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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 6d

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Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area

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Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction

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Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it

Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…

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Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely

[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over

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Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat

[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster

Minister:
I understand your concerns…

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Nurse:
Are you OK love?

Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters

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Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian

[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]

Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love

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Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to

[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]

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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR

[woman looks baffled]

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woman:
I just want a bus service

Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]

[ends]

Rob Taylor @robtaylor.bsky.social · 8d

That photo of what presumably is Stewart's childhood bedroom with the Bob the Builder style wallpaper and the Nazi flag is pretty poignant.

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Rob Taylor @robtaylor.bsky.social · 11d

If we're relying on qualified foreign tradespeople to build 1.5m new homes by 2029, should we be placing unnecessary stipulations on what English exams they've taken?

Rob Taylor @robtaylor.bsky.social · 11d

It's good banter. But isn't this just the standard advice to keep business continuity plans on paper? If your IT systems go down, you'll need to refer to them to get your business back up and running.

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Rob Taylor @robtaylor.bsky.social · 15d

I Want You (Marvin Gaye) 10/10
I Want You (Bob Dylan) 10/10

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Rob Taylor @robtaylor.bsky.social · 15d

Seventeen Sharon Van Etten 8/10
Seventeen Ladytron 8/10

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Rob Taylor @robtaylor.bsky.social · 15d

Wrecking Ball Gillian Welch 8/10
Wrecking Ball Miley Cyrus 6/10

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Rob Taylor @robtaylor.bsky.social · Sep 19

I thought the Bojack picture was a reference to Declan Rice's nickname. But I guess not...

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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is the England that I know and love.
I have to confess, it made me tear up a little.

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Sep 3

Timeline cleanse

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Rob Taylor @robtaylor.bsky.social · Jul 22

Wouldn't you get rid of this three-valued logic by always running your CI workflow on commit (using webhooks)?

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Rob Taylor @robtaylor.bsky.social · Jun 24

They may have automated creating AI podcasts of papers by calling a service like Google NotebookLM.

It's been possible for 1-2 years to upload complex documents like academic papers or legal judgements to this free service and have them converted into explainer podcast episodes.

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Rob Taylor @robtaylor.bsky.social · May 16

I thought it was about drinking sangria in the park, and maybe going to the zoo then the movies. Sounds like a perfect day to me.

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · May 8

One of the strangest ironies of the last ten years has been watching Britain immersing itself as deeply as ever in memories of WW2 while proudly turning its back on the project that emerged from it.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · Dec 11

The greatest description of Star Wars ever by a non-fan.
Take it away, Malcolm Tucker

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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · Apr 22

Leonard Cohen playing pinball.

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Rob Taylor @robtaylor.bsky.social · Apr 22

Batman flicks the v-sign before turning his back to leave

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · Apr 19

Unthinkable just 10 years ago:

Almost 3/4 of the EU’s electricity in 2024 was from renewable energy sources and nuclear.

Gas and coal electricity generation is at record low levels.

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Rob Taylor @robtaylor.bsky.social · Apr 21

It's a little bit USS Callister isn't it?

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Rob Taylor @robtaylor.bsky.social · Apr 19

In the UK, some remain voters show similar contempt for those who voted for Brexit. The UK journalist @mrjamesob.bsky.social has a good phrase that he often repeats on his radio show - "contempt for the con man, compassion for the conned".

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Rob Taylor @robtaylor.bsky.social · Apr 18

It looks great.

Rob Taylor @robtaylor.bsky.social · Apr 18

Is this the St John recipe?

Rob Taylor @robtaylor.bsky.social · Apr 11

Herbert from Family Guy fails to notice that his hair is on fire

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Rob Taylor @robtaylor.bsky.social · Apr 6

A regular in our house.

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Rob Taylor @robtaylor.bsky.social · Apr 5

And probably the odd racist to boot.