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Stuart Brown @zzztype.bsky.social · 4h

Though personally I rather like the idea of Andrew’s name being carved into legislative posterity as the only man specifically named as too depraved to be a successor to a chair previously sat on by any number of wife-killers, nephew-murderers, and warmongers.

Stuart Brown @zzztype.bsky.social · 4h

… but they’re clearly desperately trying to not have this as a parliamentary issue and, anyway, how would you do it? You’d either have to insert a clause specifically excluding Andrew, which smacks of attainder, or you’d have to make it a generic “anyone who does X or Y” … which is *far* too risky.

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Stuart Brown @zzztype.bsky.social · 4h

Well it does come down to who gets to giveth and who to taketh away; in the case of titles and dukedoms, it’s His Maj and/or Parliament; but in the case of actual succession that’s indubitably Parliament: it’s set out in the Act of Settlement. Of course that has been amended in our very lifetimes…

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Stuart Brown @zzztype.bsky.social · Sep 3

because—hold your horses before you berate me—the other MS of this bibliography list definitely reads الإرشاد لابن عقيل، شرحه للأنصاريّ. So whoever put it together did think that al-Anṣārī’s text was a sharḥ of Ibn ʿAqīl’s Irshād, rather than al-Juwaynī’s. Not my bad here! But any other suggestions?

Stuart Brown @zzztype.bsky.social · Sep 3

So a call for aid to any #Arabic #manuscript experts. I have a damaged word, which I think I know what it is, but will happily take advice! It’s the first word on the second line. We have الإرشاد لابن عقيل ؟؟؟؟ شرح الإرشاد للأنصاريّ. I *think* it’s المرجّع, which would certainly make sense . . .

A screenshot of two lines from an Arabic manuscript. Alas, it’s establishing precisely what it says that is the point of this post, so if I could provide the full text, I wouldn’t be posting it.

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Stuart Brown @zzztype.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hmmm, I’m hoping it’s a deliberate nod to Finnegans Wake?

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Stuart Brown @zzztype.bsky.social · Jul 29

A friend gave me an old book of Islamic bookbindings which he’d somehow managed to locate for my birthday. Now in pride of place in the maktab.

A photo of my home office, which is largely Arabic-themed.

A photo of an open book showing Islamic bookbindings on my (rather messy and disorganised) bookshelves.

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Stuart Brown @zzztype.bsky.social · Jul 26

Plus, Ronnie’s *way* too tall.

Stuart Brown @zzztype.bsky.social · Jul 20

Important lesson learnt at the rather excellent Cotswolds Beer Festival yesterday: should you be somewhat on the short side anyway, with legs that at best can be described as “wretched little stumps”, then do NOT stand in the middle of the shot if your friend is taking a pic with a wide angle lens.

A photo of me and friends at a beer festival. Thee photo is taken with a wide angle lens and I am stood in the centre of the shot, causing my usually diminutive legs to look positively truncated.

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Stuart Brown @zzztype.bsky.social · Jul 10

Having made a note to do my bit to make Bluesky less perennially serious, no jokes as such, but here’s a few snaps of some DNA celebrating its fiftieth in Singapore and Malaysia.

A photo of me and my brother enjoying a glass of wine in the Raffles hotel in Singapore

A photo of an insanely chilli-heavy chicken dish.

A photo of me and my brother enjoying another glass of wine in Kuala Lumpur

A photo of a very fancy lamb dish in a very fancy KL restaurant.

Stuart Brown @zzztype.bsky.social · Jun 30

There’s a Hythe Bridge in Oxford.

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Stuart Brown @zzztype.bsky.social · Jun 30

Oh, I’d always presumed it to be from Teufel.

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Stuart Brown @zzztype.bsky.social · Jun 13

I invite you to peruse the insanity that is BlueBook citation style. APA is merely a touch quirky in comparison.

Stuart Brown @zzztype.bsky.social · Jun 13

These are good points. And though I check BlueSky often, I don’t post much, and definitely because I feel the weight of The Seriousness on me. I hereby commit to posting more bad jokes that get well-nigh zero interaction, like I used to on Twitter.

Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · Jun 12

We have read enough bad columns about what's wrong with Bluesky that @nitishpahwa.com decided to write about what's *actually* wrong with Bluesky and how it could be fixed. Hint: More people posting about things that are not that serious slate.com/technology/2...

This Platform Was Supposed to Replace Twitter. It’s Not Going So Well.

The platform has more users than ever. So why does it feel so empty?

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