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Oldpuddle

@oldpuddle.bsky.social
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Art, science and the modern antiquarian. Ronald Hutton once said that I seemed like an "interesting sort of fellow". A manifestation of Stu Pond.

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Mr Benn @thebowlerhatman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Today is Brian Cant's Birthday. One of THE great voices of our childhood. I feel so lucky to be around when people like him brought those shows to life.
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Michigan Maple Man 🍁🇨🇦 🇬🇱🥄🌲🐓⛷️🚵🏼‍♀️🎻🏕️🔨💋🐝🪵🌻🌈❄️🛶💙📎🐸 @mimapleman.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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Nature @nature.com · 23/02/2026
Nature research paper: The political effects of X’s feed algorithm go.nature.com/4c4pAje
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared with those remaining on a chronological feed, whereas switching the feed setting in the opposite direction, from algorithmic to chronological, had no effect.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
THREAD. A collection of photographs of the best scarecrows I have met on walks. You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
A scarecrow who has got drunk on extra strength lager and, rather embarrassingly, is now reliving his glory days in the Royal Air Force.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
🚨WOW! Now closing on 88,000 signatures! The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed. Let’s keep going! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
High on Low. @maryannehobbs.bsky.social show featuring Bowie's album Low was superb. First time I've heard the album all the way through (!). Loved it. Thank you MAH for putting together such an informative show about this brilliant record. Now I know why it is so influential...
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Monday morning and listening to @maryannehobbs.bsky.social Sunday evening show. Balm for the soul. Sparking synapses with juxtaposition and creative programming. Peerless. I miss her morning show so much. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Mary Anne Hobbs - 30/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
With a borderless spectrum of music, new experiments in Storytelling and sound.
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Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 14/10/2025
RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years. His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds. A massive loss 💔
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Bullstones. Watercolour and graphite.
A painting of a stone circle called the Bullstones. Watercolour and graphite.
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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read
A printed poem which reads:

I hav for breakfast Weetabix

I hav for lunch some meat

I have for tea 2 sosajis and thats enuf to eat

Peter Hazel, 5
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 20/09/2025
Elite was released (circa) 41 years ago today! This space trading open world game is considered to be the forerunner of many modern games, as well as being an important milestone in the history of space sci-fi.
Box art by Philip Castle.

The image is dominated by the game's title, "ELITE," rendered in a bold, golden 3D font with large, stylized wings, resembling a prestigious pilot's insignia. The scene depicts key elements from the game:

    The Cobra Mk III: The sleek, saucer-shaped ship in the foreground is the player's starting vessel, the legendary Cobra Mk III.

