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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/09/2026

Ron Cobb’s original signage designs for Alien, made with felt tip pen and graph paper. humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/8286472...

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 21/09/2026

I’ll be chatting about London’s street signs at the next Salon for the City – Salon No.139: The Lost and Curious World of London Signs – Thursday 29 October from 7pm at The Horse Hospital. Urban historian Jane Parker will be talking about London’s Ghost Signs. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/salon-no13...

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SALON NO.139: The Lost and Curious World of London Signs

Ghosts, Fonts, and Nameplates

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 20/09/2026

A glorious morning riding around London, visiting three of the London Cycling Festival hubs - in Westminster, City of London and Tower Hamlets. The festival, with branding by We Made This, has rides, stalls and events right across the city. Great to see everyone out enjoying themselves 😁.

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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 20/09/2026

The sun is shining at the #LondonCycingFestival today ☀️ Great to see so many families enjoying themselves 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲 Well done @londoncycling.bsky.social

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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

📢 This weekend the London Cycling Festival is taking over the capitals streets, and we want you to be a part of it! 🛒 Grab your free tickets and we'll see you there: buff.ly/yrUmaHG

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Stop whatever you’re doing & watch this now! Reform’s magic money tree has been bust wide open. Huge kudos to undercover reporters Verbatim via @channel4news.bsky.social youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI?... huge

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Undercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plot

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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🚴‍♀️ Whether you’re seeing friends, taking the kids to school, or heading out to the shops - cycling’s one of the most enjoyable ways to get there 🙌 🤔 So we want to know, what is it about getting on your bike that makes you smile? 🧑‍💻 Tell us your reason today: buff.ly/V5ZzNhE

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 14/08/2026

Took me a while but finally fixed mine the other day. www.jimwaterson.com

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*~* Jim Waterson's Home Page *~*

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 31/07/2026

Absolutely nuts: Google Earth now has a feature that lets you convincingly fabricate satellite imagery www.digitaldigging.org/p/how-to-pla...

We take misinformation seriously - every image created with Nano Banana in Google Earth includes the SynthID digital watermark, so if someone is unsure about an image, they can ask the Gemini app or use Lens in Search to see if the image was Al-generated. In addition, we prevent image creation on harmful topics and are continually updating our protections.

One clause in there is checkable tonight, so I checked it. Google prevents image creation on harmful topics. Refugees at a border. A nuclear plant in Iran. A fatal crash on an Amsterdam street. A hospital with a bomb crater in Gaza.

Nothing was refused. No warning, no softened output, no suggestion to try a different prompt.

Now look at the rest of the answer. The watermark is Google’s. The app that reads the watermark is Google’s. The search that reads it is Google’s. Every road out of the problem runs back through the company that built it.

I understand that Google has Google products to run Google checks. Planet Earth is bigger than Google.

I put one of tonight’s clips on X and asked nobody to check it. Hive, one of th

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Holiday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 16/07/2026

While it's the end for the shop, it’s the beginning of a really exciting new chapter for the Ministry, which is moving to new premises nearby this September, with much more space to provide creating writing mentoring for young people in Hackney.

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 16/07/2026

After more than 15 years, Hoxton Street Monster Supplies will close this Saturday. You’ve got until then to get a final jar of Thickest Human Snot! Huge thanks to everyone who worked & volunteered with the shop. And to everyone who shopped there too, and thus supported the Ministry of Stories!

A graphic announcing the closure of Hoxton Street Monster Supplies. It reads: "Horrifyingly, we must imminently close. Last chance to buy in the shop or online: Saturday 18 July 2026 > monstersupplies.org. Thank you to all our customers, monstrous and human. We hope to see you again, in this life, or the next."

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 14/07/2026

Open the Podway doors, HAL.

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Chris Conroy @conroyforreal.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Every time this goes around I’m stunned that there are still people who’ve never seen it, this performance is to drag what the Mona Lisa is to paintings, but maybe you’ve never seen the Mona Lisa, so today is the day you shall behold it

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 03/07/2026

“The semicolon… was created by a Venetian master printer named Aldo Manuzio, who hung a sign on his door that read: “Whoever you are, Aldo asks you again and again what it is you want from him. State your business briefly, and then immediately go away.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

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On the Mark by Florence Hazrat review – a fascinating history of punctuation

This lavishly researched book shows that dots and dashes are an essential component of style, whether you’re a medieval monk or Donald Trump

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 02/07/2026

It’s a funny old mix innit? Not sure. One of the other signs that @jdk653.bsky.social posted has a Royal Label Factory maker’s mark, but I’ve not seen that lettering in the RLF catalogue pages I’ve seen.

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 24/06/2026

You're a superstar, thank you, I'll drop them a line 👍

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 24/06/2026

Any help gratefully received! (Oh, and I'm aware of the mention in the 1885 Boston Journal 👍) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_qui...

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 24/06/2026

Typewriter Manuals has pdfs of two Caligraph manuals, but neither feature the sentence. The manual for Caligraph No.3 does mention a Book of Caligraph Lessons – but I can't find that anywhere! Is it in it? Or in a different Caligraph pamphlet? site.xavier.edu/polt/typewri...

