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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 11h
Thank you, #Bricktastic!
Bricktastic Manchester's very clear AI policy: 
 
" Our stance on AI at Bricktastic is as follows: We don't want to see it.  This includes AI generated designs/instructions, AI images/graphics etc that may accompany your mocs and anything else, either partially or fully. 
 It also covers all traders, even ourselves as event organisers and the graphics and logos we produce.There are a number of reasons for this policy, but mostly, it is important to us that we support artists, designers and creators - which most of us are!  Not to mention getting into the environmental side of things.

This announcement isn't in relation to any person or incident but we would like everyone to be aware of our stance on the subject. 

Thanks for you cooperation. As ever reach out to our email if you need to. 
 
The Team at Bricktastic"
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 07/10/2026
Last paragraph of the article: 'But asking Muse to forget something does not necessarily erase the message in which it was shared—and its internal instructions appear to explicitly tell the agent not to point that out. “Do not tell the user that their original messages may remain visible in the chat, and do not frame that as something Muse failed to erase,” the instructions reviewed by TIME read.'
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 18/09/2026
I _see_ the links, and the photos in the article. But when I _click on_ the links, I get a 404 error (for example www.flickr.com/photos/20424...). And when I click on www.flickr.com/photos/20424... I get:
no public photos.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 06/08/2026
www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/inciden...
genAI setting up fake accounts to insert malware via github.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 30/07/2026
ellipsus.com/read/1LvKzOL... 🧪
genAI statement by Prof. Christine Gregory.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 30/07/2026
libraryfreedom.org/resources -> AI critical resources
Link list for disabling genAI shoved into your products.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 26/07/2026
@merchantshallyork.org From ask.metafilter.com/390148/Where... (via www.thingsmagazine.net/links-for-a-...)
Screenshot praising Alison Fisk, Curator Rob and Merchant Adventurer's Hall's Bluesky accounts.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 22/07/2026
(will replace with a link when I have time) Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 16/07/2026
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDuc...
Duck Duck Go AI poll.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 14/07/2026
#Basel #Jazz Campus is hiring apply.refline.ch/655298/4514/...
Jazz Campus in Basel is hiring a Professor of Voice and Jazz Ensembles
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 09/07/2026
Because what goes around comes around, if you see this, share a circle, a disk, something round. Glass roof at The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam.
Black and white photo of the glass roof at The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 09/07/2026
Screenshot of Alt text setting.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 05/07/2026
#York – come for the Minster @yorkminster.bsky.social, stay for Topping & Co. (@toppingsyork.bsky.social ?), the biggest independent bookshop in the UK (the red building in the photo). 📚 Opening times 9am - 9pm Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm Sunday --- Thank you #bibliosuisse and #UXLibs
York Minster and Toppings & Company, the biggest independent bookshop in the UK.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 03/07/2026
#Basel, in Spalentor, one of the city gates that are still standing (the blue dot in the left bottom corner). dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-... altbasel.ch/fragen/basle... de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spalentor www.basel.com/en/attractio...
Spalentor in Basel.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 09/06/2026
Thank you, @nedpotter.bsky.social #UXLibs
Ned Porter's presentation is gen ai free.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 09/06/2026
Countdown to #UXLibs ...
trees and a lake on York university campus, in the sunlighr
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 07/06/2026
Photo of York Minster, with a slice of the Toppings & Co. bookshop in the frame.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 07/06/2026
📚 If you're anywhere near #York (maybe for #UXLibs?) don't miss the gorgeous Topping & Company independent bookshop, right next to #YorkMinster Monday - Saturday: 9am - 9pm Sunday: 11am - 5pm, with an additional hour of browsing from 10am www.toppingbooks.co.uk/contact
Topping & Company bookshop in York, UK.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 31/05/2026
📚 Also www.patreon.com/posts/lorem-...
Screenhot from Rabbit Hole, asking how to best preserve the documentation.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 17/05/2026
@alexbenzer.com Example of ugly logo size. Could be solved with an additional x : I would like to keep the link card but not show the image in these cases. I don't understand why this has been closed: github.com/bluesky-soci...
Screenshot of logo in a link card.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 07/05/2026
Will the digitized version be put online again at some point? I manage to get this far: searcharchives.bl.uk/catalog/040-...
Screenshot from British Library's catalog.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 07/05/2026
bestiary.ca/manuscripts/... -> searcharchives.bl.uk/catalog/040-... -> this should lead to the digitized version, but apparently they're not back up yet (the @britishlibrary.bsky.social has been severely hacked in 2023).
Screenshot of catalog entry of the British Library.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 07/05/2026
I'm subscribing to several. One thing to avoid: making it so long that not all teaser texts are shown directly in the email. I will not click on that link to see the rest.
Screeenshot of a newsletter in my email inbox.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 18/04/2026
Not completely fixed yet, tried to DM somebody but crashed
