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Oh no! Absolutely not embarrassing at all! It's by far his least known poem, very few Shakespeare enthusiasts have even heard of it, let alone read it—but turtle doves and mortality brought it to mind. I look forward to reading the essay in either case!

Beauty, truth, and rarity,
Grace in all simplicity,
Here enclos'd, in cinders lie.

Death is now the Phoenix' nest,
And the Turtle's loyal breast
To eternity doth rest...

Didn't we all go into academia for fresh flowers, Greek grammar, and resentful murder?

There's aspects of this story that are of entirely legitimate interest: money laundering, rates avoidance, evasion of trading standards. There are systemic issues to tighten up here.

But I wish it made clear that not allowing asylum seekers to work is forcing many into this untaxed shadow economy.

Looks tremendous, Hester! Many congratulations!!

I drink your milkshake.

This reminded me of when I heard a Lacanian argue quite convincingly that the paranoid delusions of psychosis are not the illness per se but rather the patient's attempt at self-recovery and self-comfort following a psychotic break.

Pretty majuscool.

But doesn't calling 'listening' or 'watching' 'reading' elide the interpretive work of the performer mediating the text? Not trying to catch you out, genuinely curious because this is a new vocabulary to me.

They think they're George Carlin, but they're actually court jesters.

Vividly kind is a wonderful epithet. You can feel that tectonic caring in his work.

Technofeudalism is here. They honour the new barons.