Lloyd Shepherd
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Books like The English Monster. Podcasts at The Curiously Specific Book Club
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Wait a second... I actually have the data for this! @project-push.tk.gg !
For specific terms, and for more generic 'migrant' terms included in notifications, the BBC is squarely in the middle of the pack over the last year.
For more generic terms they are... also in the middle of the pack.
For specific terms, and for more generic 'migrant' terms included in notifications, the BBC is squarely in the middle of the pack over the last year.
For more generic terms they are... also in the middle of the pack.
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Wait a second... I actually have the data for this! @project-push.tk.gg !
For specific terms, and for more generic 'migrant' terms included in notifications, the BBC is squarely in the middle of the pack over the last year.
For more generic terms they are... also in the middle of the pack.
For specific terms, and for more generic 'migrant' terms included in notifications, the BBC is squarely in the middle of the pack over the last year.
For more generic terms they are... also in the middle of the pack.
This continues to be the relevant point youtu.be/J7zNYKzDCEU?...
David Mitchell speaks out against the attack on the BBC by the Tories
YouTube video by B Heard Media
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This continues to be the relevant point youtu.be/J7zNYKzDCEU?...
Remember 5, 6, 7, 8 of November
When Parliament burned to the rafters
I see no reason why gunpowder season
Should be marked three fucking days after
When Parliament burned to the rafters
I see no reason why gunpowder season
Should be marked three fucking days after
November 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Remember 5, 6, 7, 8 of November
When Parliament burned to the rafters
I see no reason why gunpowder season
Should be marked three fucking days after
When Parliament burned to the rafters
I see no reason why gunpowder season
Should be marked three fucking days after
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Did Geoffrey of Monmouth write this script?
Thanks to the BBC we've just learnt that the effigies of Gog and Magog, appearing in the Lady Mayors Show are:
"representations of 2 giants captured by the Roman general Brutus, first governor of Londinium, back in the day" 🧐
Thank you
"representations of 2 giants captured by the Roman general Brutus, first governor of Londinium, back in the day" 🧐
Thank you
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Did Geoffrey of Monmouth write this script?
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The year is 2025. It's never cold enough to put the heating on but always too damp to dry anything on the line. The future smells of damp laundry. Welcome.
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The year is 2025. It's never cold enough to put the heating on but always too damp to dry anything on the line. The future smells of damp laundry. Welcome.
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If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 AM
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
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Fucking hell. When I read the words “notorious symbol of hate” I thought maybe some idiot turned up with a swastika or something. But this took group preparation.
November 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Fucking hell. When I read the words “notorious symbol of hate” I thought maybe some idiot turned up with a swastika or something. But this took group preparation.
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Convenience and urbanism is bad, “spirituality” and “the natural order” is good and oh my god my hippy/fascist senses are tingling so hard right now
I've read this story five times and I literally do not know what it is trying to say.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most
Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Convenience and urbanism is bad, “spirituality” and “the natural order” is good and oh my god my hippy/fascist senses are tingling so hard right now
I’m not exaggerating when I say this is one of the best rock star interviews I’ve ever read.
When he hit fame in the 1980s, with Spandex trousers and a perm, he was credited with bringing sex appeal to rock music.
Today, Jon Bon Jovi discusses making peace with the critics, running a band and his history with Donald Trump – over Lunch with FT : ft.trib.al/aPoUio9
Today, Jon Bon Jovi discusses making peace with the critics, running a band and his history with Donald Trump – over Lunch with FT : ft.trib.al/aPoUio9
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I’m not exaggerating when I say this is one of the best rock star interviews I’ve ever read.
Listening to Frank Skinner’s poetry podcast: deep cuts.
October 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Listening to Frank Skinner’s poetry podcast: deep cuts.
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This is such a delightful account about one of the real jewels of the Internet era. We should inscribe it on stone tablets in multiple languages so the octopus people who come after us can appreciate it.
In 2008, Google created an ad-powered wiki encyclopedia called Knol, seen as a "Wikipedia killer" amid its highly-publicized launch. And the Wikimedia Foundation gave an unbothered response that I quite like: "the more good free content, the better for the world." Anyway Knol instantly flopped
October 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is such a delightful account about one of the real jewels of the Internet era. We should inscribe it on stone tablets in multiple languages so the octopus people who come after us can appreciate it.
Voting against Restore Trust in the annual NT elections is becoming a pleasant annual tradition, like Guy Fawkes Night. We should commemorate it.
🌳 As a #NationalTrust member I’ve just voted for the recommended slate to keep out the bogus, right-wing entryists of “Restore Trust”. Anything this creep wants is bad for Britain and bad for our heritage.
🌳 If you’re a member, vote Recommended Slate now: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
🌳 If you’re a member, vote Recommended Slate now: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
One vital reason to vote in the National Trust elections and for the NT endorsed candidates. We can't risk the Restore Trust candidates getting any influence on it.