    Coriolis Station: The massive, geometric structure is a Coriolis space station, the rotating hubs of trade and commerce where players would dock.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Tryfan, Eryri. #art
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Arbor Low, Last Sunday 24.08.25
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Beer brick. Put a can of @redwillowbrewery.bsky.social's rather fine Keller Bier in the freezer to chill last night then promptly forgot about it until this morning. It's thawing now. Oops!
A can of Red Willow beer, left in the freezer overnight and frozen solid.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
The Roaches and Hen Cloud. Graphite and watercolour. A5.
The Roaches and Hen Cloud. Graphite and watercolour.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
The Bullstrang. Watercolour and graphite.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Great to have Moviedrome back on the TV tonight.
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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
FYI A lovely top notch cleaned up version of The Wicker Man complete with establishing mainland scenes is on iPlayer now for the next month. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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The Wicker Man
A puritan police sergeant arrives on a Scottish island in search of a missing girl, who the Pagan locals claim never existed.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Great piece on Moviedrome, with interviews with Alex Cox and Nick Freand Jones. Such a brilliant series, much missed. Wish the BBC had shows like this on now. www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/a...
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Alex Cox on the legacy of Moviedrome, the BBC’s essential cult film slot
Broadcasting a weekly diet of transgressive, iconoclastic cinema into British living rooms, the BBC’s Moviedrome series turned a generation of viewers into adventurous cinephiles. How did it come abou...
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Listening to @maryannehobbs.bsky.social as I work. For a synesthete such as I, that means a head filled with colours and movement as synapses are fired in unique combinations. Her show is a gift. @coseyfannitutti.bsky.social talking so beautifully about White Rabbit brought a tear to my eye.
Three stills from a motion piece by Stu Pond.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social *I think* Cuillin is pronounced 'coolin', and when seen they are not forgotten. From Elgol they are breathtaking. @duncanchisholm.bsky.social wrote this piece about the Cuillin and it is the most profoundly beautiful tune. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyUq...
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The Blue Cuillin of the Island
YouTube video by Duncan Chisholm - Topic
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
All they care about is money. Profit. Accruing wealth. Nothing else has any intrinsic value. They eschew morality and lack a philosophical framework to guide them. Their inner selves are empty and shallow, bereft of compassion or humility. They are pitiless and lost, attracted to the dark.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Stone the crows. How much does @cheshire-east.bsky.social hate Macclesfield? Evening parking charges are not going to help the town in any way.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
What the heck is controversial about heat pumps? I guess "areas of public controversy" mean subjects like climate change perhaps? Sorry to say the @evanhd.bsky.social, the BBC is in the control of people not working in it's own or our own interests, or those of our democracy and free speech.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
The Bullstrang, Near Macclesfield, Cheshire.
A photograph of the monument known as The Bullstrang, Near Macclesfield, Cheshire.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Nine Stones Close near Bakewell, Derbyshire, last week.
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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 26/03/2025
Labour have chosen to make poor people poorer rather than - Rejoin the European Union - Stray from arbitrary fiscal rules - Tax the inconceivably wealthy - Borrow to invest in broken public services* *National debt is at 95.5% of GDP. In 1947 when the NHS was established, it was 238%.
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God @skeetofgod.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Biggest regret? Creation.
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Word of the day is ‘lickspittle’ (17th century): a person who fawns upon someone in power for personal gain.
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Cavell Street, Manchester.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Listening to @maryannehobbs.bsky.social playing Woodkid & Nils Frahm and wondering what we will loose on daytime radio when she moves on. So much. Inspirational as ever MAH.
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Peter Falkingham @peterfalkingham.com · 13/02/2025
Announcing the rather epic 'Glossary of tetrapod tracks' in Palaeontologia Electronica. Three years of work led by Jens Lallensack, and with Guiseppe Leonardi (author of the original '87 Glossary). We hope it will be useful for anyone working on tracks palaeo-electronica.org/content/2025...
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Glossary of tetrapod tracks
Glossary of fossil tetrapod tracks
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Piccadilly Line, Leicester Square. Jan 2025.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Brilliant. Marina Hyde on the unimaginably rich "post democratic tech bros" stealing the work of the serfs with glee then whinging about it when it happens to them. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Oh, I’m sorry, tech bros – did DeepSeek copy your work? I can hardly imagine your distress | Marina Hyde
If China has done to Sam Altman what his OpenAI has been accused of doing to creatives, it would take a heart of stone not to laugh, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I wonder whether anyone at the Beeb has ever told Robbie Gibb, the Brexit-supporting board member knighted by his former boss Theresa May who polices the ‘impartiality’ of others, to piss off. Someone senior, whether on or off air staff, really needs to. This nonsense can’t continue.
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
On a positive note, it’s a good reminder that ALL AI can be gamed by the people who create it.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Trotternish, Skye.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Arrived today. Here be treasures.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Musk will destroy whatever ecosystem exists on Mars before we even understand what is there. He wants to own the planet. He’s not exploring, he’s exporting capitalism to do what it does best, destroy the environment to enrich the few.
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Bertrom. @bertrom.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
David Lynch. Factory photographs. “The factories that I love, are black-and-white experiences. Colour putrefies them. I really love the oil-impregnated earth, gleaming with black oil; steel and brick, and glass and these machines, and the smoke and fire. An amazing, phenomenal thing.”
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
"the uniparty". Marina Hyde nails it yet again 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There are no adults in the room: there’s barely a room. This is politics at warp speed, and we know who’s benefiting | Marina Hyde
Fiscal crisis, corruption claims, shenanigans and legal threats. This feels like the week old-style politics sat on a grenade, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 09/01/2025
Morning all! I've started a new Substack where I'll be publishing all the exciting world exclusive content that seems to land in my lap. First up, this week's Letter From London in the Papua New Guinea Courier - open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
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The Adrian Mole of Oligarchs
Found in the Papua New Guinea Courier, Jan 9 - 2025
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
"stand on the edge of everything you know and ask a different question" @maryannehobbs.bsky.social is not only one of our finest DJs but also a guide through the electromagnetic cacophony, who has given me so much amazing new music. Best of luck with your next venture, I look forward to listening.
A close-up of bank of ports on the circuit board of a Moog synthesiser placed there by the designers to encourage sonic exploration.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
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Right to Roam @righttoroam.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
REVEALED: over 1/4 of England's ancient landmarks have no right of public access. Analysis from Right to Roam indicates over 5,500 scheduled monuments were off-limits, with trespass the only way to fully experience our heritage. Read more here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ancient landmarks closed off to walkers, campaigners say
They include a neolithic burial mound in Wiltshire and an Iron Age hill fort on the edge of Dartmoor.
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