Brian Lace
@aliencrab.bsky.social
Engineer, biker, awful cricketer and good music lover. Outside the tent, trying to piss in.
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![[Scene is ANCIENT GREECE - where SOCRATES and PLATO and others are sitting round, thinking]
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SOCRATES:
Plato..
PLATO:
Yes Socrates?
2
SOCRATES:
Can you tell me, are you human?
PLATO:
Why… yes, Socrates
3
SOCRATES:
And would you agree, Plato, that a human knows what a chariot is?
PLATO:
Um, yep
4
SOCRATES:
So you can tell me, then
5
[Socrates produces a papyrus, showing a drawing of the corner of a chariot wheel]
SOCRATES:
*Is that a chariot*?
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PLATO:
Well
that’s more just a bit of wheel
7
SOCRATES:
So not a *chariot*.
PLATO:
No.
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SOCRATES:
[Producing another papyrus with the full drawing of the chariot, chopped into boxes]
So if a man were challenged to “tap the boxes containing chariots to prove you’re human” when he was just trying to check his ClubCard points... *where could he tap*?
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PLATO:
Well you can’t tap any of them really
10
SOCRATES:
So are we not human?
PLATO:
‘Spose not.
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[Bleak pause]
12
PLATO:
I’ll get the hemlock
SOCRATES:
Yeah
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiazbuxbxnuyt5etli2cjseaychvbuym6n6z33nwx2mutlvoqjdhge@jpeg)
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Playing the closing theme to Camberwick Green, just because everything is awful and it blocks things out momentarily
September 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Playing the closing theme to Camberwick Green, just because everything is awful and it blocks things out momentarily
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Chris Mason is a profoundly unserious man who writes about politics as if it were a video game with no real consequences. True to form, this article is purely about optics. Not a single policy is mentioned
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chris Mason: Reform conference shows party's growing ambition like never before - BBC News
The conference feels like that of a big party - but retains the insurgency vibe that the party is seeking to channel.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Chris Mason is a profoundly unserious man who writes about politics as if it were a video game with no real consequences. True to form, this article is purely about optics. Not a single policy is mentioned
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I have never been so disappointed in a BBC piece. Breathless admiration is, as far as I knew, not the role of the BBC’s political editor when describing a party political conference. Description+detail yes, rigorous examination of the conference content, yes. This, absolutely no, in my opinion.
Chris Mason: Reform conference shows party's growing ambition like never before
The conference feels like that of a big party - but retains the insurgency vibe that the party is seeking to channel.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I have never been so disappointed in a BBC piece. Breathless admiration is, as far as I knew, not the role of the BBC’s political editor when describing a party political conference. Description+detail yes, rigorous examination of the conference content, yes. This, absolutely no, in my opinion.
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Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Can folks do me a favor?
I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January.
I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am.
I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics.
Here’s two favorite set photos.
Repost? I am in the wilderness.
I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January.
I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am.
I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics.
Here’s two favorite set photos.
Repost? I am in the wilderness.
August 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Can folks do me a favor?
I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January.
I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am.
I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics.
Here’s two favorite set photos.
Repost? I am in the wilderness.
I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January.
I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am.
I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics.
Here’s two favorite set photos.
Repost? I am in the wilderness.
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@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.
August 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.
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Just blocked a very convincing text, supposedly from from the DWP, saying that I'm entitled to an unclaimed winter fuel refund. Be alert. It's a phishing scam.
July 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Just blocked a very convincing text, supposedly from from the DWP, saying that I'm entitled to an unclaimed winter fuel refund. Be alert. It's a phishing scam.
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The original radio version of Room 101 never seems to get heard enough. It was definitely one of the biggest influences on Looks Unfamiliar through the combination of the guests' highly personal esoteric experiences and Nick Hancock's baffled disdain.
timworthington.org/2019/06/20/t...
timworthington.org/2019/06/20/t...
September 11, 2024 at 8:18 AM
The original radio version of Room 101 never seems to get heard enough. It was definitely one of the biggest influences on Looks Unfamiliar through the combination of the guests' highly personal esoteric experiences and Nick Hancock's baffled disdain.
timworthington.org/2019/06/20/t...
timworthington.org/2019/06/20/t...
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Let's face it. ALL idents would be improved with a touch of Ian Skye…
June 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Let's face it. ALL idents would be improved with a touch of Ian Skye…
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We now cross over to BBC Radio Derby.
June 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We now cross over to BBC Radio Derby.
