The most actually 90s callback (probably accidentally) Iβve seen this year was whichever team it was in the Olympic free skiing who had taped up their overly baggy ski pants for increased aerodynamic efficiency.
04.03.2026 16:07 β
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Can we stop comparing *any* UK leaders with Churchill please? Thatcher wasnβt Churchill, Boris bloody Johnson wasnβt Churchill, and Keir Starmer wasnβt Churchill.
Even Churchill wasnβt the Churchill everyone imagines.
Just shut up about Churchill.
04.03.2026 14:00 β
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The total as of Monday night from the Iranian Red Crescent Society stood at around 550.
04.03.2026 14:41 β
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Iβve never understood that.
04.03.2026 15:42 β
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Itβs a promise to pay a sum of money *if they accept your offer*
04.03.2026 15:10 β
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Thereβs a story there, but probably not a fun one.
04.03.2026 15:07 β
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On this theme, something that is happening on the AI adoption curve is that a lot of people who are at the age to naturally be suspicious of new technology
- by the way, I have bad news for you, median user of Bluesky -
are also being impacted by other people's bad use of AI / LLMs.
04.03.2026 13:15 β
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Years ago I found a note in the parish register of Glenfield in Leicestershire which instantly became one of my favourite Civil War commentaries:
'Churchwardens, not any; because
distractions many; & distructions mightie'.
I've returned to that document, explored other pages nearby, and found...
04.03.2026 09:41 β
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So much will be said about all this in the coming days, but IMO the biggest takeaway is that James Watt and Martin Dickie each pocketed more than the price BrewDog was eventually sold for, while 500 hardworking staff are now out of a job & 220k equity punks don't get a dime.
Absolute charlatans.
02.03.2026 17:02 β
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okay, Ill bite.
What do you think the point of reading for and writing a literature review is? The process of reading and writing is crucial for THINKING. Your ideas are shaped by all of this, offloading it to gAI, no matter how "good" you think gAI is at it defeats the purpose entirely.
03.03.2026 19:01 β
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Itβs a strong look
04.03.2026 11:57 β
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Thatβs not a counter argument, that was the original argument! And itβs still setting a bad precedent IMO
04.03.2026 11:18 β
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Rochdale Herald βreportsβ that Sam Allerdyce has been named interim Ayatollah and Iβm afraid that did make me laughβ¦
04.03.2026 11:15 β
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Screen shoot from page 167 specifying the undress for the Consular Service which βin times of dangerβ may permit the wearing of swords:
https://archive.org/details/dressinsigniawor00greauoft/page/n243/mode/2up
Let us return to invitations specifying βUndress but with swords, on account of the Revolution.β
04.03.2026 10:49 β
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1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health
03.03.2026 17:13 β
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Ah, phew!
04.03.2026 10:46 β
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The βweβre all going to dieβ joke, only in French.
Bof!
04.03.2026 09:17 β
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Oh, blast, not Weihstephaner. Thanks for the heads up.
04.03.2026 10:26 β
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This has been part of the trans-kids moral panic for years, gay adults going "If I grew up now, they'd convince me I'm trans."
If your movement had real evidence, you wouldn't be pointing to alternative-universe hypotheticals! Child psychologists know the difference between gay kids and trans kids
03.03.2026 21:13 β
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And I bet it would cost more to administer than it saved.
04.03.2026 10:13 β
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These ones are more helpfully specific than that!
04.03.2026 10:13 β
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Yes.
04.03.2026 10:11 β
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I expect thatβs true but I still think taxing overseas residents is a bad idea.
04.03.2026 10:10 β
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I doff my optional hat to them.
04.03.2026 10:09 β
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Huge if, though, as you say
04.03.2026 10:06 β
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Yeah, so did we. Every sympathy.
04.03.2026 10:06 β
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Spouse is a US UK dual national and itβs a flipping nightmare sometimes.
04.03.2026 10:03 β
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I get why people are annoyed about this but itβs definitely a βhard cases make bad lawβ - and it would also punish a bunch of people who are just doing normal, socially useful jobs across the world.
04.03.2026 10:02 β
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Counterpoint: can we not do this? Itβs an administrative nightmare to have to file US taxes and most people donβt end up paying anything (unless they inadvertently do something that turns out to be ill advised like investing in the wrong ISA).
Also, bad precedent in only helping taxpayers.
04.03.2026 09:59 β
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There is, in fairness, historical precedent that might make this venue twitchy about swords.
04.03.2026 09:56 β
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