Paul McGhee
@pmcghee.bsky.social
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Rug repairer. Haunter of car boot sales. Cambridge, UK. Also stereography at
@pmcghee2.bsky.social
Best opportunity so far to mute America
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about 2 hours ago
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The silicon elves Burned too bright for their wizards They sleep now and dream.
#statefulagents
#haiku
about 5 hours ago
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Reading "Empire of AI" by Karen Hao, I'm flaggergasted by Elon Musk's logic. "We don't need to worry about climate change because it won't kill ALL of humanity, but AGI might." Also Peter Theil's Antichrist obsession. These people are simply lunatics and should be locked up for their own good.
about 11 hours ago
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Went to Dungeness today. Derek Jarman's cottage more suburban street than liminal idyll, IMHO. The rest of the area was much more interesting.
3 days ago
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Loving these structures in Hastings - three-storey sheds for storing the different nets and tackle the fishermen needed to catch the different types of fish arriving off the coast in three different seasons.
4 days ago
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TIL: John Betjeman owned Henry James' morning suit and later passed it on to John Wells. Apparently, Betjeman was exactly the same size as James. I find this utterly charming.
#ReduceReuseRecycle
5 days ago
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Important work.
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5 days ago
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Joumana Medlej
8 days ago
This is a ridiculously stunning colour to come from mulberries.
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Only one of these is a world-leading AI company. Don't you wish you were smart, 30, wore tight black t-shirts. Would you like an office with white desks, healthy plants and silvery laptops? This workplace aesthetic is so ..... LinkedIn ...init?
9 days ago
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Bruce going deep this morning
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9 days ago
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Who better to hold the purveyors of misinformation to account than our local Professor of Accounting? Suggest you follow him.
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12 days ago
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Rug of the Day Mushwani Baluch rug with unusual border seen on the car boot sale on Sunday. (Coutesy of Larry, who's getting good at spotting them)
12 days ago
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Made a rug hanging rail from B&Q water pipe and shower curtain rings. East Anatolian relic catching the autumn light nicely.
12 days ago
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From my box of random postcards Unidentified bakery by Newmarket photographer, Edgar Young. Is this the Co-Op on Old Station Road making bread for soldiers in the 1914 recruitment camp? Or some big local institution?
13 days ago
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This is brilliant. Not only a serious analysis of Japanese colour, but also inspiration for what to plant in your dye garden next year.
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13 days ago
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Technology that counts
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13 days ago
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Somewhere to sit down.
14 days ago
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Found this interesting guy in my postcard box, in a set about Luxor and Assuan.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Ne...
14 days ago
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Another textile worker emerges from the box. An old lace-maker from Bruges with her companion bird.
www.kantcentrum.eu/en/welcome
16 days ago
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Another textile worker from my new box of (very random) postcards. A woman spinning yarn in Bou Saada, Algeria.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bou_Sa%...
16 days ago
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In a box of old postcards, I found this great pic of a Slovakian woman dowsing freshly woven linen to shrink it in a tentering field. By the very interesting photographer and polymath, Pavel Sochan
cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_S...
16 days ago
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I feel I've reached a new milestone in my life.
17 days ago
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James Barr
17 days ago
Finally read this superb piece by
@j-amesmarriott.bsky.social
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The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation
https://jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-of-the-post-literate-society-aa1?utm_source=post-banner&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true
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James Chapman
19 days ago
Andy Burnham has called for the UK to rejoin the EU at the Labour Party conference. Now things are getting interesting.
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Seen at the car boot sale: Bagface. Origin unknown (Qashqai? Shahsavan?) Currently containing an accordion.
20 days ago
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Peak Englishness. Guy bought this railway station, moved it 50 miles to his stone merchants yard, added some restored restaurant cars and serves afternoon tea.
www.carriagesofcambridge.co.uk/menu/
21 days ago
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Brilliant!
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21 days ago
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Rug of the Day Heriz (or thereabouts) runner seen at Leighton Hall. One of several nice rugs to be seen there May-end September.
21 days ago
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It would be so good if we could celebrate the brilliant achievements of the AI industry without feeling we have to preserve everything of value in our civilisation from the evil intent of the people funding it.
22 days ago
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In Barrow yesterday*, this famous picture by John Harris reminded me of the last time our Prime Minister, inspired by a demented American President, cracked down on dissent in the name of economic progress. *Signal Gallery - "One year" show: 40 years since the Miners' Strike.
23 days ago
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In Barrow-in Furness yesterday, I took a trip on the Walney Island ferry about 100 years ago. That's me 2nd from right.
collections.dockmuseum.org.uk/mwebcgi/mweb...
24 days ago
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Patterns growing
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24 days ago
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I've been living on a railway station this week and spending time on this train. Arnside to Barrow-in-Furness (Royal Port as if this week) was a magical journey.
youtu.be/KkoBWZOAZUU?...
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Arnside - Grange - over - sands over River Kent by train.
YouTube video by adriansteele
https://youtu.be/KkoBWZOAZUU?feature=shared
24 days ago
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Just wondering if I can make one of these out of an Intermediate Bulk Container.
24 days ago
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Yes, that Alasdair Gray, the author of Lanark. What a prodigious talent!
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24 days ago
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Rug of the Day Ottoman embroidered silk prayer rug style panel. Maybe from Banya Luka in Bosnia? Seen at Levens Hall.
25 days ago
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Rapture? It's not quite the conflagration I'd been banking on. Oh, well, same time tomorrow?
26 days ago
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Just spent a couple of insomniac hours scrolling through messages on my imaginary mind-phone. Apparently, I need to store them in a network of re-purposed oyster shells.
26 days ago
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The medieval stalls in Lancaster's Priory Church have a fabulous collection of embroidered backs and cushions.
parishkneelers.co.uk/churches/lan...
26 days ago
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Rug of the Day Hand tufted rug and an antique hand tufting device. Seen at the Brief Encounter Experience on Carnforth Railway Station.
26 days ago
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The only people I know who have been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain are Americans. It would be a shame if Farage deported them, wouldn't it?
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26 days ago
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I was still optimistic about the propects for a rug shop in Morecambe, until I noticed the neighbours.
26 days ago
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Ignacio performs a public service.
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26 days ago
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Apparently, this gentleman is leading the flags and roundabouts heraldic initiative. A devout Christian, family man and style leader. What's not to like?
28 days ago
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Made it Up North in the Skoda Yeti through torrential rain. Here's the fabulous Modernist service station where my mum worked as a cleaner in the mid-1960s
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancast...
28 days ago
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Delightful creation. Worth Going to See.
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29 days ago
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Finally acquired a Skoda Yeti. "Possibly the best car in the world." Jeremy Clarkson "Yes, if you're old enough to qualify for membership of Saga!" Richard Hammond Legendary review starts 22.15 into this video
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
29 days ago
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Joumana Medlej
29 days ago
So many new colours in the shop! I added a full range of foraged pigments โ 11 from Lebanon, 2 from the British Isles โ and one seasonal ink. All available on
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Modern mall experience. They display appealing tech, but you can't take it home. Micro-satellite compatible remote thermal sensor in the Grand Arcade Cambridge. Order online from these guys in Waterbeach.
www.supersharp.space
29 days ago
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Useful work
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about 1 month ago
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