Richard Francis
@linguafrancis.bsky.social
Twitter exile. Data Architect and #LUFC Fan
Doesn’t it just mean “The Publican”?
TPUBLICAN is perfect if the "T" stands for TRAITOR.
November 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Doesn’t it just mean “The Publican”?
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Does the government perhaps understand that this is very bad for Britain?
'Ahead of the autumn budget on 26 November, Universities UK (UUK) has calculated that funding per student for teaching in 2025-26 is at 64 per cent of the level it was in 2015-16.' 1/3
University teaching income ‘£6.4 billon less’ than 10 years ago
UUK says shortfall in teaching money is ‘baked in’ to higher education funding system as institutions brace for new tax in upcoming budget
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Does the government perhaps understand that this is very bad for Britain?
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The honest budget speech...
"This year we're putting pensioners ahead of growth. We're prioritising reform voters over growth. Incumbent businesses. Tax advisors...
And the party opposite can complain, but they did exactly the same thing.
In UK politics, this is called change"
"This year we're putting pensioners ahead of growth. We're prioritising reform voters over growth. Incumbent businesses. Tax advisors...
And the party opposite can complain, but they did exactly the same thing.
In UK politics, this is called change"
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The honest budget speech...
"This year we're putting pensioners ahead of growth. We're prioritising reform voters over growth. Incumbent businesses. Tax advisors...
And the party opposite can complain, but they did exactly the same thing.
In UK politics, this is called change"
"This year we're putting pensioners ahead of growth. We're prioritising reform voters over growth. Incumbent businesses. Tax advisors...
And the party opposite can complain, but they did exactly the same thing.
In UK politics, this is called change"
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oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that
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Now I want to know if Christopher Reeve ever heard Superman by Black Lace.
Big news. David Duchovny has finally heard "Mulder and Scully" by Catatonia.
X-Files star David Duchovny finally hears Catatonia song Mulder and Scully
The actor admits he had never heard the song that celebrates his X-Files character - until now.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Now I want to know if Christopher Reeve ever heard Superman by Black Lace.
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Can’t wait for this to be broadcast to a wide audience on New Year’s Eve. Sir Paul standing silently in front of his equally quiet band making a powerful point.
Accompanied by Jools Holland with his boogie-woogie piano.
Accompanied by Jools Holland with his boogie-woogie piano.
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Can’t wait for this to be broadcast to a wide audience on New Year’s Eve. Sir Paul standing silently in front of his equally quiet band making a powerful point.
Accompanied by Jools Holland with his boogie-woogie piano.
Accompanied by Jools Holland with his boogie-woogie piano.
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Your regular reminder that Labour could annex the Sudetenland and Reform would still go up in the polls.
November 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Your regular reminder that Labour could annex the Sudetenland and Reform would still go up in the polls.
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Why seek political office if you have a stonking majority and you use it to…endlessly fret about losing your majority rather than running a country? It’s no good. There is no theory for how to make things better. It’s not even well managed decline.
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Why seek political office if you have a stonking majority and you use it to…endlessly fret about losing your majority rather than running a country? It’s no good. There is no theory for how to make things better. It’s not even well managed decline.
Nothing quite like a big bowl of mince. Delicious.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Nothing quite like a big bowl of mince. Delicious.
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What’s a matter you?
Gotta no respect
Sam Matterface
Gotta no respect
Sam Matterface
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
What’s a matter you?
Gotta no respect
Sam Matterface
Gotta no respect
Sam Matterface
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
Waiting for the podcast of “Samuel Pepys’s 12 Years of Mast Prices”
To my office and there made an end, though late, of my collection of the prices of masts for these twelve years to this day, in order to the buying of some of Wood, and I bound it up in painted paper to lie by as a book for future use.
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Waiting for the podcast of “Samuel Pepys’s 12 Years of Mast Prices”
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
Always thought this was a way better track than Firestarter
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Always thought this was a way better track than Firestarter
Just remove the whip from Streeting. Leadership challenge over and it would be exceedingly funny.
Starmer's leadership under threat - as PM's aides turn on Wes Streeting
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Starmer's leadership under threat - as PM's aides turn on Wes Streeting
Sir Keir Starmer was accused of 'extraordinary paranoia' amid rumours he is under threat of a leadership challenge
inews.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Just remove the whip from Streeting. Leadership challenge over and it would be exceedingly funny.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
Speaking as a drummer, this is true. It’s nice to have a treat from time to time.
The hole in a guitar is traditionally used to store soft cheeses and dried meats which are fed to the drummer when he does a good job
November 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Speaking as a drummer, this is true. It’s nice to have a treat from time to time.
“With my good friend Laura Loomer”
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
“With my good friend Laura Loomer”