D J E
@davidjamesevans.bsky.social
And you may ask yourself....
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
RIP. Once watched him bat against Northants and he smacked a cut so hard I flinched despite being ten feet behind the boundary
RIP. Once watched him bat against Northants and he smacked a cut so hard I flinched despite being ten feet behind the boundary
Robin Smith, former England cricketer, dies aged 62
Robin Smith, the former England and Hampshire batter who made more than 4,000 Test runs between 1988 and 1996, has died at the age of 62
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
RIP. Once watched him bat against Northants and he smacked a cut so hard I flinched despite being ten feet behind the boundary
RIP. Once watched him bat against Northants and he smacked a cut so hard I flinched despite being ten feet behind the boundary
I read things like this and sympathise but then......get a proper job
November 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I read things like this and sympathise but then......get a proper job
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First they came for people living in mansions
And I did not speak out
Because they are rich moaning bastards
And I did not speak out
Because they are rich moaning bastards
November 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
First they came for people living in mansions
And I did not speak out
Because they are rich moaning bastards
And I did not speak out
Because they are rich moaning bastards
Introduce yourself with 5 acts you've seen:
Primitive Methodist Connexion
SnatchBabyAbbeyJoy
Blunge
Guy Rope
The Mistle Thrushes
Primitive Methodist Connexion
SnatchBabyAbbeyJoy
Blunge
Guy Rope
The Mistle Thrushes
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 acts you've seen:
Primitive Methodist Connexion
SnatchBabyAbbeyJoy
Blunge
Guy Rope
The Mistle Thrushes
Primitive Methodist Connexion
SnatchBabyAbbeyJoy
Blunge
Guy Rope
The Mistle Thrushes
I have questions about Stokes's hair but I'll save those for another time.
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I have questions about Stokes's hair but I'll save those for another time.
England moaners and has beens will be out in force blaming Australia's lack of preparation in home conditions presumably.
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
England moaners and has beens will be out in force blaming Australia's lack of preparation in home conditions presumably.
Much as I can't abide that breed of England cricket fan who only watches cricket so that they can complain about anything and everything, I wish I was only vaguely aware of Zak Crawley's existence as a decent county batter who was destined to be overlooked by the England selectors
November 21, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Much as I can't abide that breed of England cricket fan who only watches cricket so that they can complain about anything and everything, I wish I was only vaguely aware of Zak Crawley's existence as a decent county batter who was destined to be overlooked by the England selectors
6. New York. 1970s. Migraine-inducing jazz soundtrack.
7. Dashing Chaps and Fascinating Ladies talking about derring do.
8. How did they build that? Wouldn't get me up there.
9. Things looking epic/slow with no script.
10. It happened a long time ago but don't worry nobody is dressing up or acting.
7. Dashing Chaps and Fascinating Ladies talking about derring do.
8. How did they build that? Wouldn't get me up there.
9. Things looking epic/slow with no script.
10. It happened a long time ago but don't worry nobody is dressing up or acting.
Top Five Favourite Documentary Genres
1. Oh wait, it was a Ponzi Scheme all along.
2. Terrible U.S. sportsperson is metaphor for entire country.
3. Unknown crackpot was greatest person who ever lived.
4. Old alcoholics talk about famous old alcoholic.
5. Nature is cute but evil.
1. Oh wait, it was a Ponzi Scheme all along.
2. Terrible U.S. sportsperson is metaphor for entire country.
3. Unknown crackpot was greatest person who ever lived.
4. Old alcoholics talk about famous old alcoholic.
5. Nature is cute but evil.
November 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
6. New York. 1970s. Migraine-inducing jazz soundtrack.
7. Dashing Chaps and Fascinating Ladies talking about derring do.
8. How did they build that? Wouldn't get me up there.
9. Things looking epic/slow with no script.
10. It happened a long time ago but don't worry nobody is dressing up or acting.
7. Dashing Chaps and Fascinating Ladies talking about derring do.
8. How did they build that? Wouldn't get me up there.
9. Things looking epic/slow with no script.
10. It happened a long time ago but don't worry nobody is dressing up or acting.
Whatever shall we do without him?
🗣️ "I’m worth £780m at 37 — and I’m leaving Britain for Dubai"
Herman Narula, founder of Improbable, doubts he’ll be the last tech entrepreneur to depart
Herman Narula, founder of Improbable, doubts he’ll be the last tech entrepreneur to depart
I’m worth £780m at 37 — and I’m leaving Britain for Dubai
Herman Narula, founder of Improbable, doubts he’ll be the last tech entrepreneur to leave the UK
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Whatever shall we do without him?
