HodgePodgeH
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Have finally made it over here from Twitter.
You might have known me as StevieSun or HodgePodgeHenry.
You might have known me as StevieSun or HodgePodgeHenry.
When I saw the BBC reporting on this earlier, they mentioned council tax band.
I went and changed the council tax band of some of the most expensive properties amongst my friends and families. They won't be affected.
Tying to council tax band seems fairly than a set figure.
I went and changed the council tax band of some of the most expensive properties amongst my friends and families. They won't be affected.
Tying to council tax band seems fairly than a set figure.
Homes worth more than £2mn set to be hit by Budget raid on.ft.com/4rocFhe
Homes worth more than £2mn set to be hit by Budget raid
‘Mansion tax’ set to affect more than 100,000 properties, mostly in London and the south-east
on.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
When I saw the BBC reporting on this earlier, they mentioned council tax band.
I went and changed the council tax band of some of the most expensive properties amongst my friends and families. They won't be affected.
Tying to council tax band seems fairly than a set figure.
I went and changed the council tax band of some of the most expensive properties amongst my friends and families. They won't be affected.
Tying to council tax band seems fairly than a set figure.
So Musk is wrong because it's not mass migration, but instead the migration of very specific individual/s that is threatening western civilization?
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
So Musk is wrong because it's not mass migration, but instead the migration of very specific individual/s that is threatening western civilization?
Got given more suggestions about using AI at work this week.
No, I won't use AI when a search engine can do the same job.
No, I won't use AI to do work that has to be thoroughly verified before it can be used. I'll just do the research.
No, I won't use AI when a search engine can do the same job.
No, I won't use AI to do work that has to be thoroughly verified before it can be used. I'll just do the research.
November 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Got given more suggestions about using AI at work this week.
No, I won't use AI when a search engine can do the same job.
No, I won't use AI to do work that has to be thoroughly verified before it can be used. I'll just do the research.
No, I won't use AI when a search engine can do the same job.
No, I won't use AI to do work that has to be thoroughly verified before it can be used. I'll just do the research.
#TDOR
We lit a candle, and it's burnt all evening.
We've listened to names.
Hugged. Tears.
Today is a day to allow some space for the grief. Stop, rest, allow that space.
We lit a candle, and it's burnt all evening.
We've listened to names.
Hugged. Tears.
Today is a day to allow some space for the grief. Stop, rest, allow that space.
November 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
#TDOR
We lit a candle, and it's burnt all evening.
We've listened to names.
Hugged. Tears.
Today is a day to allow some space for the grief. Stop, rest, allow that space.
We lit a candle, and it's burnt all evening.
We've listened to names.
Hugged. Tears.
Today is a day to allow some space for the grief. Stop, rest, allow that space.
There is so much excellent literature written for young people. There's so much bad literature for adults. Read what you enjoy
Just finished reading a book I found lying and the house. Obvs written for pre-teen girls. Thoroughly enjoyed it: very well written and an excellent insight into that world; can't wait for the sequel. It will have to be a present for my daughter, though, as I'm a 47 year old man.
November 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
There is so much excellent literature written for young people. There's so much bad literature for adults. Read what you enjoy
This reminds me of reading articles at uni about horse domestication in Bronze Age Kazakhstan.
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
This reminds me of reading articles at uni about horse domestication in Bronze Age Kazakhstan.
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
Re-listening to The Hunger Games at the moment.
Always love Rue. I appreciate the dignity she's given as a character. No doubt there's biases that come from her being written by a white woman.
But if you know the book/film, you which bit had me crying all over again.
Always love Rue. I appreciate the dignity she's given as a character. No doubt there's biases that come from her being written by a white woman.
But if you know the book/film, you which bit had me crying all over again.
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Re-listening to The Hunger Games at the moment.
Always love Rue. I appreciate the dignity she's given as a character. No doubt there's biases that come from her being written by a white woman.
But if you know the book/film, you which bit had me crying all over again.
Always love Rue. I appreciate the dignity she's given as a character. No doubt there's biases that come from her being written by a white woman.
But if you know the book/film, you which bit had me crying all over again.
Listening to the readings in church this morning, it really chafed to hear lazy people called out.
There can be all kinds of reasons a person can't work.
But then I realised - they weren't talking about disabled people. I jumped to that due to my social context.
Perhaps there's another reading?
There can be all kinds of reasons a person can't work.
But then I realised - they weren't talking about disabled people. I jumped to that due to my social context.
Perhaps there's another reading?
November 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Listening to the readings in church this morning, it really chafed to hear lazy people called out.
There can be all kinds of reasons a person can't work.
But then I realised - they weren't talking about disabled people. I jumped to that due to my social context.
Perhaps there's another reading?
There can be all kinds of reasons a person can't work.
But then I realised - they weren't talking about disabled people. I jumped to that due to my social context.
Perhaps there's another reading?
I have just been reminded that there are lots of zoo and parks that have live streams of various animals and birds.
You can get a fix without AI muscling its way in.
You can get a fix without AI muscling its way in.
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I have just been reminded that there are lots of zoo and parks that have live streams of various animals and birds.
You can get a fix without AI muscling its way in.
You can get a fix without AI muscling its way in.
20 years ago there was a joke that an unsigned Terry Pratchett book was worth more than a signed one.
Novelist. My publisher has had me sign hundreds of kg of books for bookshops. Happy to. But I now think the true rarity is the unsigned novel.
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
20 years ago there was a joke that an unsigned Terry Pratchett book was worth more than a signed one.
This feels like context to Trump's dislike of the BBC
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This feels like context to Trump's dislike of the BBC
On one hand fascinating. On the other, I absolutely feel for the PCC as they navigate the situation.
