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On Britons' love of talking about the weather, even in a drought
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/aug/15/natalya-lobanova-uk-summer-heatwaves-cartoon?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Down with gravity. š
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#writing
Love this line. Sexy as it is intimate, all without being about sex.
#writing
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The most prescient writing advice I've read. From 2021, before AI made writing beige prose accessible to anyone.
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RE: https://c.im/@BBC/117095994849948894
We're going straight to hell.
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","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.world/@olliefrancis/117087979482511147","date_published":"2026-08-13T11:33:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Ollie Francis","url":"https://olliefrancis.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F02%2F1709102.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"olliefrancis"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-13 11:33","date_timestamp":1786620780,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95564459","content_html":"Busy feeding the intellectual sewer.
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I have the attention span of a...
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2. At night, allow the stone to drop and generate electricity by turning the motor into a dynamo.
3. ???
4. Profit
š¤£
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.world/@olliefrancis/117009509200107274","date_published":"2026-07-30T14:56:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Ollie Francis","url":"https://olliefrancis.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F02%2F1709102.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"olliefrancis"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-30 14:56","date_timestamp":1785423419,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94894972","content_html":"I mean, the new #Readwise ghost reader interface is disturbingly easy to draw out meaning and ideas from my notes.
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.world/@olliefrancis/117007319025295384","date_published":"2026-07-30T05:39:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Ollie Francis","url":"https://olliefrancis.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F02%2F1709102.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"olliefrancis"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-30 05:39","date_timestamp":1785389999,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94894971","content_html":"So how do we tempt ourselves away from the lure of #AI slop? I hate the idea of it and I still struggle to get away from it. The temptation of having an AI lift the (intellectual) weights at the gym is so damn strong.
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.world/@olliefrancis/117007285692180160","date_published":"2026-07-30T05:31:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Ollie Francis","url":"https://olliefrancis.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F02%2F1709102.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"olliefrancis"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-30 05:31","date_timestamp":1785389491,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94894970","content_html":"Recapturing that part of me I sometimes think I imagined.
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.world/@olliefrancis/117007177909782345","date_published":"2026-07-30T05:04:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Ollie Francis","url":"https://olliefrancis.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F02%2F1709102.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"olliefrancis"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-30 05:04","date_timestamp":1785387846,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94894967","content_html":"Today I drilled out the lock on my roof box and replaced it with a new one.
Difficult but I did it.
Hold on, you think 'free range' was about CO2 emissions?
Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/29/organic-eggs-climate-caged-chickens-carbon-emissions-environment?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Looks like #AI related stocks are nosediving, finally.
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","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.world/@olliefrancis/116975961291161481","date_published":"2026-07-24T16:45:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Ollie Francis","url":"https://olliefrancis.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F02%2F1709102.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"olliefrancis"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-24 16:45","date_timestamp":1784911518,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94563269","content_html":"So what exactly constitutes a 'good time'?
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.world/@olliefrancis/116969242215105140","date_published":"2026-07-23T12:16:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Ollie Francis","url":"https://olliefrancis.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F02%2F1709102.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"olliefrancis"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-23 12:16","date_timestamp":1784808993,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94563268","content_html":"Damn, I love this country. #Walking #Hiking #Camping
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Milk first? AND the fucking bag comes into contact with the fucking milk?
I'm not OK with this. General Election, please.
āThis will offend a lot of peopleā: Burnham reveals how he takes his tea
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/17/andy-burnham-tea?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
There is a limit to the speed of thought.
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.world/@olliefrancis/116907694515925278","date_published":"2026-07-12T15:24:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Ollie Francis","url":"https://olliefrancis.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F02%2F1709102.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"olliefrancis"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-12 15:24","date_timestamp":1783869850,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93403973","content_html":"I still find it so hard to find the human in all this machinery.
","summary":"","url":"https://mastodon.world/@olliefrancis/116854659171948487","date_published":"2026-07-03T06:36:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Ollie Francis","url":"https://olliefrancis.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F02%2F1709102.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"olliefrancis"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-03 06:36","date_timestamp":1783060595,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93403971","content_html":"Here's the heart of why we need to be cautious with #AI . It's not just about jobs and inequality; it's about losing our intellectual agency.
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Crossposted with @openvibe
From: @deirdrew.com
https://deirdrew.com/2026/06/28/embracing-the-small-wins/
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Sure, but breaking that glossy surface is as exhausting as it is restoring.
#focus
Crossposted with @openvibe
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@spauffwrites.bsky.social Perfectly balanced twist. ššš
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\nShe took to the graveā
Thatās it. Thatās why we write.
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\nLoose squares of taffeta.
\nPoplin.
\nFlannel.
\nIn a rut of self-despising rage I dump it out onto our bed
\n(now just my bed)
\nAnd tear the box to pieces,
\nPulling thread from reel,
\nSearching for a needle
\nTo sew our edges back together.
\n#VSS-Needle
@vssthreads.bsky.social She has a #hollow where her mouth once was. Barely seems to care.
\nāSometimes things get lost,ā she shrugs, her words emanating from nowhere.
\nThat night I open the box where I keep her lips and lift them to my own and sigh. There is nothing sweeter in this world than a stolen kiss.
\n#VSS-Hollow #VSS
@questioninguk.bsky.social Following!
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\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n5pxydn3qe6eujbnmnii52je/post/3lfaor6qvar2e","date_published":"2025-01-08T17:27:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Ollie Francis","url":"https://olliefrancis.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F02%2F1709102.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"olliefrancis"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-08 17:27","date_timestamp":1736357270,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"55014372","content_html":"@edwardfrancis.bsky.social Itās a bit of a shock coming back to true short form again!
\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n5pxydn3qe6eujbnmnii52je/post/3lfanp4w7vn2e","date_published":"2025-01-08T17:08:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Ollie Francis","url":"https://olliefrancis.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F02%2F1709102.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"olliefrancis"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-08 17:08","date_timestamp":1736356127,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"55014373","content_html":"@anivalisauthor.bsky.social Zadie Smith says āI think of reading like a balanced diet; if your sentences are baggy, too baroque, cut back on fatty Foster Wallace, say, and pick up Kafka, as roughage.ā
\nWe should accept our influences, not try to pretend our words are islands.
@mmasnick.bsky.social You canāt run a country like a private company.
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\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n5pxydn3qe6eujbnmnii52je/post/3lb2h2h2lsw2b","date_published":"2024-11-16T08:13:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Ollie Francis","url":"https://olliefrancis.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F02%2F1709102.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"olliefrancis"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-16 08:13","date_timestamp":1731744787,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"55014380","content_html":"@samradford.com I like the Bluesky migration better than the movement to Threads. But Bluesky still has a centralised element to it. Only really partially federated. Better than nothing, though.
\nhttps://bsky.social/about/blog/5-5-2023-federation-architecture
@unofficialoa.bsky.social Iāve got to get in on this game.
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