Jonathan
@jonodrew.bsky.social
I secure things and speak in public. Sometimes I speak in public about securing things. Helmsman
1/19 Eleven years after a church picnic in New York killed a thousand people, a company picnic in Chicago killed 844 more. The ship never left the wharf. She rolled over while the band was playing, in twenty feet of water, six metres from the bank. The SS Eastland. A 🧵. #maritimehistory
The worst part about remote work is how brutal it is to do comedy bits when everyone has their mics muted and you can't see their reactions. For the sake of the needy comedians at your job, please unmute your mic and throw in some pity laughs. Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
As pensions are in the news, you can sign-up for the private beta of the new Pensions Dashboard, which is intended to collate all the schemes you have in a single spot. It's pretty neat and the team responsible have put in a huge amount of work. www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/pensions-...
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A lot don’t, in my opinion. They fall in love with him, they like having sex with them. But LIKE them? Want to spend time with them? Appreciate the things they like and the way they think and their perspectives? Nope.
ICE must be destroyed 🏳️⚧️🏴@miawong.bsky.social · 6d agoEvery day I ask myself do men even like women and the answer is just No
I feel like whoever named them Red Delicious apples has never actually eaten a delicious apple.
If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber’d here While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend: if you pardon, we will mend; And, as I am an honest Puck, Show is over, off you fuck.
Mark Wallace@wallaceme.bsky.social · 5d agoOk don’t let’s get carried away but I found something genuinely good on Threads.
God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.
Saw a woman on TikTok who said she quit corporate at age 46 to become a beekeeper because “I would literally rather get stung by 10,000 bees than write ‘per my last email’ again” and you know what? I respect that
[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right
People like to giggle about movies with sound being called "talkies" but take a moment to analyze the word... "movie".
REwadent Evil@ewacat.bsky.social · last wk.if you ever struggle with names when worldbuilding just remember there's a whole massive mountain range called The Rockies
I start teaching at the Columbia mfa today. Here’s the AI statement from my syllabus. Feel free to borrow.
Hey top tip If you want me to take your advice and your organisation seriously, maybe remove this sort of thing from any links you share
Speaking of which, join my bloody Patreon, it’s extremely good value for money, and also you can join it for free in which case it’s even better value for no money. Patreon.com/alicefraser
Alice Fraser@alicefraser.bsky.social · 2w agoOne downside of algorithmic enshittification is artists get trained to be repetitive. If I’m told 2% of my audience will see any given post, it’s an incentive to repeat a joke or a plug 50x. Which means the most loyal people who TRY to follow all your stuff will get hosepiped away by boredom.
When "white sauce" in fish pie Contains cheese, it’s a lie. That’s a mornay.
Anon Opin@anonopin.bsky.social · 2w agoI hate it when food presenters describe a white sauce with cheese in it as a béchamel. It's not. A béchamel is a simple white sauce. Add cheese and it's a mornay. But let's not using the French words and just call one a plain white sauce and the other a cheese sauce.
Amending your incorrect first impressions as you keep reading deepens your relationship with a text. I don’t understand how people seem to know this about Enemies to Lovers but can’t understand it about a person’s own relationship to a text. You’re supposed to have that journey!
Yes yes, of course the hospitality lobby says the tourist tax will hammer tourism. Of course they've come up with huge, scary numbers (which we can't verify). But the thing is, they're right. The tax *will* reduce tourism. The question is: how much? So we tried to find out:
incredible work, this is basically tailor-made for a subset of utter freaks all of whom are on bluesky (I am one of them)
Elle Cordova@ellecordova.bsky.social · 3w agoI am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign
What’s the problem w using LLMs to write stuff you want other people to read -emails, articles, posts- and why are people (like me!) so incredibly hostile that they will block you/mute you/block your domain, to never read anything from you again? Bryan spells it out. Read it:
Bryan Cantrill@bcantrill.bsky.social · 10mo agoYour intellectual fly is open bcantrill.dtrace.org/2025/12/05/y...
More people have died falling off the Monument to the Great Fire of London than died in the fire itself
Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · 4w agoTell me a fun fact.
A puppet performing a puppet on the radio!! Yes please… #behindthescenes
Good morning from BBC R4 and a weirdly uncritical interview with a friend of the US VP, who apparently has the end times on his mind. Cool. Cool cool cool.