Chris Yapp
@chrisyapp.bsky.social
Granddad, Futurist, Baggies Fan, Opera Lover, lots more
The Gamgees disco hit Jive Tolkien would get evening off to a flying start
December 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Gamgees disco hit Jive Tolkien would get evening off to a flying start
Stay strong. Fighting this drivel must be disheartening
December 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Stay strong. Fighting this drivel must be disheartening
The move from newspaper to Viewspaper was a lecture I attended in the 90s. It showed hoe the decline in print journalism was following the rise of digital channels. The argument was that the growth of sensationalism was an inevitable aspect of the loss of power of the newspaper owners.
December 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The move from newspaper to Viewspaper was a lecture I attended in the 90s. It showed hoe the decline in print journalism was following the rise of digital channels. The argument was that the growth of sensationalism was an inevitable aspect of the loss of power of the newspaper owners.
Around 2000 skill shortages in tech supported greater mobility now tech is lowering mobility allegedly I think there is both a cyclical and a structural component here
December 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Around 2000 skill shortages in tech supported greater mobility now tech is lowering mobility allegedly I think there is both a cyclical and a structural component here
Notice that they are St George not Union Jack. We are on the road to separate nations..
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Notice that they are St George not Union Jack. We are on the road to separate nations..
i woke up to over 200 emails this morning on black friday alone!
November 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
i woke up to over 200 emails this morning on black friday alone!
Absolutely agree with the analysis but am yet to see a plan that is credible to join starting from here. It will take 10 years to get full membership negotiated and agreed to so it has to survive 2 elections . So how do we proceed? Join the sm or cu? That’s probably 3 to 5 years
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Absolutely agree with the analysis but am yet to see a plan that is credible to join starting from here. It will take 10 years to get full membership negotiated and agreed to so it has to survive 2 elections . So how do we proceed? Join the sm or cu? That’s probably 3 to 5 years
George Lancaster.ac.uk has the most complete archive of ruskins work so if you need to dig beyond the answers already provided go there
Home - Lancaster University
Lancaster University is among the best in the UK. A Top 15 university in the UK league tables, we are also highly ranked in international league tables such as the QS World Rankings.
Lancaster.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
George Lancaster.ac.uk has the most complete archive of ruskins work so if you need to dig beyond the answers already provided go there
The best comparator was a note book called “what I know about education” by Michael Gove then education minister was blank apart from the cover
October 20, 2025 at 6:03 AM
The best comparator was a note book called “what I know about education” by Michael Gove then education minister was blank apart from the cover
The British tradition would be to give it to a Lancastrian that’s why the Duke of Devonshire is in Derbyshire you are too rational
October 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The British tradition would be to give it to a Lancastrian that’s why the Duke of Devonshire is in Derbyshire you are too rational
It is a mistake to see natural selection as pro competition.fittest in this context means fit to the context. Competition and collaboration are a spectrum not opposites in high risk environments survival and collaboration make a better fit hence symbiosis
October 18, 2025 at 6:58 AM
It is a mistake to see natural selection as pro competition.fittest in this context means fit to the context. Competition and collaboration are a spectrum not opposites in high risk environments survival and collaboration make a better fit hence symbiosis
I think it looks like a good case for misconduct in public office against ministers involved in VIP lane.
October 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I think it looks like a good case for misconduct in public office against ministers involved in VIP lane.
My new game private equity manager let's players drive a business into a brick wall. Think I'm on a winner
September 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
My new game private equity manager let's players drive a business into a brick wall. Think I'm on a winner
It's the old Brummie joke
" You going to the Villa, Saturday?"
"No, they didn't come to see me when I was bad"
" You going to the Villa, Saturday?"
"No, they didn't come to see me when I was bad"
September 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It's the old Brummie joke
" You going to the Villa, Saturday?"
"No, they didn't come to see me when I was bad"
" You going to the Villa, Saturday?"
"No, they didn't come to see me when I was bad"
My guess is xfrdcmbrdg
September 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
My guess is xfrdcmbrdg
Another illegal boycott?
August 22, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Another illegal boycott?
I think we need a new service called truss pilot to have a scale of batshitness I thought 5 lettuces should be enough but think she’s in double figures now
August 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I think we need a new service called truss pilot to have a scale of batshitness I thought 5 lettuces should be enough but think she’s in double figures now
Sell Alaska back to Russia
August 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Sell Alaska back to Russia
I think National Brotherhood Week would be a fitting tune to sing at his funeral. The modern USA needs it!
July 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I think National Brotherhood Week would be a fitting tune to sing at his funeral. The modern USA needs it!
Is there a list of companies on x we can personally boycott? Happy to tell anyone or of them that I will before ceasing buying
July 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Is there a list of companies on x we can personally boycott? Happy to tell anyone or of them that I will before ceasing buying
Not the Moody Blues then!
July 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Not the Moody Blues then!