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Jake Tilson

@jaketilson.bsky.social
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Artist, designer, writer. Cities, typography, food, bands and cats. Japan, Venice, New York, London.

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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 22h
The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts & culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @campaignforthearts.org's petition urging @andyburnham.bsky.social to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Join me: www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/
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Prime Minister – put the arts in your 10-year plan for the UK | Campaign for the Arts
Sign our petition urging the UK Government to build a country where the arts are available from childhood, accessible to all and thriving everywhere.
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Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 22h
If you're in the West End today, there's a beautiful collection of Ghanaian and other African record sleeves on show as part of an installation by Harris Elliott in the basement at The Casbah gallery on Little Portland St.
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Britain really is beautiful / Cocklawburn Beach, Northumberland
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A Tate Madame, which is like a Tate Monsieur but with a fried egg on top.
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Nicola Miller @nicmiller.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A lovely bit of writing on the subject of stuffed vegetables by @rachelaliceroddy.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/food/2026/se...
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Rachel Roddy’s recipe for tomatoes stuffed with breadcrumbs, chickpeas and herbs | A kitchen in Rome
A well-seasoned and comforting meal to ease you into the autumn months
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Sign the Petition
Save the Craft and Design Courses at Edinburgh College of Art
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Interesting. Many cuisines need multiple words to help differentiate ingredients, such as chillies in Mexico: Poblano becomes Ancho when dried, Jalapeño becomes Chipotle or Morita. I bought The Great Chile Book by Mark Miller a long time ago! 50 chillies - fresh and dry, seriously useful.
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Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Japanese used bookstores are reporting a massive uptick in bulk purchases of used Japanese books by overseas buyers, seemingly without any regard to their contents. The only logical conclusion is that these books are being stripped, scanned, and discarded to train AI models.
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.craftscotland.org/journal/arti...
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Advocacy: Open Letter Adressing the Closure of Craft Courses at Edinburgh College of Art - Craft Scotland
Craft Scotland along with organisations and leaders across the craft sector call for the reinstatement of undergraduate craft degrees at Edinburgh
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Disgraceful www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/univers...
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University of Edinburgh set to cut 90 courses, including at College of Art - Arts Professional
The University of Edinburgh is planning to close 90 of its degree programmes to new applicants, including three at the College of Art (ECA) and 48 from the
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Drat, now I want a Scotch Pie.
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s wild… keeps me awake at night
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Tate Collection @tate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Barry Flanagan, Cat, 1976 botfrens.com/collections/14375/cont…
Presented by Sue Flanagan, the artist's former wife 1985
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Reasons to hate AI part 649. The real photo of the gorilla, Ndakasi, dying in the arms of the caretaker, Andre Bauma in Virunga National Park is truly haunting. I only found it because I wasn't fooled by the AU slop I was being shown on Instagram(2nd photo).
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Ian Dennis @ianindentdesign.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@imcmillan.bsky.social @jodenn.bsky.social @iansheffield50.bsky.social @ian64.bsky.social
@alqleeds.bsky.social @allanjenkins21.bsky.social
@jaketilson.bsky.social @austenpaulh.bsky.social @kbrookes42.bsky.social In that London pretending to be an eminent graphic design
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’m sorry to hear about the death of Bonnie Greer. I always found her to have incisive and fresh views, compellingly expressed. Years ago, she also very kindly appeared on the 1st episode of my podcast. T.podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/podcast-from-the-past/id1394532478?i=1000414115967
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Bonnie Greer & Andrew Male - The Case of the Smoking Moon Dandy
Podcast Episode · Podcast From The Past · 19 June 2018 · 33min
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Bonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77
The British-American novelist and playwright who regularly appeared on current affairs shows will be remembered for her ‘warmth, humour and generosity’, says her husband
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
RIP Bonnie Greer
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The person with the music written on their arse from Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights has pulled out of Ed Sheeran's tour
A bare bum with music written on it. Someone is pointing at it all 'look! Arse music!'
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Stereogum @stereogum.com · 15/09/2026
Ed Sheeran openers drop off tour in solidarity with Palestinian people
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Ed Sheeran Openers Drop Off Tour In Solidarity With Palestinian People
Following Macklemore’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s tour due to the rapper’s outspoken pro-Palestine activism, fellow openers Finneas and Aaron Rowe have dropped off the tour. Finneas made a statement on...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NEW YORK (AP) — At least three supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran's tour after Macklemore is dropped over pro-Palestinian comments onstage.
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I wonder which Japanese city will he the first to have a rogue AI Bot as its mascot.
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Recursive self improvement.
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Nicola Miller @nicmiller.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Here's how you can support the RNLI and commemorate a loved one too. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Launch a Memory | RNLI
Celebrate the life of someone you miss with our launch a memory tribute. Add your loved one's name on a lifeboat so they’re there when it launches.
