Paul Ferguson
@paulfson.bsky.social
Ex-Keswick Cumbrian exile, lost in literature, environment, ecociticism, weird fiction, capitalocene, fiddle, traditional and non-traditional music (often at the same time), and lots of walking & cycling isms and ings
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"Many people arrested after January 6 said the only reason they rioted was because of what Trump said," says Lewis Goodall.
“Yet, if you listen to all of this, the conclusion is that the sin of that day is a 10 second edit on a BBC programme"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/insi...
“Yet, if you listen to all of this, the conclusion is that the sin of that day is a 10 second edit on a BBC programme"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/insi...
Inside the BBC bias allegations | The News Agents
The News Agents, all of whom spent years working for the BBC, discuss the “existential moment” facing their former employer, with top-level resignations after allegations of systemic bias in its…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"Many people arrested after January 6 said the only reason they rioted was because of what Trump said," says Lewis Goodall.
“Yet, if you listen to all of this, the conclusion is that the sin of that day is a 10 second edit on a BBC programme"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/insi...
“Yet, if you listen to all of this, the conclusion is that the sin of that day is a 10 second edit on a BBC programme"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/insi...
What would it sound like if you combined dub step with arabic trip hop, irish fiddle and balkan folk music in 15/8 time?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCqn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCqn...
Bucimis Dubba Hop Step Version
YouTube video by Paul Ferguson
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November 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
What would it sound like if you combined dub step with arabic trip hop, irish fiddle and balkan folk music in 15/8 time?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCqn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCqn...
Tried to do justice to Charlie Lennon's tune, but instead created a travesty
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The Many Houses of Hamil
This tune is taking some strange turns
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November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Tried to do justice to Charlie Lennon's tune, but instead created a travesty
soundcloud.com/paulfergz-1/...
soundcloud.com/paulfergz-1/...
Once again, Zack says what everyone is thinking but no other politician dare even whisper
Zack Polanski on President Trump, "It's difficult to call him anything other than a fool"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Once again, Zack says what everyone is thinking but no other politician dare even whisper
Some of the best places in the UK are off limits. Open them up
"Landowners have locked the public out, cutting off access to these magical places"
River access pledge 'too small a step'
Right to Roam slams British government plan for access to nine rivers as too little - and too complex.
theecologist.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Some of the best places in the UK are off limits. Open them up
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📣CHAOS IS COMING FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING 📣
Watch out, there are radical publishing models about!
@theblochian.bsky.social's latest article on "working together to move to a non-profit, community-governed publishing system" is a vital read, especially in these uncertain times.
Watch out, there are radical publishing models about!
@theblochian.bsky.social's latest article on "working together to move to a non-profit, community-governed publishing system" is a vital read, especially in these uncertain times.
Universities want new business models, not just discounts.
As @theblochian.bsky.social (OLH Exec. Director) writes: Together we can move our university funding away from obscene commercial extractivists and back into scholar-led non-profit models
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
As @theblochian.bsky.social (OLH Exec. Director) writes: Together we can move our university funding away from obscene commercial extractivists and back into scholar-led non-profit models
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing - Research Professional News
Buckling of commercial models alongside maturing of community-led efforts promises major shifts, says Caroline Edwards
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
📣CHAOS IS COMING FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING 📣
Watch out, there are radical publishing models about!
@theblochian.bsky.social's latest article on "working together to move to a non-profit, community-governed publishing system" is a vital read, especially in these uncertain times.
Watch out, there are radical publishing models about!
@theblochian.bsky.social's latest article on "working together to move to a non-profit, community-governed publishing system" is a vital read, especially in these uncertain times.
This book had perhaps the biggest effect any book ever has had on me. After reading it I began driving everywhere at no more than 60mph. I defy anyone to read it and to not do the same. If the environmental argument doesn't get you, though why it wouldn't is beyond me, the economics surely will.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
This book had perhaps the biggest effect any book ever has had on me. After reading it I began driving everywhere at no more than 60mph. I defy anyone to read it and to not do the same. If the environmental argument doesn't get you, though why it wouldn't is beyond me, the economics surely will.
How do people get to be this unpleasant? This level of nastiness must require some effort. Why would anyone bother?
November 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
How do people get to be this unpleasant? This level of nastiness must require some effort. Why would anyone bother?