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Selachii and Venturi as rival houses in the Discworld novels. First mentioned in the 90s. I didn't put it together that Selachii meant shark and the venturi effect is how jets work until the early 2010s.
What’s the slowest burn on you realising something? I think with me it’s working out what the “lithic” in Neolithic means which - despite me reading the word at a bare minimum thousands of times *and* me being aware of other connected lith words - just didn’t click until about 18 months back.
June 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Selachii and Venturi as rival houses in the Discworld novels. First mentioned in the 90s. I didn't put it together that Selachii meant shark and the venturi effect is how jets work until the early 2010s.
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Coprolite isn't my favorite fossil but it's a solid number two.
May 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Coprolite isn't my favorite fossil but it's a solid number two.
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when I do a craft project I don't fuck about
April 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
when I do a craft project I don't fuck about
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New HMHB album announced just today. Sadly, BTPT didn't make the cut this time around. But there are some peaches among them.
propermusic.com/collections/...
propermusic.com/collections/...
April 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New HMHB album announced just today. Sadly, BTPT didn't make the cut this time around. But there are some peaches among them.
propermusic.com/collections/...
propermusic.com/collections/...
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Happy St George' Day!
![Cartoon for St George's day by Stephen Collins for the guardian. Script as follows:
Scene is outside a cave, ST GEORGE in armour etc is confronting the DRAGON while the CAPTURED PRINCESS looks on.
DRAGON:
So let me get this straight.
DRAGON:
You’re hoping to reinforce ‘helpless princess’ tropes…
DRAGON:
By publicly stabbing an *endangered animal* to death with a *sword*…
DRAGON:
So you can force a whole Syrian village to convert to Christianity….
DRAGON:
And become a nationalist icon for a colonial state…
DRAGON:
Through the cultural appropriation of ancient medieval dragon myths.
DRAGON:
You’ve not been *online* very long, have you?
GEORGE:
I have been quite surprised by the comments.
GEORGE’S SOCIAL MEDIA ASSISTANT [who is filming this encounter on an iPhone]:
I told you it’s problematic, George.
DRAGON:
Problematic? It’s a *bin fire*!
DRAGON:
OK. Here’s how you turn this round -
CUT TO a YoutTube post called ‘MY JOURNEY (An apology)’. GEORGE is crying to camera, Dragon in background.
GEORGE:
I am *so sorry* guys…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreihzpskp6p4u4ejrjhmp4tdye2rzg75vmbyxbn45o5g4xk7dpairge@jpeg)
April 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Happy St George' Day!
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SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
April 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
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This stupid joke popped into my head when I saw Happy Toast's excellent Dr Who photoshop
April 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
This stupid joke popped into my head when I saw Happy Toast's excellent Dr Who photoshop
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A little comic about desire paths.
January 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A little comic about desire paths.
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Over on X, I'm receiving antisemitic death threats and being told they don't break the platform's rules.
To British MPs that follow me, this is a brazen violation of the Online Safety Act. Please ensure the rule of law is enforced against Elon Musk and X.
No business should be above the law.
To British MPs that follow me, this is a brazen violation of the Online Safety Act. Please ensure the rule of law is enforced against Elon Musk and X.
No business should be above the law.
January 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Over on X, I'm receiving antisemitic death threats and being told they don't break the platform's rules.
To British MPs that follow me, this is a brazen violation of the Online Safety Act. Please ensure the rule of law is enforced against Elon Musk and X.
No business should be above the law.
To British MPs that follow me, this is a brazen violation of the Online Safety Act. Please ensure the rule of law is enforced against Elon Musk and X.
No business should be above the law.
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A man in Indiana made an AT-AT costume for his horse, intending to only get a few pictures before removing it. When he took off the headpiece the horse got upset and insisted that he put it back on, which made the horse happy again. Now the horse isn't allowing him to remove any piece of the costume
January 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
A man in Indiana made an AT-AT costume for his horse, intending to only get a few pictures before removing it. When he took off the headpiece the horse got upset and insisted that he put it back on, which made the horse happy again. Now the horse isn't allowing him to remove any piece of the costume
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For those with a connection to Berlin, I want to bring your attention to a worrying development in the ongoing fight against building on Tempelhofer Feld. This Tuesday, 19 November 18:00-19:00 (GMT+1) is an online assembly.
November 14, 2024 at 5:02 PM
For those with a connection to Berlin, I want to bring your attention to a worrying development in the ongoing fight against building on Tempelhofer Feld. This Tuesday, 19 November 18:00-19:00 (GMT+1) is an online assembly.