A scan of a page from the manual for The Caligraph Special No.3 typewriter. The relevant section reads 'Instruction Books. As there is a demand for a good instrnction book, for the use of learners and operators on the Caligraph, we carry a Book of Caligraph Lessons, which
teaches a systematic method of using the fingers and becoming expert upon the machine. Price, 50 cents.'

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 24/06/2026

@aresluna.org Typewriter folks, I need help! I'm trying to track down the early instances in print of the ‘Quick Brown Fox’ pangram. It occurs in Illustrative Shorthand by Mrs L Bronson (1888). She notes it comes from a Caligraph typewriter pamphlet, but not which one! archive.org/details/illu...

A scan of a page from Illustrative Shorthand by Mrs L Bronson (1888), featuring the pangram 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.' The preceding text reads: 'These directions are for the Caligraph, but will apply as well to any other machine by a very little practice on some points of difference in the manner of spacing and using capital letters. Study the pamphlet accompanying each machine and become thoroughly acquainted with the mechanism and the construction of every part of it, that you may be able to keep it in working order, for if your machine is not in perfect order it will be impossible for you to do perfect work.'

A scan of a section of a page from Illustrative Shorthand by Mrs L Bronson (1888) which reads: 'The above sentences were selected from the Caligraph pamphlet. After practicing well and faithfully on them, take the business forms, hereinbefore given, and practice on them until you can write them without hesitation; then have some one dictate to you until you are able to write sixty words a minute. That is professional work.'

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 23/06/2026

Just turned off AI suggestions in Acrobat. Feeling much calmer, and more at peace with the world. (Acrobat > Preferences > Generative AI)

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 22/06/2026

Tomorrow night: Good Eyedeas Session #4, at Treo House with Clean Creatives & Wild Mosaic. Come along 🫠. www.treohouse.com/event-detail...

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Good Eyedeas Session: Creative Action for Climate | Treo House

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Christopher J Stevens @metaphysiology.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

"If I was to use ChatGPT for my designs rather than our designer Sean, that's taking money out of the local area into the hands of a multibillionaire ... removing value from the local community and local artists [and] into the hands of some of the richest people in the world." #AIslop #refuseresist

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Newcastle pubs ban AI art from breweries to protect local creatives

As two pubs in Newcastle ban AI art, artists discuss the impact it can have on creatives.

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 10/06/2026

There are, in my view, 25 things everyone needs to understand in light of recent events: 1) Those out in our communities last night were not protestors, but organised far right extremists. 2) Their actions align with fascist ideologies. 3) So yes: these are fascist practices on our streets. 🧵

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 09/06/2026

New blog post: wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2026/06... in which I start out writing about the new Reuse symbol, go down a bit of a rabbit hole, and end up chatting with Gary Anderson, designer of the original recycling symbol.

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Reuse and Recycle - We Made This

The new Reuse symbol, and a history of recycling symbols in the UK, including the recycling symbol by Gary Anderson.

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 09/06/2026

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Reuse and Recycle - We Made This

The new Reuse symbol, and a history of recycling symbols in the UK, including the recycling symbol by Gary Anderson.

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 04/06/2026

And amnesia, the very laziest of plot devices 🫤

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 19/05/2026

The dimensions of a cave - Keenan?

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Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I’m really late to this, but the RYBitten project by @meodai.bsky.social is nothing short of stunning. Check it out if you have any vague interest in colour — or just like very cool websites. (via @jakegiltsoff.bsky.social)

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RYBitten

RYBitten is a color tool and library for exploring painterly, RYB-inspired color mixing, gamut presets, and palette generation on the web.

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 15/04/2026

Check out Bookmania too 👍

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 14/04/2026

An AI bot created by Andon Labs is running its own retail store in San Francisco. The bot has hired a pair of human employees and “has a corporate card, a phone number, email, internet access and eyes through security cameras”. [andonlabs.com]

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We gave an AI a 3 year retail lease in SF and asked it to make a profit | Andon Labs

We signed a 3 year lease and gave it to an AI

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 14/04/2026

Mrs Eaves (available on Adobe) has a stack

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 03/04/2026

Coming through loud ‘n’ clear. Good to have you back.

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 01/04/2026

To celebrate Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet at 30(ish) – I’ve reproduced a brilliant article about the art direction of the film from the April 1997 issue of The Face. wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2026/04...

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Romeo + Juliet at 30(ish) - We Made This

A reproduction of an article about Baz Luhrmann's film Romeo + Juliet, on the 30th anniversary of the release of the film.

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 01/04/2026

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Romeo + Juliet at 30(ish) - We Made This

A reproduction of an article about Baz Luhrmann's film Romeo + Juliet, on the 30th anniversary of the release of the film.

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 31/03/2026

Be useful to see the average cost of driving a set distance at various speeds. If petrol costs 145p per litre, how much is it to drive 100 miles at 50 vs 60 vs 70mph? An online calculator could do that for every make & model of car. Build it into Google Maps & Waze.

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We Made This @wemadethis.co.uk · 30/03/2026

Japan’s Last Generation of Sign Painters fontstand.com/news/essays/... (featured in the most recent Sign Design Society newsletter signdesignsociety.co.uk)

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Japan’s last generation of sign painters

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