Jeremy Scott-Joynt
Barrister (regulatory, business crime, commercial). Avid if ageing capoeirista. Poor jazz piano player. Nerdish tendencies (Trek AND Wars, btw). Views not so much my own (who can honestly claim that?); but certainly my fault. Blogs at https://jcsj.uk.
- Being a good parent is exhausting sometimes. Particularly when ep 1 of Murderbot drops and you’ve promised your daughter you’ll watch it together when her A levels are done. Almost a month from now.
- Alongside the other billion and one reasons why my daughter is fabulous is telling me about this screensaver. That I’ve never noticed it before is mortifying. But as a 35-year Mac veteran, all the way back to System 6, this is Clarus-level joy for me. #hiChicago
- New life rule. If I buy something from you and you ship it to me via #Evri (and don't give me an alternative), I won't buy from you again. Twice in two weeks an Evri delivery has been left somewhere utterly stupid. The first time, it was stolen. The second, thankfully not. Never again.
- Nothing I’ve ever done screams “nerd” quite as loudly as the fact I’ve just read this inordinately long piece about a font from top to bottom. Still recommend it, though. It’s lovely. The font AND the piece. (Thanks to the wonderful statusq.org for the link.) aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
- am I a bad person for being onboard (sorry) with this? www.thelocal.fr/20250206/fre...
- Interesting work from @danneidle.bsky.social and taxpolicy.org.uk on Companies House failings has prompted thoughts on broader strict liability "control offences" - and a spot of personal history to boot. www.jcsj.uk/2025ii4-tues...
- This resonates. Loud and clear. A key question, always. open.substack.com/pub/richardb...
- Wow.
- Mornings like this - crisp and clear, with the light just the right shade of gold on the water - make it such a privilege to work in this city. The walk from fenchurch street to the temple along the Thames path is a blessing. Especially now there’s no more need to detour along upper Thames street.
- Jason Kottke (that global treasure) took me to the astonishing Questlove mix of SNL music (kottke.org/25/01/questl...). And that led me here... a beloved, multi-handed work of genius which for 35 years has taken me to a place where the soul flies free. A blessing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJXb...
- I've still got my Pebble somewhere. Don't really use it. But it was an absolute masterpiece when it came out more than a decade ago. Just wonderful. So, yes. Of COURSE I've signed up to express interest in buying a new one... repebble.com
- Two people I care about are to be KCs. Amid my huge delight for them, a few musings on progression - and personal relationships. www.jcsj.uk/2025i26-sund...
- After 35 years of Mac use, there’s always something new to learn. An inadvertent keypress showed me that ctrl-Enter pops up a context menu (at least in Word, Notes, Bear and other text entry situations). For lovers of keyboard shortcuts, very useful. (Apologies to those who’ve known it for years!)
- This whole thread. And especially this.
- I always loved this pic. My beloved gave me a poster of it long ago and it stayed on our wall for years. And this story - www.nytimes.com/interactive/... (shared by the great managingeditor.substack.com/about) - sung its soul good and loud. Blessings.
- This, from a piece by Tim Goodman about why professionals don’t vote Tory, is hilarious. Unrecognisable in its lack of connection with reality. A picture-perfect example of someone seeing their own biases and mistaking them for the outside world.
- One of my most firmly-held beliefs is the critical importance of finding beauty in the small things. The view south-east from the platform at Milton Keynes Central just now. This alone makes the morning a thing to treasure.
- Yes, a thousand times yes. “Around” in this usage makes me seethe, too. www.ft.com/content/b589...
- This post ends: “Experimental History is a RUNK in progress.” It is. It absolutely is. (That’s a compliment, btw.) For those (like me) who didn’t know what a RUNK is - and you’ll want to, it’s a thing with buckets of *positive* explanatory power - read on. open.substack.com/pub/experime...
- Finally (!) finishing ST: #Discovery. (Penultimate ep.) And musing, once more, on the wonder that is Doug Jones’s Saru. Amid the Forehead Aliens, a five-seasons-long note-perfect portrayal of someone genuinely alien (right down to the body language) yet hugely approachable. Glorious. Just glorious.
- Also of note: the elegant, subtle way in which Saru’s relationship with T’Rina is character-led, with story emerging therefrom. I love scifi, but it often doesn’t get that the right way round. (Kanan/Hera being an honourable exception.) With these two fabulous actors, and caring writing: nailed it.
- A friend, a stalwart of my found family (in capoeira and much else), and a woman I greatly esteem, has (re)found herself. She declares: “I’m an artist.” Which she is. Rightly. Unquestionably. And it makes my heart sing to see her say so. She tells the story here: open.substack.com/pub/sharpeni...
- Spend day in police appeals tribunal. Note with delight venue is close to fabulous Korean takeaway. Gleefully buy food for wife, daughter and self (all of whom love the place). Run from venue to station to get home in time for everyone to eat. And then leave the food on the effing train. Sigh.
- I'm in Aldeburgh for a few days next week. The map tells me it's just down the coast from both Dunwich and Walberswick. And my old #CallofCthulhu muscles started twitching. Fond (perhaps not quite the word) memories of a White Dwarf scenario set in the latter... and another one set in the former.
