Reposted by Andrew Wyldcara giaimo @cjgiaimo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026i was fortunate enough to profile Margaret Hamilton in 2019. A really kind and curious person. This was my favorite story she told me: 141805528
Reposted by Andrew WyldMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 23h“She asked the powers at NASA to let her add a safeguard to prevent that error in a real flight, and they laughed it off as too unlikely… When an astronaut did make that blooper during the Apollo 8 mission, it caused necessary navigational data to vanish, and they called Hamilton in to get it back.” 81028310
Andrew Wyld @andrewwyld.bsky.social · 13hSpeaking of possession of Bird with intent to supply, I continue to dig: youtu.be/5zzCYFL9zfwyoutu.beLucie Horsch, Fuse - Parker: Ornithology (Arr. Horsting for Recorder and Ensemble)YouTube video by LucieHorschVEVO 010
Andrew Wyld @andrewwyld.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I remember this one! Truly excellent. The 1983 BBC adaptation was also memorably good. 000
Reposted by Andrew WyldBig Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I have another #buyastrangerabook day offer for you lovely people. @cloakyfat.bsky.social has bought a copy of "The Machine Gunners" by Robert Westall for me to give away. An absolute classic! If you'd like a copy, just get in touch. UK only. 3811
Reposted by Andrew WyldEd Morrish @edmorrish.com · 07/10/2026rachel’s brilliant, and you should see her show! 043
Reposted by Andrew WyldRachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶 841131939
Reposted by Andrew WyldDeb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Science: *invents artificial light* Science: *price per lumen of artificial light drops to 1/10,000th of the cost* Science: *figures out how to get artificial light without setting anything on fire* *https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-price-of-lighting-has-dropped-over-999-since-1700ourworldindata.orgThe price of lighting has dropped over 99.9% since 1700In the last two centuries, the price of lighting has decreased drastically. 2589
Reposted by Andrew Wyldwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Lepiota procera, 1894 watercolour by Beatrix Potter. Best known for her children's books. Potter also studied mycology, the scientific study of fungi and was a keen conservationist #WomensArt 5752150
Andrew Wyld @andrewwyld.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Why are they called the Hats? (The pigeons, not the hattages) 010
Andrew Wyld @andrewwyld.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I had not, this is an independent piece of attempted lexical legerdemain on my part. Honestly, if I could get the letters for words like lexical and legerdemain I'd cruise home to victory, but no, it's all HIUUTVF 110
Andrew Wyld @andrewwyld.bsky.social · 06/10/2026static.klipy.comKenneth Williams & Hattie Jacques: Ooh Matron!Alt: Kenneth Williams & Hattie Jacques: Ooh Matron! 010
Andrew Wyld @andrewwyld.bsky.social · 06/10/2026By the way @joannawyld.bsky.social continually beats me at Scrabble, hence my urgent need to have genuine words I've just made up recognised 110
Andrew Wyld @andrewwyld.bsky.social · 06/10/2026See, perfectly normal hattages, photographed yesterday 220
Andrew Wyld @andrewwyld.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Can you believe online Scrabble won't let me have "hattages"? What else would one call dwellings made from hats for a robin or a vole? 120
Reposted by Andrew WyldChloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Here hares, here www.chloecumming.com/glireschloecumming.comClade of Glires — Chloe CummingClade of Glires refers to the larger order of mammal species that contains both lagomorphs and rodents, as are both contained here. Characterful, intense and vibrant animal drawings, subtly influenced... 251
Reposted by Andrew WyldChloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I have now added some of my recent somewhat banger artworks on my website as originals to buy, if you’re interested in things that are good and brilliant www.chloecumming.com/inkwater 313043
Reposted by Andrew WyldAnimation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Nick Park spent the '80s making A Grand Day Out mostly alone. It was a school project that got out of hand -- he wanted to quit many times. But Park stuck with it and fulfilled his dream of bringing a cinematic feel to stop motion. We explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/wallace-an... 141300390
Reposted by Andrew WyldAnil Dash @anildash.com · 05/10/2026I can’t emphasize this enough — “AI” wasn’t born corrupt and toxic. For ~75 years, it was mathematicians and scientists doing interesting, thoughtful work and trying to solve problems, making only the usual human mistakes. What “AI” did to machine learning is as tragic as what it did to artists. 281115208
Reposted by Andrew WyldAnil Dash @anildash.com · 05/10/2026Exactly this. And in fact, many models *have* been created this way, and decades of prior machine learning systems *were* created this way, consensually. These things are choices! People are STILL working this way! It’s not just that a better world is possible — it already EXISTS. We can nurture it. 171753473
Andrew Wyld @andrewwyld.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Good Lord, you could do some velocipeding on that 010
Reposted by Andrew WyldMichael Daly @michaeldaly64.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Russell Craig Mael. Born OTD in 1948, Los Angeles, CA www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6I6...youtube.comSparks - The Number One Song In Heaven (Official Video)YouTube video by S P A R K S 0132
Reposted by Andrew WyldRichard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I'm sitting in bed reading Charlie Brown Coronet paperbacks like it's 1978. #peanuts 91181
Reposted by Andrew WyldNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A very small example of the hazards of slop summaries in local history. There were two Fourth Scottish General Hospitals. The WW1 FSGH was located at Stobhill; the WW2 FSGH was located at Buchanan Castle. Slop machine goes ping; hospitals (and wars) conflated. *sigh* 1135
Reposted by Andrew WyldProf Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Excellent images to have a coffee whilst admiringtheguardian.comComedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in picturesA selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari... 430297
Reposted by Andrew WyldJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning. 362054452
Reposted by Andrew WyldIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026See you all later this month at Darfield Museum’s Open Mic Night: bring us a poem or a song! 0133
Reposted by Andrew WyldJared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026October issue 15894297
Reposted by Andrew WyldKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 01/10/2026Debating adding "champion amateur horologist" to my bio 64199367
Reposted by Andrew WyldChloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hi, 👋🏻 I’m Chloe I am an artist and I try to sell these little ones directly, to help me and my family be alive and have things Here are small scale artworks that will fit on a crowded wall or in a little room Endorsed by animation directors and wrestlers ✅ www.chloecumming.com/inkwater 410667
Andrew Wyld @andrewwyld.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The pants master would be Jockey Kinneir, what was I even thinking 110
Andrew Wyld @andrewwyld.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Is there room for the Gerry Barney of pants? The Genit' Barnet if you will 110
Reposted by Andrew WyldCarole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"The Loco-Motion" (Goffin-King) is notable for making three appearances in the American top 3, each in a different decade and by a different artist: in 1962 by Little Eva (U.S. #1); in 1974 by Grand Funk Railroad ( U.S.#1) and in 1988 by Kylie Minogue (U.S. #3). #littleeva #aldonmusic 1844861
Reposted by Andrew WyldThe Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 01/10/2026What on earth! It's not even been a year and the quality is worse than it already was. I think I've been scammed. Time to write an angry letter ;) 1125653
Andrew Wyld @andrewwyld.bsky.social · 30/09/2026When I was 11, our first IT lesson at school had us writing a program to play Snakes and Ladders. It rolled all the dice, moved you around the board, and in a fraction of a second you found out who had won. It was incredibly dull. I decided to write a game with actual play instead. 010
Reposted by Andrew WyldThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We've had the ability to watch, say, Counterstrike marathons, Street Fighter tournaments, or chess matches between computers since the 90s. Spectacles which, by their very definition, would be at a "higher standard" than human play. And nobody wants it. It's entirely meaningless. It has no appeal. 211493230
Andrew Wyld @andrewwyld.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Oh yes, I was more imagining that those he talked into it thought "I can't imagine why we need one of those" and should have asked more questions about that. 011
