose my new headphones an amazing and smooth two hours after buying them, setting a new all-time record for this absolute buffoon
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If only I'd known that sending offensive messages on WhatsApp was a way to get an enhanced pension for retiring on medical grounds
January 22, 2026 at 12:57 PM
If only I'd known that sending offensive messages on WhatsApp was a way to get an enhanced pension for retiring on medical grounds
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This is the problem with PhDs: after four years of study you are overqualified for exactly one job and underqualified for everything else.
January 21, 2026 at 4:43 PM
This is the problem with PhDs: after four years of study you are overqualified for exactly one job and underqualified for everything else.
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I remember a rather Eeyoreish friend saying "well at least I can apply for this job as it's one of the few things I'm a world expert in"
January 21, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I remember a rather Eeyoreish friend saying "well at least I can apply for this job as it's one of the few things I'm a world expert in"
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Still remember the university careers pamphlet that listed one of the skills acquired during a PhD as "dealing with disappointment".
January 21, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Still remember the university careers pamphlet that listed one of the skills acquired during a PhD as "dealing with disappointment".
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I feel as if the entire world has been shaken.
Is this a bad time to mention that what we know of as penguins aren’t actually penguins?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk
Great auk - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 20, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I feel as if the entire world has been shaken.
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oh yes, the Opies' LORE AND LANGUAGE OF SCHOOLCHILDREN is a great reference text here.
January 21, 2026 at 2:17 AM
oh yes, the Opies' LORE AND LANGUAGE OF SCHOOLCHILDREN is a great reference text here.
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some of this is unique to their school, some of it is part of the great vast underworld of children's lore.
January 21, 2026 at 2:17 AM
some of this is unique to their school, some of it is part of the great vast underworld of children's lore.
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the boys' language is constantly filled with a jargon drawn in part from their education - but reworked or used ironically - and in part from the affectation of being adults beyond their years. in particular they dislike any 'moral' text and turn it into a subject of parody and mockery.
January 21, 2026 at 2:16 AM
the boys' language is constantly filled with a jargon drawn in part from their education - but reworked or used ironically - and in part from the affectation of being adults beyond their years. in particular they dislike any 'moral' text and turn it into a subject of parody and mockery.
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was thinking about meme culture pre-internet and a fascinating example is the depiction of the world of adolescent references and remixings in Kipling's STALKY AND CO, very closely modeled on his own time in boarding school in the late 1870s/early 1880s.
January 21, 2026 at 2:11 AM
was thinking about meme culture pre-internet and a fascinating example is the depiction of the world of adolescent references and remixings in Kipling's STALKY AND CO, very closely modeled on his own time in boarding school in the late 1870s/early 1880s.
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Hmm...the CIA silence isn’t “proof of aliens,” it’s standard tradecraft. The Agency checks weird claims because that’s the job, then usually says nothing. NASA can call it a natural comet, and CIA staying quiet doesn’t contradict that at all. #CIA #NASA #ufo
indiandefencereview.com/nasa-3i-atla...
indiandefencereview.com/nasa-3i-atla...
NASA Says 3I/ATLAS Is a Comet, But CIA’s Statement Sparks New Theories About Its Nature
A classified response from the CIA has reopened debate around 3I/ATLAS. NASA calls it a comet, but rising speculation suggests something less conventional.
indiandefencereview.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Hmm...the CIA silence isn’t “proof of aliens,” it’s standard tradecraft. The Agency checks weird claims because that’s the job, then usually says nothing. NASA can call it a natural comet, and CIA staying quiet doesn’t contradict that at all. #CIA #NASA #ufo
indiandefencereview.com/nasa-3i-atla...
indiandefencereview.com/nasa-3i-atla...
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Day1 of heat pump install. So far... just a lot of extra piping in the cellar. Hoping tomorrow actual physical heat pump will be in place and fossil fuel boiler gone! It wont be connected on that day, but we have wood burners for heat until it is. (wood from local forest BTW, before you type...).
January 20, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Day1 of heat pump install. So far... just a lot of extra piping in the cellar. Hoping tomorrow actual physical heat pump will be in place and fossil fuel boiler gone! It wont be connected on that day, but we have wood burners for heat until it is. (wood from local forest BTW, before you type...).
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Reborn black hole seen erupting across 1 million light-years of space like a cosmic volcano
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/420435/
Astronomers have discovered a once-dormant supermassive black hole springing back to life in a very dramatic and spectacular…
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/420435/
Astronomers have discovered a once-dormant supermassive black hole springing back to life in a very dramatic and spectacular…
Reborn black hole seen erupting across 1 million light-years of space like a cosmic volcano - Canada News Beep
Astronomers have discovered a once-dormant supermassive black hole springing back to life in a very dramatic and spectacular fashion, acting as a "cosmic
www.newsbeep.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Reborn black hole seen erupting across 1 million light-years of space like a cosmic volcano
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/420435/
Astronomers have discovered a once-dormant supermassive black hole springing back to life in a very dramatic and spectacular…
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/420435/
Astronomers have discovered a once-dormant supermassive black hole springing back to life in a very dramatic and spectacular…
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The Sombrero galaxy (Messier 104) is in the Virgo cluster & is 1 of the most massive objects in that group, equivalent to 800 billion suns. It's 50,000 light-years across & is 30 million light-years from Earth. Credit: NASA/ESA & The Hubble Heritage Team
More info: esahubble.org/images/opo03...
More info: esahubble.org/images/opo03...
January 20, 2026 at 10:09 PM
The Sombrero galaxy (Messier 104) is in the Virgo cluster & is 1 of the most massive objects in that group, equivalent to 800 billion suns. It's 50,000 light-years across & is 30 million light-years from Earth. Credit: NASA/ESA & The Hubble Heritage Team
More info: esahubble.org/images/opo03...
More info: esahubble.org/images/opo03...