michael
@parallelmotion.bsky.social
architect
less is more...more or less
less is more...more or less
No exaggeration to say that Hagrid of Harry Potter fame could've been based on our Faculty Professor, the archetypal wild-looking bohemian Scotsman who we were all in awe/fear of...just as every Professor/Undergraduate relationship should be.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
No exaggeration to say that Hagrid of Harry Potter fame could've been based on our Faculty Professor, the archetypal wild-looking bohemian Scotsman who we were all in awe/fear of...just as every Professor/Undergraduate relationship should be.
How did 🐶 travel?
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
How did 🐶 travel?
Just when you think that right-wing idiocy might finally exhaust itself out, along come the Christo-Nationalists
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Just when you think that right-wing idiocy might finally exhaust itself out, along come the Christo-Nationalists
I doubt it's solely direct taxation per person, rather it will also include indirect taxation e.g. when a person spends money on a product/service run by another person/company e.g. rent, food shopping, using a plumber, etc, that other person/company's tax liability increases.
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I doubt it's solely direct taxation per person, rather it will also include indirect taxation e.g. when a person spends money on a product/service run by another person/company e.g. rent, food shopping, using a plumber, etc, that other person/company's tax liability increases.
November 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
''...and threatens the budget itself?''
I know you didn't mean this, but it raises a fourth question.
Should the Budget be scrapped as an event, as it's clearly become just another part of the ever increasingly performative newstainment cycle?
I know you didn't mean this, but it raises a fourth question.
Should the Budget be scrapped as an event, as it's clearly become just another part of the ever increasingly performative newstainment cycle?
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
''...and threatens the budget itself?''
I know you didn't mean this, but it raises a fourth question.
Should the Budget be scrapped as an event, as it's clearly become just another part of the ever increasingly performative newstainment cycle?
I know you didn't mean this, but it raises a fourth question.
Should the Budget be scrapped as an event, as it's clearly become just another part of the ever increasingly performative newstainment cycle?
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Before the Mcr derby RA was asked how he'd prepped the squad, and he replied with a total lack of self-awareness saying because Pep plays various systems they had to spend a lot of time going thru each possible formation. I thought then, if the penny hasn't dropped it never will!
November 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Before the Mcr derby RA was asked how he'd prepped the squad, and he replied with a total lack of self-awareness saying because Pep plays various systems they had to spend a lot of time going thru each possible formation. I thought then, if the penny hasn't dropped it never will!
Fair play Peter, better team won and importantly Moyes adapted to the sending off. I don't want Amorim to fail because it means Utd failing, but can't see us having any meaningful success with his stubbornness.
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Fair play Peter, better team won and importantly Moyes adapted to the sending off. I don't want Amorim to fail because it means Utd failing, but can't see us having any meaningful success with his stubbornness.
💯 We gained no advantage with his refusal to adapt after the sending off. Bad enough having 3 CBs marking 1 striker v 11 men, but v 10 it's ridiculous, esp when none of them can play forward, Bruno had to keep dropping back to receive the ball.
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
💯 We gained no advantage with his refusal to adapt after the sending off. Bad enough having 3 CBs marking 1 striker v 11 men, but v 10 it's ridiculous, esp when none of them can play forward, Bruno had to keep dropping back to receive the ball.
I would've preferred a draw but as Eze is in my fantasy team I'm not complaining 😊
Always nice to see Leeds come a cropper 😊
Always nice to see Leeds come a cropper 😊
November 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I would've preferred a draw but as Eze is in my fantasy team I'm not complaining 😊
Always nice to see Leeds come a cropper 😊
Always nice to see Leeds come a cropper 😊
I'm betting on old skool Chicago House 🕺
November 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I'm betting on old skool Chicago House 🕺
😊 Sending you emergency pipe and slippers
November 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
😊 Sending you emergency pipe and slippers
The May elections can't come soon enough.
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The May elections can't come soon enough.