It is time so many of us stopped taking Wikipedia for granted. It needs defending
observer.co.uk/news/columni....
observer.co.uk/news/columni....
Musk’s war on Wikipedia is a fight for a future without f...
The tech mogul’s Grokipedia relies on right-leaning AI instead of consensus between human moderators
observer.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It is time so many of us stopped taking Wikipedia for granted. It needs defending
observer.co.uk/news/columni....
observer.co.uk/news/columni....
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If you’re still on X, why? Why are you happily contributing to this? Is your follower count so important that you can’t make a stand?
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Musk’s war on Wikipedia is a fight for a future without f...
The tech mogul’s Grokipedia relies on right-leaning AI instead of consensus between human moderators
observer.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
If you’re still on X, why? Why are you happily contributing to this? Is your follower count so important that you can’t make a stand?
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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Here are two of the potential pokey little houses that Andrew will now be forced to live in... some commentators are suggesting that he might have to toast his own bread and choose his own outfits for the day...
November 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Here are two of the potential pokey little houses that Andrew will now be forced to live in... some commentators are suggesting that he might have to toast his own bread and choose his own outfits for the day...
The death knell of the 21st century
October 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The death knell of the 21st century
I sometimes wonder if I did the right thing deleting my X account and then something like this happens.
October 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I sometimes wonder if I did the right thing deleting my X account and then something like this happens.
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
With each passing day I feel closer to the world of Philp K. Dick. This reads like the opening for one of his novels.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
Patrick Gelsinger, executive chairman of Gloo, has made it his mission to advance Christian principles in Silicon Valley
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
With each passing day I feel closer to the world of Philp K. Dick. This reads like the opening for one of his novels.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The headlines of the future have arrived in the present. Why didn't we act? I think we know the answer and we also know the people who are responsible are either going or will soon be gone.
October 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The headlines of the future have arrived in the present. Why didn't we act? I think we know the answer and we also know the people who are responsible are either going or will soon be gone.
Wow! I can't imagine how it must feel to be an American and to see this. Trump has demolished one third of the White House.
ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
October 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Wow! I can't imagine how it must feel to be an American and to see this. Trump has demolished one third of the White House.
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Been back to my childhood village in Essex for a funeral.
High Street is littered with tatty flags attached to every lamp post and telegraph pole, and by God, it looks awful.
Everyone I spoke to hates them. So intimidating. Apparently- "Epping Forest council is scared of offending the nasties."
High Street is littered with tatty flags attached to every lamp post and telegraph pole, and by God, it looks awful.
Everyone I spoke to hates them. So intimidating. Apparently- "Epping Forest council is scared of offending the nasties."
October 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Been back to my childhood village in Essex for a funeral.
High Street is littered with tatty flags attached to every lamp post and telegraph pole, and by God, it looks awful.
Everyone I spoke to hates them. So intimidating. Apparently- "Epping Forest council is scared of offending the nasties."
High Street is littered with tatty flags attached to every lamp post and telegraph pole, and by God, it looks awful.
Everyone I spoke to hates them. So intimidating. Apparently- "Epping Forest council is scared of offending the nasties."
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Don't be fooled into complacency about the Gaza situation just because the word "ceasefire" has arrived. The humanitarian crisis is still catastrophic. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
Hunger crisis in Gaza is ‘catastrophic’ despite ceasefire, WHO chief says
Forty-one aid organizations accuse Israel of 'arbitrarily' rejecting aid shipments into famine-struck Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Don't be fooled into complacency about the Gaza situation just because the word "ceasefire" has arrived. The humanitarian crisis is still catastrophic. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
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Enten: "Trump is doing absolutely awful in the minds of the American people. We're talking about new lows. CNBC, -13 net approval on the economy. It's -19 among Quinnipiac ... He's not just beating himself with record lows -- this is the lowest for any president ever."
October 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Enten: "Trump is doing absolutely awful in the minds of the American people. We're talking about new lows. CNBC, -13 net approval on the economy. It's -19 among Quinnipiac ... He's not just beating himself with record lows -- this is the lowest for any president ever."
15/8 tune.
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Bucimis - Friday Version
YouTube video by Paul Ferguson
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October 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
15/8 tune.
youtu.be/jTt9biruidU?...
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Clever! It's a bit like the savings I've made by not getting the brakes fixed on my car.
October 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Clever! It's a bit like the savings I've made by not getting the brakes fixed on my car.