Laurence Dean
@laurenceconrad.bsky.social
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*How it already is #TrumpAdministration
March 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
*How it already is #TrumpAdministration
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The event that historians have patronised & belittled as 'the peasants' revolt' was actually nothing less than the first English Revolution. Long planned, well thought-out, ideological, meticulously organised, disciplined, country wide, involving all sectors of the working commons, & near victorious
February 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The event that historians have patronised & belittled as 'the peasants' revolt' was actually nothing less than the first English Revolution. Long planned, well thought-out, ideological, meticulously organised, disciplined, country wide, involving all sectors of the working commons, & near victorious
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At risk of repeating myself: The Luddites weren’t against technology. They were against getting put out of work by a technology that did a version of their job faster but worse, in the service of increasing profits for their bosses.
December 26, 2024 at 7:13 PM
At risk of repeating myself: The Luddites weren’t against technology. They were against getting put out of work by a technology that did a version of their job faster but worse, in the service of increasing profits for their bosses.
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Glorious early colour footage of English farming before mechanisation; you get a sense of how many people still worked in the fields during harvest time less than a century ago.
'English Harvest', 1938
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcyz...
'English Harvest', 1938
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcyz...
English Harvest (1938)
YouTube video by BFI
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Glorious early colour footage of English farming before mechanisation; you get a sense of how many people still worked in the fields during harvest time less than a century ago.
'English Harvest', 1938
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcyz...
'English Harvest', 1938
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcyz...
Thisnis real!! - BBC News - Dartitis: The condition where you try to throw a dart - but can't
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Dartitis: The condition where you try to throw a dart - but can't
The psychological condition stops players from releasing a dart.
www.bbc.com
December 15, 2024 at 11:19 AM
Thisnis real!! - BBC News - Dartitis: The condition where you try to throw a dart - but can't
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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gitched sign + one of those pointless TikTok-style ads = unintentional cyberpunk at the Whole Foods
December 12, 2024 at 4:38 AM
gitched sign + one of those pointless TikTok-style ads = unintentional cyberpunk at the Whole Foods
Xmas is a great time to be able to pursue normal random activities while also half cut; travelling, meetings, shopping etc.
December 7, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Xmas is a great time to be able to pursue normal random activities while also half cut; travelling, meetings, shopping etc.
Only way to get through December train travel whth bags of Xmas presents. Also got The Pogues BBC sessions '84-'86 blasting in the headphones.
December 7, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Only way to get through December train travel whth bags of Xmas presents. Also got The Pogues BBC sessions '84-'86 blasting in the headphones.
Surprised people are still rocking the docker hat, the tightly roled wooly hat perched on the hipster head. Its a really old look now.
December 3, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Surprised people are still rocking the docker hat, the tightly roled wooly hat perched on the hipster head. Its a really old look now.
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New podcast. I chat with psychotherapist and death doula Laura Coleman about death, near death experiences, mindfulness and holotropic breathing . Dog Bless ❤️ open.spotify.com/episode/2efN...
Speaking with a professional who helps people to die
The Blindboy Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:12 AM
New podcast. I chat with psychotherapist and death doula Laura Coleman about death, near death experiences, mindfulness and holotropic breathing . Dog Bless ❤️ open.spotify.com/episode/2efN...
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Rent free. It’s the most Accidental Partridge ever. It will never be beaten. Love how he has a Full English and then immediately afterwards has lunch.
November 28, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Rent free. It’s the most Accidental Partridge ever. It will never be beaten. Love how he has a Full English and then immediately afterwards has lunch.
Locked myself out the flat without keys or wallet, or studio keys, 5 minutes before clients about to turn up
November 26, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Locked myself out the flat without keys or wallet, or studio keys, 5 minutes before clients about to turn up
45 minute queue for a Hove craft fair on Sunday felt like a scene from Motherland.
November 25, 2024 at 11:35 PM
45 minute queue for a Hove craft fair on Sunday felt like a scene from Motherland.
Its late for halloween I know but didnt want them to go to waste
November 24, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Its late for halloween I know but didnt want them to go to waste
Found a bunch of tapes in a box by the bins. Good taste here.
November 19, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Found a bunch of tapes in a box by the bins. Good taste here.
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*Installing new software on a 46-year-old spacecraft 15 billion miles away
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...
NASA’s Voyager Team Focuses on Software Patch, Thrusters
The efforts should help extend the lifetimes of the agency’s interstellar explorers.
www.jpl.nasa.gov
October 21, 2023 at 9:21 AM
*Installing new software on a 46-year-old spacecraft 15 billion miles away
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...
4 hours is my max with people before I need a good 2 hours lone time
October 21, 2023 at 4:41 PM
4 hours is my max with people before I need a good 2 hours lone time
Klaxons first album - still gold
Klaxons second album - now landfill indie.
Klaxons second album - now landfill indie.
October 11, 2023 at 1:42 PM
Klaxons first album - still gold
Klaxons second album - now landfill indie.
Klaxons second album - now landfill indie.
Its either terrible or brilliant I cant decide.
October 9, 2023 at 3:59 PM
Its either terrible or brilliant I cant decide.
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My solicitor quit her firm today, thats why I've not been able to contact them all week. Awful.
September 29, 2023 at 2:56 PM
My solicitor quit her firm today, thats why I've not been able to contact them all week. Awful.
Sex Education is just Heartbreak High for the 2020s.
September 27, 2023 at 8:17 PM
Sex Education is just Heartbreak High for the 2020s.