Jack Rudd 🇹🇹 🏳️⚧️
@imjackrudd.bsky.social
Parent, chess player, maths graduate, board gamer. Wrote a song once.
Bugsy Malone
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Bugsy Malone - My Name is Tallulah
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December 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Bugsy Malone
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It's a cultural thing, yes.
The iconic British sandwich is probably cheese and pickle.
The iconic British sandwich is probably cheese and pickle.
December 9, 2025 at 6:13 AM
It's a cultural thing, yes.
The iconic British sandwich is probably cheese and pickle.
The iconic British sandwich is probably cheese and pickle.
Yeah, "prices are going up but more slowly than they were" is something you have to think about, whereas "prices are going down" is something you can check much more easily.
December 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Yeah, "prices are going up but more slowly than they were" is something you have to think about, whereas "prices are going down" is something you can check much more easily.
It also works as a villain structure (shows such as Taggart and Midsomer Murders frequently have a "these guys did me wrong in the past; I'll kill them one by one" motive for the murderer).
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It also works as a villain structure (shows such as Taggart and Midsomer Murders frequently have a "these guys did me wrong in the past; I'll kill them one by one" motive for the murderer).
(Because any reasonably intelligent person - and there will be a *lot* in the relevant positions in local WI branches - will see a "we don't have the resources to fight this" message and also conclude "we don't have the resources to check our own compliance with it".)
December 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
(Because any reasonably intelligent person - and there will be a *lot* in the relevant positions in local WI branches - will see a "we don't have the resources to fight this" message and also conclude "we don't have the resources to check our own compliance with it".)
That's far too combative for Britain. What they'll do is deliberately not ask the question.
December 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
That's far too combative for Britain. What they'll do is deliberately not ask the question.
Well, yes and no. (That particular prohibition applies only to events organized directly by FIDE, and that's a tiny proportion of FIDE-rated events, let alone all events.)
December 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Well, yes and no. (That particular prohibition applies only to events organized directly by FIDE, and that's a tiny proportion of FIDE-rated events, let alone all events.)
It's what chess tends to do, and it works very well there.
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It's what chess tends to do, and it works very well there.
Also probably too liberal for these guys (would they really want to join a church whose archbishop-elect is a woman?).
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Also probably too liberal for these guys (would they really want to join a church whose archbishop-elect is a woman?).
May I interest you in a nice game of Through The Ages: A New Story of Civilization?
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 AM
May I interest you in a nice game of Through The Ages: A New Story of Civilization?
This is customarily the point at which England's FA pipes up and says it's willing and ready to host the World Cup if Saudi Arabia is unable to, and FIFA carefully files this contribution in the nearest waste-paper basket.
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
This is customarily the point at which England's FA pipes up and says it's willing and ready to host the World Cup if Saudi Arabia is unable to, and FIFA carefully files this contribution in the nearest waste-paper basket.
The Thenardiers are played by Statler and Waldorf, while Eponine is played by a human. This is never remarked upon or treated as unusual in any way.
November 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The Thenardiers are played by Statler and Waldorf, while Eponine is played by a human. This is never remarked upon or treated as unusual in any way.
My knowledge of foreign alphabets allows me to identify Reform and Conservative; what alphabet is Labour in?
November 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
My knowledge of foreign alphabets allows me to identify Reform and Conservative; what alphabet is Labour in?
Hmmm. It would be a real pity to not cast Sam The Eagle as Javert though; he was born to play that part.
November 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Hmmm. It would be a real pity to not cast Sam The Eagle as Javert though; he was born to play that part.
Haven't updated it for years, but chessgospinny.blogspot.com is my chess blog.
Chess Go Spinny
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November 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Haven't updated it for years, but chessgospinny.blogspot.com is my chess blog.
Ah, the Alba Party effect.
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Ah, the Alba Party effect.
Yes. It's a really good colour with your hair and skin tone.
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Yes. It's a really good colour with your hair and skin tone.