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scottishwildcat

@calum.me
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Scottish purveyor of #UX goodness in Ireland. #lanarkshire #meath Modern interests: #apple #android #javascript #css Retro interests: #zx81 #zxspectrum #specnext #amiga, old British telly, old British adverts. Sporting interests: #SPFL #MotherwellFC #F1

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Oh, this is a useful set of statistics. You can use it to assess just what sort of numbers of JOBS the Government means when it says we need the data centres in Ireland for the JOBS. You’d create more employment running a small chain of centras.
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Callum May @callummay.co.uk · 18/09/2026
Stephanie Cole was *forty nine* when she first starred as a care home resident in “Waiting for God”
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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I am glad people are buying Johnny Marr's guitars. Anything that makes a Smiths reunion less likely.
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DadGamerUK @dadgamer.uk · 10/09/2026
The Muppet show doesn't need a premise. IT IS THE FUCKING PREMISE!!!
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KM @sudox.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Look it’s a pretty long thread, but in short, if you saw a headline that said “regulator proposes banning children from using unsafe high voltage toasters” wouldn’t you wonder why we were letting unsafe high voltage toasters on the market?
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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Damn.
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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 29/07/2025
This is an insane thing to write about game development. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/a...

Most experts acknowledge that a takeover by artificial intelligence is coming for the video game industry within the next five years, and executives have already started preparing to restructure their companies in anticipation.
After all, it was one of the first sectors to deploy A.I. programming in the 1980s, with the four ghosts who chase Pac-Man each responding differently to the player's real-time movements.
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scottishwildcat @calum.me · 06/09/2026
Mrs Wildcat's Columbo-themed entry has been shortlisted for this year's Jancis Robinson wine writing competition! If you love #wine and #Columbo, please consider voting for her entry "Just One More Glass" at www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/our... @columbopodcast.bsky.social
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Our 2026 wine writing competition – the shortlist
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ChinnyVision @chinnyvision.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Do not touch any of these for at least 6 months. Prices will come down but also they are pretty pointless without batteries. And batteries are yet to have UK approval for plug in kits. + That's about £200 quids worth of panel, and 50 quids worth of inverter. Rip off.
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Hamlet of Melnibone @hamlet10.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The good news is that almost everything is better than it was 40 years ago. The bad news is that almost everything is worse than it was 10 years ago.
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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I hope everyone is having a great time at Electric Picnic, but I also do not see how that is even remotely possible.
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The amount of working artists I've spoken to who are losing or have lost the ability to make a viable career out of it due largely to people's use of genAI instead of hiring artists is genuinely so upsetting. We won't know what we've lost until it's gone.
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Chris Medland @chrismedlandf1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Looks like it's breaking up so I'd call this one unlikely now #F1 #DutchGP
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Fourfoot @fourfoot.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
10 years old today this article. It’s worth a read and a re-read. Everything we do has the potential to be significant. www.theguardian.com/global/2016/...
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The tragic story of Sheffield’s Park Hill bridge
A lover’s plea, scrawled high above Sheffield, was brazenly co-opted by property developers. Frances Byrnes reveals how it happened
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scottishwildcat @calum.me · 21/08/2026
A fun #UX dark pattern from an #NFL mailing list that I don't recall seeing before. To unsubscribe from all marketing emails, do you toggle the switch to the “on” position before saving? Or is it already in the correct position because you got here by clicking an Unsubscribe link? Time will tell…
A toggle switch on a web page in the “off” position, labelled “Unsubscribe All - Unsubscribe from all marketing emails.”
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right
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Sue Kirk @suekirk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
If I ever go into politics, one item on my manifesto would be i'd make it mandatory that when you get on a bus, they have to inform you if they are switching drivers on the route. This might be my entire manifesto actually
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Simon Cox @simonfrcox.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
If you MUST message me about a national emergency DON’T SAY I “should not undertake any activity that could start a fire” SAY “do not do anything that could start a fire” You’re not drafting legislation, you’re talking to people many of whom have a reading age of 6.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Axios writer: I melted my brain with AI. Not only can I no longer read, but I don't even understand the purpose of reading anymore. Here's how you can also do this. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...
Axios: AI has become my reading buddy as I've plowed through my summer book list, helping me keep track of plots and characters, unpack themes, and make sense of wordy, old prose.

Why it matters: The way many of us actually read books — a few pages before bed, a chapter at the beach, another on a plane — makes it easy to lose the thread. AI can help you pick it back up without starting over.
📖 I really got into using AI while reading James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans." The text was far too dense for casual vacation reading. My first prompt asked:

"I'd like a guide as I read The Last of the Mohicans who can help me understand what I've read and where the story is, without giving spoilers or getting ahead of my progress. Can you do this, chapter by chapter?"
The robot agreed: "Cooper's sentences are long and his diction is archaic."
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This is just so depressing to see. Readers deserve better than this.
A post showing a book with an AI prompt left in.
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Hugo Fitzpatrick @hugofitz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The most car brained NIMBY nonsense I've ever heard of. "Our park & walk culture" Just because they'll loose some Car spaces to cycle lanes.
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Amelia Clark - Lover of Flagons @gingertotty.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Friends… please can you share? I’m starting to put some art up for sale to pay for my louche year of painting (and grieving, let’s face it cos that’s what’s at the root of all this, I think) - and would love to find some nice homes for my art #artforsale #starvingartist #watercolour #bsnm #nature
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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
my neighborhood 7-11 closed a couple years ago and tried to reopen but couldn’t get the permit approved because there’s a preschool next door and 7-11s sell alcohol (the previous permit was grandfathered in). i saw a fence going up around the lot recently and looked up what was moving in: a gun shop
gun shop next door to a preschool
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Dan Maier @danielmaier.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Importing the archive: The New Scientist is the only source of band names you’ll ever need. #newscientistbandnames
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g79G...
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Neuromancer — Official Teaser | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
The Times: Net zero risks blackouts. Below a photo of French wildfires.
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Sean Mulcahy @zeneasy.co.uk · 22/07/2026
One for @timbale.bsky.social ? BBC Breakfast 06:33. “That’s the statistical situation but what’s the reality.” Then does vox pop.
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Roxy Hart @roxyhart.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A fire engine has just gone past. 20 year old colleague did not laugh when I said "he'll not sell many ice creams going that fast"
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mensrea @mensie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
German broadcast. Nailed it
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⚔️🎀 𝔉𝔦𝔞𝔡𝔥 🎀⚔️ @fiadh.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
i am begging venues & bands to rediscover clipart
your ai flyer looks like shit
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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This is a great, detailed run-through of all the computers and tech seen on screen throughout the original Jurassic Park. Apple and Silicon Graphics likely loaned roughly $4 Million worth of equipment (2026 dollars) to production. fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_par...
Nedry sits at his messy desk in Jurassic Park
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Tamara Bumpdeeay @moiness.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I cannot be doing with video podcasts. I listen to pods when I am multitasking. Walking. Travelling. Shopping. Having a bath. Working. Housework. Cooking. I watch TV when I am not doing anything else. Video podcasts are just telly but visually boring and on a crappy platform.
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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
FOOTBALL
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Sue Kirk @suekirk.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Road Safety nothing to do with us say Road Safety Authority
RSA chiefs to highlight rise in population as a factor in road deaths
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AdequateEmily @adequateemily.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Losing my mind at this Murder, She Wrote promo
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Sue Kirk @suekirk.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I have devised a simple system for working out if a social outrage that is being pushed by the right is happening or not. 1) Think, is this likely? 2) End of system.
Debunked: There are no special tax-free arrangements for Islamic banking or 'halal mortgages'
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Paul "Paulie" Hughes @pauliehughes.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
RIP The King of the PDA - such beautiful industrial design too.
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Mark GJ @brokentv.uk · 30/06/2026
The moral: tinkle-toes stop-start penalty run-ups are *never* a good idea.
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Flintstones Bowling
ALT: Flintstones Bowling
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Dr Johnny Blanchard @onlyretrofans.com · 25/06/2026
Do you make retro themed content? Did you know re-enthused has a bunch of images, videos, information and tools you can use? All we require is a link-back to the website and you can freely use it (except for LLM model training) everything from videos to the MSX release timeline re-enthused.com
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Re-enthused: world of retro
Re-enthused: world of retro
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Technically, they’re Remains now.
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Heather Anne Campbell @heathercampbell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool
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Ret @ret.furry.engineer.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026
Me in 1768: I dislike the new Prime Minister and the Steam Machine is still too expensive. Me in 2026: I dislike the new Prime Minister and the Steam Machine is still too expensive.
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Scott Jenson @jenson.org · 23/06/2026
This is what happens when you don't prototype ;-) #UX
The Linnaelumuuseum positioned it's letters away from the wall to have a shadow, not appreciating that it makes it unreadable at midday.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It's the 10th anniversary of the dumbest moment in modern British history so let's celebrate some of the idiots who made it happen. First up ... Jacob Rees-Mogg and his promise of cheap food and wine... In fact food prices have increased some 12% as a direct result of Brexit (LSE) 1/5



Brexit will REDUCE food,
wine and clothes costs
by 20% - Rees-Mogg
fires back at Remainers
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Both totally unnecessary and extremely funny that the Guardian has an interactive graphic for you to change the color of the US flag's blue to the color of the Reflecting Pool from 8 to 19 June and counting
Screenshot of the article's graphic, showing color swatches derived from the Earthcam archive, illustration the color of the reflecting pool calibrated against satellite imagery, from 8 June to 19 June 2026. I chose yesterday, 19 June, so it rendered the US American flag with a green hue instead of blue.
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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 20/06/2026
Continuing to empty my office at the house. Forgot about this, which I created during the pandemic for use during a virtual school visit, showing one way to brainstorm different characters & faces. Got the idea from a teacher friend! #Edusky
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Craig Grannell @craiggrannell.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
PR In: Coyote vs Acme confirmed to hit Irish and UK cinemas on 21 August. Hurrah!
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scottishwildcat @calum.me · 11/06/2026
Hmm... I'd say it's only good wordplay if it makes sense. Food halls can't go anywhere. And even if we pretend that they could, this one has presumably never been or has already come back, because it's here now. So which other one is the sign talking about? And why do I care?
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 09/06/2026
“I mean, your society’s broken… Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.” —Iain Banks died #OTD, 9 June, 2013 www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...
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Iain Banks: the final interview
Iain Banks died last Sunday, just before the publication of his final novel The Quarry. Last month he talked to Stuart Kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do . . .
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