October 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Voting against Restore Trust in the annual NT elections is becoming a pleasant annual tradition, like Guy Fawkes Night. We should commemorate it.
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Now, I'm sure I've seen a similar aesthetic somewhere, but somehow kann ich einfach nicht meinen Finger drauflegen.
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Now, I'm sure I've seen a similar aesthetic somewhere, but somehow kann ich einfach nicht meinen Finger drauflegen.
Me too. And if you don't already chuck a few quid at Wikipedia every month, get on it. Think of it as a humanity subsidy.
Just increased my standing order to Wikipedia.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk's Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points
The new AI-powered Wikipedia competitor falsely claims that pornography worsened the AIDS epidemic and that social media may be fueling a rise in transgender people.
www.wired.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Me too. And if you don't already chuck a few quid at Wikipedia every month, get on it. Think of it as a humanity subsidy.
They're at it again. So I'm reposting this again.
POLITICS COMMENTATOR, 10 AM: Looking at electoral polls this far out from a general election is a complete waste of everyone's time.
POLITICS COMMENTATOR, 2 PM: Bloody hell, look at this new poll, it's mad.
POLITICS COMMENTATOR, 2 PM: Bloody hell, look at this new poll, it's mad.
October 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
They're at it again. So I'm reposting this again.
I've more than noticed this too! iOS Autocorrect has become actively malign this year. Real testament to Apple's seamless AI rollout 😱
Is there a good read somewhere about how iOS's autocorrect suddenly fell off the cliff quality-wise? It's been on the decline for a while but the last 12 months or so have seen a very sharp drop, to the point where more than once a day it's actively inserting errors into already-correct text.
October 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I've more than noticed this too! iOS Autocorrect has become actively malign this year. Real testament to Apple's seamless AI rollout 😱
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This is normal post stroke follow up, sometimes on a 30 - 60 - 90 day schedule.
You get an MRI for post stroke because you’re measuring infarcted tissue, which is not evident on CT scan.
He’s exhibiting something called recrudescence, or a reemergence of symptoms after the initial stroke.
You get an MRI for post stroke because you’re measuring infarcted tissue, which is not evident on CT scan.
He’s exhibiting something called recrudescence, or a reemergence of symptoms after the initial stroke.
Reporter: Did you get an MRI?
Trump: I did. I got an MRI. It was perfect. Yeah… nobody has given you reports like I have given you. The doctors said some of the best reports they have ever seen.
Trump: I did. I got an MRI. It was perfect. Yeah… nobody has given you reports like I have given you. The doctors said some of the best reports they have ever seen.
October 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is normal post stroke follow up, sometimes on a 30 - 60 - 90 day schedule.
You get an MRI for post stroke because you’re measuring infarcted tissue, which is not evident on CT scan.
He’s exhibiting something called recrudescence, or a reemergence of symptoms after the initial stroke.
You get an MRI for post stroke because you’re measuring infarcted tissue, which is not evident on CT scan.
He’s exhibiting something called recrudescence, or a reemergence of symptoms after the initial stroke.
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Well that’s the press awards submission sorted. And to think the Times were worried it’d be a fallow year.
October 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Well that’s the press awards submission sorted. And to think the Times were worried it’d be a fallow year.
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"Sadness in his eyes ..."
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William Blake, ‘Joseph of Arimathea Among the Rocks of Albion’ (c.1810)
And did those feet, in ancient times, walk upon England's ...? No. No, they didn't.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"Sadness in his eyes ..."
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profadamroberts.substack.com/p/william-bl...
He’s been staring at me for a while now. Unsettling.
October 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
He’s been staring at me for a while now. Unsettling.
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Sunday Times book critic declares the “best defence against fascists is laughing at them”, thereby sidestepping historical reality as expressed by Peter Cook, who recalled:
“those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler & prevent the outbreak of the Second World War”.
“those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler & prevent the outbreak of the Second World War”.
October 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Sunday Times book critic declares the “best defence against fascists is laughing at them”, thereby sidestepping historical reality as expressed by Peter Cook, who recalled:
“those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler & prevent the outbreak of the Second World War”.
“those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler & prevent the outbreak of the Second World War”.
Bloody hell. Just watched Episode 5 of Riot Women. Bloody bloody hell.
October 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Bloody hell. Just watched Episode 5 of Riot Women. Bloody bloody hell.
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If Reform do get into government, the media organisation whose response will most closely resemble the cravenness seen in the US will be the BBC - probably even more than the right wing press
Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?
Reform’s Sarah Pochin forced to apologise after claiming adverts 'full of black people' drive her 'mad’ | LBC
The Runcorn and Helsby MP was responding to a viewer live on air who complained about the demographics of advertising.
www.lbc.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
If Reform do get into government, the media organisation whose response will most closely resemble the cravenness seen in the US will be the BBC - probably even more than the right wing press