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Quentin Stafford-Fraser @quentinsf.com · 18/09/2026

All of you #Signal users getting a new #iPhone18... Don't forget the backup and transfer before discarding your old device!

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Quentin Stafford-Fraser @quentinsf.com · 10/08/2026

We're watching Pride & Prejudice - the Jennifer Ehle/Colin Firth one, of course - and though we must have seen it ten times, it STILL gets better with every viewing. Astonishing.

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Pete Woods @thatpetewoods.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I think the thing I resent most about gen AI- and this is a selfish thing to say but it’s true- is that it’s put an asterix on my sense of wonder. What I mean is that now when I see an amazing or beautiful image I can’t have that initial “wow!” reaction. I doubt. I have to verify. I hate it.

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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

This is fantastic.

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Quentin Stafford-Fraser @quentinsf.com · 12/07/2026

For me, on Facebook groups, it’s usually a case of “Where’s that blasted setting I have to keep changing to see the newest content?”

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Quentin Stafford-Fraser @quentinsf.com · 12/07/2026

The developers of these square boxes (for sale near us) decided to call the design ‘Icarus’). I’m not sure that’s a good omen for any potential purchasers. Especially in a heatwave. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/8...

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Check out this 4 bedroom semi-detached house for sale on Rightmove

4 bedroom semi-detached house for sale in Lumo, Five Acres Eddington, Cambridge CB3 1SE, CB3 for £1,024,950. Marketed by Durkan Homes

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Quentin Stafford-Fraser @quentinsf.com · 08/07/2026

Ooh! I must investigate that – thanks! I'm a huge fan of the PressReader app on my iPad which gives me access to dozens of publications, also thanks to the library.

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Quentin Stafford-Fraser @quentinsf.com · 08/07/2026

Ah - you are quite correct, but note that it is the recipient who is gifted *with* something. You don't gift an item, which is the modern usage I dislike. I approve of your pedantry. Mind you, I haven't quite trusted the OED since they decided that organisation should be spelt with a 'z'...

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Quentin Stafford-Fraser @quentinsf.com · 08/07/2026

My periodic pedantic reminder: can we remember that 'gift' is a noun and not a verb, please? And 'gifted' is an adjective describing a person. Thank you for your attention.

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Quentin Stafford-Fraser @quentinsf.com · 22/06/2026

So who provided Sir Keir's choral accompaniment?

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 12/05/2026

Pullback Drive xkcd.com/3244/

Comic. [Person 1 with short hair gestures to car while talking to Person 2.] PERSON 1: You won’t have to worry about gas pries *or* electricity prices with our new pullback drive model. At the factory, we put the car on the ground and tow it all the way backward until it starts clicking. To drive forward, you just release the brake and it goes.

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Quentin Stafford-Fraser @quentinsf.com · 03/05/2026

I remember reading an article which was a list of questions you should ask yourself to discover whether you are getting old. Things like "Can you stand up from a sofa without making a grunting sound?" One question was "Are you wearing two or more items of clothing purchased from a garden centre?"

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

"RFK is unwilling to admit that he made a miscalculation or simply misunderstood percentages. Seemingly, this regime would prefer to try to rewrite the fundamental rules of mathematics rather than climb down over a simple mistake." My latest substack. open.substack.com/pu...

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Quentin Stafford-Fraser @quentinsf.com · 15/04/2026

I’m posing for my social media - couldn’t you have removed my lead? - Betsy

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Quentin Stafford-Fraser @quentinsf.com · 13/04/2026

Status-Q: I feel the need, the need for (just a bit less) speed statusq.org/archives/2026/04/13/136…

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Quentin Stafford-Fraser @quentinsf.com · 02/04/2026

Thanks :-). I enjoyed your posts on the topic at the time you joined!

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Robert Mueller, ex-FBI chief who led Trump-Russia investigation, dies at 81 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... What a truly disgusting individual Trump is (see quote). He brings shame on all those who elected him

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Robert Mueller, ex-FBI chief who led Trump-Russia investigation, dies at 81

A former FBI director, Mueller led the high-profile inquiry into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election

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Quentin Stafford-Fraser @quentinsf.com · 23/02/2026

They do pay tax on that, though, I think ?

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Blaine @blaine.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

We should legislate identity portability for email addresses. We have it for phone numbers, where the technical challenge was much greater. We should have it for email, too.

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