Alex Taylor
@alextaylor585.bsky.social
Interested in history, politics, film, fiction, piano.
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If you're still on X: why?
I had 270,000 followers when I closed my account.
But all I lost was 200,000 bots and trolls. The real people — the funny, the decent, the smart, the interesting — are already here. They'll find you.
Leave X. Just do it. It's personal, political and societal poison.
I had 270,000 followers when I closed my account.
But all I lost was 200,000 bots and trolls. The real people — the funny, the decent, the smart, the interesting — are already here. They'll find you.
Leave X. Just do it. It's personal, political and societal poison.
January 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
If you're still on X: why?
I had 270,000 followers when I closed my account.
But all I lost was 200,000 bots and trolls. The real people — the funny, the decent, the smart, the interesting — are already here. They'll find you.
Leave X. Just do it. It's personal, political and societal poison.
I had 270,000 followers when I closed my account.
But all I lost was 200,000 bots and trolls. The real people — the funny, the decent, the smart, the interesting — are already here. They'll find you.
Leave X. Just do it. It's personal, political and societal poison.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
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I'd add that what "unlimited parliamentary supremacy" means in practice has changed over time.
The idea emerged in an era when there were two chambers with near-equal powers, party discipline was weak, the scope of legislation was less extensive & passing major legislation was genuinely hard. [...]
The idea emerged in an era when there were two chambers with near-equal powers, party discipline was weak, the scope of legislation was less extensive & passing major legislation was genuinely hard. [...]
August 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I'd add that what "unlimited parliamentary supremacy" means in practice has changed over time.
The idea emerged in an era when there were two chambers with near-equal powers, party discipline was weak, the scope of legislation was less extensive & passing major legislation was genuinely hard. [...]
The idea emerged in an era when there were two chambers with near-equal powers, party discipline was weak, the scope of legislation was less extensive & passing major legislation was genuinely hard. [...]
That was the weirdest penalty shootout I've seen
July 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
That was the weirdest penalty shootout I've seen
Whoa - 2 England goals to equalise in quick succession from two superb crosses
July 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Whoa - 2 England goals to equalise in quick succession from two superb crosses
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Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
RIP Brian Wilson, the word genius is used too much but he was a musical genius. Completely raised the standard of modern pop and made many artists better - as Beatles, Bowie, Elton John, ABBA and many others all acknowledged. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0lj...
God Only Knows (Remastered 1996)
YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic
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June 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
RIP Brian Wilson, the word genius is used too much but he was a musical genius. Completely raised the standard of modern pop and made many artists better - as Beatles, Bowie, Elton John, ABBA and many others all acknowledged. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0lj...
Black Diamond Bay www.youtube.com/watch?v=73N2...
May 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Black Diamond Bay www.youtube.com/watch?v=73N2...
RIP Alan Yentob. Made one of my favourite documentaries, on Machiavelli that managed to combine Quentin Skinner, George R.R. Martin, Alistair Campbell, Jonathan Powell, Michael Dodds, Peter Capaldi reciting Il Principe in Florence, www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsMs...
Niccolo Machiavelli - BBC Documentary 720p
YouTube video by thompson12345
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May 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
RIP Alan Yentob. Made one of my favourite documentaries, on Machiavelli that managed to combine Quentin Skinner, George R.R. Martin, Alistair Campbell, Jonathan Powell, Michael Dodds, Peter Capaldi reciting Il Principe in Florence, www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsMs...
Walking on the oldest road in Europe, the Royal Road into Knossos c. 1500 BC.
April 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Walking on the oldest road in Europe, the Royal Road into Knossos c. 1500 BC.
At the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, the bull leaping fresco. Incredible to think that this is c.3500 years old!
April 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
At the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, the bull leaping fresco. Incredible to think that this is c.3500 years old!
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Deeply strange entering middle-age at a time in world history where things are getting measurably worse. Just a continual psychic struggle of “is this fogeyism or are things just not what they used to be?”
March 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Deeply strange entering middle-age at a time in world history where things are getting measurably worse. Just a continual psychic struggle of “is this fogeyism or are things just not what they used to be?”
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Could really do without the torrent of weird almost nostalgia for the start of lockdown. It was a shit time. My mum died. I want to put it behind me and move forward, thanks. Would rather celebrate the fact that we created and delivered effective Covid vaccines that saved and continue to save lives.
March 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Could really do without the torrent of weird almost nostalgia for the start of lockdown. It was a shit time. My mum died. I want to put it behind me and move forward, thanks. Would rather celebrate the fact that we created and delivered effective Covid vaccines that saved and continue to save lives.
Watched Mulholland Drive at the cinema, a lot to digest from that film, but struck me from big screen how technically brilliant it is as the dream/nightmare unfolds: the trolley shot with the singer fading into irrelevance, and then the push in to Betty/Naomi Watts www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXm_...
Mulholland Drive by David Lynch (Connie Stevens - Sixteen Reasons)
YouTube video by Epic Moments
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March 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Watched Mulholland Drive at the cinema, a lot to digest from that film, but struck me from big screen how technically brilliant it is as the dream/nightmare unfolds: the trolley shot with the singer fading into irrelevance, and then the push in to Betty/Naomi Watts www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXm_...
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On 15 March 1939 Hitler and his deputy summoned the Czech President to Hitler’s residence in Berlin and then bullied him to submitting to a German invasion of his country.
They drove him to the point of physical collapse, threatening him until he eventually signed his country’s death warrant.
They drove him to the point of physical collapse, threatening him until he eventually signed his country’s death warrant.
February 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
On 15 March 1939 Hitler and his deputy summoned the Czech President to Hitler’s residence in Berlin and then bullied him to submitting to a German invasion of his country.
They drove him to the point of physical collapse, threatening him until he eventually signed his country’s death warrant.
They drove him to the point of physical collapse, threatening him until he eventually signed his country’s death warrant.
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In March 2022, russia deliberately bombed a drama theater in Mariupol crowded with innocent civilians including many children. @AP evidence pointed to 600 dead in that airstrike. That happened less than three years ago, & genocidal war is still ongoing. But the memory is short.
February 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
In March 2022, russia deliberately bombed a drama theater in Mariupol crowded with innocent civilians including many children. @AP evidence pointed to 600 dead in that airstrike. That happened less than three years ago, & genocidal war is still ongoing. But the memory is short.
One of the best synth songs magically recreated:
Yazoo - ONLY YOU - Re-created w/ Sequential Circuits Pro-One Synth
YouTube video by peahix
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February 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
One of the best synth songs magically recreated:
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A dream itself is but a shadow.
January 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A dream itself is but a shadow.
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Watched Mulholland Drive for the first time last night - still blown away, like watching 2001: A Space Odyssey or Hitchcock for the first time.
Tonight’s movie: “Mulholland Drive” (2001), directed by David Lynch
Mulholland Dr. Official Trailer #1 - Robert Forster Movie (2001) HD
YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
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January 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Watched Mulholland Drive for the first time last night - still blown away, like watching 2001: A Space Odyssey or Hitchcock for the first time.
Had a go a tagliatelle al ragu after visiting Bologna. Beef, pork, and vegetables cooked in milk, then wine, then simmering in tomato sauce and chicken stock for an hour and a half.
January 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Had a go a tagliatelle al ragu after visiting Bologna. Beef, pork, and vegetables cooked in milk, then wine, then simmering in tomato sauce and chicken stock for an hour and a half.
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Great anecdote here from former FT editor Richard Lambert on the time Manmohan Singh came to the FT to talk with him and Martin Wolf. H/T @andymukherjee70.bsky.social
December 31, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Great anecdote here from former FT editor Richard Lambert on the time Manmohan Singh came to the FT to talk with him and Martin Wolf. H/T @andymukherjee70.bsky.social
Used to pay £1200 a month for a one bed flat in leafy Chiswick in 2019 - admittedly was a good deal then but would be impossible now.
thankfully happy in my flat but just looked at what £1250pcm would get you in terms of one-bedroom flats in centralish south London, out of curiosity, and: lol
December 27, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Used to pay £1200 a month for a one bed flat in leafy Chiswick in 2019 - admittedly was a good deal then but would be impossible now.