Greece coach/ Monsieur Judge
November 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Greece coach/ Monsieur Judge
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Stokes: "Fuck off."
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Stokes: "Fuck off."
Not thematically autumnal but this thread has reminded me of dc Basehead's Play With Toys from 1992. Of which this is a representative track:
youtu.be/NUI3_USzHYU?...
youtu.be/NUI3_USzHYU?...
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Not thematically autumnal but this thread has reminded me of dc Basehead's Play With Toys from 1992. Of which this is a representative track:
youtu.be/NUI3_USzHYU?...
youtu.be/NUI3_USzHYU?...
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This New Yorker documentary about the 1988 UK government ban on broadcasting the voices of Sinn Féin and I.R.A. leaders is pretty good but they show *that clip from The Day Today with no explanation and no indicator that it is satire.
www.newyorker.com/video/watch/...
www.newyorker.com/video/watch/...
The Ban
www.newyorker.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This New Yorker documentary about the 1988 UK government ban on broadcasting the voices of Sinn Féin and I.R.A. leaders is pretty good but they show *that clip from The Day Today with no explanation and no indicator that it is satire.
www.newyorker.com/video/watch/...
www.newyorker.com/video/watch/...
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50 years from now:
"I wonder where the phrase, 'Like an truck-load of herpes-infected monkeys' came from?
"I wonder where the phrase, 'Like an truck-load of herpes-infected monkeys' came from?
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
50 years from now:
"I wonder where the phrase, 'Like an truck-load of herpes-infected monkeys' came from?
"I wonder where the phrase, 'Like an truck-load of herpes-infected monkeys' came from?
Cosy Red Riding Quartet.
You eat the scone. Crumbles. You crumble. You ruddy crumb. Dotty Proverbs is at the door. And you, you crumb, are already eating the scone. She rings the bell. Bell. Rings.
You eat the scone. Crumbles. You crumble. You ruddy crumb. Dotty Proverbs is at the door. And you, you crumb, are already eating the scone. She rings the bell. Bell. Rings.
You've just made me realise what the true north-south divide is.
October 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Cosy Red Riding Quartet.
You eat the scone. Crumbles. You crumble. You ruddy crumb. Dotty Proverbs is at the door. And you, you crumb, are already eating the scone. She rings the bell. Bell. Rings.
You eat the scone. Crumbles. You crumble. You ruddy crumb. Dotty Proverbs is at the door. And you, you crumb, are already eating the scone. She rings the bell. Bell. Rings.
I think this distancing effect extends into the language of North American match reports vs say UK reporting on cricket or soccer.
I understand and enjoy watching baseball. But ask me what happened based on a report written for a North American audience and I'm stumped - even if I watched the game.
I understand and enjoy watching baseball. But ask me what happened based on a report written for a North American audience and I'm stumped - even if I watched the game.
I felt this completely. Reading about “the baseball” on Bluesky this morning was by turns hilarious, wonderful, and oddly uplifting; made all the better by not understanding what the hell was going on. It was the best of American Bluesky.
October 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I think this distancing effect extends into the language of North American match reports vs say UK reporting on cricket or soccer.
I understand and enjoy watching baseball. But ask me what happened based on a report written for a North American audience and I'm stumped - even if I watched the game.
I understand and enjoy watching baseball. But ask me what happened based on a report written for a North American audience and I'm stumped - even if I watched the game.
Most top flight football matches in England are ultimately tedious because they are decided on "which team can get away with the most fouls every time a set piece is delivered into the box."
October 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Most top flight football matches in England are ultimately tedious because they are decided on "which team can get away with the most fouls every time a set piece is delivered into the box."
Surely an ethical use of AI would be to create an agent that floods them with hundreds of thousands of plausible but fake applications?
There is no journalistic task more imperative than getting eyes inside this process. The kind of thing historians wait for archives of dictatorships to open, when figuring out how the REAL nightmare begin.
newrepublic.com/post/202199/...
newrepublic.com/post/202199/...
October 24, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Surely an ethical use of AI would be to create an agent that floods them with hundreds of thousands of plausible but fake applications?
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October 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Hinchcliffe on co-comms
a close up of a cartoon character 's fist with a pink building in the background
Alt: a close up of a cartoon character 's fist with a pink building in the background.
media.tenor.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hinchcliffe on co-comms