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
WTF!!!!! “ChatGPT, later admitted that it should have responded earlier to warning signals of the days-long attack, which is widely considered to be the first autonomous agent cyber-attack.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030
One researcher who resigned said many in industry believe that without regulation AI could kill off humanity
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Gair Dunlop @gair.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
EDINBURGH CENTRAL NIHILISM
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026
You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.
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Salute the Pig, by Chris Bulow @salutethepig.berlin · 08/09/2026
Let’s carry on this fine tradition…
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Clash Magazine @clashmusic.com · 08/09/2026
Peerless music icon Stevie Wonder will play his seminal 1976 album 'Songs In The Key Of Life' in full on an upcoming arena tour... www.clashmusic.com/news/stevie-...
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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Oh no. I’ve accidentally put up a link to the RNLI donation page. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
RIP HELCH .. he was only 34! I do love a slab serif. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Anyway, Brian Eno said it best:
Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature.
CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided. It's the sound of failure: so much modern art is the sound of things going out of control, of a medium pushing to its limits and breaking apart. The distorted guitar sound is the sound of something too loud for the medium supposed to carry it. The blues singer with the cracked voice is the sound of an emotional cry too powerful for the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them.
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Hugh Pearman @hughpearman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
RIP HELCH www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
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'World-class' London graffiti artist Helch dies as tributes paid from art world
Helch rose to fame in 2018 by painting his eponymous tag on a series of bridges, viaducts and rooftops
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I do love Japanese mascots
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Jane Fonda’s tribute to Dolly is perfect.
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I am devastated. I just learned that Dolly has moved on. I know that millions are mourning and I want to say this - more than anyone I have ever known, Dolly will always be with us because she was so present, so powerful, so generous and playful that she is woven into all our lives and hearts forever. We have our memories of her, her songs, Dollywood, "9to5," the millions of books she got into the hands of children, all the iconic images that bring her to us. And they are all blessings. Let's be grateful for all that she has left us to ease our sadness now. I never knew anyone like her. She was simultaneously a naughty, playful southern gal from the hollows of
Tennessee and a deep, soulful thinker who could see through people right down to their true selves. She was many things...lyricist, songstress, player of many instruments, writer, prankster, visionary, loyal friend, who'd never go to bed before she and her friends had laughed so hard
they'd have to cross their legs.
She had a survivor's instinct and seemed to always know just what to do, just what to say, to make things right....and then she's stick her butt out the car window and moon Kenny Roger's home. She was the voluptuous embodiment of empathy. That's something of hers she'd want us all to take with us.
To her gay and trans fans, I want you to know that she loved you. You know that without me telling you. She loved all her fans and they are legion. And you know she doesn't want y'all to mourn now. Dress up and celebrate her spirit. But first, watch the final episode of Grace and Frankie where she's an Angel, the head honcho working class angel in Heaven.
RIP, beautiful woman. We love you.
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Barbara Nadel @barbaranadel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
God bless her! What a huge loss to decency and goodness.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Just one of the best people on this planet. ❤️
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I spent the afternoon clearing all the dead leaves and accumulated dust in our London front garden so when the deluge comes it won’t block the drains and flood our cellar.
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Would love to know how this squares with official Osaka mascot @mondomascots.bsky.social
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Black Country, New Motorway Cate le Bon Bons Nova Quintuplets Porridge TV Sonic Middle Age 2000 Rabbits Westend Cowboy
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Spoon & Tamago @spoon-tamago.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
An M5.9 quake on Sunday in Tokyo caused a store's fire alarm to malfunction, releasing a plume of fire extinguishing foam throughout the street in Adachi ward.
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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Jerry Dammers' original sketches and designs for 2 Tone Records, currently on show at The Music is Black: A British Story exhibition at the V&A East in London
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Has anyone else had a your bluesky password has been in a data breach message? @bsky.app
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Music Venue Trust @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Join the Supporters Circle from £5 a month and stand behind the grassroots music venues that make being part of it possible. 🔗: save-our-venues.backstreetmerch.com/collections/...
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Join MVT’s Supporters Circle
The Supporters Circle is for people who want to play a bigger part in the culture they care about. People who believe grassroots music venues deserve more than admiration; they deserve advocates. Last...
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Dave Nice @davenice.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
If only Nolan had hired her as an advisor for "Dunkirk". The evacuation train seats were completely wrong for that era.
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Amrk @amrk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I googled her name and she’s a health policy researcher who writes think tank reports about gambling harms, we have found the patron saint of UK Bluesky
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Hannah @bcnbabe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
BOOM! 🙌🏻 I love Science!
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