Geoff Peters
@geoffpet.bsky.social
e.Prof Systems Strategy
Sometime: Pro Vice Chancellor
Head Open University Law School
Dean Technology
Sometime: Pro Vice Chancellor
Head Open University Law School
Dean Technology
October 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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[also] Headed for the chopping block are such polysyllabic words as “jurisprudence,” “constitutional,” and “polysyllabic.”
[also] Headed for the chopping block are such polysyllabic words as “jurisprudence,” “constitutional,” and “polysyllabic.”
Trump Signs Executive Order Changing Meaning of Word Obliterate
He also announced a plan to remove from the English language thousands of what he called “Obama-era long words.”
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July 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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[also] Headed for the chopping block are such polysyllabic words as “jurisprudence,” “constitutional,” and “polysyllabic.”
[also] Headed for the chopping block are such polysyllabic words as “jurisprudence,” “constitutional,” and “polysyllabic.”
And if you don’t read and don’t speak the language, who knows what they are saying open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
Trump Says He Slapped Tariffs on Foreign Films Because Subtitles Encourage Reading
“Parents think their kids are safely at the movies, not spending two hours reading,” he said.
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May 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
And if you don’t read and don’t speak the language, who knows what they are saying open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
Drinking champagne could reduce risk of sudden cardiac arrest, study suggests.
Or to put it another way “Being Rich”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Or to put it another way “Being Rich”
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Drinking champagne could reduce risk of sudden cardiac arrest, study suggests
Maintaining a positive mood and eating more fruit may also help lower risk, researchers find
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April 29, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Drinking champagne could reduce risk of sudden cardiac arrest, study suggests.
Or to put it another way “Being Rich”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Or to put it another way “Being Rich”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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“Sorry, chap, you’ve got to take one for the team,” the King said.
King Charles Downgrades Trump’s State Visit to Lunch with Prince Andrew
“Sorry, chap, you’ve got to take one for the team," the King told Andrew.
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March 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“Sorry, chap, you’ve got to take one for the team,” the King said.
The only universe in which this all makes any sense is a campaign to rehabilitate Richard Nixon.
March 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The only universe in which this all makes any sense is a campaign to rehabilitate Richard Nixon.
A thoughtful and balanced account of the inheritance tax on agricultural property from the @theifs.bsky.social ifs.org.uk/articles/inh...
Inheritance tax and farms | Institute for Fiscal Studies
The Autumn 2024 Budget brought some agricultural property into inheritance tax. What are the changes? Who will be affected? Were they a good idea?
ifs.org.uk
November 25, 2024 at 2:48 PM
A thoughtful and balanced account of the inheritance tax on agricultural property from the @theifs.bsky.social ifs.org.uk/articles/inh...
And so it escalates… www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Damage to Baltic Sea cables was sabotage, German minister says
Boris Pistorius says ‘no one believes’ two undersea fibre-optic communications cables were cut accidentally
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November 19, 2024 at 9:40 AM
And so it escalates… www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
“With a shrewd mix of delusional paranoia and dubious anti-aging nutrition hacks, they strive to make life both scarier and longer for everyone, a commendable goal. “
November 15, 2024 at 9:40 AM
“With a shrewd mix of delusional paranoia and dubious anti-aging nutrition hacks, they strive to make life both scarier and longer for everyone, a commendable goal. “
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Atlantic Ocean Excited To Move Into Beautiful Beachfront Mansion Soon
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November 13, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Atlantic Ocean Excited To Move Into Beautiful Beachfront Mansion Soon
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“In Praise of Older Women”
Women over 50, who vote at high rates and feel misunderstood by politicians, have shifted support to Kamala Harris more than any other demographic group.
Are women over 50 the critical voter group no one is talking about?
AARP polling shows that these women, who vote at high rates and feel misunderstood by politicians, have shifted support to Kamala Harris more than any other demographic group.
19thnews.org
October 21, 2024 at 9:40 AM
“In Praise of Older Women”
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In the party garden not the “Allegra Stratton Memorial Briefing Suite,”
In the party garden not the “Allegra Stratton Memorial Briefing Suite,”
Black holes and revelations | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
“That’s what we have inherited,” Keir Starmer gloomed, “not just an economic black hole, a societal black hole.” It was a beautiful day, but the prime minister had arrived with his own small black…
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August 28, 2024 at 11:32 AM
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In the party garden not the “Allegra Stratton Memorial Briefing Suite,”
In the party garden not the “Allegra Stratton Memorial Briefing Suite,”
As ever thoughtful overview from @ldfreedman.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/b...
Building on Kursk
Can Ukraine and the US agree on a plan?
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August 28, 2024 at 11:14 AM
As ever thoughtful overview from @ldfreedman.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/b...