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Not another one to try and remember. We'll see.

Librarian. Scholarly communications, historic MPs, Wikipedia, inter alia other things. Misplaced Scot.
18. I noted earlier that the only thing that really threatens Wikipedia is LLMs - the seductive lure of easily generatable rubbish is just too attractive for many people. A small step towards sanity today with a (minimal) new guideline, hurrah. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Wikipedia:Writing articles with large language models - Wikipedia
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November 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
On the intensely minor miracle of the colander: blog.plover.com/religion/st-...

I guess if you got there and discovered all the other artists had claimed "saving children from death" and "bringing forth a spring in the mountains", you'd want to liven up the colander story with some badgers
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I had a flatmate once who went hiking in Corsica for a week and came back with a beard - "well, I didn't want people to see it half grown". Turns out you can really commit to that approach...
November 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Here you go - Owen Garriot with a well-groomed 1973-style moustache on the ground (left) and a ... less so ... one on orbit (right)
November 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
If you go back to the early long-duration flights, the Gemini 7 crew looked pretty unshaven by the time they got out.

In terms of intentional facial hair, I think one of the Skylab 3 crew had a moustache.
November 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I suppose if you're called Amikejo it feels like an easy win.

(tho 'O Moresnet...' also fits!)
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM