Stephen McGann
@stephenmcgann.uk
Not even the most famous person in my bedroom. Full biog: https://tinyurl.com/29skn3p6
One of those quiet and consistently brilliant feeds.
November 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
One of those quiet and consistently brilliant feeds.
GIVE ME A CAMEL TAXI SERVICE NOW.
Goat meat stands sound pretty great tbf
This guy
November 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
GIVE ME A CAMEL TAXI SERVICE NOW.
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"Crucifixion?"
"Nah, freedom for me"
"Oh jolly good, off you go then"
"Nah, freedom for me"
"Oh jolly good, off you go then"
November 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"Crucifixion?"
"Nah, freedom for me"
"Oh jolly good, off you go then"
"Nah, freedom for me"
"Oh jolly good, off you go then"
Charisma.
Not rocket science, a dirty word, or a fart at a genteel dinner party. A vessel in which less base ideals can be communicated to the heart. Present at every piece of progress ever made by society. Politics, like all human drama, is laden with theory, but realised in the heart and gut.
Not rocket science, a dirty word, or a fart at a genteel dinner party. A vessel in which less base ideals can be communicated to the heart. Present at every piece of progress ever made by society. Politics, like all human drama, is laden with theory, but realised in the heart and gut.
This isn't the only takeaway of Mamdani's victory, but it is the most important one www.ft.com/content/92bf...
November 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Charisma.
Not rocket science, a dirty word, or a fart at a genteel dinner party. A vessel in which less base ideals can be communicated to the heart. Present at every piece of progress ever made by society. Politics, like all human drama, is laden with theory, but realised in the heart and gut.
Not rocket science, a dirty word, or a fart at a genteel dinner party. A vessel in which less base ideals can be communicated to the heart. Present at every piece of progress ever made by society. Politics, like all human drama, is laden with theory, but realised in the heart and gut.
Despite stating that I would do anything for love with one important exception, I find ultimately that I would, indeed, do that.
Contrary to all my intentions, I will let the sun go down on me. Tomorrow, most probably.
I have to admit that, much as I’d like to be, I’m not still standing.
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Despite stating that I would do anything for love with one important exception, I find ultimately that I would, indeed, do that.
One of the best things I've seen in ages. Superb. #ENO
Dead Man Walking review – searing honesty and humanity in ENO’s staging of Heggie’s compelling opera
The first staging in the UK of Heggie and Terrence McNally’s adaptation of the memoir by Sister Helen Prejean is an anguished reflection on truth, compassion and capital punishment, sung with empathy ...
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
One of the best things I've seen in ages. Superb. #ENO
Yes, your credibility. That untarnished jewel of a thing.
November 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Yes, your credibility. That untarnished jewel of a thing.
Typical. Just looked on the BBC News website, and there's absolutely NOTHING about what might have happened to the Transylvania Twist.
October 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Typical. Just looked on the BBC News website, and there's absolutely NOTHING about what might have happened to the Transylvania Twist.
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Lol I just asked Grok whether Grokipedia is more neutral than Wikipedia and even it can't lie about this
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Lol I just asked Grok whether Grokipedia is more neutral than Wikipedia and even it can't lie about this
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The OG #NoKings 😜
Really looking forward to this - a brilliant new BBC History Extra podcast series from @rebeccarideal.bsky.social @histfest.bsky.social!
Also, I recorded a little cameo as the Colchester-born writer Margaret Cavendish 💁🏻♀️
play.megaphone.fm/quvuyhkqs66t...
Really looking forward to this - a brilliant new BBC History Extra podcast series from @rebeccarideal.bsky.social @histfest.bsky.social!
Also, I recorded a little cameo as the Colchester-born writer Margaret Cavendish 💁🏻♀️
play.megaphone.fm/quvuyhkqs66t...
October 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The OG #NoKings 😜
Really looking forward to this - a brilliant new BBC History Extra podcast series from @rebeccarideal.bsky.social @histfest.bsky.social!
Also, I recorded a little cameo as the Colchester-born writer Margaret Cavendish 💁🏻♀️
play.megaphone.fm/quvuyhkqs66t...
Really looking forward to this - a brilliant new BBC History Extra podcast series from @rebeccarideal.bsky.social @histfest.bsky.social!
Also, I recorded a little cameo as the Colchester-born writer Margaret Cavendish 💁🏻♀️
play.megaphone.fm/quvuyhkqs66t...
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The percentage fall in the Peso will depend on what Oasis cover he's singing...
October 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The percentage fall in the Peso will depend on what Oasis cover he's singing...
If he goes out one more time and then shakes it all about, he'll pass the citizenship test due to advanced knowledge of the U.Ks national dance, the 'Hokey Cokey'.
October 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
If he goes out one more time and then shakes it all about, he'll pass the citizenship test due to advanced knowledge of the U.Ks national dance, the 'Hokey Cokey'.
Self-harm really hurts, actually.
October 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Self-harm really hurts, actually.
The camel is the headline to a carefully crafted article about horses.
October 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The camel is the headline to a carefully crafted article about horses.
No fee, I'm afraid.
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
rm -rf ~/
rm -rf ~/
"The chancellor approved it"
October 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
No fee, I'm afraid.
ChatGPT is currently answering all of my verbal queries in Welsh (a known bug, apparently).
I must say, I find the prospect of a Skynet-style hostile superintelligence a little less daunting when it comes in the form of an accidental housewife from Rhyl.
I must say, I find the prospect of a Skynet-style hostile superintelligence a little less daunting when it comes in the form of an accidental housewife from Rhyl.
October 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
ChatGPT is currently answering all of my verbal queries in Welsh (a known bug, apparently).
I must say, I find the prospect of a Skynet-style hostile superintelligence a little less daunting when it comes in the form of an accidental housewife from Rhyl.
I must say, I find the prospect of a Skynet-style hostile superintelligence a little less daunting when it comes in the form of an accidental housewife from Rhyl.
“A man should plant a tree, have a son, and write a book.”
José Martí
Righto. Off to the garden centre then...
José Martí
Righto. Off to the garden centre then...
October 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
“A man should plant a tree, have a son, and write a book.”
José Martí
Righto. Off to the garden centre then...
José Martí
Righto. Off to the garden centre then...
Well, seeing as they get a whole feature piece in the Guardian to address the question, I guess so...
October 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Well, seeing as they get a whole feature piece in the Guardian to address the question, I guess so...
Great think piece: deconstructing the many complex interacting nodes of a multi-level intelligence, whether human or artificial, by means of a periodic table of cognitive elements. > kk.org/thetechnium/...
The Periodic Table of Cognition
I’ve been studying the early history of electricity’s discovery as a map for our current discovery of artificial intelligence. The smartest people alive back then, including Isaac Newton, who may have...
kk.org
October 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Great think piece: deconstructing the many complex interacting nodes of a multi-level intelligence, whether human or artificial, by means of a periodic table of cognitive elements. > kk.org/thetechnium/...
Many claims are made for the power of poetry to change lives. All I can offer on the death of Brian Patten is a simple truth. This poem - sent to me by my not-then-wife - is the reason I am with her 40 years on.
RIP Brian. x
RIP Brian. x
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Many claims are made for the power of poetry to change lives. All I can offer on the death of Brian Patten is a simple truth. This poem - sent to me by my not-then-wife - is the reason I am with her 40 years on.
RIP Brian. x
RIP Brian. x
It is a truth too often unacknowledged, that a populist in possession of the public's rage must be in perpetual want of an enemy.
September 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It is a truth too often unacknowledged, that a populist in possession of the public's rage must be in perpetual want of an enemy.