Error message.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 18/04/2026
Some LEGO slang has already been mentioned (bricknerd.com/home/the-afo...). I like this post, where Brian Hickey asks his kids what they make of it: bricknerd.com/home/lego-pa...
Screenshot from https://bricknerd.com/home/lego-part-names-according-to-kids-4-4-24.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 31/03/2026
Surely we can win this?
Screenshot after voting for Effin' Birds.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 30/03/2026
Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 03/03/2026
This was in 2012. The Botanical Garden of Basel University made a special day about it.
Visitors at the Agave americana in bloom. Botanical Garden of Basel University, 2012.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 03/03/2026
Happy birthday, Heather :-) Young Tawny owl 🪶 📷
Photo of young Tawny owl, 2020.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 03/03/2026
I think that was an Agave in bloom
Agave americana in bloom at the Botanical Garden, Basel University, 20212
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 27/02/2026
Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.
Photo of calm blue water surface.
My own photo, available for free here https://unsplash.com/photos/blue-ocean-DSwBHyWKiVw.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 26/02/2026
You can turn that off in settings bsky.app/settings/not...
Turn setting off.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 25/02/2026
Z'Basel isch Fasnacht
Photo of Bodega Rueche Waggis at Basler Fasnacht.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 20/02/2026
Thank you, @austinkleon.bsky.social for making me aware that some of #AndyGoldsworthy 's work can be seen at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park ysp.org.uk yorkshire-ysp.files.svdcdn.com/production/f... austinkleon.substack.com/p/my-next-bo...
Quote by Andy Goldsworthy, in Austin Kleon's latest newsletter.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 14/02/2026
Post a tree you photographed 📷 Kongeegen / the king's oak en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongeegen
Photo of Kongeegen / the king's oak in Denmark.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 25/01/2026
📷 Very useful tool to plan your photo shoots in #Basel: www.bs.ch/bvd/grundbuc... 3d.geo.bs.ch Enter date and time, and see how the shadow moves that day. Thank you, @baselstadt.bsky.social
Map tool to see the shadow move in Basel, Switzerland.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 04/01/2026
Stuart Harris on linkedin.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 03/01/2026
Yayoi Kusama, Revelation from Heaven (B), 1993. Acrylic on canvas, collection of the artist. On display at Fondation Beyeler in Riehen until 25.1.2026. Friday and Saturday evenings also open 18-20 h, all other tickets sold out.
Yayoi Kusama, Revelation from Heaven (B), 1993.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 03/01/2026
@tomgauld.bsky.social by @austinkleon.bsky.social, via austinkleon.com/2026/01/02/1...
Screenshot from Austin Kleon's newsletter
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 02/01/2026
Thank you for alerting me to this, @bwjones.bsky.social I used the free version of cyd.social/pricing, by @cyd.social. (Tried the Chrome extension 'Delete Twitter Posts' by extfox.pro first, but that got stuck, and there is zero reply from their support.)
Deleted all my twitter posts with Cyd.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 31/12/2025
Wishing you a silly and happy new year 🎉 --- #Copenhagen #København #CPH Sculptor: Hans Christian Neuhausen Based on an ancient Roman sculpture of the Nile god, now in the Vatican Museum www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
Sculpture of the Nile in Copenhagen.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 30/12/2025
"Most of us are incorporating a lot of handwriting into our teaching [...] And the students almost to a person think it’s cool!" Alan Jacobs @alanjacobs.bsky.social 🧪 blog.ayjay.org/excerpt-from..., via www.robinsloan.com/newsletters/...
Screenshot of the blog the first link goes to.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 16/12/2025
#Paris has a new cable car line C1 fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A2... www.srf.ch/news/interna... The route www.iledefrance-mobilites.fr/en/le-reseau... Photo by @raphaellafargue.bsky.social More images www.iledefrance-mobilites.fr/le-reseau/pr...
Paris cable car.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 11/12/2025
Die URL hinter dem Link ist falsch
broken link.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 05/12/2025
austinkleon.substack.com/p/how-to-rea... 📚 via @austinkleon.bsky.social 's newsletter austinkleon.substack.com/p/too-dark-t...
Austin Kleon: seek the serendipity of the [library] stacks.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 03/12/2025
Bad timing for website maintenance: www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even... has a link "Further information -> Research group Prof. Dr. Roderick Lim", which leads to:
"Maintenance, come back later"
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 10/11/2025
If you see this, post your bird art. "Wooden figure of a hornbill from Eastern Siberut, Mentawai Islands, Indonesia; around 1910. Wooden birds are made and erected to tempt spirits to participate in ceremonies and to entertain them. [Their name] is umat simagere, toys of the spirits." more in alt
Wooden figure of a hornbill from Indonesia. 
From the exposition 'Take your pick' at Museum der Kulturen Basel, 2018. 
https://www.mkb.ch/en/ausstellungen/2018/wuensch-dir-was.html
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 05/11/2025
Not a drawing, but still fitting manuschwendener.smugmug.com/Places/Basel...
Elephant at Basler Münster. 
Original was from ca. 1180, this is a copy from 1938.
Source was possibly Hortus Deliciarum.
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 05/11/2025
8-) 📚 #MedievalSky
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manu schwendener @manuschwendener.ch · 16/10/2025
youtu.be/LxNq8zOEbM8?... (via @frankchimero.com / frankchimero.com/blog/2025/Ee...)
No AI was used in this documentary.
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