Craig Walmsley
@craigwalmsley.bsky.social
Medium height, medium build, brown hair, grey eyes.
Knows way too much about John Locke (1632-1704).
And Prince (God I miss Prince).
Knows way too much about John Locke (1632-1704).
And Prince (God I miss Prince).
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One for the John Locke afficianados of the parish - Locke's desk is part of a public exhibition of Lockeana at Christ Church Oxford:
www.chch.ox.ac.uk/events/love-...
www.chch.ox.ac.uk/events/love-...
"To love truth for truth's sake": John Locke and Christ Church
The philosopher and political theorist John Locke (1632–1704) is known for his Two Treatises of Government, which became a foundational text for modern western democracy. In May 1652, John Locke was e...
www.chch.ox.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
One for the John Locke afficianados of the parish - Locke's desk is part of a public exhibition of Lockeana at Christ Church Oxford:
www.chch.ox.ac.uk/events/love-...
www.chch.ox.ac.uk/events/love-...
The internet connected fridge is a hardy perennial of terrible digital ideas - revived every 5 years to great fanfare and absolute customer disdain.
Nice to see they’re enshittifying it even further to kill it even faster.
Yay for techbros!
Nice to see they’re enshittifying it even further to kill it even faster.
Yay for techbros!
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The internet connected fridge is a hardy perennial of terrible digital ideas - revived every 5 years to great fanfare and absolute customer disdain.
Nice to see they’re enshittifying it even further to kill it even faster.
Yay for techbros!
Nice to see they’re enshittifying it even further to kill it even faster.
Yay for techbros!
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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Get the Master and Commander crew back together. Also, mandate the release of the Netflix Prince documentary
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Get the Master and Commander crew back together. Also, mandate the release of the Netflix Prince documentary
I just saw Bridget Riley IRL at the retrospective at the Turner in Margate and I am genuinely shook.
Amazing!
Amazing!
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I just saw Bridget Riley IRL at the retrospective at the Turner in Margate and I am genuinely shook.
Amazing!
Amazing!
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I’m calling on the UK Government to seriously review its presence on X (formerly Twitter) and then leave. It’s not just a communication channel anymore. Read more:
www.politicshome.com/news/article... 1/10
www.politicshome.com/news/article... 1/10
Labour MPs Call For A More Serious Review Of The Government's Use Of X
Labour MPs are calling for ministers to take control of decisions over the government’s continued use of X, as concerns grow about the platform’s s...
www.politicshome.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I’m calling on the UK Government to seriously review its presence on X (formerly Twitter) and then leave. It’s not just a communication channel anymore. Read more:
www.politicshome.com/news/article... 1/10
www.politicshome.com/news/article... 1/10
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
I am reminded of the time that @Prince replied to my post and tweeted my actual name in actual real life.
#Prince4Ever
#Prince4Ever
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I am reminded of the time that @Prince replied to my post and tweeted my actual name in actual real life.
#Prince4Ever
#Prince4Ever
It is way long overdue - but now we have all the Extended Remxies and B-Sides from AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY by #Prince on streaming.
A thing of beauty and a joy forever - go enjoy!
#Prince4Ever
open.spotify.com/album/7MS7Gj...
A thing of beauty and a joy forever - go enjoy!
#Prince4Ever
open.spotify.com/album/7MS7Gj...
Around the World in a Day (Deluxe Edition) [2025 Remaster]
open.spotify.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
It is way long overdue - but now we have all the Extended Remxies and B-Sides from AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY by #Prince on streaming.
A thing of beauty and a joy forever - go enjoy!
#Prince4Ever
open.spotify.com/album/7MS7Gj...
A thing of beauty and a joy forever - go enjoy!
#Prince4Ever
open.spotify.com/album/7MS7Gj...
Some incredible details on the build out of the new Elephant & Castle Town Centre including the new tube station in @se1.news
www.building.co.uk/buildings/th...
www.building.co.uk/buildings/th...
The Elephant reborn: How Multiplex is rebuilding a south London landmark
The crumbling Elephant and Castle shopping centre built in the 1960s is being reinvented as a mixed-use destination as part of Southwark council's strategy to regenerate the area. Thomas Lane visits t...
www.building.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Some incredible details on the build out of the new Elephant & Castle Town Centre including the new tube station in @se1.news
www.building.co.uk/buildings/th...
www.building.co.uk/buildings/th...
I know I'm late to this party by several decades, but TIL that you can crop a PowerPoint picture to a specific shape.
1. 🤯
2. I have been wasting *so much* time!
1. 🤯
2. I have been wasting *so much* time!
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I know I'm late to this party by several decades, but TIL that you can crop a PowerPoint picture to a specific shape.
1. 🤯
2. I have been wasting *so much* time!
1. 🤯
2. I have been wasting *so much* time!
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Good to see the problems facing our colleagues @britishlibrary.bsky.social being raised here by @hetanshah.bsky.social (of @britishacademy.bsky.social). If this had happened in France it would be considered a national problem to be urgently addressed! www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Good to see the problems facing our colleagues @britishlibrary.bsky.social being raised here by @hetanshah.bsky.social (of @britishacademy.bsky.social). If this had happened in France it would be considered a national problem to be urgently addressed! www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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As I often mention, the Republican platform is simple: they want to sexually abuse children, and they want you to pay for it. Since they rhetorically frame that as a return to an idealized past (“great again”), the NYT naturally has to frame systematic child sexual abuse as “the good old days”.
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
As I often mention, the Republican platform is simple: they want to sexually abuse children, and they want you to pay for it. Since they rhetorically frame that as a return to an idealized past (“great again”), the NYT naturally has to frame systematic child sexual abuse as “the good old days”.
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
I saw Susannah Clegg play live on Saturday evening - kind of a bluegrass country thing.
