aw man i'd love to discover 5.6 million bees under a cemetery

The sun setting over the Severn Estuary as seen from the top of Uley Bury hill fort. I took this photo in September, 2021, on the most perfect windless evening, feeling euphoric having finished the edits on my debut novel, Villager. The whole walk felt like I'd temporarily stepped inside a Kit Williams painting, which was apt since for the last several decades he has lived not far from here, and the landscape was a prime inspiration for his masterpiece Masquerade. I still associate this scene with Villager, which, although it's inspired by a more rugged landscape a couple of hours south west of here, it has some very Villager elements. If you are new to my writing and would like to read an excerpt from the book (one of the sillier, easier-to-read parts of it) you'll find one in the link. I promise it's not shit.

Almost certainly the best photo I will ever take from an Iron Age hillfort of the sun setting over an estuary as summer segues majestically into autumn.
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The labor economics of 'Alien' — and its lessons for inequality on Earth Behind the acid blood and jump scares of the Alien franchise is an even more insidious horror: a single employer with unchecked power. How Weyland-Yutani helps explain monopsony — and the rise of inequality on Earth.

Behind the acid blood and jump scares of the Alien franchise is an even more insidious horror: a single employer with unchecked power. How Weyland-Yutani helps explain monopsony — and the rise of inequality on Earth. n.pr/4dGFaCl

Ecological awe is a thing I’ve mentioned about in a few talks, but I don’t think it has a super solid definition anywhere

@grimalkina.bsky.social introduced me to the idea and I fell in love with it

To me, ecological awe is a deep respect of and ability to articulate the nuances in an ecosystem

astonishing crema

Simply feed the poor into the canons

Lol nope.

Slop doesn't stand out

Espresso shot and glass of water on a stainless steel tray. Bright sunshine is pouring in.

Good morning skitches!

Anti corruption is anti fascism.

No lies detected

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This too

God bless doordash grandma

It has happened more than once that a Man has told me he is training an AI model of himself to give people access to his thoughts without him having to be present. It's only a matter of time before I tell such a Man that I already have too much access to what is going on in his brain, thank you.

I am only interested in one of these things

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Excellent post by @bcantrill.bsky.social and summs it up nicely 👏: "The best engineering is always borne of constraints, and the constraint of our time places limits on the cognitive load of the system that we’re willing to accept."

Entire post: bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/04/12/t...

a good read - on the links between "laziness" and efficient design, and what we may lose with LLMs

Black coffee in a white cup with red rims on the cup and saucer. The cup is on a wooden tray with a beaker behind it. In the background are stools and a coffee shop scene

Good morning skitches!

I mean bsky.app/profile/adam...

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let other countries hear this loud and clear 🏳️‍🌈

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Love this so much

It's a huge difference. The mandate is pretty clear

Jokes aside, this is an incredibly important day for freedom and democracy and, most importantly, for basic common sense and human dignity, in the spirit of 1989.

The view from Ukraine.