NotPrinceHamlet
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NotPrinceHamlet
@anattendantlord.bsky.social
Ambivalent academic. Occasionally swelling a progress, starting a train or two. Not keen on peaches these days.
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and then I log on here and there's crying and gnashing of teeth about how some independent artist just trying to make rent was *mean*, was *so mean* about AI to me, a poor tech bro just triyng to making the world better. how could such a travesty occur
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Short stories of Maupassant? Admittedly all lurid and gothic, but (IIRC) quite direct in grammar and simple in their descriptions
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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For readers outwith Scotland: gritters in this country are canonically part of Iain M. Banks's Culture. Formally, they should be referred to in the form "GSV Ploos Yer Doos"; the initials stand for "Grit Spreading Vehicle".
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
ooh, ah, i want to know
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
working alongside a yurt makes it sound like the yurt is holding a bit of wood in place while you do some drilling.

Thanks, yurt. Thurt.
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Having grown up in Russia, I approve. I also find that it’s a great way to get tight with Canadians. (If they are of a certain age, being able to discuss the 1972 Summit Series will make you friends for life.)

There is also bandy, which is this but on 3x speed. Shame we don’t have the climate
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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This is in response to the Christmas mural by a shopping centre in Kingston-upon-Thames. The owners have this comment. I urge you to through and judge for yourself.
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
well, an atheist except when it comes to mathematics, in which case I am walter-rules dot gif
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I seem to be an atheist with the Catholic guilt and the Protestant "Boxer will work even harder" conditioning, which if not the worst of all worlds certainly seems the most masochistic
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Yeah, I was being a pillock, anyway all good now I hope.
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Sorry, I meant your reply to an earlier comment by someone else: bsky.app/profile/murp...
Speaking as a former* wicketkeeper, my gloves were my best friends, if you avoid mention of my box.

I didn't have a helmet to throw away before thinking of catching a ball behind me.

Also, I'm very defensive of both sports for some reason.

*I'm so old that my knee ligaments have divorced me.
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
an 8th deadly sin, dammit. I blame fat fingers and day 8 in a row of less than 5 hours of soeep
November 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
ah, never mind, I see you clarified above, thanks
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM