Neil Turner
@neilturner.me.uk
Millennial Yorkshire queer partially deaf geek dad/husband. Works in university admissions, specialising in PhD and MBA. Likes photography and social media, doesn't like writing in the third person. He/him 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️#LGBwiththeT https://neilturner.me.uk
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Neil Turner
@neilturner.me.uk
· Nov 16
Hello. - Neil Turner's Blog
I’m Neil Turner, a UK-based queer higher education professional with interests in technology, social media and photography, and this is my presence on the web. I have a blog (here), and I am also on t...
neilturner.me.uk
I guess it's time for another #introduction post? I'm Neil, I work in Higher Education and have been *very* online for a long time. Currently a co-chair of LGBTQ+ staff network at work, hearing aid user, interested in transport and live in Yorkshire. Blog at neilturner.me.uk updated every other day.
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we are truly in our Bad Sentence To Read Era
The YouTube phenomenon known as MrBeast has partnered with the LDS Church on philanthropy, and church President Dallin Oaks says he hopes lower missionary ages will lead to lower marriage ages.
Latest from Mormon Land: YouTube’s MrBeast partners with LDS Church; spate of new new stakes created
The YouTube phenomenon known as MrBeast has partnered with the LDS Church on philanthropy, and church President Dallin Oaks says he hopes lower missionary ages will lead to lower marriage ages.
www.sltrib.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:35 PM
we are truly in our Bad Sentence To Read Era
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People performatively mispronouncing Irish names is one of my pet paimhs
January 16, 2026 at 2:08 PM
People performatively mispronouncing Irish names is one of my pet paimhs
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The most illustrative reply I’ve ever seen.
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 7:19 PM
The most illustrative reply I’ve ever seen.
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that's the thing they don't actually want sexy pictures they want to rob her of her consent
January 16, 2026 at 6:58 PM
that's the thing they don't actually want sexy pictures they want to rob her of her consent
The 'it's only X if it's from the X region of France, otherwise it's just sparkling Y' meme is literally true in the EU (and UK). 'French champagne' is a tautology because you can't sell champagne here unless it's from the Champagne region of France.
www.ft.com/content/1442... if i were the us i would simply try to develop regional specialties with an international reputation for quality
US accuses EU of seeking cheese ‘monopoly’ in South America
Bloc will sign trade agreement on Saturday after 25 years of talks
www.ft.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:58 PM
The 'it's only X if it's from the X region of France, otherwise it's just sparkling Y' meme is literally true in the EU (and UK). 'French champagne' is a tautology because you can't sell champagne here unless it's from the Champagne region of France.
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Whoa-oh-oh
Artist: monkeon https://b3ta.com/board/11424622
From the 'Music and Food II' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/musicandfood2/popular/ #MusicAndFoodII
Artist: monkeon https://b3ta.com/board/11424622
From the 'Music and Food II' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/musicandfood2/popular/ #MusicAndFoodII
January 16, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Whoa-oh-oh
Artist: monkeon https://b3ta.com/board/11424622
From the 'Music and Food II' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/musicandfood2/popular/ #MusicAndFoodII
Artist: monkeon https://b3ta.com/board/11424622
From the 'Music and Food II' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/musicandfood2/popular/ #MusicAndFoodII
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Good news from the NHS.
Prostate drug, abiraterone, to be offered to thousands in England
Abiraterone will be available in a matter of weeks and will be offered to 7,000 men a year.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Good news from the NHS.
New Post: Hardwick Hall
Hardwick Hall - Neil Turner's Blog
A couple of weeks ago, we went to Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire. It’s a National Trust property to the east of Chesterfield, and I’ll be honest, I hadn’t heard of it until a few weeks ago. I came...
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January 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
New Post: Hardwick Hall
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Meanwhile, in other news, I've just received an email asking me whether, as a leading influencer, I would like to try out a new clitoral stimulator with a view to promoting it on Instagram, in return for commission on sales. I admire the optimism.
January 16, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Meanwhile, in other news, I've just received an email asking me whether, as a leading influencer, I would like to try out a new clitoral stimulator with a view to promoting it on Instagram, in return for commission on sales. I admire the optimism.
