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hundredgrapes.bsky.social
Co-founder Game Safety Institute / trying to prevent gambling harm / currently London SW13, moving to Paris Jan '25 / likes wine, books and food.
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Read Dave, who helped build Facebook’s first content policies, on why this week represents such a big step backwards: “The specific examples I called out above have been prohibited on the site since I wrote the first set of hate speech standards in 2009.”

submitted 50 days ago • 11 comments

Absolutely! We know it's the best way to cope. And wine is tasty.

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

German POWs in U.S. Vineyards. In 1944, Will Widmer contracted with the US War Dept to establish a Prisoner of War Camp near Widmer Winery in Naples, NY (Finger Lakes). Up to 800 German POWs worked in vineyards and as "cellar rats" (Richard Figiel: Circle of Vines - The Story of New York Wine)

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

I don’t understand. You could just go on holiday to any Greek island and see (well, definitely hear) a Scops owl.🦉 It’s not like this is the only one in the world.

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

I cannot recommend this piece enough. Horrifyingly brilliant. Read it when it was first published, and laughed till I cried again, re-reading it now. Bravo @shteyngart.bsky.social

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment

You know that Bluesky has truly taken over from The Other Place when you see the Peach Room of Doom once again for #DuvetKnowItsChristmas.

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

A late #duvetknowitschristmas entry, due to going down with #theflu overnight and having to make a sharp exit from the matrimonial bed and our family Christmas. I think this hits most of the requirements - see the alt text. And I've donated to @rhodri.biz's excellent cause

submitted 66 days ago • 3 comments

Beverley: one of the finest Gothic churches in the world. A medieval gateway dating back to 1410 (my gran lived next door for a bit). A racecourse. And quite a few cosy pubs. Quick hop on the train from Hull. If you happen to be near Hull.

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Another thing I made this year: Real and implied birds.

submitted 70 days ago • 162 comments

I don't see many long threads on here, but I'll try one - it's about Holbein's Ambassadors, his 1533 masterpiece in the National Gallery. It's often presented as a great mystery, but I think once we understand the circumstances in which it was made, its meaning becomes clearer. 1/

submitted 73 days ago • 53 comments