Adrian Short
@adrianshort.uk
„ייִדן, שרײַבט און פֿאַרשרײַבט!“ -- שמעון דובנאָװ.
פּראָנאָמען: ער/אים. 🕎
פּראָנאָמען: ער/אים. 🕎
A new Mileikowsky has dropped. This one embodies the full "Open your eyes, sheeple!" energy of the genre.
You can say what you like about his actual name but at least this Assadist clown knows how to pronounce it.
You know where to find it if you care.
You can say what you like about his actual name but at least this Assadist clown knows how to pronounce it.
You know where to find it if you care.
January 12, 2026 at 1:33 PM
A new Mileikowsky has dropped. This one embodies the full "Open your eyes, sheeple!" energy of the genre.
You can say what you like about his actual name but at least this Assadist clown knows how to pronounce it.
You know where to find it if you care.
You can say what you like about his actual name but at least this Assadist clown knows how to pronounce it.
You know where to find it if you care.
I'm begging journalists (especially subeditors) to learn the difference between "prescribed" and "proscribed".
www.channel4.com/news/health-...
www.channel4.com/news/health-...
January 11, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I'm begging journalists (especially subeditors) to learn the difference between "prescribed" and "proscribed".
www.channel4.com/news/health-...
www.channel4.com/news/health-...
The exceptions to granting bail, from schedule 1 Bail Act 1976. I'm sure you're familiar with them.
January 6, 2026 at 11:49 PM
The exceptions to granting bail, from schedule 1 Bail Act 1976. I'm sure you're familiar with them.
"What have you got on for tomorrow?"
"Horse."
"Again?"
"Horse."
"Horse."
"Again?"
"Horse."
November 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"What have you got on for tomorrow?"
"Horse."
"Again?"
"Horse."
"Horse."
"Again?"
"Horse."
Might give that a miss for now.
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Might give that a miss for now.
From the official website of the German armed forces (Bundeswehr):
"Obedience and the performance of duty are important military virtues, but they have their limits. These virtues no longer apply if they would result in violation of key values of the Basic Law."
www.bundeswehr.de/en/about-bun...
"Obedience and the performance of duty are important military virtues, but they have their limits. These virtues no longer apply if they would result in violation of key values of the Basic Law."
www.bundeswehr.de/en/about-bun...
November 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
From the official website of the German armed forces (Bundeswehr):
"Obedience and the performance of duty are important military virtues, but they have their limits. These virtues no longer apply if they would result in violation of key values of the Basic Law."
www.bundeswehr.de/en/about-bun...
"Obedience and the performance of duty are important military virtues, but they have their limits. These virtues no longer apply if they would result in violation of key values of the Basic Law."
www.bundeswehr.de/en/about-bun...
The @britishlibrary.bsky.social has got a new website.
It claims to be fully compliant with the accessibility regulations (per WCAG 2.2 AA).
This is what happens when I try to print their accessibility statement making that claim. None of the site is printable.
#a11y
www.bl.uk/accessibilit...
It claims to be fully compliant with the accessibility regulations (per WCAG 2.2 AA).
This is what happens when I try to print their accessibility statement making that claim. None of the site is printable.
#a11y
www.bl.uk/accessibilit...
November 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The @britishlibrary.bsky.social has got a new website.
It claims to be fully compliant with the accessibility regulations (per WCAG 2.2 AA).
This is what happens when I try to print their accessibility statement making that claim. None of the site is printable.
#a11y
www.bl.uk/accessibilit...
It claims to be fully compliant with the accessibility regulations (per WCAG 2.2 AA).
This is what happens when I try to print their accessibility statement making that claim. None of the site is printable.
#a11y
www.bl.uk/accessibilit...
Yes, we absolutely do think that those defendants should be entitled to a jury trial. The answer is so obvious that the question should not even be asked.
This is just a privileged narrative from someone who thinks they'll never be rightly or wrongly accused of a crime.
This is just a privileged narrative from someone who thinks they'll never be rightly or wrongly accused of a crime.
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Yes, we absolutely do think that those defendants should be entitled to a jury trial. The answer is so obvious that the question should not even be asked.
This is just a privileged narrative from someone who thinks they'll never be rightly or wrongly accused of a crime.
This is just a privileged narrative from someone who thinks they'll never be rightly or wrongly accused of a crime.
The first modern law to restrict immigration to the UK was the Aliens Act 1905. This was a response to the wave of Jewish refugees fleeing murderous attacks and discrimination in Russia. Winston Churchill considered this law so racist that he defected from the governing Tories to the Liberals.
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The first modern law to restrict immigration to the UK was the Aliens Act 1905. This was a response to the wave of Jewish refugees fleeing murderous attacks and discrimination in Russia. Winston Churchill considered this law so racist that he defected from the governing Tories to the Liberals.
Of course you remember the murderous antisemitic attack on the synagogue. You just don't think it matters.
And that's because your own timeline is full of antisemitism, eg the coded antisemitism that Israel (aka "the Jews") control the UK government/politicians and others.
And that's because your own timeline is full of antisemitism, eg the coded antisemitism that Israel (aka "the Jews") control the UK government/politicians and others.
November 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Of course you remember the murderous antisemitic attack on the synagogue. You just don't think it matters.
And that's because your own timeline is full of antisemitism, eg the coded antisemitism that Israel (aka "the Jews") control the UK government/politicians and others.
And that's because your own timeline is full of antisemitism, eg the coded antisemitism that Israel (aka "the Jews") control the UK government/politicians and others.
Lewis Gilbert (director, right), Richard Kiel (Jaws, centre), Roger Moore, rehearsing for The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
November 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Lewis Gilbert (director, right), Richard Kiel (Jaws, centre), Roger Moore, rehearsing for The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
This vignette is from the autobiography of the film director Lewis Gilbert (1920-2018). His grandmother Annie was a Russian-Jewish refugee who he says spoke Yiddish and almost no English. It's a beautiful example of the connection between generations, languages and cultures. London, around 1927:
November 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This vignette is from the autobiography of the film director Lewis Gilbert (1920-2018). His grandmother Annie was a Russian-Jewish refugee who he says spoke Yiddish and almost no English. It's a beautiful example of the connection between generations, languages and cultures. London, around 1927:
The relevant provision to remove British nationality from British national women who marry foreign men is section 10 Naturalization Act 1870:
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/3...
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/3...
October 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The relevant provision to remove British nationality from British national women who marry foreign men is section 10 Naturalization Act 1870:
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/3...
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/3...
A tip for people whose Ring doorbells aren't working today:
October 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
A tip for people whose Ring doorbells aren't working today:
Interesting. I would generally always expect consistent type sizes but I can also see how the separators ideally should have less visual weight than the digits they separate. Ironically, the designers have boxes themselves in by setting a rectangular element in a circular frame.
October 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Interesting. I would generally always expect consistent type sizes but I can also see how the separators ideally should have less visual weight than the digits they separate. Ironically, the designers have boxes themselves in by setting a rectangular element in a circular frame.
Even this kind of call to action would be better without the breathless exclamation mark. Perhaps it's exciting to them but it's a lot less exciting to me.
October 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Even this kind of call to action would be better without the breathless exclamation mark. Perhaps it's exciting to them but it's a lot less exciting to me.