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Content pro. I also make electronic music: http://soundcloud.com/simonmackie he/him
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It's Pancake Day! Time to EAT PANCAKES in HONOR OF MACHIAVELLI! What do pancakes have to do with the founder of modern political science? Our boy Nick was obsessed with pancakes! & wrote about them at length in his "Art of War." Why pancakes? He'd been studying the ancients of course! 1/?

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Perfect!

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They can’t park the bus

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I have feelings about AI & the web & my experience being trans "in tech" in 2025 - so I screamed some thoughts onto my personal web log. I hope for all of us a more queer & humane future. Keep building communities & dreaming better paths. https://www.miriamsuzanne.com/2025/02/12/tech-ai-wtf/

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Have/nearly have a PhD? ≤7 years post-doc experience? Working outside UK? Not a UK citizen? BA & Royal Society offering 2-yr Fellowships for early career researchers to come to the UK! 💷 Includes: Research expenses £12k Relocation up to £8k 🗓️ Deadline: Mar 18, 2025 (17:00 GMT) #ResearchFunding

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Really looking forward to this new album by Barker: sambarker.bandcamp.com/album/stocha...

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He makes himself big

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Really great overview of the “DeepSeek situation” from @edzitron.com (overview is a bit of an understatement, it’s a very extensive look at the issues in the AI industry)

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Reader, it was not the power (actually it was USB noise from my Torso T-1, going through the CV/gate outs into my modular)

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Oh no, this sucks

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Professionally, 2024 was a bit of a down and up year (losing one job, getting another). But in my hobby, music production m, it’s been a great year. I have had one experimental track released on an EP called Gravel (open.spotify.com/wrapped/shar...), had nearly 2k plays on Soundcloud, and …

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‘What cicadas leave behind is a kind of crystallised memory’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Merry Christmas everyone 🎄

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Just finished watching the final episode of Wolf Hall. What a fantastic show, wonderfully acted, brilliant cinematography. if you’re in the Uk, it’s on iplayer and well worth watching both seasons. I loved it.

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A festive and very pretty Bruges at night.

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I saw Conclave last night. A really excellent film, amazing cinematography, great acting, really well written. 10/10, would recommend!

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Ugh, I have reached the point where I'm thinking "I need a power condistioner for my studio". Spent all morning trying to eliminate some USB/digital noise, but I think it's coming from the power...

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I just set up my domain as a cutom handle here (yay me!). My domain is via Wordpress.com and setting up the DNS entry required was pretty straightforward, but perhaps a little bit intimidating, so I wrote up a post on how to do it: simonmackie.uk/2024/11/28/h...

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And this is why Bluesky will succeed- trying to force all content to exist within a news feed was never a great plan, imo

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Super niche post, but here’s my tier list of the DE razor blades I have tried this year (with a Parker open comb razor): 1. Feather 2. Astra Super Platinum 3. Personna Platinum Plus On my wishlist to try next year: Kai and Gillette Silver Blues (recommended by my barber)

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This evening I’ll be off to Escher Music Connection at Strange Brew in Bristol. It’s a monthly meet-up for music producers, offering the chance to hear your tunes on a big system and meet other producers. If you’re in Bristol and make music, come down? www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/str...

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With the holidays coming, if you are looking for a project to build for you or that significant nerd in your life check out my little Octolamp project. Fully open source and is a perfect excuse to get yourself that 3D printer you've been craving github.com/martinwoodwa...

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Can keep your pinned feeds nice and compact using emoji instead of text labels 🤓

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