Andrew Wyld @andrewwyld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This feels like it was a Chesterton's Fence situation? 110
Reposted by Andrew WyldMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 29/09/202613 Monsters Good And True I think there are so many genuine monsters in the world that I am consoling myself by drawing little monsters who are good. 2337273
Reposted by Andrew WyldJustin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 28/09/2026And on #SongsInTheKeyOfLife's 50th, thanks to my dad for picking up a cassette copy of it which would help enhance all those outings and holidays. Finally got round to the CD in the 90s - when it cost me £26.99 - and it's been worth every penny. 3201
Reposted by Andrew WyldMatthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 02/02/2025If we don't use our small poetry presses, we'll lose them. This is why I refuse to flinch or shy from asking you to purchase a copy of Whatever You Do, Just Don't, my second full collection. Here's a sample poem from the book. Just drop me a DM and I'll sort out a signed copy for you... 1335552
Andrew Wyld @andrewwyld.bsky.social · 27/09/2026static.klipy.comSeagull Steals Food, Breaks WindshieldALT: Seagull Steals Food, Breaks Windshield 010
 at the Library of Congress, capturing nurses, patients, and specific wards active during the 1918 influenza pandemic and troop recoveries.
• Archival Plans: Ground and floor plans of the hospital at Buchanan Castle are preserved by the [National Records of Scotland](index:0.6.2, 0.6.10).
Would you like to know more about Buchanan Castle's history or see additional details regarding WWI military hospitals in Scotland?"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pe4agiuhnyekwfdk2atrutfh/bafkreicpajtxctirn6lvztjcs4clcmxuxtqofiufoozgx5ch6obut4ao2q)
![[A parody of MR ROGERS’ NEIGHBOURHOOD, in which the kindly Mr Rogers takes us to see local things in his town.]
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[title]
MR ROGERS’ NEIGHBOURHOOD
MR ROGERS:
Hi there
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Today, I’d like to take you to visit some of my neighbours…
[He puts his coat on to leave his house]
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At a wonderful local event,
[We see the cute toy-town diorama of his village famous from the TV show. The camera pulls out…]
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The Data Center protest.
[The camera has pulled out further and now we see a huge DATA CENTER at the edge of town].
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MR ROGERS [joining a crowd protesting outside the Data Center]:
The Data Center is an enormous, windowless, endlessly humming building outside of our town
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…Which has tripled energy prices, drank all the water, and created four jobs.
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[to camera, as if kindly explaining to the viewing children]:
Four jobs! Golly!
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LADY PROTESTOR [probably NAOMI KLEIN, holding a sign]:
In a way, the Data Center is kind of a vivid metaphor for a future we feel locked out of!
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MR ROGERS [to camera again]:
A metaphor.
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That’s something that lets us clarify our feelings about something else.
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LADY PROTESTOR:
How do you feel, Mr Rogers?
MR ROGERS:
I feel like bringing down the government!
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MR ROGERS [now holding a sign and protesting]:
It’s good to have neighbors.
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![Who, Me? was a top secret, sulfurous, non-lethal chemical weapon developed by MIT-graduate Ernest Crocker for the U.S. Office of Strategic Services during World War II.[1][2] Who, Me? smelled strongly of fecal matter, and was issued in pocket atomizers intended to be unobtrusively sprayed on a German officer to humiliate him and, by extension, demoralize the occupying German forces.[3]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreig5a4qwpgntp5yvblqc35c35h7gu3eq25yb4shbv57dbuvnxxfuwq)
![Who, Me? had a high concentration of extremely volatile sulfur compounds that were very difficult to control: more often than not, the person who did the spraying also ended up smelling as bad as the one targeted.[4] After two weeks, it was concluded that Who, Me? was a failure.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreibih3uoda66lpsf4t3oksxyr4e5ppkiu7n6zxp7pzdlfqbp6grehm)