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Just found out about the worst mod for Fallout 4, Immersive Haemorrhoids. Every time you crouch in game there’s a 2% chance you’ll develop haemorrhoids for which there is no cure in the wasteland.
January 16, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Just found out about the worst mod for Fallout 4, Immersive Haemorrhoids. Every time you crouch in game there’s a 2% chance you’ll develop haemorrhoids for which there is no cure in the wasteland.
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🎶watch us wreck the mic
Watch us wreck the mic
Watch us wreck the mic🎶
Watch us wreck the mic
Watch us wreck the mic🎶
January 15, 2026 at 8:29 PM
🎶watch us wreck the mic
Watch us wreck the mic
Watch us wreck the mic🎶
Watch us wreck the mic
Watch us wreck the mic🎶
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This is huge: For the first time since the early 1970s, coal power generation has fallen in both China & India.
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s
‘Historic’ moment in biggest coal-consuming countries could bring decline in global emissions, analysis says
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:34 AM
This is huge: For the first time since the early 1970s, coal power generation has fallen in both China & India.
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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naked? don't be such a luddite! the emperor has generative clothes from a large weaving model
January 15, 2026 at 11:22 PM
naked? don't be such a luddite! the emperor has generative clothes from a large weaving model
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Struggling with that big romantic gesture for Valentine’s Day? Treat your loved one to a tour of Scunthorpe steelworks in a Pacer 🥰 www.ticketsource.co.uk/afrps/afr-s-...
January 15, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Struggling with that big romantic gesture for Valentine’s Day? Treat your loved one to a tour of Scunthorpe steelworks in a Pacer 🥰 www.ticketsource.co.uk/afrps/afr-s-...
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"Long accused of Antisemitism" --New York Times headline, 2024
January 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
"Long accused of Antisemitism" --New York Times headline, 2024
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Bluesky going to work over on Twitter
January 15, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Bluesky going to work over on Twitter
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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I'm sorry what did you call me
January 15, 2026 at 3:34 PM
I'm sorry what did you call me
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Richard Bacon's pretty sound but he's not some radical lefty...he seems like an average centrist. My point is that the Glinners have been so bananas about trans people that they've turned someone who could have gone either way on the issue in to a full ally. Oh TERFs, you silly sausages.
January 15, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Richard Bacon's pretty sound but he's not some radical lefty...he seems like an average centrist. My point is that the Glinners have been so bananas about trans people that they've turned someone who could have gone either way on the issue in to a full ally. Oh TERFs, you silly sausages.
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Worth noting that Jenrick has limited value to Reform now.
Surprise defections where you control the narrative are useful. They look like winning.
Picking up people fired for scheming already is a loser narrative.
Surprise defections where you control the narrative are useful. They look like winning.
Picking up people fired for scheming already is a loser narrative.
January 15, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Worth noting that Jenrick has limited value to Reform now.
Surprise defections where you control the narrative are useful. They look like winning.
Picking up people fired for scheming already is a loser narrative.
Surprise defections where you control the narrative are useful. They look like winning.
Picking up people fired for scheming already is a loser narrative.
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A foal sneezes and makes too much of it imho.
January 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM
A foal sneezes and makes too much of it imho.
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Accidentally gave a "thank you" wave to a car that stopped to let me cross the street before noticing it was a Waymo, and now I feel like THE WORLD'S STUPIDEST DUMBASS.
January 15, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Accidentally gave a "thank you" wave to a car that stopped to let me cross the street before noticing it was a Waymo, and now I feel like THE WORLD'S STUPIDEST DUMBASS.
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‘Defecting to the reform party’ is a polite euphemism for telling guests at a dinner party that you need to go for a poo.
“I’d love to hear all about your holiday in Sardinia but first I just need to defect to the reform party”
“I’d love to hear all about your holiday in Sardinia but first I just need to defect to the reform party”
January 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
‘Defecting to the reform party’ is a polite euphemism for telling guests at a dinner party that you need to go for a poo.
“I’d love to hear all about your holiday in Sardinia but first I just need to defect to the reform party”
“I’d love to hear all about your holiday in Sardinia but first I just need to defect to the reform party”
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Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES