Stewart Davidson
@stewartdavidson.bsky.social
Apparent owner of a babbling left hemisphere. Doctor of philosophy who used to be an academic but left in an attempt to get a life. Franco-Scottish dual national, allotment gardener, Buddhist, music geek and sci-fi/dystopian fiction buff.
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Way back in the mists of time – or June 2017 to be precise – @drniklaw.bsky.social and I embarked on an endurance challenge for the ages, which was to listen to, and provide a pithy review of, every album on the Guardian’s list of 1,000 Albums To Hear Before You Die.
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🔴 URGENT - Affaire Bygmalion : Nicolas Sarkozy définitivement condamné à un an de prison dont six mois ferme
Nicolas Sarkozy bientôt condamné définitivement dans l'affaire Bygmalion ?
La Cour de cassation rend mercredi sa décision sur le pourvoi de Nicolas Sarkozy dans l'affaire Bygmalion. Un rejet, comme préconisé le 8 octobre par l'avocate générale, entérinerait une deuxième condamnation…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🔴 URGENT - Affaire Bygmalion : Nicolas Sarkozy définitivement condamné à un an de prison dont six mois ferme
Well, this is an absolute gem, lads. A fusion of Americana and jazz (I know, who'd have thought that would work!). A Trick of the Light by Eli Winter. A strong contender for my AOTY. #nowplaying
A Trick of the Light, by Eli Winter
6 track album
eliwinter.bandcamp.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Well, this is an absolute gem, lads. A fusion of Americana and jazz (I know, who'd have thought that would work!). A Trick of the Light by Eli Winter. A strong contender for my AOTY. #nowplaying
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A calm Loch Lomond as the sun starts to dip behind the Luss hills. #Scotland #LochLomond
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A calm Loch Lomond as the sun starts to dip behind the Luss hills. #Scotland #LochLomond
I'm not a judgmental person, but if you don't have both The Rise of Skywalker and The Last Jedi in the bottom two rungs of your Star Wars rankings...
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I'm not a judgmental person, but if you don't have both The Rise of Skywalker and The Last Jedi in the bottom two rungs of your Star Wars rankings...
A calm Loch Lomond as the sun starts to dip behind the Luss hills. #Scotland #LochLomond
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A calm Loch Lomond as the sun starts to dip behind the Luss hills. #Scotland #LochLomond
Incredible. The standard of the younger generations of chess player is terrifying.
Bodhana Sivanandan: Ten-year-old chess prodigy dazzles at women’s event
Bodhana Sivanandan wins the UK Women’s Blitz Championship, putting her in the top 50 women in the world in the category.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Incredible. The standard of the younger generations of chess player is terrifying.
There's wisdom to be found in the observation that we don't call a plank of wood a table without legs.
November 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
There's wisdom to be found in the observation that we don't call a plank of wood a table without legs.
Emma Pollock, still making gorgeous music almost 30 years after the first time I saw her play live with the Delgados. Her new album, Begging the Night to Take Hold – which includes this track – is very much deserving of your attention. #music #nowplaying #glasgow
Emma Pollock - March Town (live)
YouTube video by Hapless Museum Worker Gigs
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Emma Pollock, still making gorgeous music almost 30 years after the first time I saw her play live with the Delgados. Her new album, Begging the Night to Take Hold – which includes this track – is very much deserving of your attention. #music #nowplaying #glasgow
Just listen to the interplay between bass and lead guitar. #nowplaying #RIP
The Stone Roses - Waterfall (Official Video)
YouTube video by StoneRosesVEVO
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Just listen to the interplay between bass and lead guitar. #nowplaying #RIP
Aww man. That's awful. I adored the Roses back in the day and Mani's bass lines were absolutely central to their sound. RIP.
Gary 'Mani' Mounfield: Stone Roses bassist dies aged 63
Gary Mounfield's playing was an integral part of the Stone Roses' sound, and he was in Primal Scream for 15 years.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Aww man. That's awful. I adored the Roses back in the day and Mani's bass lines were absolutely central to their sound. RIP.
I still feel slightly torn, strategically speaking, over having ditched X. I do wonder if departing the battleground of ideas and leaving X to de-evolve into echo chamber for toxic right-wing batshittery is the right move. Having said that, I don't want to generate clicks for its horrific owner.
November 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I still feel slightly torn, strategically speaking, over having ditched X. I do wonder if departing the battleground of ideas and leaving X to de-evolve into echo chamber for toxic right-wing batshittery is the right move. Having said that, I don't want to generate clicks for its horrific owner.
Replace 'inching towards' with 'pursuing vigorously'. It's instructive, particularly for those in the UK, to also stress the role of Macron's centrists in legitimising the RN. He also fractured the 5th Republic's party structure with his strategically boneheaded dissolution of the assembly in 2024.
French conservatives are inching towards a pact with Le Pen that could enable a far-right takeover of the country | Paul Taylor
In trying to woo Le Pen’s voters, Les Républicains risk destroying France’s Gaullist legacy and putting Paris on a collision course with the EU, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Replace 'inching towards' with 'pursuing vigorously'. It's instructive, particularly for those in the UK, to also stress the role of Macron's centrists in legitimising the RN. He also fractured the 5th Republic's party structure with his strategically boneheaded dissolution of the assembly in 2024.
Apparently many of the sites that detect whether other sites are down are themselves down. I'm reminded of the Red Dwarf episode in which Starbug's damage report machine gets damaged. #reddwarf #cloudflare
a group of men are sitting in a dark room .
ALT: a group of men are sitting in a dark room .
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Apparently many of the sites that detect whether other sites are down are themselves down. I'm reminded of the Red Dwarf episode in which Starbug's damage report machine gets damaged. #reddwarf #cloudflare
Tech-bro elite: 'Lads, we've developed a bunch of stochastic parrots that are about as reliable as an office printer that's had coffee poured into it.'
Economic and political elites: 'I've little clue what an LLM is, so I say we should bet the house on it!' #ai
Economic and political elites: 'I've little clue what an LLM is, so I say we should bet the house on it!' #ai
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Tech-bro elite: 'Lads, we've developed a bunch of stochastic parrots that are about as reliable as an office printer that's had coffee poured into it.'
Economic and political elites: 'I've little clue what an LLM is, so I say we should bet the house on it!' #ai
Economic and political elites: 'I've little clue what an LLM is, so I say we should bet the house on it!' #ai
The Guardian is reporting that 'More than $1tn has been wiped from the cryptocurrency market in the past six weeks.' Clearly no-one read my blog post on why investing in thin air isn't the best idea.
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The Guardian is reporting that 'More than $1tn has been wiped from the cryptocurrency market in the past six weeks.' Clearly no-one read my blog post on why investing in thin air isn't the best idea.
I can't recall a more predictable trigger of global economic crisis. You heard it here 132,000th. #ai www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
Stock market sell-off continues, as Google boss warns ‘no company immune’ if AI bubble bursts – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as shares fall across Asia and bitcoin hits a seven-month low
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I can't recall a more predictable trigger of global economic crisis. You heard it here 132,000th. #ai www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
I dream to be this embarrassing to my native French wife, but my Scottish accent is too pronounced at the moment. We all have our goals though... #français #languages #languagelearning
SPEAKING FRENCH WITH NO ACCENT - #FRANGLAIS - PAUL TAYLOR
YouTube video by Paul Taylor
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I dream to be this embarrassing to my native French wife, but my Scottish accent is too pronounced at the moment. We all have our goals though... #français #languages #languagelearning
November 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
November 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.
Got an old school pal coming over later, so the SNES will be getting dusted down and my late dad's 1978 Prinztronic Videosport 800 bat-and-ball game (pictured) may get a rare outing. We really know how to party.
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Got an old school pal coming over later, so the SNES will be getting dusted down and my late dad's 1978 Prinztronic Videosport 800 bat-and-ball game (pictured) may get a rare outing. We really know how to party.
I feel like reading Steinbeck but have pretty much exhausted his works of fiction. I haven't read Travels with Charley though. Might give it a whirl. #booksky
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I feel like reading Steinbeck but have pretty much exhausted his works of fiction. I haven't read Travels with Charley though. Might give it a whirl. #booksky