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Vincent Z

@vincez.bsky.social
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Consultant at a tech marketing company. Project author. Interest: alternative technology futures | decentralised tech | internationalist | green thumb

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Good Food Kitchen @goodfood.kitchen · 29/07/2026
Our latest recipe is heatwave-approved! 🥵🍒 We harvested our allotment-grown black cherries to churn this fresh black cherry vanilla ice cream. It’s the perfect reward for this hot weather. Is it ice cream for lunch weather where you are? 🍦 #SummerVibes
A close-up photo of my hand holding a waffle cone topped with a scoop of our homemade black cherry vanilla ice cream. The ice cream is a rich dark pink and soft mauve colour from the black cherries blending into the cream, with visible chunks of deep purple-black cherry dotted throughout.

My nails are painted in different pastel shades to represent ice cream flavours, but the polish is faded and worn at the tips from a morning spent gardening and tending to our allotment plots. 

In the blurred background, you can see the rustic brick wall of our kitchen. This shot shows the reward of bringing fresh produce from the kitchen garden and allotment straight into a brand-new recipe we are developing to beat this summer heatwave.
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
What a legend.... #SonnSonny Rollins, Giant of the Jazz Saxophone, Is Dead at 95 - The New York Times
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Sonny Rollins, Giant of the Jazz Saxophone, Is Dead at 95
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Wolf Super moon 🌚🌛 over the Kent coast - view from my window.
Wolf Super moon over the Kent Coast, December 2026.
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Good Food Kitchen @goodfood.kitchen · 28/12/2025
Entering Le Shuttle on the Eurotunnel, always a little daunting when navigating the edges.
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Now for some good news: the UK is finally moving to shut down ripoff ticket resellers. You should soon be able to buy seats directly from venues without touts grabbing everything first. #MusicSky
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Reselling tickets for profit to be outlawed in UK government crackdown
Touts, and ordinary consumers, will no longer be able to charge anything more than price at which they bought ticket
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
The race to launch AI apps is moving faster than any real quality control. In the rush to be first, safety and oversight are being ignored and people are getting hurt. When a chatbot can push a child toward suicide, that’s not innovation, it’s negligence. #AI
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Mothers say AI chatbots encouraged their sons to kill themselves - BBC News
In her first UK interview Megan Garcia speaks to Laura Kuenssberg about the death of her teenage son.
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Jaz @jaz.sh · 03/10/2025
cool fact, my self-hosted PDS is ~500 microseconds away from my apartment over the internet and that PDS is ~500 microseconds away from its S3 endpoint where my blobs live this is compared to the ~67-75ms jump from my apartment to bsky's US-east PDSs the site is a LOT snappier for me now :)
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Tim Berners-Lee: “You shouldn’t be owned, not even your data.” The man who gave us the web for free reminds us: when companies treat your life as their property, the question is simple - who really owns you? #www
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Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee
My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The Murdochs are reportedly eyeing a TikTok deal. Remember their last social media adventure with MySpace? That didn’t exactly go well. Moves like this are exactly why decentralised platforms like Bluesky are more important than ever - a place where content isn’t shaped by corporate agendas.
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Murdochs likely to be involved in TikTok deal, Trump says
Oracle chairman Larry Ellison and Dell founder Michael Dell are also both involved, the president tells Fox News.
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Massive Attack have become the latest act – and first major-label one – to pull their catalogue from Spotify in protest at founder Daniel Ek investing €600m (£520m) in the military AI company Helsing. #massiveattack
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Massive Attack remove music from Spotify to protest against CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in AI military
The band cited a ‘moral and ethical burden’ placed on artists by revenue from their work ultimately funding lethal technologies
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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 24/07/2025
"Social media users are tired of losing their identity and data every time a platform shuts down or pivots. In the ATProto ecosystem, users own their data and identities. Bluesky is the first big example, but a new wave of decentralized social networks is just beginning."
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Deana @dsz.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Perfectly cooked haddock - Delish - Wonderful view, and the very best company - my Mr. Z! ❤️ What more could a girl ask for on a Friday night! 😁
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Steve the Muppet Wrangler @beardog63.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Morning folks! Have a stellar day! Here's an earworm to get ya started
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10cc - Dreadlock Holiday
YouTube video by 10ccVEVO
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Signe Johansen @signesjohansen.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Funny how the tech broligarchs (and their enablers) keep claiming they can’t afford to pay creators for the work they’ve so brazenly filched from all of us… #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing
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Good Food Kitchen @goodfood.kitchen · 25/06/2025
Anthony Bourdain Day. Last year his coq au vin. This year, Poule au Pot from the Les Halles cookbook. Sausage-stuffed chicken, vegetables, slow-simmered. A quiet, thoughtful dish from a man who made food about far more than eating. #BourdainDay 🐓🥘
A large round casserole pot rests on an old, weathered wooden table. Inside, a whole chicken, tender from hours of slow simmering, sits surrounded by parsnips, new potatoes, carrots, onions, leeks and cabbage. The golden broth is slightly cloudy, fragrant, and gently steaming. A plain, satisfying dish. A quiet celebration of Anthony Bourdain’s life, and the way he made food a way of seeing the world. Food Photography taken on a Canon EOS R6m2 w/ EF24-70
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Earworm of the day: Joy Division - Shadowplay #OutsideBroadcast #MusicSky #JoyDivision
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Joy Division - Shadowplay - First TV Appearance 20th September 1978 - HD Promo Video
YouTube video by Moog Bass
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
True the Bluesky 🦋 scale is tipped to the left, but it does offer a stable counterbalance to X. One way would may be to push non-political stories and conversations higher in the discovery feeds etc... @jay.bsky.team
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Bluesky backlash misses the point | TechCrunch
