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Absolutely superb conditions today for saying ‘it doesn’t feel like a Tuesday.’ Say it early, say it often and just have fun with it. It’s a small talk goldmine and you’d be a fool not to get involved.

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

So you're saying I should pepper my work chat with nefarious prompts?

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Tenacity or stubbornness, you decide

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

So confused by the sound of rain I turned off my music and stood up to work out what it was

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RNIB @rnib.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

If you aren’t currently making your social media content accessible, you should give it a go. No one expects it to be perfect. Progress is better than nothing at all. We’ve got a handy guide to get you started: rnib.in/AccessibleSocialMedia

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

More importantly, I was beach body ready (I'd eaten a family pack of butter flavoured crisps) and the sun has given me cute freckles (skin damage).

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

One by one people turned to stop and stare. It was a spectacle. A handful packed up and left. Walking between the folks who remained face down in the sand, enjoying the heat on their backs. Many walked back into the sea unbothered.

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Stood in the sea watching a giant smoke plume rise from the woods above the buildings. Ash began to rain down on the crowded beach and the air turned acrid.

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Texting "what a rare privilege and joy it is to be lost in the modern world" to my wife who is lost in the woods and doesn't have enough signal to load Google maps.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Walkers should start producing small bags with exactly eight Quavers in them called Semibreve send tweet

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Watching the place where you felt free as a child burn live on TV is certainly a mood.

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Remember when itv used to put the little lined square in the corner when adverts were about to start, they should do that if there is stuff post-credits

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I will always live close enough to throw myself under the waves

Blue sky, wispy white clouds. The north sea breaking.on a shingle beach

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Lou Inglese @chaos440.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Maybe the real Ship of Theseus was the Ship of Theseus we made along the way.

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I've not even got mine yet

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Tara Clerkin Trio performing live for NTS earlier this month. Looking forward to seeing them again at the ICA in October youtu.be/HKYFzuT8LF0

youtu.be

Tara Clerkin Trio | NTS Studio Session

YouTube video by NTS

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I would also argue that I am very tired of all this and would just like to do my job and try to make things better.

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I would also argue that while money spent should be measured, it should not be the sole measurement of value. The impact of accessible and usable digital public services goes way beyond money.

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I think that part of the problem is that GDS unlocks value for other govt departments rather than being able to articulate its own value in a way that the big decision makers can measure.

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I felt every word of this when i first saw what they were proposing. Not arrogant enough to assume I'm one of the better ones, but speaking for myself - the last sentence rings true.

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There Must And Shall Be Aspirin @boscobel1975.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Brian Case died this week. @petepaphides.bsky.social has written the most beautiful appreciation of his work as a jazz writer. It’s wonderful. And this extract is just as profound about why music writers write about music as it is about jazz.

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Friends fear he is throwing himself into bodies of water again

The shadow of a man standing in a shallow river.

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I have made it an annual tradition to document Mark Twain’s hatred of July 4th celebrations, but I saved something special for America 250. Twain was part of the centennial celebration in Philadelphia in 1876. He was part of what the dubbed the “Congress of Authors”…

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c t @whatulysses.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

can't argue with this.

screenshot from a pop-up window received after downloading Microsoft Office. It features a yellow triangle with an exclamation point and the text, "'Microsoft Teams' is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the Trash."

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Quick shout out to all the opinions I didn't post online

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

eating in mexico as a european has gotta be like hearing music for the first time

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I look at the world, at the forests and the mountains here, the sky, and it's all right, as it should be. But we aren't. People aren't. We're wrong. We do wrong. No animal does wrong. How could they? But we can, and we do. And we never stop.

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We don't judge, but we are interested in, your cutlery drawers spoon to Calpol plunger ratio.

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I need a life coach who can help me monetise walking on the beach with my dog

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I like Sampha as much as the next person but that song will be the thing that breaks my now toxic addiction to whatever the 15/30 second clip machine is badged as.

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Seeking solace in the sea

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JR Moores @spinal-bap.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Adam Curtis, today, striding boldly past the racks of Paul McCartney CDs, heading straight to Inferno by Boards of Canada and then slapping his £20 note down, confidently, on the counter. Narrator: “But in the process of trying to avoid nostalgia, in reality Curtis had…”

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wil @castoncook.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

This is a lovely slow start to a day junihabel.bandcamp.com/album/evergr...

junihabel.bandcamp.com

Evergreen In Your Mind, by Juni Habel

11 track album

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