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
On one hand fascinating. On the other, I absolutely feel for the PCC as they navigate the situation.
Trans men. Non-binary people. Girls who aren't yet adults and therefore not women.
'Pregnant people' is a far more accurate term than pregnant women if you're trying to describe all people who are/might be pregnant.
'Pregnant people' is a far more accurate term than pregnant women if you're trying to describe all people who are/might be pregnant.
Bloody hell this is ridiculous, she corrected a mistype and somehow didn't smile in the right way. Who the hell else but women can become pregnant 🤦♂️🤷
BBC News - Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' facial expression, BBC says
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' facial expression, BBC says
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' facial expression, BBC says
The BBC newsreader was reading out a news bulletin about research on groups most at risk in UK heatwaves.
www.bbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Trans men. Non-binary people. Girls who aren't yet adults and therefore not women.
'Pregnant people' is a far more accurate term than pregnant women if you're trying to describe all people who are/might be pregnant.
'Pregnant people' is a far more accurate term than pregnant women if you're trying to describe all people who are/might be pregnant.
Gender markers on a passport now feels so normal now I found it hard to believe they haven't always been there.
I have photos of my grandfather's last passport. Issued by the UK government in 1948.
It has his title "Mr", but no gender marker.
It does however have his height.
I have photos of my grandfather's last passport. Issued by the UK government in 1948.
It has his title "Mr", but no gender marker.
It does however have his height.
I am older than gender markers on passports! How do you regulate gender? By making it a form of government ID. It has nothing to do with state security, only regulation
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Gender markers on a passport now feels so normal now I found it hard to believe they haven't always been there.
I have photos of my grandfather's last passport. Issued by the UK government in 1948.
It has his title "Mr", but no gender marker.
It does however have his height.
I have photos of my grandfather's last passport. Issued by the UK government in 1948.
It has his title "Mr", but no gender marker.
It does however have his height.
Bryony Coles.
She taught all single honours archaeology students in their first semester when I was at uni. She learnt our names and remembered us even 2 or 3 years later, even if she never taught us again.
Great sense of humour, excellent archaeologist, and great teacher.
She taught all single honours archaeology students in their first semester when I was at uni. She learnt our names and remembered us even 2 or 3 years later, even if she never taught us again.
Great sense of humour, excellent archaeologist, and great teacher.
Right, enough of James Watson - who's a senior academic you've met who's been an utter delight?
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
November 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Bryony Coles.
She taught all single honours archaeology students in their first semester when I was at uni. She learnt our names and remembered us even 2 or 3 years later, even if she never taught us again.
Great sense of humour, excellent archaeologist, and great teacher.
She taught all single honours archaeology students in their first semester when I was at uni. She learnt our names and remembered us even 2 or 3 years later, even if she never taught us again.
Great sense of humour, excellent archaeologist, and great teacher.
I think I'd have my quiet, reasonably size, country home. I'd grow fruit and veg, have dogs, maybe a pony. I'd pay someone to take care of the admin stuff that my brain struggles with, and pay them well.
If I was really rich, I would not complain about mayors refusing to meet with me; I would just buy a lot of Lego sets and spend extended periods in Tokyo, Italy, and France
November 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I think I'd have my quiet, reasonably size, country home. I'd grow fruit and veg, have dogs, maybe a pony. I'd pay someone to take care of the admin stuff that my brain struggles with, and pay them well.
Following the 2.30am fireworks that seem to have woken half the town - those defending setting off fireworks have been getting shamed in every post they make on the local FB group. At least one closed comments when not a single one agreed with him.
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Following the 2.30am fireworks that seem to have woken half the town - those defending setting off fireworks have been getting shamed in every post they make on the local FB group. At least one closed comments when not a single one agreed with him.
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Today is Intersex Day of Solidarity and Remembrance.
It's an opportunity to highlight the continued struggles faced by intersex people globally, from unnecessary medical intervention or stigma.
We all deserve to be treated with dignity, and live a life free from discrimination.
It's an opportunity to highlight the continued struggles faced by intersex people globally, from unnecessary medical intervention or stigma.
We all deserve to be treated with dignity, and live a life free from discrimination.
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Today is Intersex Day of Solidarity and Remembrance.
It's an opportunity to highlight the continued struggles faced by intersex people globally, from unnecessary medical intervention or stigma.
We all deserve to be treated with dignity, and live a life free from discrimination.
It's an opportunity to highlight the continued struggles faced by intersex people globally, from unnecessary medical intervention or stigma.
We all deserve to be treated with dignity, and live a life free from discrimination.
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A new paper [2023] based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.
www.livescience.com/health/genet...
www.livescience.com/health/genet...
Rosalind Franklin knew DNA was a helix before Watson and Crick, unpublished material reveals
A new paper based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.
www.livescience.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
A new paper [2023] based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.
www.livescience.com/health/genet...
www.livescience.com/health/genet...
Well that my evening sorted...
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Well that my evening sorted...
Woken up by fireworks at half 12 and again at half 2. So no full four hour cycle.
We've had a few of these random late night fireworks recently.
When are we going to ban the sale of fireworks to the general public?
We've had a few of these random late night fireworks recently.
When are we going to ban the sale of fireworks to the general public?
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Woken up by fireworks at half 12 and again at half 2. So no full four hour cycle.
We've had a few of these random late night fireworks recently.
When are we going to ban the sale of fireworks to the general public?
We've had a few of these random late night fireworks recently.
When are we going to ban the sale of fireworks to the general public?
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Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.
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Who wore it better? Sean Astin and Wil Wheaton or a pair of adorable ferrets?
November 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Who wore it better? Sean Astin and Wil Wheaton or a pair of adorable ferrets?