Marcus Flavin
@lmbsaflavin.bsky.social
Chancery barrister (Lincoln's Inn & King's Inns Dublin) , dilettante, onetime early med. historian, books, music, cats, SF&F fan, Catholic. OP3. Lives WYorks, Chambers in London, & often found in Greece. Views my own & subject to change with the weather.
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Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
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This is the most ridiculous article I could possibly have imagined anyone could write.
“AI is energy and therefore opposing AI is opposing thermodynamics” has to be the most nonsense take I have seen about AI.
“AI is energy and therefore opposing AI is opposing thermodynamics” has to be the most nonsense take I have seen about AI.
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is the most ridiculous article I could possibly have imagined anyone could write.
“AI is energy and therefore opposing AI is opposing thermodynamics” has to be the most nonsense take I have seen about AI.
“AI is energy and therefore opposing AI is opposing thermodynamics” has to be the most nonsense take I have seen about AI.
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
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Beautiful piece by @TimAdamsWrites on the brilliant Observer journalist Rachel Cooke who could write wonderfully about anything, has died tragically young and will be hugely, hugely missed by so many people.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Beautiful piece by @TimAdamsWrites on the brilliant Observer journalist Rachel Cooke who could write wonderfully about anything, has died tragically young and will be hugely, hugely missed by so many people.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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my mother's hearing aid has broken the doorbell
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
my mother's hearing aid has broken the doorbell
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This is an appalling judgment to read. Two Chief Constables found in contempt of court for misleading the court about the existence of video footage. But this was only discovered when the matter made it to the Court of Appeal. Incredible perseverance.
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...
Judges set to decide fate of police chief constable guilty of contempt of court
Exclusive: Ivan Balhatchet, Northamptonshire’s chief constable, could face up to two years in jail or a fine for repeated failure to obey rulings
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This is an appalling judgment to read. Two Chief Constables found in contempt of court for misleading the court about the existence of video footage. But this was only discovered when the matter made it to the Court of Appeal. Incredible perseverance.
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...
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I do sometimes still read the AI scam things and they end up so unintentionally hilarious with word choices that no human being would ever make.
"vegetable man" "marching back with her printing press"
"vegetable man" "marching back with her printing press"
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I do sometimes still read the AI scam things and they end up so unintentionally hilarious with word choices that no human being would ever make.
"vegetable man" "marching back with her printing press"
"vegetable man" "marching back with her printing press"
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For many years I have been posting little observations online. What you may not know is that for many years, artists have been illustrating them - for no reason other than they wanted to respond. Below is a thread of some of these beautiful, (by-real-people) drawings because they should be seen 🧵...
November 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
For many years I have been posting little observations online. What you may not know is that for many years, artists have been illustrating them - for no reason other than they wanted to respond. Below is a thread of some of these beautiful, (by-real-people) drawings because they should be seen 🧵...
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A deep-dive into the fictional will and murder-for-inheritance scenario in Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero through the lens of English law — private purpose trusts, certainties, perpetuities, forfeiture, butterfly lifespans, cat pictures, and capricious pet bequests.
equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/10/23/s...
equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/10/23/s...
She Who Laughs Last? Pets, Perpetuities, and Other Problems with the Last Will and Testament of Taylor A. Swift - Equity's Darling
A legal analysis of Taylor Swift’s fictional will from Anti-Hero, exploring pets, perpetuities, probate pitfalls and the perils of home-drafted wills under English law.
equitysdarling.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
A deep-dive into the fictional will and murder-for-inheritance scenario in Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero through the lens of English law — private purpose trusts, certainties, perpetuities, forfeiture, butterfly lifespans, cat pictures, and capricious pet bequests.
equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/10/23/s...
equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/10/23/s...
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this is a pet peeve of mine. "war crime" is not something that means "bad thing I think is wrong". it is not a war crime to murder thousands of retreating enemy soldiers. it is a war crime to paint a Red Cross on a truck. if you think something is morally wrong just fucking say that.
ok so the basic problem here is that you have no idea what “war criminal” means except it’s a phrase that people react to
October 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
this is a pet peeve of mine. "war crime" is not something that means "bad thing I think is wrong". it is not a war crime to murder thousands of retreating enemy soldiers. it is a war crime to paint a Red Cross on a truck. if you think something is morally wrong just fucking say that.
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Kevin McCloud [VO]: Just a week into the project there's a devastating double blow for Don. The government, his main source of revenue, has stopped working, and he's found out that his hand-picked project manager believes that structural supports are a hoax perpetrated by Big Architecture.