Not only is Bluesky more than just a Twitter/X alternative, it's just one app in a wider social ecosystem built on open technology.
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Deana @dsz.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Sad news, RIP, Brian Wilson co-founder of The Beach Boys has died. #thebeachboys #godonlyknows
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The Beach Boys - God only knows (1966) fully restored video
YouTube video by Mike Adams
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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Had a great conversation with @jay.bsky.team about the future of Bluesky, which she hopes is a future where Bluesky becomes one small part of a much larger ecosystem: www.wired.com/story/big-in...
wired.com
Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet
All the lefties fled to Bluesky following Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. But CEO Jay Graber says the app is for everyone—and could revolutionize how people communicate online.
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Good Food Kitchen @goodfood.kitchen · 14/05/2025
Morning all, it's Thursday and here's my earworm of the day: The Clash - Magnificent Seven. #OutsideBroadcast 🎵
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The Clash - The Magnificent Seven (Official Video)
YouTube video by theclashVEVO
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Tickets booked with @dsz.bsky.social to see the 4K restored concert film 'Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII' looking forward to hearing the film's updated sound and new mix by Steven Wilson. #PinkFloyd #MusicSky
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
So long, Marianne Faithful...
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Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (Short Film by Derek Jarman) [1979]
YouTube video by Marianne Faithfull
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Cʜʀɪs Sᴛᴇɪɴ @chrisstein.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Robert Fripp, Debbie c 1979
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Good Food Kitchen @goodfood.kitchen · 08/01/2025
Today would have been David Bowie's birthday - here is my Earworm of the day: "Oh! You Pretty Things" "Look out my window, what do I see? Crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me" 🎶
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David Bowie - Oh! You Pretty Things (Old Grey Whistle Test, 1972) [HD Upgrade]
YouTube video by David Bowie
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
Tip: If you get a haircut at the Dracula Barbershop 🧛 in Ramsgate then don't forget to take a few garlic 🧄 bulbs in your pocket. 🦇
This is where vampires get their haircuts on Halloween
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 10/10/2024
Analysts predict that OpenAI will struggle to raise funds within 3 years, leading Microsoft to potentially acquire it. The #AI hype is expected to slow down, causing firms like OpenAI to seek larger investors. IMO this translates to a deal is probably already in the works. #OpenAI
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Microsoft Will Buy OpenAI Within Three Years, Analyst Predicts
The soaring costs of running AI services will force ChatGPT maker OpenAI into Microsoft's arms, an analyst suggests.
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 18/09/2024
Hell, yeah! Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #251,849!
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
Oh boy, we sat through 3 hours of tedious disjointed Western clichés watching #Horizon An American Saga. If you value 1/8 of your day then don't watch it.
Film poster for the movie Horizon An American Saga
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 23/04/2024
Today's newsletter is the story of how Prabhakar Raghavan, Google's former head of ads - led a coup so that he could run Google Search, and how an email chain from 2019 began a cascade of events that would lead to him running it into the ground. www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-...
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The Man Who Killed Google Search
This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. The story begins on February 5th 2019, when Ben Gomes, Google’s head of search, had a problem. Jerry Dischler, ...
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Good Food Kitchen @goodfood.kitchen · 14/02/2024
Happy Valentine's Day - this is one of my favourite recent-ish photos taken at Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech. It was early morning and it was clocking 33°C (91°F) and we were melting from the heat.
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 26/01/2024
"Just because you get to spin the baton up front. It doesn't make you band leader". #MastersOfTheAir
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 24/01/2024
!jazbot whereami
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
It would have been David Bowie's birthday today. As I'm currently working in London, I stopped by the Bowie Ziggy Stardust Plaque for a quick photo. Only let down by how hideously commercial the area has become in comparison to when Bowie had his photo op there.
Blue Plaque in London commemorating David Bowie's album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 23/12/2023
The source of my intermittent internet issues this morning has been diagnosed: cats. There were cats sitting on the router.
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 06/10/2023
Last night, we @goodfood.kitchen went to see the remastered version of the Talking Heads movie, "Stop Making Sense." The soundtrack has been enhanced, and the video upgraded to 4K quality. The footage of the Tom Tom Club performing "Genius of Love" alongside the Talking Heads band, is brilliant.
David Byrne of Talking Heads performing "Once in a Lifetime" for 'Stop Making Sense' concert film.Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads playing bass guitar to Tom Tom Clubs - "Genius of Love" for 'Stop Making Sense' concert film.David Byrne's foot wearing a white plimsoll while tapping to Talking Heads song "Psycho Killer"
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 24/09/2023
Introduce yourself with three books you love: Refiner's Fire: The Life and Adventures of Marshall Pearl, A Foundling. Factory Records: The Complete Graphic Album. Weaving the Web.
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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 12/09/2023
In January, the Bluesky app began with a few hundred users. We’ve since grown past 1 million. I’m proud of what our team has accomplished in the last 9 months: we’ve open sourced the protocol and app, introduced self-verification via custom domains, and enabled algorithmic choice with custom feeds.
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 11/09/2023
Today, the Internet Archive submitted its appeal in Hachette v. Internet Archive. As we stated when the decision was handed down in March, we believe the lower court made errors in facts and law, so we are fighting on in the face of great challenges. blog.archive.org/2023/09/11/i...
Internet Archive logo in white on a black background.
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Vincent Z @vincez.bsky.social · 05/09/2023
Greetings to the Bluesky community! This marks my inaugural post here. I've been a bystander on the sidelines for several months.
Dalle-E image of a man watching a sunset.
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