Gerard
@gerard1976uk.bsky.social
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Gerard
@gerard1976uk.bsky.social
· Oct 20
[Me, putting pasta onto plate one piece at a time in perfect alignment]
HOME EC TEACHER: You're serving that fussily
ME: Wrong! It's spaggety
HOME EC TEACHER: You're serving that fussily
ME: Wrong! It's spaggety
I know people complain about twitter/X as a platform, but I suspect they're giving little attention to just how bad LinkedIn is
July 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
I know people complain about twitter/X as a platform, but I suspect they're giving little attention to just how bad LinkedIn is
Regret by New Order is playing. My immediate thought was, "gosh, nice to hear a recent track from them"
It's 33 years old.
It's 33 years old.
June 19, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Regret by New Order is playing. My immediate thought was, "gosh, nice to hear a recent track from them"
It's 33 years old.
It's 33 years old.
Curiosity Killed The Cat? Gosh
June 19, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Curiosity Killed The Cat? Gosh
Having followed Scotland's football exploits for 50 years, their winning their first game just felt wrong, unnatural. Nature is returning.
June 19, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Having followed Scotland's football exploits for 50 years, their winning their first game just felt wrong, unnatural. Nature is returning.
There's something about artists who use their initials that I always find intriguing
#NowPlaying Perfect late night ambient sounds in the tradition of Roedelius and the Berlin School.
June 19, 2026 at 9:56 PM
There's something about artists who use their initials that I always find intriguing
The pub jukebox is playing Gala's Freed from Desire. I still don't understand it
June 19, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The pub jukebox is playing Gala's Freed from Desire. I still don't understand it
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Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong
One of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy?
May 30, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong
We need to understand this through an intersectional prism, Charlie Brown
My Pronouns are He/Him, Charlie Brown
We love you however you identify, Charlie Brown
June 1, 2026 at 6:03 AM
We need to understand this through an intersectional prism, Charlie Brown
Don't look at me that way: it was an honest mistake
May 24, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Don't look at me that way: it was an honest mistake
So I guess I should (finally) read Middlemarch, then?
May 16, 2026 at 4:37 PM
So I guess I should (finally) read Middlemarch, then?
Gosh, I just got snarled at by Peter Hitchens on twitter!
#starstruck
#starstruck
February 4, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Gosh, I just got snarled at by Peter Hitchens on twitter!
#starstruck
#starstruck
Gosh, R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People is a much tougher listen for me as a 50 year old than it was for me as a 16 year old, when I first bought it. Perhaps needless to say, it's even more rewarding, too.
January 31, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Gosh, R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People is a much tougher listen for me as a 50 year old than it was for me as a 16 year old, when I first bought it. Perhaps needless to say, it's even more rewarding, too.
This is a *fascinating* read. ALSO, you can play the samples provided on the page and improvise your own version of '2/1'!
"In this article, I’ll discuss how 'Music for Airports' was created, and I’ll deconstruct and recreate the tracks 2/1 and 1/2. Hopefully, the article will demystify some of Brian Eno’s techniques and give you some ideas about how to adopt some of his ambient music techniques yourself."
How Brian Eno Created "Ambient 1: Music For Airports"
In 1978, Brian Eno released Ambient 1: Music for Airports, a landmark album in ambient and electronic music. Although it wasn't the first ambient
reverbmachine.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:08 AM
This is a *fascinating* read. ALSO, you can play the samples provided on the page and improvise your own version of '2/1'!
When that friend who regularly does awful things does an awful thing:
January 17, 2026 at 12:31 PM
When that friend who regularly does awful things does an awful thing:
Mary Shelley
Was a little bit smelly;
Her husband, Percy,
Was even worse-y.
(NB this is not necessarily historically accurate)
Was a little bit smelly;
Her husband, Percy,
Was even worse-y.
(NB this is not necessarily historically accurate)
January 4, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Mary Shelley
Was a little bit smelly;
Her husband, Percy,
Was even worse-y.
(NB this is not necessarily historically accurate)
Was a little bit smelly;
Her husband, Percy,
Was even worse-y.
(NB this is not necessarily historically accurate)
I'm not on here very much (I mean to be more). But I worry that I've missed something important: where is @swaefastide.bsky.social , these days? Did he leave social media?
December 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I'm not on here very much (I mean to be more). But I worry that I've missed something important: where is @swaefastide.bsky.social , these days? Did he leave social media?
Eminently sensible position. It'd be *super* to see certain media outlets get their heads round this concept.
Your daily reminder that if you’re talking freely on the radio, being widely quoted in newspapers and properly interviewed in magazines, you’re not actually being at all cancelled.
August 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Eminently sensible position. It'd be *super* to see certain media outlets get their heads round this concept.
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I don’t understand why Trump insists on the Nobel Peace Prize specifically. He is just as qualified to claim the one for literature.
August 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I don’t understand why Trump insists on the Nobel Peace Prize specifically. He is just as qualified to claim the one for literature.
This is the one!
August 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is the one!
The existence of deserve implies the existence of devolley, debackhand, and dedropshot
July 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The existence of deserve implies the existence of devolley, debackhand, and dedropshot
My resolution: properly engage with this app. So many voices I came to love on twitter are now here exclusively, and I miss them.
June 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My resolution: properly engage with this app. So many voices I came to love on twitter are now here exclusively, and I miss them.
I'm not sure it's worth my writing anything about Brian Wilson - so much has been said, already. And yet, when someone's music has been the soundtrack to so many moments in one's life - good and bad - the temptation is strong.
June 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I'm not sure it's worth my writing anything about Brian Wilson - so much has been said, already. And yet, when someone's music has been the soundtrack to so many moments in one's life - good and bad - the temptation is strong.
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AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS OFFICER: Purpose of your visit?
ME: *points to my handlebar mustache
CUSTOMS: You're here to fight a kangaroo
ME: I'm here to fight a kangaroo
ME: *points to my handlebar mustache
CUSTOMS: You're here to fight a kangaroo
ME: I'm here to fight a kangaroo
May 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS OFFICER: Purpose of your visit?
ME: *points to my handlebar mustache
CUSTOMS: You're here to fight a kangaroo
ME: I'm here to fight a kangaroo
ME: *points to my handlebar mustache
CUSTOMS: You're here to fight a kangaroo
ME: I'm here to fight a kangaroo
I still think that first Panic! At The Disco album was ridiculously fun; just heard a track from it, a minute ago, and might play the whole thing tonight...
February 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I still think that first Panic! At The Disco album was ridiculously fun; just heard a track from it, a minute ago, and might play the whole thing tonight...