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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 1d

If you want some literary takes I give you “Zola hates all his characters” and “the Road is a man book, in which a man celebrates the manness of a man, while ignoring that men probably caused the problem in the first place”. And the inimitable “dude, I did not order a yappucino”. (All the teen)

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 1d

Atonement is terrible. Saturday is terrible. Oh hang on, McEwan is terrible.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 1d

The Mayor of Casterbridge when I was 13 was enough to ensure I never picked up Hardy again.

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 1d

Two kids in one house reading An Inspector Calls is too many.

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 1d

We torture kids at school by making them read “classics” they have no context for, then wonder why they don’t read for pleasure.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 1d

Good god man I’m too old for basketball.

FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 1d

She was not, in fact, in the trenches.

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 1d

Today the woman I was marking in netball screamed at the umpire that she was “in the trenches here!” and that, I believe, is a score to me.

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 1d

Friends’ school trips include Morocco, New York, Iceland, Kenya. All state schools.

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 1d

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

Breaking news: Patrick James, the low-profile founder of First Brands Group, has resigned as chief executive of the bankrupt auto parts maker. on.ft.com/4qdc5lW

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 1d

In any other world it’s potentially an installation narrowly treading the borders of naff, and “hey kids” youth pastor cringe. Vance/Musk hating it makes it far more credible.

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 1d

Canterbury cathedral getting the US Vice President to do their marketing for them is top tier.

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 1d

Most notably “52 years as an imbecile”.

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like a list of things right wing MPs might be prosecuted for.

waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 2d

Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 1d

I see that FT columnist is still excited by the “fresh fizz of ideas” on the right…

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 2d

Double pledged invoice factoring.

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 2d

"The chancellor approved it"

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 2d

*both of us.

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 2d

Bathed the dog. Will be spending the rest of Sunday recovering from trauma.

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 3d

There’s a non-zero risk this man ends up with undue control over the US presidency.

scrambled egg globalist @matthewraskob.bsky.social · 3d

Pope Benedict XVI “overdosed on red pills”?
Peter, what the fuck are you talking about.

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 3d

If you are being over-compensated for complexity the chances are you are underestimating the complexity.

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 3d

Anyway, the beauty of ChatGPT is that it should be much easier to create imaginary invoices. Fun.

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 3d

And just imagine if you were the trustee on a vehicle where it turned out the assets weren’t…

www.reuters.com/article/ge-p...

www.reuters.com

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 3d

For fans of factoring fraud and other off balance sheet financing shenanigans, here’s a history lesson on Petters.

www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/...

A Plague on All Their Houses

Some hedge funds were taken for a $3 billion ride. Could they possibly be as witless as they claim to be?

www.forbes.com

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Houmous Addict @christerak.bsky.social · 4d

LECORNU PLUTOT DEUXCORNU PAS VRAI LA TEAM.

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 4d

Cheer up, you’re not even a year into the term yet.

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