@jockhigh.bsky.social
Unable to describe self. Has performed a quirkafleeg.
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this has become a very important video to me
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
this has become a very important video to me
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Despite being a cricket enthusiast I can’t bear the majority of social media cricket analysis which is basically “the batsman should have simply scored more runs and not got out” / “the bowler should have taken more wickets” / “the fielder should have caught the ball”, drives me insane
December 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Despite being a cricket enthusiast I can’t bear the majority of social media cricket analysis which is basically “the batsman should have simply scored more runs and not got out” / “the bowler should have taken more wickets” / “the fielder should have caught the ball”, drives me insane
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in love
December 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
in love
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I don’t want to overreact, but I’m *pretty sure* this woman can be the frontrunner for the Democratic Party Presidential nomination starting tomorrow if she wants.
December 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I don’t want to overreact, but I’m *pretty sure* this woman can be the frontrunner for the Democratic Party Presidential nomination starting tomorrow if she wants.
Yoink!
looking great, mister president, sir, no president in history has looked better at 175 years old while putting a fake medal on themselves
December 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Yoink!
Nobel committee announces new Sarcastic Peace Prize For Idiots and closes immediately for nominations.
December 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Nobel committee announces new Sarcastic Peace Prize For Idiots and closes immediately for nominations.
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trapped souls of the dead lusting for vengeance-ass trophy
never seen a more clearly cursed object
never seen a more clearly cursed object
December 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
trapped souls of the dead lusting for vengeance-ass trophy
never seen a more clearly cursed object
never seen a more clearly cursed object
Oh shit. Now he's got the peace prize will he stop being so peaceful?
December 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Oh shit. Now he's got the peace prize will he stop being so peaceful?
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My Spotify wrapped summary is that my band took all our music off Spotify because the company’s CEO invests the billions which he doesn’t pay artists on AI drone weapons tech.
Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!
Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
My Spotify wrapped summary is that my band took all our music off Spotify because the company’s CEO invests the billions which he doesn’t pay artists on AI drone weapons tech.
Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!
Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!
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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE HYPHENS
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE HYPHENS
Man who literally renamed the Department of Defense to the Department of War wins a newly-created-by-football but unrelated-to-football peace prize and looks delighted.
So much stupidity.
So much stupidity.
December 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Man who literally renamed the Department of Defense to the Department of War wins a newly-created-by-football but unrelated-to-football peace prize and looks delighted.
So much stupidity.
So much stupidity.
This is a really good article about Trumpism and where the US is going and what can be done about it. Takes what is happening seriously and doesn't take satisfaction in calling it wrong and stupid.
What Are We Living Through? - Boston Review share.google/r8UVWLrOfaC9...
What Are We Living Through? - Boston Review share.google/r8UVWLrOfaC9...
What Are We Living Through? - Boston Review
Three competing narratives of the second Trump administration.
share.google
December 3, 2025 at 8:23 AM
This is a really good article about Trumpism and where the US is going and what can be done about it. Takes what is happening seriously and doesn't take satisfaction in calling it wrong and stupid.
What Are We Living Through? - Boston Review share.google/r8UVWLrOfaC9...
What Are We Living Through? - Boston Review share.google/r8UVWLrOfaC9...
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This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
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It's the cat for me
December 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's the cat for me
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Here's this week's column. Please - please - can we stop talking about migration in a way that's completely detached from the facts? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Net migration is plummeting. Why can’t Labour say so? | Heather Stewart
An honest debate is needed on this polarising topic as sectors such as social care struggle with recruitment
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Here's this week's column. Please - please - can we stop talking about migration in a way that's completely detached from the facts? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
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Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
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The way the right have turned immigration into the cause of every societal problem isn't an exact parallel but my god at least *try* to frame the situation, get it mentioned on the news, get a thousand podcast episodes called "is Keir Starmer right that our problems are caused by an ageing society?"
November 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The way the right have turned immigration into the cause of every societal problem isn't an exact parallel but my god at least *try* to frame the situation, get it mentioned on the news, get a thousand podcast episodes called "is Keir Starmer right that our problems are caused by an ageing society?"
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I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face
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Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
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The number of British citizens emigrating hasn’t increased, btw. Outward migration is up, but the increase is mostly non-EU migrants leaving the UK.
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The number of British citizens emigrating hasn’t increased, btw. Outward migration is up, but the increase is mostly non-EU migrants leaving the UK.
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
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The take-home message when I give talks about race science: “for bad science to persist, you need (1) a core of ethically or methodologically compromised people who are willing to fabricate data or create misleading evidence & (2) a larger group of people who are willing to promote these ideas”
Sociology of science: What does it take for erroneous or fraudulent claims to take hold? | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The take-home message when I give talks about race science: “for bad science to persist, you need (1) a core of ethically or methodologically compromised people who are willing to fabricate data or create misleading evidence & (2) a larger group of people who are willing to promote these ideas”
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Maybe the most 'I am someone the 20th century didn't happen to' post imaginable, in which you think that 'the far right take power' and the consequence is just that after five years, boom that's over but your preferred political outgroup is out of action.
We have to start thinking about what we want Britain to look like in 2034 after the far right have been in power. There will be no status quo to return to. Centrism will be stone cold dead.
November 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Maybe the most 'I am someone the 20th century didn't happen to' post imaginable, in which you think that 'the far right take power' and the consequence is just that after five years, boom that's over but your preferred political outgroup is out of action.
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.