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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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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Night Hookland.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Night Hookland.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Oh crikey, hope you and everyone involved is safe.
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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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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Night Hookland.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Night Hookland. Still here in the deepest dingles of the county, but dozing off early these days.
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Michigan Maple Man 🍁🇨🇦 🇬🇱🥄🌲🐓⛷️🚵🏼‍♀️🎻🏕️🔨💋🐝🪵🌻🌈❄️🛶💙📎🐸 @mimapleman.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Night Hookland.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Night Hookland.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Watched this earlier in the week. Superb.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Night Hookland. Rest well.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Night Hookland.
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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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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Night Hookland.
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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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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Night Hookland. Sleep well.
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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 · 21/01/2026
Night Hookland.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Night Hookland.
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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 · 05/01/2026
Night Hookland.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Night Hookland. It’s always good to be home.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Night Hookland.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Wonderful. Night Hookland.
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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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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Night Hookland.
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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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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Night Hookland. Rest well.
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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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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Night Hookland. Sleep well.
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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 · 10/09/2025
Night Hookland. Sleep well.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Night Hookland.
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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 · 14/08/2025
Night Hookland.
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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
Night Hookland.
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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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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Night Hookland.
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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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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Night Hookland.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Night Hookland.
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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 · 04/07/2025
Night Hookland.
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Oldpuddle @oldpuddle.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Night Hookland.
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