Andrew C.A. Elliott
@acaelliott.bsky.social
Writing, Softwaring, Figuring, Photo-ing, Listening. Some sax playing. Trying to make sense of the time I've spent on this planet.
Writer: "Is that a Big Number?" & "What are the Chances of That?" - how we understand numbers and probability, respectively.
Writer: "Is that a Big Number?" & "What are the Chances of That?" - how we understand numbers and probability, respectively.
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A massive 2700-year-old, 18-ton statue of an Assyrian deity that was excavated in Iraq in November 2023
January 28, 2026 at 6:06 AM
A massive 2700-year-old, 18-ton statue of an Assyrian deity that was excavated in Iraq in November 2023
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There’s something weirdly convenient about discovering that Britain is broken only after you yourself have spent years running the place.
A coincidence, I’m certain.
(Warning: Swearier than usual).
A coincidence, I’m certain.
(Warning: Swearier than usual).
Britain Is Broken. No One Knows How. No One Was There.
An amazing coincidence involving five former Conservative MPs who have shambled over to Reform UK. Weird.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 11:45 AM
There’s something weirdly convenient about discovering that Britain is broken only after you yourself have spent years running the place.
A coincidence, I’m certain.
(Warning: Swearier than usual).
A coincidence, I’m certain.
(Warning: Swearier than usual).
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Sal Busema has died at the age of 89, a comic legend at least to me, he never got the strong critical acclaim of guys like Jack Kirby, but if your the right fan you know how good he was, and if nothing else, I'm going to miss the way he drew punches in comics.
January 27, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Sal Busema has died at the age of 89, a comic legend at least to me, he never got the strong critical acclaim of guys like Jack Kirby, but if your the right fan you know how good he was, and if nothing else, I'm going to miss the way he drew punches in comics.
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Just a reminder that if Trump's policies had been in effect in the past, there would be no Apple (Steve Jobs is the son of Syrian immigrants), no Google (Sergei Brin immigrated from the USSR), and no WhatsApp (Jan Koum immigrated from Ukraine).
65% of all top tech companies has immigrant founders.
65% of all top tech companies has immigrant founders.
January 27, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Just a reminder that if Trump's policies had been in effect in the past, there would be no Apple (Steve Jobs is the son of Syrian immigrants), no Google (Sergei Brin immigrated from the USSR), and no WhatsApp (Jan Koum immigrated from Ukraine).
65% of all top tech companies has immigrant founders.
65% of all top tech companies has immigrant founders.
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It is a huge difference, isn't it!
If you want to read more, I have the details here...
...just please don't mark my work, lol. Writing stuff isn't one of my skills and English always was my worst subject at school (other than PE).
open.substack.com/pub/warrenoa...
If you want to read more, I have the details here...
...just please don't mark my work, lol. Writing stuff isn't one of my skills and English always was my worst subject at school (other than PE).
open.substack.com/pub/warrenoa...
First ever Prison Reading Laureate announced to boost literacy among prisoners
I love what Labour are doing with prison reform, specifically through their efforts to reduce the number of people sent to prison on short sentences.
open.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:29 PM
It is a huge difference, isn't it!
If you want to read more, I have the details here...
...just please don't mark my work, lol. Writing stuff isn't one of my skills and English always was my worst subject at school (other than PE).
open.substack.com/pub/warrenoa...
If you want to read more, I have the details here...
...just please don't mark my work, lol. Writing stuff isn't one of my skills and English always was my worst subject at school (other than PE).
open.substack.com/pub/warrenoa...
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Seriously, if you are not getting HOW HARD Labour they are working for you, please wake up to it!
Before you have lost it all!
8/8
Before you have lost it all!
8/8
January 27, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Seriously, if you are not getting HOW HARD Labour they are working for you, please wake up to it!
Before you have lost it all!
8/8
Before you have lost it all!
8/8
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Just started this Phillip K. Dick book of short stories and the accuracy of the quote on the first page is unsettling.
January 27, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Just started this Phillip K. Dick book of short stories and the accuracy of the quote on the first page is unsettling.
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Silent Meadow | Eyvind Earle
January 27, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Silent Meadow | Eyvind Earle
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Neil Young. Still showing us the way all these years later..
If you haven't heard, he gifted his entire catalog to Greenland for free. He says he hopes it will "ease some of the unwarranted stress…you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government,”
If you haven't heard, he gifted his entire catalog to Greenland for free. He says he hopes it will "ease some of the unwarranted stress…you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government,”
January 27, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Neil Young. Still showing us the way all these years later..
If you haven't heard, he gifted his entire catalog to Greenland for free. He says he hopes it will "ease some of the unwarranted stress…you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government,”
If you haven't heard, he gifted his entire catalog to Greenland for free. He says he hopes it will "ease some of the unwarranted stress…you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government,”
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Street art memorializing Alex Pretti in Seattle. Per r/Seattle, it was painted on a building facing Swedish Hospital in the First Hill neighborhood www.reddit.com/r/nursing/co...
January 27, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Street art memorializing Alex Pretti in Seattle. Per r/Seattle, it was painted on a building facing Swedish Hospital in the First Hill neighborhood www.reddit.com/r/nursing/co...
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Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
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I have to stop reading the news or I'll collapse.
Here is Canterbury Cathedral. I believe this incarnation of the nave is from the 14th century.
Here is Canterbury Cathedral. I believe this incarnation of the nave is from the 14th century.