Truly impressive.
If you have a moment check out her single - what a voice! - quite a thing to experience in the room:
open.spotify.com/track/6y8m0L...
Truly impressive.
If you have a moment check out her single - what a voice! - quite a thing to experience in the room:
open.spotify.com/track/6y8m0L...
Colorado
open.spotify.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I saw Susannah Clegg play live on Saturday evening - kind of a bluegrass country thing.
Truly impressive.
If you have a moment check out her single - what a voice! - quite a thing to experience in the room:
open.spotify.com/track/6y8m0L...
Truly impressive.
If you have a moment check out her single - what a voice! - quite a thing to experience in the room:
open.spotify.com/track/6y8m0L...
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To live in a functional commonwealth, one must be governed by an absolute sovereign whose rule enforces the wearing of headphones in public and the making of phones with headphone jacks
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 AM
To live in a functional commonwealth, one must be governed by an absolute sovereign whose rule enforces the wearing of headphones in public and the making of phones with headphone jacks
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You can almost hear David Attenborough voice reading this.
October 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
You can almost hear David Attenborough voice reading this.
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"To say 'Zelenskyy is no friend of the working class' is an insulting, facile distraction from the fact that Sultana refuses to support the Ukrainian people’s fight for existence."
Proper cold fury and moral clarity from @paulmason.bsky.social on Sultana.
open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...
Proper cold fury and moral clarity from @paulmason.bsky.social on Sultana.
open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...
Coventry South needs a by-election soon
Zarah Sultana has no mandate for disarming the people of Britain and betraying Ukraine
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"To say 'Zelenskyy is no friend of the working class' is an insulting, facile distraction from the fact that Sultana refuses to support the Ukrainian people’s fight for existence."
Proper cold fury and moral clarity from @paulmason.bsky.social on Sultana.
open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...
Proper cold fury and moral clarity from @paulmason.bsky.social on Sultana.
open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...
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If you needed someone to destroy the White House, really you should have called in experts
a man in a military uniform is laughing with the caption " laughs in british "
ALT: a man in a military uniform is laughing with the caption " laughs in british "
media.tenor.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
If you needed someone to destroy the White House, really you should have called in experts
Listening to the "Diamonds & Love" tracks and grinning from ear to ear.
WTactualF are the #PrinceEstate doing leaving all this in the Vault?
And just repackaging stuff that's already out there?
Why are Londell L McMillain and Charles Spicer so positively value-destructive?
#Prince4Ever
WTactualF are the #PrinceEstate doing leaving all this in the Vault?
And just repackaging stuff that's already out there?
Why are Londell L McMillain and Charles Spicer so positively value-destructive?
#Prince4Ever
Bitch Please Prince GIF
ALT: Bitch Please Prince GIF
media.tenor.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Listening to the "Diamonds & Love" tracks and grinning from ear to ear.
WTactualF are the #PrinceEstate doing leaving all this in the Vault?
And just repackaging stuff that's already out there?
Why are Londell L McMillain and Charles Spicer so positively value-destructive?
#Prince4Ever
WTactualF are the #PrinceEstate doing leaving all this in the Vault?
And just repackaging stuff that's already out there?
Why are Londell L McMillain and Charles Spicer so positively value-destructive?
#Prince4Ever
OMG what have they done to #SlowHorses?
October 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
OMG what have they done to #SlowHorses?
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"But soft! What light through yonder window... BRAKES!"
Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
A 17th-century building that housed William Shakespeare's family has been left damaged after a driver reversed into it.
news.sky.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"But soft! What light through yonder window... BRAKES!"
I saw this in Edinburgh (with @doublemacc.bsky.social) during the festival.
I have never seen or experienced anything like it.
Less a comedy show, and some sort of cathartic communal experience (with nakedness).
Not for the faint-hearted or squeamish.
artstheatrewestend.co.uk/events/gscp
I have never seen or experienced anything like it.
Less a comedy show, and some sort of cathartic communal experience (with nakedness).
Not for the faint-hearted or squeamish.
artstheatrewestend.co.uk/events/gscp
Garry Starr: Classic Penguins
Book Choir of Man tickets 8 weeks in advance with code EARLYBIRD10 and save £10
artstheatrewestend.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I saw this in Edinburgh (with @doublemacc.bsky.social) during the festival.
I have never seen or experienced anything like it.
Less a comedy show, and some sort of cathartic communal experience (with nakedness).
Not for the faint-hearted or squeamish.
artstheatrewestend.co.uk/events/gscp
I have never seen or experienced anything like it.
Less a comedy show, and some sort of cathartic communal experience (with nakedness).
Not for the faint-hearted or squeamish.
artstheatrewestend.co.uk/events/gscp
For those of Dunedinian persuasion.
#Edinburgh, on 18/11, we’re hosting our 1st Eating & Waiting to Eat Supper Club: a #whisky & cheese tasting at The Tipsy Midgie.
Co-hosted by whisky guru, Colin Hinds, who we had on the podcast, the evening will be a lively tasting like no other! Tickets👇🏼🥃🧀
www.tickettailor.com/events/eatin...
Co-hosted by whisky guru, Colin Hinds, who we had on the podcast, the evening will be a lively tasting like no other! Tickets👇🏼🥃🧀
www.tickettailor.com/events/eatin...
Buy Tickets – Eating and Waiting to Eat Supper Club: Whisky Tasting at The Tipsy Midgie – Tipsy Midgie
Eating and Waiting to Eat Supper Club: Whisky Tasting at The Tipsy Midgie – Tipsy Midgie, Tue 18 Nov 2025 - Join Carlos and Kevin, of the Eating and Waiting to Eat podcast, at the inaugural Eating and...
www.tickettailor.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
For those of Dunedinian persuasion.