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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · Jan 31

Give that in Greek “stupid” is Ηλίθιος (elethios - ish) maybe for some "governments" we could mention, it might be useful to call them an "elethiocracy". It's not a word I can find in a dictionary, more’s the pity, but I kind of like it.

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 2h

Small diversion. My alma mater in Durham was named after his great-grandson, Sir Edward Collingwood.

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Bob Fischer @bobfischer.bsky.social · 4h

There aren't huge quantities of the 10" vinyl left, and hell - I still think 'Fellfoul' sounds wonderful. Great swords & sorcery script by @andreworton.bsky.social, great narration by Aja Dodd, great soundtrack by @ghostboxrecords.bsky.social. Head over to our @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social Bandcamp...

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 6h

I want his hi tops in the pub bit.

Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 7h

With big fences to keep them in, and away from us.

Like Jurassic Park, but for throbbers.

Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 7h

"English born, English bread. Weak in t'arm, and soft in t'head"

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 7h

Yay. I'll add that to the list of reasons not to bother reading the Sunday Times.

Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 7h

To borrow an old phrase, I don't approve, but I certainly wasn't upset to read the obituary.

Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 11h

And coming out of that Murray bit is a thing (Milton Springsteen) which is all too resonant today. It still hits

Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 11h

I was actually watching that episode last night, and it is brilliant. And the ep before had the Pete Murray Juke Box Jury bit too. An embarrassment of riches, really

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 20h

… by an M Graham on eleventy pints

Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 21h

Ooooh, the faintly creepy feeling of stumbling across the Swedish Rhapsody station at night, or the one where the tape the music was on had got really stretched so it sounded *deeply* otherworldly. And that even before that actual numbers …

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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 1d

For all that universities have plainly used international students as cash cows, they have been among the only places where young Brits could meet as peers with people from abroad. Slowly losing that is disastrous.

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 23h

And take a photo, because at least you’ll actually be fucking there, instead of making shite up

Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 23h

Go on, walk right over the bonnet

Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 1d

And still essentially probabilistic. I don't fancy playing dice with epistemology, thanks. I'll pass

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Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social · 1d

Fanny Twatts

England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 1d

And that "a university education" is a one way process, not an essentially symbiotic one with benefits for both teacher and student. But that's the result of decades of framing it in essentially consumerist/marketised terms.

You can't have that relationship if one end of it is essentially reactive

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Susan Major @suemajor.bsky.social · 1d

York's own Fitzcarraldo!

Leisure boats near Lendal Bridge in York, with one hauled up onto the slipway.

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 1d

I am pleased to say I never usually woke up early enough on a Sunday morning to ever bother with this, because it looks like the definition of "organised fun". I was probably sleeping in after watching the late night Saturday film on BBC2.

Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting the examples he chose, isn't it? And not some others.

BBC reporters cannot wear Black Lives Matter T-shirts in newsroom, says Tim Davie

Director general says it is inappropriate for a journalist who may be covering that issue ‘to be campaigning in that way’

www.theguardian.com

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

I'd sooner trust a stoned monkey with a bag of hand grenades than this lot with the economy.

Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing story in The Times. Reform UK failed to pay VAT to HMRC on its sales (tickets, merchandise). About £400k in all.

Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 1d

can't believe connecting the worlds most used online services to one single company has resulted in an outrage that has switched off the world's most used online services. truly shocked this could happen

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 1d

The Danny Baker line about bookies and why he doesn’t gamble was spot on:

Notice they got 5 counters for punters to put bets on, and only one to pay out.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 1d

Uncle Joe's Mint Balls factory, Wigan, 1974, photo by Stephen Dowle.

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 1d

Give ‘em to your granny
And watch the bugger go!