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Will Ellwood

@unleashtheginger

Mountain runner, lapsed climber, occasional writer, and sometimes engineer.

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Gamebirds dumped in a pit on a shooting estate in Cairngorms National Park A large pit containing dead Pheasants, Red-legged Partridges, Wood Pigeons, deer parts, and a lot of rubbish, including a burnt mattress, has been found on a shooting estate in the Cairngorms Natio…

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/11/g...

11.03.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I've only ever descended that track after running to the top of Carn Laith via Carn na Moine and both times the monotony has caused me to almost trip on a rock or drainage ditch.

09.03.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trilogie de la Mort, by Γ‰liane Radigue 3 track album

Woke before dawn and listened to Γ‰liane Radigue’s Trilogie de la Mort in the gloom. I can’t remember the last time I’ve been so spiritually altered by sound.

Recommended by @bugpressure.bsky.social in this terrific list.

05.03.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The most magical day of the month is tomorrow: Bandcamp Friday. What should I pay attention to? What might surprise me?

05.03.2026 11:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

05.03.2026 07:15 πŸ‘ 17215 πŸ” 6005 πŸ’¬ 516 πŸ“Œ 493

Clearly Claude has been trained on my shitty writing.

04.03.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

Polymarket has created a betting market on the use of nuclear weapons. Everyone involved in this should be put in prison for life.

04.03.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 8129 πŸ” 2407 πŸ’¬ 259 πŸ“Œ 524
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Create routines so they can be abandoned.

Set an intention but do not allow it to become an expectation.

Dig the glorious paradoxes of Richie Hawtin’s Concept series, which turns 30 this year.

www.jamesreeves.co/conversation...

02.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy 303 Day!

03.03.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Twin Peaks opening title screen with the text changed to "Check it out! This TV show is just like Alan Wake!"

Twin Peaks opening title screen with the text changed to "Check it out! This TV show is just like Alan Wake!"

28.02.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 324 πŸ” 83 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reading β€œCry Silver Bells” by Thomas Burnett Swann Thomas Burnett Swann’s Cry Silver Bells (1977), the author’s sixteenth and final novel, returns to the Country of the Beasts on Crete and tells the tragic story of the Minotaur Silver Bells.…

After a year, I've finally finished working through Thomas Burnett Swann's 16 fantasy novels. Here's my essay on his last novel, CRY SILVER BELLS, a fitting end to his career published more than a year after his death from cancer in 1976.

What a ride it has been discovering this brilliant writer!

27.02.2026 06:37 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Ski Snacks Arrived today. I'm going through a rough patch at the moment, but I'm looking forward to healing myself with the recipes in here. The web page for the book can be found here:

Ski Snacks - Food BOOK!

26.02.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So many meetings, not enough writing.

26.02.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dare I ask about your toolings and workflow for this and Spite?

26.02.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I genuinely only have a vague idea what my phone's ring tone is. I even recently set it to permanently be on do not disturb, so only actually important things can bother me.

24.02.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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You’ve Done It Again, Michael | Jynne Dilling Even as the pace of work life quickened exponentially across the next two decades, email inboxes overflowing, media outlets proliferating and then contracting, websites and newsletters dominating and ...

This essay by Jynne Dilling for @nplusonemag.com is a lovely homage to the late and deeply lamented Michael Silverblatt ... and to serious, patient literary culture generally.

www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

23.02.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Yeah, I think the next two weeks are going to be a deep rest.

23.02.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It seems like everyday is Monday.

23.02.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Holy shit I'm exhausted.

23.02.2026 12:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe. Surprised there wasn't a section about the ethics of using one's qualification to publicly comment on someone else's heath condition. Maybe that's protected under the first amendment.

23.02.2026 12:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Part of my ongoing crusade to get people to read M John Harrison because holy shit.

"Scenes you might find yourself in when you were already dead" ❀️‍πŸ”₯

15.02.2026 07:54 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

There's always a Don't Invent The Torment Nexus.

In the early 60s JG Ballard wrote a story called Studio 5, The Stars, in which creatives put prompts into the "Verse Transcriber" to get a tickertape of poetry or other writings. They live in a very comfortable dystopia: privileged but bored.

30.01.2026 11:06 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
Surgeon live at SUPERBOOTH25
Surgeon live at SUPERBOOTH25 YouTube video by Superbooth Berlin

Surgeon Live. Superbooth 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PCj...

16.02.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Art, life, and death in a very special episode with Candy Chang. jamesreeves.co/40

1. Bertrand Belin - Choses Nouvelles
2. FΓΌxa - Dirty D
3. Damien Jurado & Richard Swift - Radioactivity
4. A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (620% slower)
5. Peter Schilling - Major Tom
6. Belong - Perfect Life

And more!

16.02.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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in 2017 a popular twitter game was to type a partial phrase then see what your phone auto-completes it with.
this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US.
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Jennifer @JenYetAgain@beige.party in 2017 a popular twitter game was to type a partial phrase then see what your phone auto-completes it with. this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US. Feb 9, 2026 at 4:35:18PM Boosted by 968: Favourited by 1324:

mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again

16.02.2026 07:37 πŸ‘ 11834 πŸ” 2715 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 30

I know that castle!

15.02.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Isabella WranΓ₯ won gold for curling, but should've for this video

11.02.2026 01:09 πŸ‘ 2927 πŸ” 683 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 57
Ginger cat sitting on grass resting his chin on a twig that was put there to mark some daffodils. He has his eyes closed and looks extremely content.

Ginger cat sitting on grass resting his chin on a twig that was put there to mark some daffodils. He has his eyes closed and looks extremely content.

Hamilton loves his twig.
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#gingercat #orangecat

31.01.2026 07:33 πŸ‘ 162 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
Ginger cat sitting on grass next to a twig marking some daffodils. He looks extremely proud of his twig and appears to be smiling at the camera.

Ginger cat sitting on grass next to a twig marking some daffodils. He looks extremely proud of his twig and appears to be smiling at the camera.

Hamilton and his twig.
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#caturday #gingercat #orangecat #catsofbluesky

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