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Tingenek

@tingenek.bsky.social
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A semi-retired IT duffer living by Loch Tay in #Scotland. Used to wrangle #XML, now writes flash fiction instead of finishing anything longer. Owns several venerable #alpacas and forty years of #notebooks.

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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Got a selection from the secondhand book store. #amreading
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
naomialderman.substack.com/p/lets-do-a-... - such a good idea!
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let's do a 'couch to 5k' for reading
we're going to work ourselves back to good 'reading fitness' over the next eight weeks. come and join us.
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Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I'm just one person trying to compete in a busy algorithm but still hoping to remind you that 1000 Words of Summer starts this coming Saturday, May 30. Our ninth year of writing 1000 Words a day alongside thousands of other people for two weeks straight. 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/about
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About - CRAFT TALK
CRAFT TALK is a weekly newsletter about writing, creativity and productivity from author Jami Attenberg. This is also the home of #1000wordsofsummer, where, once a year, we write 1000 words a day toge...
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Old duffer flogs first book in local shop. #selfpublished #scotland
Old duffer with book.
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Flint and Bessie doing #catscience
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Happy St Agnes Eve! Time to break out the Keats. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44470/... #keats #poemoftheday
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The Eve of St. Agnes
Full of this whim was thoughtful Madeline: The music, yearning like a God in pain, She scarcely heard: her maiden eyes divine, Fix'd on the floor, saw many a sweeping train Pass by—she heeded not at a...
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Very still on Loch Tay today. #scotland
Loch Tay
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Snowy in #scotland
Snow scene
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
The state of it. #catsofbluesky
Flint, relaxing.
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
One very angry, if undamaged #robin I'm always astonished at the effort put in by Bessie cat to catch one of these unharmed and bring it into the house.
Robin
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Today there's snooo as we say up here with more to come. #scotland #amwriting
Loch Tay from the rsilway
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 25/12/2025
‘The value of the world’s top ten companies is $25.6 trillion. Of that, $15.1 trillion has accumulated since 30 November 2022 and is directly linked to the AI boom.’ John Lanchester on the AI bubble. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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John Lanchester · King of Cannibal Island: Will the AI bubble burst?
Nvidia shares are the purest bet you can make on the impact of AI. The leading firms are lending money to one another in...
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
That's the #Jolabokaflod sorted. Merry Christmas to all.
Pile of books
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Gävlebocken @gavlebocken.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
"Jag hoppas på lite snö innan jul! 🌨️ Har snön hittat till er än? ❄️ I’m hoping for some before Christmas! 🌨️ Has the snow made it’s way to you yet? ❄️"
Gavlebocken stands in the center of fencing.
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
I have my first, honest-to-god, real book, words-and-everything in my hands. So happy.
Rowan True book
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 15/12/2025
While Amazon is investing billions of dollars to expand AI, independent bookstores are hosting community events, personally recommending books to readers, and providing a space that is safe and welcoming during a time when we need them most. Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Poetry/writing soiree while I'm in Stroud. Great to meet new folk and I got to reread my giraffe story.
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
This is why nothing gets done. #caturday
Bessie the cat
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Gävlebocken @gavlebocken.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
“ Det doftar halm i luften och julkänslan gör entré. Movember ut, bockember in! ✨🐐 You can smell the straw in the air and the christmas spirit makes its entrance. Movember out, bockember in! ✨🐐” #gavlebocken #gavle
Gavlebocken stands proudly in the center of wooden fencing.Gavlebocken being assembled with a large crane lowering horns on to its headThe head and body of Gavlebocken lie on a truck waiting to be assembled.Parts of Gavlebocken lie on a truck waiting to be assembled.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 25/11/2025
Robert Charles Wilson called it 20 years ago www.space.com/space-explor...
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Could satellite-beaming planes and airships make SpaceX's Starlink obsolete?
"When the Stratomast is flying, all these old satellites are going to be in museums."
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The silvery Tay. #lochtay #scotland
Loch Tay
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Fresh hay day, so exciting. #alpacas #scotland
Alpava with hay
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I see another turn of the immigration screw is imminant. #Labour are such a dissappointment.
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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Spring Clean by Mariette Voke @mariette_artist, a fabulously cheery painting to encounter in the atrium of the new Bristol Southmead Hospital. 'My paintings are inspired by everyday things, found, hoarded or worn with use... the ability of objects & clothing to encapsulate memories.'
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Chilly today, but a nice break from the rain before it snooows. #scotland #lochtay
Ben Something outside Kilkin
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media. Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Trip out to Crieff, stopped in at Innerpeffray Craft Fair. The Library was closed, but they had a stall :-) #innerpeffray #library #scotland
Two books
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Coal-tit being rather laid back about the whole cat's-mouth and catflap business. Remarkably unharmed and flight-worthy.
Coal tit
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Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
In Tsavo, the vibrant red earth takes centre stage – a rich hue that makes its red-tinted elephants stand out from their cousins across the country. Kainuk is a member of this distinctive herd. Orphaned in 2011, she grew up in our care and is now 15 years old and living wild: swt.bio/kainuk
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
In our fortress of darkness. #catsofbluesky #scotland
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Loch Tay from the slightly drier Kenmore end. #scotland
A view down Loch Tay
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
So that's anothet beanbag lost to humanity. #catsofbluesky
Beanbag with cat
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Every neglected vegetable in the fridge has been turned into soup.
Soup
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Bessie brought me a robin, luckily unharmed, if a little surprised. #catsofbluesky #scotland
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
As fortold, the Apocalypse has begun in the biscuit industry. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit … look away now
Club and Penguin bars are now ‘chocolate flavour’ after owner McVitie’s cuts cocoa content amid soaring prices
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Some real, in-your-hand, books, courtesy of #worldofbooks, part of a drive to be less #kindle and not a jot more expensive.
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Taking the first steps of retirement, so goodbye LinkedIn; never visited except to update my bio when I was lookng for work.
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Winding up for a fantastic Autumn on Loch Tay. #scotland
Loch Tay
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
The Tay is quite feisty at the moment. If you stand on the bridge you can feel it vibrate. #stormagnes #scotland #killin
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
More cat science. Where does the water go? #caturday
Cats at the sink
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Experienced some giraffes at Blair Drummond Safari Park; a belated birthday treat. Fantastic. #giraffesofbluesky
Harriet the giraffe
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
The three amigos... #alpacaday #scotland
Three alpacas
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
I'm reading, Bessie is chilling. #caturday
Sleepy cat
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Comrie Croft for lunch and a show. #comrie #scotland
Robin eating crumbd
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Rowing on a deserted Loch Tay last night, fantastic. #scotland #skiff #lochtay
Loch Tay from the water
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Bessie, the largest (tiredest) cuckoo in the world. #caturday
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
The delightful Tay-Lawers coffee spot on the Loch Tay south road. A haven for the weary cyclist. #scotland #lochtay
Tay-Lawyers coffee spot
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Owning a cat means a parade of angry rodents wandering about your kitchen now their kidnapper has been distracted by a bee.
Shrew
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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
💥The Bernat Klein Studio has been saved! This morning the coalition of Scottish heritage organisations secured the property at auction with a winning bid of £279,000. The studio will now be restored and brought back into public use, creating a new venue for creative arts in the Scottish Borders.
Image credit: Iain Masterton
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Tingenek @tingenek.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
The state of him, all tired out. #caturday.
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