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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 2h

i notice that Gameification has not <nearly> taken off as much as predicted say ten years ago

Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 2h

groo y! i just had flu and Yellow Fever (long haul travel coming up) with shingles the day after tomorrow. i'm 70 and don't look like this BTW.

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

this is the most fundamental criticism of capitalism and its mirage of meritocracy and opportunity only limited by imagination and enterprise

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

age thirteen i wrote in my composition "the children were delighted to discover that they would be to receive a prize". teacher corrected "would be" to "were". but to this day i feel my own version was a stylistic choice rather than a grammatical error.

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

content aside, UK user personal observation. first time i've personally seen the hash mark # sometimes known in US as the pound sign (eg. US voicemail), actually used to indicate lbs.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026

So this story is WAY wilder than I thought The Trump post I flagged this morning because it includes Natalie Harp is actually based on the Getty photo you can see below. But there is one key difference -- MONICA CROWLEY'S FACE HAS BEEN EDITED TO LOOK LIKE NATALIE HARP'S WTF is going on here?

Trump TS post featuring the mentioned edit of Monica Crowley's face

Trump TS post which shows Natalie's face where Monica's is on the original. very weird

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Henry Mancini, Tubby Hayes & Orchestra with a live version of THE PINK PANTHER theme in 1964. Fabulous.

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

another pic of leading lady looking uncomfortable with Hitchcock

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

part of the problem with some sections of the political debate is that this is not what the so-called working-class person typically looks like (occupation/gender/ethnicity etc etc). it is a lovely piece of artwork for all that.

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

schadenfreude perhaps. but China is racing ahead with robots in more ways than one - similarly renewable power.

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Jason Buck Storyteller @jasonstoryteller.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

756 miles over 3 days! Great and very busy weekend between @celtfest and Ludlow History Festival. A day off and then back to emails, planning, sketching, rehearsing, and preparing for next weekend's @goblintownfestivallarp #Storytelling #storyteller #storytellingforgrownups

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What Cargie Does In The Shadows @cargie.baby · 26/08/2026

Despite being solidly progressive, Dolly Parton was considered "neutral" in the culture wars, not because of her stances, but bc of her aesthetic: her accent, music, hairstyles and clothing all read as "conservative americana". aesthetics are what most people understand, especially on the right

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

assuming this is true this is a great exemplar

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

AI and Amazon's SEO gone mad together. mrs and i looking into a recent spate of flies in our flat. i typed in "common species of fly UK" and guess what came first in the hits?!? Amazon trying to sell me flies!?! (as usual it doesn't even check first to see if what you are seeking is even available).

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

estudiando la música de John Coltrane recemente

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Spain should display a Free Palestine banner when they win the World Cup tonight.

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

been on a course to study the music of #JohnColtrane. his compositions don't allow much room for the rhythm section. they're all about his improvisations. he was a genius and i love his music but looking at it from the inside was an oddly disappointing experience in certain respects.

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

my music project web site is finally back up. simple problem once i uncovered it - which reminds me of many bug-fixes i carried out in my past life as a software developer. outlines what i am trying to do musically over a 18-24 month period. www.simoncbuck-sw6.com

simoncbuck-sw6.com

Riverbank26-27

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

been hearing a lot of stories about crows' gifts recently

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

been on a course to study the music of John Coltrane. his compositions don't allow much room for the rhythm section. they're all about his improvisations. he was a genius and i love his music but looking at it from the inside was an oddly disappointing experience in certain respects.

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

friend of mine from school posted a sneary anti net zero comment on another platform. insight - i'm guessing - into what some Americans feel like when they realise members of their own family are pro you know who

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

for a variety of reasons i won't go into i don't celebrate Fathers' Day

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

long weekend in Warsaw/Warszawa in prospect. looking like it will be raining every day...

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

looks like the majorana 2 thing over-hyped and not very scientific

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

just heard Eric Satie described as Symbolist. Debussy (i believe) preferred Symbolist to Impressionist. once saw a photo of Debussy and Satie at a party. looking at that picture and listening to their musics they seem pretty strange bedfellows in the same artistic movement. #SarahMorpietsch

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

very much agree. too much bread stuff is too sweet these days...

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Paul J. Dauenhauer @pauldauenhauer.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Most "science fiction" is actually "engineering fiction"

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

" I just don’t get this idea that dreadful music is somehow cool and funny." sorry although i half like it and sometimes watch it and leaving boycotting aside that's the best comment on Eurovision ever.

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XEECEE @xeecee.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I work with audio and video primarily because of my love of restarting my computer to complete installations, updates, etc

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

many men in my age group seem to not-quite retire. i have definitely retired (from IT) but sometimes my personal music project seems to re-invent my old world (in a good way perhaps) ...

home office type desk with multiple computer monitors, notebook, mug pens etc. framed japanese print on the wall

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

OK obvs this is mere petifogging in the current climate... but i have already made clear on my pinned post that i reserve the right to block accounts that post cute pictures of cats and even dogs. but i am staggered that i am now getting SICK OF PICTURES OF PIZZA and may have to act accordingly

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

[steals the World Cup trophy at gunpoint] ‘I just won the world cup’.

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Simon Christopher Buck @spacemannorbear.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

despite all, various things are weird and wonderful about modern life and also unpredicted by science fiction. hieroglyphics as a font is one of them.

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