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Stewart Smith

@stochasticus.bsky.social

Lecturer in electronics engineering, University of Edinburgh.

93 Followers  |  145 Following  |  20 Posts  |  Joined: 04.10.2023  |  1.4441

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I was going to ask the same thing, I’ve got a few book tokens from Xmas and it would be good to get them from a local bookshop rather than the big bezos river. I love that you’ve got the same cover art as from the corgi paperbacks.

30.01.2026 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had them all in corgi paperbacks but they went missing somewhere. I’ve rebuilt a collection of 1-9 but the last one is quite rare apparently. I have to be glad about this though as more people should know of the splendour of Shabble.

16.01.2026 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ζ–° (Shin) is new or next, which works as well.

19.07.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh and SF podcast Stellar Firma, semi improvised lunacy with drunken planet designer Trexel Geistman and his terrified clone assistant David 7. Like the last days of Magrathea.

12.07.2025 08:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New Zealand author Hugh Cook, for the epic Chronicles of an Age of Darkness decalogy. Especially the troublemaking childlike miniature sun Shabble.

12.07.2025 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sapphire and Steel have been assigned.

30.05.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Surely it should be β€œNaw, ah’m yer Da”

28.04.2025 06:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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14.04.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You’ve already done Joe Abercrombie a bit but the Banking House of Valint and Balk from the First Law series is a good one. Who needs magic to control governments when you have international finance…

30.03.2025 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have you listened to Pilgrim? Cursed with immortality by the king of the Grey Folk, William Palmer helps protect us from the fickle terror of the faerie. Some on iPlayer, the rest on Audible etc.

11.02.2025 07:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Waygroves are there to link it all together. The Soldier and his Wife from Tyrant Philosophers are already from a completely different story.

17.12.2024 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was coming to say the same thing.

30.11.2024 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Guardian website headline containing the phrase "bone-on-bone"

Guardian website headline containing the phrase "bone-on-bone"

Not a nice story but I saw this and all I could think was "Safety First", thank you @athleticomince.bsky.social

27.11.2024 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dire Financial Straits at UoE? NO! β€” UCU Edinburgh Are things really as bad as they say? Find out the truth behind the numbers!

Interesting blog post from our local UCU branch, countering claims from senior management that the University of Edinburgh is in such financial turmoil that redundancies will be inevitable. Always intriguing to consider how much austerity is real or paranoia is an art form of management...

26.11.2024 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That official will never forget forgetting whatever it was he forgot.

23.11.2024 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Edited Nancy cartoon of Nancy and Sluggo dancing to a pneumatic drill. Workman’s speech balloon reads β€œTHESE RAVE KIDS WILL DANCE TO ANYTHING”

Edited Nancy cartoon of Nancy and Sluggo dancing to a pneumatic drill. Workman’s speech balloon reads β€œTHESE RAVE KIDS WILL DANCE TO ANYTHING”

I’m sorry I saw this and had to steal it, only a minor edit.

19.11.2024 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Old Dry Keith didn’t die for this!

18.11.2024 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man with red hair is smiling and making a peace sign while standing in a crowd . ALT: a man with red hair is smiling and making a peace sign while standing in a crowd .
14.11.2024 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Puzzled by all the Jazz related followers. Sorry folks I’m not the Stewart Smith you were looking for. I do like jazz but I have nothing interesting to say on the subject.

13.11.2024 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I give you Bellenden Gardens in Edinburgh.

23.08.2024 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Eureka!

08.08.2024 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s Barry’s thirst trap picture. I listen to too many of his podcasts. Carol is full of shit though. Her vs. Ian Boldsworth in the Parapod movie is great.

07.06.2024 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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