Indeed, I would always send books for their children's birthdays via AmazonUK and it was noticeable how much shipping costs increased post-Brexit.
Last year though I negated them by buying directly from the Amazon site of where they lived. I had to create a new account but otherwise seamless.
Last year though I negated them by buying directly from the Amazon site of where they lived. I had to create a new account but otherwise seamless.
Amazon Insurance
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November 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Indeed, I would always send books for their children's birthdays via AmazonUK and it was noticeable how much shipping costs increased post-Brexit.
Last year though I negated them by buying directly from the Amazon site of where they lived. I had to create a new account but otherwise seamless.
Last year though I negated them by buying directly from the Amazon site of where they lived. I had to create a new account but otherwise seamless.
You did well to breach the Brexit blockade.
I've tried twice sending friends in EU Xmas goodies to remind them of Blighty (mince pies, shortbread etc), but despite declaring in full, paying req'd taxes & postage, both bounced back from EU Customs late Jan.
On the plus side, I scoffed them 😋
I've tried twice sending friends in EU Xmas goodies to remind them of Blighty (mince pies, shortbread etc), but despite declaring in full, paying req'd taxes & postage, both bounced back from EU Customs late Jan.
On the plus side, I scoffed them 😋
November 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
You did well to breach the Brexit blockade.
I've tried twice sending friends in EU Xmas goodies to remind them of Blighty (mince pies, shortbread etc), but despite declaring in full, paying req'd taxes & postage, both bounced back from EU Customs late Jan.
On the plus side, I scoffed them 😋
I've tried twice sending friends in EU Xmas goodies to remind them of Blighty (mince pies, shortbread etc), but despite declaring in full, paying req'd taxes & postage, both bounced back from EU Customs late Jan.
On the plus side, I scoffed them 😋
Have you ever visited Stockwell Bus Garage?
Not a Brutalist building in the purist sense, but an impressive concrete structure nonetheless which at the time of construction was the longest clear span in Europe.
It's also been celebrated in retro-style print...
www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/06/stun...
Not a Brutalist building in the purist sense, but an impressive concrete structure nonetheless which at the time of construction was the longest clear span in Europe.
It's also been celebrated in retro-style print...
www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/06/stun...
Stunning retro print celebrates the modernist architecture of Stockwell Bus garage
When it opened in April 1952, Stockwell Bus Garage boasted the largest unsupported area under one roof in Europe, with its 393ft long roof providing 73,350sq ft of parking space for up to 200 buses…
www.brixtonbuzz.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Have you ever visited Stockwell Bus Garage?
Not a Brutalist building in the purist sense, but an impressive concrete structure nonetheless which at the time of construction was the longest clear span in Europe.
It's also been celebrated in retro-style print...
www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/06/stun...
Not a Brutalist building in the purist sense, but an impressive concrete structure nonetheless which at the time of construction was the longest clear span in Europe.
It's also been celebrated in retro-style print...
www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/06/stun...
Farage never sued Crick...just saying
November 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Farage never sued Crick...just saying
I like to think...megalomaniac narcissists aside...that we're all pacifists at heart in that no one *wants* to go to war, but when faced with such an existential threat such as Fascism, it's hard to understand why someone wouldn't want to fight back against that.
Great composer though!
Great composer though!
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I like to think...megalomaniac narcissists aside...that we're all pacifists at heart in that no one *wants* to go to war, but when faced with such an existential threat such as Fascism, it's hard to understand why someone wouldn't want to fight back against that.
Great composer though!
Great composer though!
I seem to recall that his pacifism may have been a factor what with the US not officially at war at the time?
November 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I seem to recall that his pacifism may have been a factor what with the US not officially at war at the time?
Softy Southerner 😀
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Softy Southerner 😀
You're real friends are here.
Bluesky > Facebook! 😀
Bluesky > Facebook! 😀
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
You're real friends are here.
Bluesky > Facebook! 😀
Bluesky > Facebook! 😀