January 26, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I have to stop reading the news or I'll collapse.
Here is Canterbury Cathedral. I believe this incarnation of the nave is from the 14th century.
Here is Canterbury Cathedral. I believe this incarnation of the nave is from the 14th century.
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#GVerse Bravo #London just joined #Minnesota!
Trafalgar Square filled with protesters demanding justice for Alex Pretti while opposing Farage.
When state violence goes unchecked, the world notices.
Solidarity doesn’t stop at borders. 🇬🇧
Trafalgar Square filled with protesters demanding justice for Alex Pretti while opposing Farage.
When state violence goes unchecked, the world notices.
Solidarity doesn’t stop at borders. 🇬🇧
January 27, 2026 at 2:06 AM
#GVerse Bravo #London just joined #Minnesota!
Trafalgar Square filled with protesters demanding justice for Alex Pretti while opposing Farage.
When state violence goes unchecked, the world notices.
Solidarity doesn’t stop at borders. 🇬🇧
Trafalgar Square filled with protesters demanding justice for Alex Pretti while opposing Farage.
When state violence goes unchecked, the world notices.
Solidarity doesn’t stop at borders. 🇬🇧
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Big moment for Europe: in December, fully electric cars outsold petrol-only cars in the EU for the first time.
This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.
This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.
January 27, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Big moment for Europe: in December, fully electric cars outsold petrol-only cars in the EU for the first time.
This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.
This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.
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From 'Burnham would' to dunce inane
January 26, 2026 at 4:39 PM
From 'Burnham would' to dunce inane
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Farage's reform - nothing more than a bunch of tory con-artists!
#r4today #bbcbreakfast #GMB #politicslive #C4News #toriesgone571
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Farage's reform - nothing more than a bunch of tory con-artists!
#r4today #bbcbreakfast #GMB #politicslive #C4News #toriesgone571
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January 27, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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Farage's reform - nothing more than a bunch of tory con-artists!
#r4today #bbcbreakfast #GMB #politicslive #C4News #toriesgone571
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Farage's reform - nothing more than a bunch of tory con-artists!
#r4today #bbcbreakfast #GMB #politicslive #C4News #toriesgone571
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Good afternoon @annettebeebe.bsky.social Your graphic is great. There is nothing wrong with being enraged. It is a normal reaction for what we are witnessing. I agree that if you're not enraged you aren't paying attention.
January 26, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Good afternoon @annettebeebe.bsky.social Your graphic is great. There is nothing wrong with being enraged. It is a normal reaction for what we are witnessing. I agree that if you're not enraged you aren't paying attention.
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Credit: Joe Flanders Comics
January 26, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Credit: Joe Flanders Comics
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The "Seaweed" pattern, William Morris.
January 25, 2026 at 6:13 PM
The "Seaweed" pattern, William Morris.
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Jonesy cartoon in Private Eye No. 1667
January 25, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Jonesy cartoon in Private Eye No. 1667
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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Too many journalists think "reporting" means writing up the press release.
Media: do not lead with the false government framing of what happened
January 25, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Too many journalists think "reporting" means writing up the press release.
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Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him.
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
January 25, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him.
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
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🌿☕ Galanthus comes from the Greek γάλα (gala) for milk & ἄνθος (anthos) for flower
The word snowdrop is German Schneetropfen (snow-drop), from the tear drop shaped pearl earrings popular in the 16th & 17th centuries
Enjoy the 📸 of my "Girls With the Pearl Earring" taken in my garden this morning❤️🌿
The word snowdrop is German Schneetropfen (snow-drop), from the tear drop shaped pearl earrings popular in the 16th & 17th centuries
Enjoy the 📸 of my "Girls With the Pearl Earring" taken in my garden this morning❤️🌿
January 25, 2026 at 8:23 AM
🌿☕ Galanthus comes from the Greek γάλα (gala) for milk & ἄνθος (anthos) for flower
The word snowdrop is German Schneetropfen (snow-drop), from the tear drop shaped pearl earrings popular in the 16th & 17th centuries
Enjoy the 📸 of my "Girls With the Pearl Earring" taken in my garden this morning❤️🌿
The word snowdrop is German Schneetropfen (snow-drop), from the tear drop shaped pearl earrings popular in the 16th & 17th centuries
Enjoy the 📸 of my "Girls With the Pearl Earring" taken in my garden this morning❤️🌿
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No A.i. or Photoshop. Just a pouring rain on my car windshield!
Took this in Biograd-na-Moru, Croatia
#canonphotography #shotoncanon #canonm50 #photography #streetphotography #croatia #hrvatska #biogradnamoru #dalmatia #travelphotography
Took this in Biograd-na-Moru, Croatia
#canonphotography #shotoncanon #canonm50 #photography #streetphotography #croatia #hrvatska #biogradnamoru #dalmatia #travelphotography
January 24, 2026 at 2:23 PM
No A.i. or Photoshop. Just a pouring rain on my car windshield!
Took this in Biograd-na-Moru, Croatia
#canonphotography #shotoncanon #canonm50 #photography #streetphotography #croatia #hrvatska #biogradnamoru #dalmatia #travelphotography
Took this in Biograd-na-Moru, Croatia
#canonphotography #shotoncanon #canonm50 #photography #streetphotography #croatia #hrvatska #biogradnamoru #dalmatia #travelphotography