October 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Kevin McCloud [VO]: Just a week into the project there's a devastating double blow for Don. The government, his main source of revenue, has stopped working, and he's found out that his hand-picked project manager believes that structural supports are a hoax perpetrated by Big Architecture.
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Pretty sure someone has crossed a line this time. Possibly me. thecritic.co.uk/west...
October 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Pretty sure someone has crossed a line this time. Possibly me. thecritic.co.uk/west...
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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On the subject of Melvyn Bragg, I think of this Private Eye cartoon more frequently than I care to admit, when I’m struggling to raise the energy for a lecture or graduate supervision
September 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
On the subject of Melvyn Bragg, I think of this Private Eye cartoon more frequently than I care to admit, when I’m struggling to raise the energy for a lecture or graduate supervision
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There hath been a disturbance in a church in Friday Street; a great many young people knotting together and crying out “Porridge” often and seditiously in the church, and took the Common Prayer Book away; and did tear it; but it is a thing which appears to me very ominous.
August 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
There hath been a disturbance in a church in Friday Street; a great many young people knotting together and crying out “Porridge” often and seditiously in the church, and took the Common Prayer Book away; and did tear it; but it is a thing which appears to me very ominous.
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Who can forget Darth Vader saying ‘What is truth?’
August 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Who can forget Darth Vader saying ‘What is truth?’
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Can’t even let your 11th man bat these days. Cos of Woakes.
August 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Can’t even let your 11th man bat these days. Cos of Woakes.
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"it's not the despair, I can take the despair, it's the hope I can't stand." #cricket #EnglandCricket #ENGvIND 🏏
August 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"it's not the despair, I can take the despair, it's the hope I can't stand." #cricket #EnglandCricket #ENGvIND 🏏
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My latest, exploring with numbers how the millennial household budget is basically incomprehensible to retired boomers.
WASPInomics and the magic avocado tree
Why boomers struggle to make sense of the millennial world.
open.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:29 AM
My latest, exploring with numbers how the millennial household budget is basically incomprehensible to retired boomers.
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'Jinty Nelson in Thirteen Articles', edited by Alice Rio bit.ly/46WkC5j
New in 'Transactions', a special essay celebrating the work of medieval historian Jinty Nelson (1942-2024). Thirteen historians choose articles (1977-2016) that have had a lasting impression on their own careers #Skystorians
New in 'Transactions', a special essay celebrating the work of medieval historian Jinty Nelson (1942-2024). Thirteen historians choose articles (1977-2016) that have had a lasting impression on their own careers #Skystorians
July 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM
'Jinty Nelson in Thirteen Articles', edited by Alice Rio bit.ly/46WkC5j
New in 'Transactions', a special essay celebrating the work of medieval historian Jinty Nelson (1942-2024). Thirteen historians choose articles (1977-2016) that have had a lasting impression on their own careers #Skystorians
New in 'Transactions', a special essay celebrating the work of medieval historian Jinty Nelson (1942-2024). Thirteen historians choose articles (1977-2016) that have had a lasting impression on their own careers #Skystorians
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BBC's Arabic radio service in Lebanon closed after 85 years as part of a £28.5m savings drive. 'Just months later, in October 2023, the Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency took over the frequency. Its news bulletin opened with “This is Moscow”, replacing the previous “This is London” intro.' 🙄
BBC warns Russia is taking over World Service radio frequencies
Russian propaganda is filling the void where the BBC has closed World Service radio services due to cuts
inews.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
BBC's Arabic radio service in Lebanon closed after 85 years as part of a £28.5m savings drive. 'Just months later, in October 2023, the Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency took over the frequency. Its news bulletin opened with “This is Moscow”, replacing the previous “This is London” intro.' 🙄
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Jason Isaacs is 62.
Obviously, I’m going to show the greatest entrance in cinema.
Love that Zhukov had even more medals in real life but Iannucci felt he better tone it down a bit.
Obviously, I’m going to show the greatest entrance in cinema.
Love that Zhukov had even more medals in real life but Iannucci felt he better tone it down a bit.
June 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Jason Isaacs is 62.
Obviously, I’m going to show the greatest entrance in cinema.
Love that Zhukov had even more medals in real life but Iannucci felt he better tone it down a bit.
Obviously, I’m going to show the greatest entrance in cinema.
Love that Zhukov had even more medals in real life but Iannucci felt he better tone it down a bit.