Chris Smith

I'm old enough to remember when the entire global media went mad and said that Joe Biden had dementia because he performed about half this poorly in a debate.

One of the fascists committed an assault, in front of a police officer. Why was there no arrest?

Yeah, but at least it wasn't a tan suit, right?

Very fun day with great speakers.

Gave a talk with Claire Hubbard-Hall today at @bletchleypark.bsky.social. Thanks to the organisers.

Obviously. But wait for this not to happen. Or if it does, for them to spectacularly get it wrong. Nobody in politics seems to get the catastrophe that is unfolding.

It is Britain, you should drive on the left but walk on the right against the traffic. Much safer.

The children are also walking on the wrong side of the road. Safety first, kids.

He has no intellect.

Anglotopia Podcast: Episode 86: Codebreakers, Spies, and Secrets - The Truth About Bletchley Park and Alan Turing - Anglotopia Podcast This episode of the Anglotopia Podcast delves into the hidden history of Bletchley Park, exploring its origins, growth, and the significant role it played during World War II. Dr. Chris Smith joins us...

I appeared on the @anglotopia.bsky.social podcast last month, for the second time, on this occasion to talk about @bletchleypark.bsky.social. The host Jonathan and I had a very fun chat.

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I might get another one, but say Turing - mainly because I've spent 18 years studying him in one way or another. Quite the discombobulating thing for people who think Fascism then see Turing. But Turing also implies I buy into mythology.

I did not know about the alternative uses until after I got it. Not that I care. If people misunderstand it after I've explained, continue to deliberately misunderstand it, that is their problem.

At this point, I won't argue with people about it unless they have read at least 100 books on the war.

I have the cross of St Lorraine,which means people either think I'm a Catholic Fascist, some kind of pro-Russian Fascist, a Gaullist or whatever. The fact that I might have read a lot about the French resistance and like the look of it seems to strike few as plausible.

Taken directly from Yalta.

They learned nothing from Iraq.

When the dust settles on this regime, there will need to be a reckoning that involves Hegseth and others standing trial for war crimes.

Got to be fake. Nobody is called Aubrey unless they were born in the 18th century.

"These people are often shrill and conspiratorial, and it is one of the great frustrations of my own politics that I so often find myself on their side. For I did not believe in military action against Iraq in 2003, or Libya in 2011. I did not think we should bomb Syria in 2013."

Hugo 8/9/15 Times

The Lords is one of the few functional parts of Westminster, it has destroyed much of that limited credibility over the Assisted Dying Bill.

Oh, I still do it when responding to peer-review. Take your lumps but hit back to the editor when a reviewer produces some asinine/ignorant criticism.

Ouch. I have quite a poor filter for that kind of thing as well.

Best of luck!

"The only limits we have is (delete as appropriate: Il Duce's / the Führer's / Vozhd's / El Caudillo's / Brother Number One's / The Great Helmsman's / El Caballo's) desire to achieve specific effects on behalf of the People."

Yep. A lesson to PhD students and vivas. Admit when something is pointed out to you, and you hadn't thought about it or got it wrong. But if the examiners have some point you fundamentally disagree with, stand your ground. Offer to better clarify it, but don't concede when you're right.

And certainly not Franklin Roosevelt.

So I watched the SNL Tourette's sketch everyone has been talking about. Lazy and South Park basically did it much better years ago. I'm all for edgy comedy, but this isn't edgy. It's old. This weak sauce is all an army of joke writers could come up with? Really?

YouTube video by MrOSTMusic Freedom Isn't Free - Team America OST

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Depends on what you mean by "better", if by essentially hiding the extent of British support from the public... I guess.

Attempting to navigate the same tightrope as Wilson did over Vietnam.