It's time to muddy these spats ... Help Barry Glendenning raise money to support Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity

Having been goaded into it by @maxrushden.bsky.social, I am doing the London Landmarks half-marathon in April for Great Ormond Street Children's Charity. I am 52, overweight, hideously unfit and I hate running. Please donate, if you can spare a few quid ...

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The blocks and blocks I used to walk down from Columbia as a poor post grad just to queue for that cheesecake ❤️

That's the White and Jordan USP mate.
Pontificate loudly and long to inflame and create 'engagement'.

Calling Bullshit: Data Reasoning in a Digital World The world is awash in bullshit. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release. Higher education rewards bullshit over analytic thought. Startup culture elevates bullshi...

Continuing my tour of books I should have already read, Calling Bullshit by @carlbergstrom.com and @jevinwest.bsky.social. Just a delight - an accessible, entertaining, insightful look at various forms of BS. Much like Weapons of Math Destruction, would love a 2025 update of this one.

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
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The freedom offered by liberal democracy makes room for basement dwelling incels to seethe and see conspiracies everywhere. What it doesn't have a defence against is a class of career politicians, weaponizing such fringe neuroses, and then making them mainstream, while knowing they are total BS.

Poster showing a pink/red octopus with a cute face. The background is a white and blue water cartoon-like graphic. The text reads: Would you walk away from Omelas? An Ursula Le Guin Themed Creative Writing Workshop, 11th October, 4 pm, online. In this workshop, led by science fiction writer, poet, and philosophy lecturer Dr Rachel Handley, you will be invited to explore Le Guin's short stories and related themes. There will be opportunities to respond to writing prompts based on Le Guin's and other's work throughout the workshop. The workshop will be very interactive, and writers at all levels are very welcome to attend. You'll also have the chance to read out what you've written during the workshop.

I'm delighted to say that I will be running an online Ursula Le Guin themed creative writing workshop for @octocon.bsky.social on 11th October, 4 pm.

Get ready for some philosophical fiction!

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Who is to blame for the government shutdown? We asked three unvaccinated Kid Rock fans at a cage fighting match in Fort Walton Beach.

Jackanory - The Hobbit (1st October 1979). To celebrate reaching the 3000th edition of Jackanory, a tag team of four readers - Jan Francis, Bernard Cribbins, Maurice Denham and David Wood - tackled this book.

Gove and Hancock's extended sphere of influence and benefit next for forensic audit and examination then I presume?
Not just high profile tiddlers.

Pharmacists who recommend homeopathy should be willing to accept as payment envelopes that once contained money.

- @davidjuurlink.bsky.social

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Adam, everyone is bending over backwards to pander to this awful manbaby because he is in control of one of our most important alliances. They will be more relieved than you are when he departs smiling and happy and thinking everyone admires him. They are the one's holding their noses.

Just seen this, apologies 👍

Christian Wackos

Canada, Ontario, Tax Assessment Rolls, 1827-1922

4 days after and because his job was at stake. Get a grip Bill.

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A nation built on the American dream says what?

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Frank Shitehead

United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939

Mural by JDL Street Art in Roubaix, Lille, France, depicting the Statue of Liberty covering her face with both hands in a gesture of shame. The figure is painted in shades of grey with teal accents on the torch and crown, set against a muted background with a golden halo-like circle. The artwork spans the side of a tall brick building, contrasting modern street art with historic European architecture in the surrounding cityscape.

"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷

It is better going up it than going round it 👍

This is great news.
Now to stock up on wine 🥂

Bless him and you

That saddens me. My social media time is more limited at the moment but I always enjoyed coming here for the cultural benefits it offered.
It can be hard to escaped the 'general public'
Xx

Ok, but that is because you are partial, and what makes the world civilised is impartiality.
Your views are valid, but they carry no more weight than anyone else's.
This may be the hard part of liberal democracy - which is the least worst system of governance we have ever seen 👍

I came here to have an escape from Muskville.
Yet ...
Lally has zero posts, maybe my insights into Aston Villa, military matters, justice (both social and judicial), and culture generally is what has made her ample bottom follow me?

It is exactly what I did in this conversation Michael, and the nice thing about social media, is that who said what and when they said it, is recorded for all time 👍